Range Report

I decided to take a trip down to the range tonight. What was different was I took a Colt Trooper on .357 Magnum. This is a gun I bought a long time ago, but gave to my son on his 18th Birthday. Other than a little plinking here and thee, I hadn't shot it seriously in 2 or 3 years. One of the first things I noticed tonight was that the trigger on this revolver breaks a little but sooner than on my Kimber pistol. So consequently, most of my shots were high as I was still settling on the target when it went off. After a few cylinders of this, I said the heck with it and went to defensive DA drills. Doing that, I was able to constantly place double taps in center of mass. Not as quickly as a dt from my Kimber but every bit as accurate. That Colt is still a sweet shooter. All in all, a good evening. Now if I can just find a real similar looking Colt, and pull a switch.

There is an old saying that goes something along the lines of "Beware the man with just one gun, he probably knows how to use it". After experiencing the difference and the adjustments necessary between the Colt & the Kimber, that old saying has taken on new meaning. Maybe I'll take the Kimber to the range tomorrow.