Made it to the Range . . .

Dumped 50 rounds of 115 grain 9mm through the Kimber Solo Carry – the first 3 magazines or so really sucked – essentially a single shot pistol . . .

After the first 20 or so rounds it settled down and ran decent – don’t even look at the slide release while firing – you will lock the slide back . . .

At ten yards – the center of mass shots were the pistol – the brain bucket shots were from Cody’s Rough Rider Rancher – it wasn’t till I got home that I realized I didn’t get any pics of it – an absolute hoot to shoot!

Grabbed this from Heritage’s web site . . .

So now it’s bath time –

Got pretty grunged out on 50 rounds – and yes ( thank you Kimber! ) the lines you see are machining marks . . .

Bottom line with the Kimber? – just say no to it – I wouldn’t trust my life with it – nor would I advise you to trust your life with it – But Bruce – the Kimber fits so good in my pocket! – Really?? – get a S&W 642 and carry it with the confidence and peace of mind that it WILL go bang 5 times if needed . . .

With that out of the way – on to the really fun part . . .

10 rounds / 7 yards with the Taurus 605 – 5 rounds with Fiocchi 158 grain ( about 1400 FPS ) – the holes that appear a little bigger are with the PPU 158 grain jacketed hollow points – rated at 1607 FPS . . .

Cody was just about out of the fun zone after these 10 rounds . . .

These next 10 are all full power rounds @ 4 yards – Cody shot 5 – I shot 5 – hammer back and fire – 1 round per second – that one hit in the 9 ring was Cody’s 5th shot – the flinch thing was getting to both of us by this point . . .

I put the grips on the Taurus thinking it would settle into the web of the hand better – trying to mitigate some of the recoil – factory grips are underneath in this next pic . . .

Did the new grips make a difference? I went from no way I’m shooting that again to I would consider grabbing it instead of a knife – I am going to pick up a set of Ergo Grips for a S&W J frame and will have to slightly modify them to fit – hopefully that will make it shootable – I just don’t see it ever being a “fun” shooter with full power loads no matter what is done to it . . .

Let me add just one more thing here – my worst day at the range beats the Hell out of my best day at work – When was YOUR last trip to the range??

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!