Nathan_Bell
03-27-10, 16:52
I have had my 9mm PPS for a couple months now and have been, weather permitting, putting rounds through it before I decide it is my carry piece of choice, slow fire and plinking type shooting. Had been using just the larger magazine while shooting. Today I decided to use both, the longer magazine with the extended grip and the super small one.
Major eye opener. With the longer magazine first 5 rounds at 21 feet went into a very nice group, dumb lucked into have 4 holes for those first 5 rounds. Better than my normal level of accuracy, but it was slowish fire (3/4-1 sec per round). Next magazine, the short one, you would have had to work to cover all 5 with a 3x5 note card. this was a bit of a WTF moment for me, but I reloaded both magazines and tried again.
Longer magazine, nice lttle group; stumpy magazine, a pattern.
Spent half a box trying to get a solid grip when the shorty magazine was in. No Dice, couldn't get a solid repeatable grip on it. That extra half an inch at the bottom of the grip is enough to make the PPS into a random thrower of lead. After I decided to accept this and move onto rapid fire work using just the longer magazine.
Two magazines through was all I could keep my concentration high enough to shoot well with the little guy. After that I was getting 3 rounds right where I wanted and the others would (mostly) be in the right zone, but not where I wanted them.
Put it away and ran a magazine through an M&P, just to see if I was kaput for shooting today or if it was the pistol. I looked like I had a clue with the M&P.
I am going to call it hand/pistol fit issues and try to see if I can get my grip settled in better. I would hate to get rid of it, as it is such a nice piece to carry.
Major eye opener. With the longer magazine first 5 rounds at 21 feet went into a very nice group, dumb lucked into have 4 holes for those first 5 rounds. Better than my normal level of accuracy, but it was slowish fire (3/4-1 sec per round). Next magazine, the short one, you would have had to work to cover all 5 with a 3x5 note card. this was a bit of a WTF moment for me, but I reloaded both magazines and tried again.
Longer magazine, nice lttle group; stumpy magazine, a pattern.
Spent half a box trying to get a solid grip when the shorty magazine was in. No Dice, couldn't get a solid repeatable grip on it. That extra half an inch at the bottom of the grip is enough to make the PPS into a random thrower of lead. After I decided to accept this and move onto rapid fire work using just the longer magazine.
Two magazines through was all I could keep my concentration high enough to shoot well with the little guy. After that I was getting 3 rounds right where I wanted and the others would (mostly) be in the right zone, but not where I wanted them.
Put it away and ran a magazine through an M&P, just to see if I was kaput for shooting today or if it was the pistol. I looked like I had a clue with the M&P.
I am going to call it hand/pistol fit issues and try to see if I can get my grip settled in better. I would hate to get rid of it, as it is such a nice piece to carry.