Thursday, August 27, 2015

The birth of the 929 as I rise again from the ashes...

It has been a while indeed. I fell away from shooting and life got in the way. The side effect was a loss of focus in life due to the absence of the Zen provided by shooting. So first of all I would like to thank my good friend John Zaczek Sr. for being an incredible inspiration and one hell of a good person to have in my life. Thank you John, you are the best definition of friend that can be expressed.

Some of you may have been opposed to the changeover of rules in USPSA Revolver division that was spearheaded by a few individuals with great credibility and poor foresight. Eight shot minor is the only game in town now. Okay, I am on board. Got it. My 625 and 610 will remain standing by for any instance where I feel inspired to go back to six shot Major PF. So I found a 929 wonder gun in stock at the LGS and proceeded to bite the bullet, drink the Kool-Aid, and commit to entering the eight shot game. So here I sit invested in 9mm with two great guns: an M&P 9 and the 929.

Shooting the wondergun was as expected. Lighter than the 610 and recoiling about lighter as the 610 in .40 Major. Okay, I can deal with that. I am happiest with a 6.5" barrel. Everything sits mostly stock at this point with the exception of the Hogue extended cylinder release lever that is on long term loan from another great shooting friend Ken Kiesler. He didn't like it on his guns and I am trying hard to fall in love with it as I fish around for the reloading technique that I will move forward with. I am considering switching for several reasons, chiefly because I am out of practice and can objectively experiment at this point to find the best technique for the stubby 9mm bullets.