Assorted Range Day With The Wife

[Olympus]

Just got back from a really good range day with my wife. She enjoys shooting, but she has a lot on her plate and doesn't get to the range as much as I do. But she had some time today, so we went together. We took 4 pistols and really blew through the ammo. We had a heck of a good time. We brought the following pistols:

627 Performance Center
CBOB 10mm
Hi Power
Polish P-64 (Wife's "truck gun")

This was my first range trip with the new two-tone CBOB 10mm and man is that thing a CANNON! I loaded up some pretty hot reloads with 180gr FMJs and my wife said the concussion was enough that it would rock her when she was standing beside me. She said it would blow her hair back too. That gun is really a lot of fun to shoot. The only hiccups were that one of the factory mags won't lock the slide back after the last round. But I have others that do that too, so I'm not too picky. For fun range shooting, it doesn't matter to me. But even after being exposed to the BOOM of the 10mm, my wife wanted to get her hands on the gun too. I was surprised, but she wasn't scared of it one bit. She couldn't hit the broad side of the barn with it, but I was impressed that she wasn't scared to try.

It was also my first range trip with the new 627 Performance Center. Let me tell you one thing about that gun, YOU'VE GOTTA GET ONE! After the first range trip, it ranks up there almost at the very top of the best guns I've ever shot. I had so much fun with that gun it was ridiculous. It balances well and it is SUPER smooth to shoot. The additional 2 rounds are a lot nicer than I thought they would be. Recoil is very tame with the beefier frame. The trigger stroke is a lot shorter and the gold bead front sight really grabs your attention. But I couldn't figure out who like it more, me or my wife. I couldn't hardly get her to put the thing down! She has always been more fond of revolvers, but this one was just speaking to her for some reason. She kept going on about how smooth it was. I loaded up some .38s for her and she was just drilling targets. With a mild .38, that 627 would barely even recoil. I tried a few too and it was really fun to blow through a whole cylinder of .38s ans still put out a good group. The 5" barrel on a N-frame is just a tad too big for my wife, so after this I think I might save up and get her a 686SSR of her own.

The Hi Power was a joy to shoot just like always. Nothing special there, just ole steady.

And the P-64 still plays havoc on the web of your hand, but it's the best $150 I've ever spent on a gun. My wife likes it because it really fits her hands well. She doesn't want to shoot more than 25 or 30 rounds with it, but wants to make sure she's proficient with it since it stays in her vehicle.

But overall, it was a great trip to the range with great guns and great company.