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16 years ago
Yup. As of the 11th, I'm 19. Went shooting at a range for the first time, started with a taurus revolver in .22LR, then went to a Springfield Armory 1911, then to a .357 magnum (the guy who checked my dad and I out the .357 was suprised we were up to magnum calibers already, since we told him it was our first time).
My groups were consistantly pretty tight, even though I'm WAY out of practice, and the .45 didn't shoot very straight. Consistantly shot low, which I couldn't tell while I was shooting long range because I didn't have my glasses on so I couldn't actually see my holes in the target. Shot more than a few bullseyes with the .22, and kept all my .357s pretty close to the bullseye even shooting high speed, one handed.
My groups were consistantly pretty tight, even though I'm WAY out of practice, and the .45 didn't shoot very straight. Consistantly shot low, which I couldn't tell while I was shooting long range because I didn't have my glasses on so I couldn't actually see my holes in the target. Shot more than a few bullseyes with the .22, and kept all my .357s pretty close to the bullseye even shooting high speed, one handed.
I don't think the .357 had full power loads, even though they were .357 magnum. The kick felt pretty much the same as what the 1911 had. Gotta try the .44 magnum and then the .500 next time I'm there.
One thing I noticed about the .22 was that it had a really heavy double action trigger pull, and the other .22 revolver I've used had the same kind of pull. Could barely keep it steady and pull the trigger double action it was so hard, and I'm a reasonably strong guy. The .357 was really nice though, all around.