TEricksen

Federal 375 bulk is $.030 per round. At $185.00 per 5,000, the Armscor is $.037 per round.

The right bullet for the right gun. Two identical guns may like completely different bullets.

Just another note: I regularly shoot hundreds of rounds off hand with my MKIII 22/45 5.5" Hunter with a C-More/8moa dot at 50-60 yards on 8" and 10" plates. .22's work great at 25+ yards. A20650

I'm somewhat taken back by the response to the original posters question in this thread. Learning firearm control by shooting groups has very little to do with ammo selection, caliber, firearm choice, accuracy of any particular firearm or distance. It's my personal opinion that the single best training tool a person can own for practical pistol, speed steel, or defensive firearms training is a .22 rimfire pistol. The pistol does not have to be accurate, reliable, or of any particular configuration. Group size does not matter......... Group consistency for any given pistol matters. It doesn't matter if the pistol is capable of sub moa, or an inch at 10 yards. Shoot until you learn what the pistol is capable of, and then practice shooting groups. Trigger control, grip, sight picture, breathing, stance........... repetition is what is important. Practicing good fundamental skills over and over again is what matters. Distance does not matter. If a person has to shoot everything at 10 yards, so be it. If a person only has 50 yards, again the fundamentals are all the same with group size improvement as the target. Even when I was shooting 5-6,000 rounds of 45acp per month, I was still shooting 10,000 rounds or so of .22 rimfire through an all stock Ruger Mkii 5" bull barrel pistol. There was no way to shoot more 45 when work, time, and money were factored. .22 is cheap, no brass cleaning, reloading, and the cost cannot be beat. My opinion: Buy a .22, buy cases of Federal bulk ammo from Wal-Mart (375 packs are actually cheaper than the 550 packs), and shoot as much as possible. Shoot fast, shoot slow, work on breathing, trigger control, grip, sight tracking, etc. A .22 will improve your skills.

Karma = Simple Odds.

I would highly recommend cross-training. Get to some local speed steel, falling plate, bowling pin, and bullseye matches.

But CR Speed is a waste of money since you are not allowed to draw in any rimfire event in any official match. Many club matches around the country penalize "gun in hand" starts, even in the .22 division, hence the reason I converted the CR Speed holster for use with the Ruger .22. In my case, it was definitely not a waste of money.

CR Speed holster works great with this gun, and should work great with any sight on most guns (I had to build my own barrel stud, but it works great for pins and plates.) So far, I was unhappy with the 4moa dot, and have been very happy with the 8moa dot.

This one is not nearly as pretty as many of the very good looking guns on this list, but it did win Limited class and the Oregon State USPSA points race in 1996. It's also taken a great many overall match wins, many limited class speed steel wins, and a Single Stack Championship. It's paid it's dues.

I welded a pad on mine and siped it with a 40lpi checkering file. I then filed the side down until it can be installed and removed from the gun. No drilling and tapping needed.

...and if you want to really get good at calling your shots, start competing in speed steel. Practice using paper plates so that you don't rely on your hearing to call your shots.

What you are attempting to articulate is a competence level called unconscious competence. In the four stages of competence, a person transitions from unconscious incompetence (doesn't have enough knowledge about a particular discipline to understand incompetence), conscious incompetence (awareness that you suck at a particular discipline), conscious competence (is competent while consciously thinking about it), to the last level of unconscious competence. At unconscious competence you don't have to think about what you are doing, it just happens. You don't think about it, but you simply do it. You are aware of everything at the moment it happens, but in that moment you are not thinking about it. When it is all over, you can recall exactly what happened at any given moment. Keep practicing and you will reach the point where after a stage you can recall every shot that was not an "A" hit. Most shots that are perfect will not leave much of an imprint because they just happen. The shots that are off a bit, the shot that caused you to pick up a shot within a fraction of a second, the slip of the grip, the foot that slipped a bit, the target that wiggled wierd..... and any of a thousand other "oddities", those are the things you will clearly remember. It sounds like you are now a "conscious competent" in regards to your "unconscious competence".

Here's a good comparison to another brand. Hornady Projector (old style, not new lock and load): Right at 1,000 rounds per hour of 45acp, 40S&W, 38spl, 357mag, and 9mm. No case feeder or other new fangled gadgets. Millions of rounds loaded.

I converted mine in 1994 with a Heuning trigger, so I can't completely remember what all it entailed. If my memory is right, all you need is the trigger. I'd e-mail the complany at the link I supplied and make sure.

Personally, I prefered the recoil pulse of a 16lb spring at a 180 power factor. There is no harm in trying each and making a decision for yourself. The slide will always lock back with a 16lb spring.