First Range Report - S-m-o-o-t-h
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 10:11 pm
Hi to all,
I had the P-64 at the range for the first time today. The P-64 was flawless and fun to shoot.
With the 22 lb recoil spring and 18 lb hammer spring, the pistol was a pleasure. I used a pair of half-finger weight-lifting gloves that have a little padding in the palm and a little between the thumb and fore finger. These gloves are cheap from Walmart.
I put 110 rounds through the P-64 without a single problem. I used four different types of ammo; PPU FMJ, PPU JHP, Brown Bear FMJ and Hornady CD. I filled some mags with the same ammo types and I also mixed different ammo types within mags and no matter what I did the P-64 functioned perfectly.
I had read that the P-64 wouldn't be much fun to shoot beyond about 50 rounds, but with the 22 lb recoil spring and my cheapo gloves, I shot all the ammo I had with me and I still had no hand/wrist aches or problems.
From this point I think the only other thing I'll do to this P-64 is put a drop of hi-viz light paint on the front sight as that was tough to acquire and hold during rapid fire. The shot groups were good but I had several flyers and I think most of these were due to me losing the front sight.
And after using the Lucas assembly lube on the safety and doing some light filing of the safety grooves & safety detent, and then working the safety back and forth by hand a couple hundred times over the past few days, the safety is smooth now and is positive in both safe and fire positions. I had ordered a replacement detent and detent spring thinking that I would cut a loop or two off the detent spring and maybe do some more filing on the detent, but now I'll just keep the new parts as spares.
Many thanks to all who have given me advice, help and suggestions,
Marty
I had the P-64 at the range for the first time today. The P-64 was flawless and fun to shoot.
With the 22 lb recoil spring and 18 lb hammer spring, the pistol was a pleasure. I used a pair of half-finger weight-lifting gloves that have a little padding in the palm and a little between the thumb and fore finger. These gloves are cheap from Walmart.
I put 110 rounds through the P-64 without a single problem. I used four different types of ammo; PPU FMJ, PPU JHP, Brown Bear FMJ and Hornady CD. I filled some mags with the same ammo types and I also mixed different ammo types within mags and no matter what I did the P-64 functioned perfectly.
I had read that the P-64 wouldn't be much fun to shoot beyond about 50 rounds, but with the 22 lb recoil spring and my cheapo gloves, I shot all the ammo I had with me and I still had no hand/wrist aches or problems.
From this point I think the only other thing I'll do to this P-64 is put a drop of hi-viz light paint on the front sight as that was tough to acquire and hold during rapid fire. The shot groups were good but I had several flyers and I think most of these were due to me losing the front sight.
And after using the Lucas assembly lube on the safety and doing some light filing of the safety grooves & safety detent, and then working the safety back and forth by hand a couple hundred times over the past few days, the safety is smooth now and is positive in both safe and fire positions. I had ordered a replacement detent and detent spring thinking that I would cut a loop or two off the detent spring and maybe do some more filing on the detent, but now I'll just keep the new parts as spares.
Many thanks to all who have given me advice, help and suggestions,
Marty