![]() ![]() ![]() The Ruger Security-9 was loaded with Winchester USA Forged 115-grain FMJ range ammo. You can dress it up by turning some of the close stages into “failure drills” and by using a Q-target with scoring rings like the IALEFI-Q. The course is easy to set up, quick to shoot, especially if you run it a lot over time. I’d decided on the Kansas law enforcement qualification, found here, to evaluate the Ruger Security-9 as a possible carry gun. The index is correct, but I tend to shoot left with the Security-9 on paper as I do with many other guns. By looking over the gun – shooting “out of the notch” – I found that I was hitting the ca. That was the trip that I rounded out by shooting the dueling tree. It’s also a likely round to be used for casual range activity or qualification. The ammo used for those exercises was Federal “Aluminum” featuring 115 FMJ bullets. There were only a pair of hits outside the 10” x 6” “8-“ ring, which is the maximum 5-point scoring zone on the barn-sized NRA B-27 when used for qualification. ![]() I used a Birchwood Casey “Dirty Bird” 12”x18” BC-27, a downsized version of the NRA B-27 target. I found the Pachmayr Tactical Grip Glove, sized for Glock Compacts (e.g., 19, 23, etc.), and available from had slipped some. On another trip, actually “warm” enough to get on paper, I did some handling drills. An earlier trip saw me using Ruger ARX +P ammo and Remington Golden Saber 147 grain BJHP. This was the third range trip for the Ruger Security-9 sample, all those trips done in January. The wintry season keeps those trips short, so little gets done. ![]() A few days ago, still trying to recover from my short visit to the SHOT Show, I made a quick trip to the range to work with a few guns that I have from manufacturers. ![]()
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