Mario and I went to Silverdale today to try out some new toys, myself it was the first time I got to shoot the Glock 19, S&W 686 revolver & Beretta M92FS while Mario played mainly with his S&W M&P Sport 2 AR15 rifle. The Gen 4 Glock 19 trigger is much better than with my Gen 4 Glock 17 though it’s pretty darn heavy.  I think I’ll lighten the trigger a couple of lbs to make it easier to shoot. Still I was doing pretty well and happy with how I did with that thing.  The Beretta while comfortable as heck to shoot, I shot poorly.  All me, I just need to get use to the platform.

The star of the show though was definitely the S&W 686 6″ revolver, man with factory American Eagle 357 magnum loads that thing has quite a bit of punch!  It has noticeably more recoil than 9mm or 45 and the trigger on the thing is amazing.  In single action, it’s a hair trigger and a bit light for my tastes, shooting double action is possible too though just long.

It was a ton of fun and I absolutely love the thing, definitely my prettiest gun.  For a budget rifle, the S&W M&P Sport 2 is a heck of a value and with its 16″ barrel quite easy to shoot.  He’s going to keep the gun stockish for now till he figures out what he is going to do and man it’s such a steal at $650.  A good day all around, I was talking to a friend about my range trip and he asked if it was appropriate considering what happened in the US…

Sigh different countries, different gun cultures and while it’s certainly a tragedy what happened I don’t know if there’s anything I really can say about it.  I’ve already said many times in the past that I do not like the system that they have down in the US and would not like for it to come to Canada.

In any case we had a great time and I can’t wait to go back!