So I got up early to hit the range today to put my new Tacops through the paces and Zero my new Eotech 552 on the AR.
Last night I cleaned the Sig and followed Flork's lube guide. I did get 4 of the less popular Checkmate mags with the gun. I have 4 of the Mec-Gars with the bumper plates on order from Northwestern Magazine. I disassembled all for mags to ensure they were fully operational and lightly lubed.
Once at the range I ran Federal 147 grain wad cutters that I got a good deal on. The gun has a real hard double action pull (as expected) but the SRT and single action pull was beautiful. Actually better than I expected. I was way more accurate with this rig than my old M&P Pro.
I was disturbed that none of my magazines caused the slide to lock after the last shot. It happened with every single mag. Spoke to a guy at the range and he asked if I was riding the slide release in my grip and sure enough my right thumb was accustomed to sit on top while shooting. Even with just a little force was enough to stop the slide lock from engaging. So all those who suspect the Checkmate mags as the cause of this issue may want to analyse their grip. When I held the grip a little higher by fully engaging the Beaver tail, I did not have this issue.
All in all I LOVE this gun. The M&P Pro was good but I never loved it. If any one is on the fence about including Sig Sauer to their collection.... DO IT! :-D
Last night I cleaned the Sig and followed Flork's lube guide. I did get 4 of the less popular Checkmate mags with the gun. I have 4 of the Mec-Gars with the bumper plates on order from Northwestern Magazine. I disassembled all for mags to ensure they were fully operational and lightly lubed.
Once at the range I ran Federal 147 grain wad cutters that I got a good deal on. The gun has a real hard double action pull (as expected) but the SRT and single action pull was beautiful. Actually better than I expected. I was way more accurate with this rig than my old M&P Pro.
I was disturbed that none of my magazines caused the slide to lock after the last shot. It happened with every single mag. Spoke to a guy at the range and he asked if I was riding the slide release in my grip and sure enough my right thumb was accustomed to sit on top while shooting. Even with just a little force was enough to stop the slide lock from engaging. So all those who suspect the Checkmate mags as the cause of this issue may want to analyse their grip. When I held the grip a little higher by fully engaging the Beaver tail, I did not have this issue.
All in all I LOVE this gun. The M&P Pro was good but I never loved it. If any one is on the fence about including Sig Sauer to their collection.... DO IT! :-D
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