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Grateful for that because it was the first time shooting my firearm with new glasses. OK, I had a couple of goals in place.
Revolver Issue. Recently I have been experiencing spent brass ejection problems. The brass has been getting underneath the ejection star and is a "Russian bear" to remove. Last week I spoke with the parts manager at Taylor's & Co., and yesterday spoke with the T&C gunsmith. They were ready to accept the gun for repair. But when I chatted with the smith, I asked some Qs as relates to how best to eject the brass. In particular, the position of the cylinder. I've been ejecting brass with cylinder/gun at a 30* cant or so. I was told the optimal position is with the ejector star pointing straight downward. Yeah, gravity is part of the equation. But that also meant holding the revolver differently when done firing. I figured out how to do it, and was able to eject eight 5-round cylinder loads with zero glitches. Great improvement because the caught brass was happening too often. So at this point, I'm holding off on shipping it off for repair. Seems like it may have be "shooter error."
New prescription lenses, new frames, and the Shooting Goal. Yeah, another "first," and again dealing with elder eyes and the sights. Because I got larger lenses in a retro 1950s-style frame, the trifocal heights are different. Actually, I found it better for shooting....hurrah! Used the middle lens, grabbed my sight radius with leaving the target blurred, and the excellent accuracy of the Russian helped the shooter shoot fine.
Ammo. First time I've tried the S&B ammo (shot 40 rounds), and the revolver and I both liked it.
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Shooting Stance. Off hand, one-handed. A finely-balanced revolver, and a solid grip aided by that handy-dandy trigger spur.
Targets. The rest of the Range Report story.
Five-inch splash at seven yards. Two 5-round groups to warm up.
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Six and 1/2-inch inverted triangle at 10 yards. Eight POIs in target is a result I'm good with, especially with all the "new stuff" happening today.
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Nine inch paper plate at 15 yards. My goal was POI placement in the 5" smaller circle. I landed 10 rounds in plate, with 6 POIs in the goal area. Although this easily can be considered a "so-so" target result, it is the best I've ever shot the Russian at 15 yards. This was the most fun and encouraging part of my range time. The lighting at the indoor range was dim at 20 and 25 yards (max), but I hope to get to that distance some day. For now, more time working on the 15-yard distance.
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The RSO is a friendly and helpful guy at this range. He watched me shoot, partly because he thinks the Russian top break is cool
. The fellow is spot-on I'd say!Thanks for looking, Henry Folk.
PT7
.. good to hear about the simple solution to the ejection issue ... any chance you can post a picture of holding the Russian properly 
