Simple goals today.
~As always, to have fun, which I did.
~"Tested" the D/A trigger pull. I had a trigger job done this weekend (by a gunsmith). The Ruger SP101 D/A trigger is now 9lbs from its original 12lbs. Quite a difference, and much easier to shoot!
Ammo.
I just selected some ammo I know runs well out of the revolver.
~.357 Magnum Fiocchi 142gr FMJTC -- 10 rounds
~.357 Magnum Rem Golden Sabre 125gr JHP -- 15 rounds
~.38 Special + "P" Rem 125gr semi-JHP -- 25 rounds.
Total of 50 very "hot" rounds today.
Targets.
~Two 12"X18" splash targets.
~One "made-up" paper target -- a 9"X14" head at top of silhouette (snatched it from the trash can after another person shot it!)
Bullet holes down range.
Oval Splash. POIs = 20/20 at 7 yards. Shot only .38 Special + "P" ammo here.
Again, I wasn't concentrating on ammo or POIs -- only on how to handle the new D/A trigger pull.
Two POA areas: 15 rounds toward body; 10 rounds toward head. The two POIs in 7-line near neck were "shared" -- shot one toward head and one toward body.
Set this final target at 4 yards and tried shooting from the hip. (We're not allowed to do a holster draw, so just held revolver at belt height and shot). As long as my first shot hits in target, I'm usually good with 5/5. And I did just fine with this five-round group as seen in the two black circles. My first POI was the very left hit by number 8. The remaining four went in okay, too. Just ignore the .22 holes from the other shooter!
Although we're also not allowed to rapid fire, I pushed it a little on this hip shooting. It was fun to do this today!! 
There was maybe a twinge of feeling like a "hot shot" on the hip shooting. I've only done that 4 or 5 times with either my SP101 revolver or the S&W 637 .38 Special + P" snubby I used to have. I've surprised myself how easy it is to hip shoot. One never knows....if ever a close encounter of the unpleasant kind occurs....
