TruthTellers
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Just got back from the range to test the reliability of some guns I've got, some I'm shooting for the first time. Started off with the small and worked my way up in calibers. Here's my results and such:
Raven .25
This ran 100% with no issues, which I consider amazing for a $100 gun. Shot about 25 rds and it was fun! Past 10 yards this gun was tough to shoot accurately, but this was off hand and my first time, so maybe the groups will tighten up over time. I only shot fmj and I advise anyone interested in shooting .25 to only shoot and carry fmj.
Ruger LCP Custom
This was the hardest gun to shoot today. The low weight and the recoil and blast made it difficult to hit well with. I think had this been the original LCP, I likely wouldn't have hit the paper. The trigger is great and the sights helped a lot and they are the two main reasons I bought this before they all disappeared onto Gunbroker for $300.
The other thing I noticed with this was that is was overly difficult to insert new mags and seat them fully. I literally had to palm thrust the mags into the gun like a martial artist. Reloading this gun will not be fun in a fight.
One of the mags I used was a Promag 10 rd extended magazine. It ran 100% with hollow points and Ruger Polycase ammo.
I put the least amount of rounds through this gun, so don't take my results to the bank. All I can say is if there was going to be an issue with the 10 rd mag, it would have happened and it didn't.
Glock 35 with Lone Wolf 9mm barrel.
I did not replace anything other than the barrel for the gun. It ran flawless with the stock .40 extractor, ejector, and recoil spring.
This was perfect with both a Glock .40 mag and a Magpul 9mm mag. However, I would absolutely not use a .40 magazine to shoot 9mm in for defense as I noticed during loading the mag that the 9mm would get loose and stagger in the magazine. Not something you would want to happen in a life defending situation.
The 9mm Magpul mag ran fine, no issues. I used Winchester NATO 124 grain, 115 grain JHP, and 147 grain JHP. No issues with any of them. The NATO ammo was noticeably hotter than the other stuff and the Glock was very easy to shoot and was the best of all four guns I shot. I look forward to continuing shooting the 9mm in this gun with longer mags to test reliability.
Ruger Redhawk .45 Colt/.45 ACP
It's a revolver, it went bang all the time. Fiocchi Cowboy ammo .45 Colt had some nice blast and recoil to it and shot fine.
A lot has been bandied about on this forum about the accuracy of the .45 ACP in this gun. I can say with PPU .45 ACP worked fine. I shot this gun rested at times with some Plainfield ammo boxes and found that it was accurate enough to get 3 inch groups out to 20 yards.
It is my estimation that with more trigger time and handloading, the .45 ACP can shoot just as well out to 25 yards as .45 Colt can. Past that, I cannot fathom what results one can expect.
Overall a good day. Didn't shoot my best, but I had one hour to test 4 guns and load mags, so I was blasting through it as fast as I could.
Raven .25
This ran 100% with no issues, which I consider amazing for a $100 gun. Shot about 25 rds and it was fun! Past 10 yards this gun was tough to shoot accurately, but this was off hand and my first time, so maybe the groups will tighten up over time. I only shot fmj and I advise anyone interested in shooting .25 to only shoot and carry fmj.
Ruger LCP Custom
This was the hardest gun to shoot today. The low weight and the recoil and blast made it difficult to hit well with. I think had this been the original LCP, I likely wouldn't have hit the paper. The trigger is great and the sights helped a lot and they are the two main reasons I bought this before they all disappeared onto Gunbroker for $300.
The other thing I noticed with this was that is was overly difficult to insert new mags and seat them fully. I literally had to palm thrust the mags into the gun like a martial artist. Reloading this gun will not be fun in a fight.
One of the mags I used was a Promag 10 rd extended magazine. It ran 100% with hollow points and Ruger Polycase ammo.
I put the least amount of rounds through this gun, so don't take my results to the bank. All I can say is if there was going to be an issue with the 10 rd mag, it would have happened and it didn't.
Glock 35 with Lone Wolf 9mm barrel.
I did not replace anything other than the barrel for the gun. It ran flawless with the stock .40 extractor, ejector, and recoil spring.
This was perfect with both a Glock .40 mag and a Magpul 9mm mag. However, I would absolutely not use a .40 magazine to shoot 9mm in for defense as I noticed during loading the mag that the 9mm would get loose and stagger in the magazine. Not something you would want to happen in a life defending situation.
The 9mm Magpul mag ran fine, no issues. I used Winchester NATO 124 grain, 115 grain JHP, and 147 grain JHP. No issues with any of them. The NATO ammo was noticeably hotter than the other stuff and the Glock was very easy to shoot and was the best of all four guns I shot. I look forward to continuing shooting the 9mm in this gun with longer mags to test reliability.
Ruger Redhawk .45 Colt/.45 ACP
It's a revolver, it went bang all the time. Fiocchi Cowboy ammo .45 Colt had some nice blast and recoil to it and shot fine.
A lot has been bandied about on this forum about the accuracy of the .45 ACP in this gun. I can say with PPU .45 ACP worked fine. I shot this gun rested at times with some Plainfield ammo boxes and found that it was accurate enough to get 3 inch groups out to 20 yards.
It is my estimation that with more trigger time and handloading, the .45 ACP can shoot just as well out to 25 yards as .45 Colt can. Past that, I cannot fathom what results one can expect.
Overall a good day. Didn't shoot my best, but I had one hour to test 4 guns and load mags, so I was blasting through it as fast as I could.
