Today at the local indoor range, my wife and I put 150 rounds of assorted types through the little BM.
On the second clip, I had one jam, but I think that was due to me not paying attention while loading the magazine. The magazines are kind of funny in that they require you to push the rounds in and back until you hear a "click", which I did not do for that magazine. One round of Win. "White box" FMJ didn't chamber fully, I assume because it slid forward out of the feed lips too soon.
Anyway, after that, I was more careful with the loading and the pistol just ran and ran. I would shoot one clip and then my wife would shoot one, with no real breaks for the gun to cool. We did this until finally we got tired of trying to make it jam again.
Accuracy was excellent, but I definitely had to do my part to bring it out. Best Win. FMJ group at 20 yds. was 8 in 2.25" offhand, with most groups at that range running around 3" due my crappy marksmanship dropping a couple fliers. Groups at 30 yds. could not be measured, since my gun shoots too far to the left to print on the paper at that range. 15 yd. (and closer) groups were like 1" or so. All in all, the pistol only grouped as well as I shot, and most groups were significantly larger than these.
Accuracy champ of the day was the Corbon 115 gr. +P, which to my surprise fed just fine through 20 rounds. At 20 yards, I put 8 inside 1.5". And did I mention it fed fine? Oh well, I don't think I'll be putting many of these hot loads though the gun, but it's nice to know it works.
The gun also fed some hot-loaded reloads I had lying around using a Win. 115 gr. HP and Bullseye, which is kind of awe-inspiring since some of my other 9mms wouldn't feed these reliably.
Recoil was funny ... there was no real kick, but a sudden little muzzle blast. Imagine shooting a 9 out of a .380 sized gun like a Colt .380 Gov. I had to concentrate so the sudden muzzle blast wouldn't cause a flinch, but it was a fun kind of challenge. My marksmanship didn't really decline steadily like it does with my .45.
At any rate, the pistol was a lot of fun in a small, flat, concealeable, "eats everything" kind of package, so I am pretty happy with it. It's not perfect - I don't think these happy days will last forever ... the gun will wear out someday, but what a bargain. Even though the safety on mine is obviously not functioning correctly. With the safety almost all the way down (but not to where it "clicks" at the end), you can pull the trigger back a bit. Then, if you finish snicking off the safety, the hammer will fall to half-cock ... or then again, maybe all the way down, you just can't tell. And then there's the mag. disconnect which forces you to pull your empty clips out of the gun.
But at under 250 bucks, who cares?
Hope this helps.
On the second clip, I had one jam, but I think that was due to me not paying attention while loading the magazine. The magazines are kind of funny in that they require you to push the rounds in and back until you hear a "click", which I did not do for that magazine. One round of Win. "White box" FMJ didn't chamber fully, I assume because it slid forward out of the feed lips too soon.
Anyway, after that, I was more careful with the loading and the pistol just ran and ran. I would shoot one clip and then my wife would shoot one, with no real breaks for the gun to cool. We did this until finally we got tired of trying to make it jam again.
Accuracy was excellent, but I definitely had to do my part to bring it out. Best Win. FMJ group at 20 yds. was 8 in 2.25" offhand, with most groups at that range running around 3" due my crappy marksmanship dropping a couple fliers. Groups at 30 yds. could not be measured, since my gun shoots too far to the left to print on the paper at that range. 15 yd. (and closer) groups were like 1" or so. All in all, the pistol only grouped as well as I shot, and most groups were significantly larger than these.
Accuracy champ of the day was the Corbon 115 gr. +P, which to my surprise fed just fine through 20 rounds. At 20 yards, I put 8 inside 1.5". And did I mention it fed fine? Oh well, I don't think I'll be putting many of these hot loads though the gun, but it's nice to know it works.
The gun also fed some hot-loaded reloads I had lying around using a Win. 115 gr. HP and Bullseye, which is kind of awe-inspiring since some of my other 9mms wouldn't feed these reliably.
Recoil was funny ... there was no real kick, but a sudden little muzzle blast. Imagine shooting a 9 out of a .380 sized gun like a Colt .380 Gov. I had to concentrate so the sudden muzzle blast wouldn't cause a flinch, but it was a fun kind of challenge. My marksmanship didn't really decline steadily like it does with my .45.
At any rate, the pistol was a lot of fun in a small, flat, concealeable, "eats everything" kind of package, so I am pretty happy with it. It's not perfect - I don't think these happy days will last forever ... the gun will wear out someday, but what a bargain. Even though the safety on mine is obviously not functioning correctly. With the safety almost all the way down (but not to where it "clicks" at the end), you can pull the trigger back a bit. Then, if you finish snicking off the safety, the hammer will fall to half-cock ... or then again, maybe all the way down, you just can't tell. And then there's the mag. disconnect which forces you to pull your empty clips out of the gun.
But at under 250 bucks, who cares?
Hope this helps.
