I had some time to hit the range and check out the GHP with some random carry type loads. Mixed in the can were Winchester 124 +P Bonded, Winchester 127 +P+ T Series, Federal 147 Hydrashok from 20 years ago, Speer Gold Dot 147 G2, and a couple of Hornady Critical Defense 110gr loads.
It was obvious in sound and movement of the gun during the shooting session when a Hornady Critical Defense followed one of the Winchester 127 +P+ loads. Other than that, all the loads functioned fine and shot into a pretty decent pattern.
I know you have found the left-trending groups tiresome. Me too! I decided to move the sight a couple of clicks over to the right. Yes, I went too far.
I shot Justin Dyal’s 5 yard Roundup cold from a JM Custom Kydex IWB holster that was not intended for a railed Hi Power. It worked well enough from about 2:30 on my waist and was concealed under a closed front shirt. Justin’s drill is shot from 5 yards and all par times are 2.5 seconds. I needed the extra time for a cold draw with the GHP, having never drawn it from IWB. The drill is one round from the holster, 4 rounds from ready, 3 rounds from ready strong hand only, and 2 rounds from ready weak hand only. Scored by the rings, I shot a 95.
I followed Roundup with Prep Time. This is another 10 round drill, this time shot from 10 yards. You can see this is where my gross sight adjustment caught up to me. The drill has four stages and each one is repeated one time for a total of 10 rounds fired. The first stage is aimed in on the target with slack out of the trigger, one round in one second. The second stage is 1 round in 2 seconds from the ready. The third stage is one round in 3 seconds from the holster and the last stage is two rounds in four seconds from the holster. This is generally done on a 3″ square but all I had handy were 3″ circles. It wouldn’t have mattered. I launched one high by leaning on the trigger in a Glock-like manner on the first follow up shot. A combination of mostly me tightening my hand while pressing the trigger and a little bit of right-trending zero sailed another one off to the right. An 8 isn’t bad but I should shoot 9’s and 10s.
My performance on these drills is certainly a reflection of me and not the gun. I just shot a Glock in a 2 day class put on for the firearms instructors at my agency by Wayne Dobbs. The guns point different for me and the triggers are far different. Added to that is the smaller window on the GHP’s optic and the gun is pretty good to allow me to shoot this well with it cold.
I finished up the day by shooting another 50 rounds of mixed carry ammo. I shot primarily 8″ steel targets at 10yards but finished the day with a couple of groups. The gun functioned just as it should. I averaged 1.50-1.70 on first shot draw, my follow ups were all between .4 and .5 and reloads were right on 3 seconds. For being relatively unpracticed with the gun, I was happy with its performance. It now has 324 total rounds through it with no stoppages.
