First, let me thank Arlington R&P Club for inviting me over to shoot their steel targets at 15 yards this morning. Much appreciated!
First off, I put 50 rounds of WWB 115g 9mm and 50 rounds of AE 124g 9mm through each gun. For the Sig I used both 10 and 12 round mags, loaded either full or with one fewer round. For the P1 I tried both 7 and 8 rounds in each mag. (I normally load one fewer round than max since some guns have problems with mags crammed full.)
The Sig functioned without a hiccup in all cases, it was actually pretty boring. Trigger, gong, trigger, gong. No malfunctions at any time. Ejection was strong to the right and a little back. Plus a very decent out-of-the-box trigger. I think I need to brighten up the front and rear sights, however. Being cheap, I may use a little glow-in-the-dark nail polish. It definitely feels good in my hand, and even better with the pinky rest on the 12 round magazine.
Yes, I did get some of the advertised FP drag, but not much IMHO. I've attached a picture of some of the primer strikes to show what I mean.
Now on to the Walther P1. This is a "thin slide" version, with alloy frame, so no +P or Nato spec ammunition for it. (My other P1 had a steel frame.) Interestingly, the P1 failed the pencil test (which had me a little worried), but functioned just fine at the range. Perhaps it needs a round in the chamber for the FP block to get moved out of the way?
Anyway, the P1 also has a pretty nice trigger, and was also sort of boring, trigger, gong, trigger, gong, etc. I had one failure to eject, quickly cleared. This gun has forceful ejection straight up, so much so that I was pelted by falling brass after hitting the underside of the roof. One case fell between my eyeglasses and cheek, to my chagrin (ahem). The P1 spent brass showed no sign of FP drag, of course.
So, all in all, both guns were boring, which is actually a good thing. Both felt good in my hands, both functioned very well, and I'm still smiling at getting more rounds in the P365 magazines than in the P1.
Next time I'll wear a cap when shooting the P1.
Bryan
First off, I put 50 rounds of WWB 115g 9mm and 50 rounds of AE 124g 9mm through each gun. For the Sig I used both 10 and 12 round mags, loaded either full or with one fewer round. For the P1 I tried both 7 and 8 rounds in each mag. (I normally load one fewer round than max since some guns have problems with mags crammed full.)
The Sig functioned without a hiccup in all cases, it was actually pretty boring. Trigger, gong, trigger, gong. No malfunctions at any time. Ejection was strong to the right and a little back. Plus a very decent out-of-the-box trigger. I think I need to brighten up the front and rear sights, however. Being cheap, I may use a little glow-in-the-dark nail polish. It definitely feels good in my hand, and even better with the pinky rest on the 12 round magazine.
Yes, I did get some of the advertised FP drag, but not much IMHO. I've attached a picture of some of the primer strikes to show what I mean.
Now on to the Walther P1. This is a "thin slide" version, with alloy frame, so no +P or Nato spec ammunition for it. (My other P1 had a steel frame.) Interestingly, the P1 failed the pencil test (which had me a little worried), but functioned just fine at the range. Perhaps it needs a round in the chamber for the FP block to get moved out of the way?
Anyway, the P1 also has a pretty nice trigger, and was also sort of boring, trigger, gong, trigger, gong, etc. I had one failure to eject, quickly cleared. This gun has forceful ejection straight up, so much so that I was pelted by falling brass after hitting the underside of the roof. One case fell between my eyeglasses and cheek, to my chagrin (ahem). The P1 spent brass showed no sign of FP drag, of course.
So, all in all, both guns were boring, which is actually a good thing. Both felt good in my hands, both functioned very well, and I'm still smiling at getting more rounds in the P365 magazines than in the P1.
Next time I'll wear a cap when shooting the P1.
Bryan