Was it Phydeaux that asked about honesty at the range?

Here you go buddy, a target with only one shot on paper, hehehe.

I just got back from the range after having shot my new SP-101 for the first time. What a great little gun.

I'm going for 100% honesty here.

Here's my first cylinder-full. I only hit the paper with the one I flinched on. That at least gave me a clue that it was shooting WAY high at 7 yds:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3158.jpg


Here's my second target. Two cylinders. It is also a bit right, and apparently, I'm flinching a bit even with Specials, girly man that I am. I'm still used to automatic recoil I guess.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3159.jpg


Later, things got exciting, when I was charged by an angry rhino. Thankfully, the little 38 Specials stopped him dead in his tracks!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3160.jpg

The above targets were all shot with Specials, consisting of the following:
357 Magnum brass
158 gr. LRNFP hardcast bullets
3.8 gr. of Bullseye

Before wrapping things up, I tried some of my handloaded "light magnums", consisting of:
Same cases & bullets as above
5.8 gr. of Bullseye ouch:

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3164.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3165.jpg

I'll need to take a Dremel to the sharp trigger edges before I even THINK of shooting full house magnums.

Finally, before heading home, I decided to see if I could get some of my pride back and broke out the trusty Mk. II Target model. I did manage to squeeze off this one 1.60", 5-shot group at 25 yds., offhand. Best I've ever done, and with cheap Federal bulk ammo.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/jzorns/Guns/IMGP3162.jpg

Next up, I'm going to place the order for a 4 die set of Lee carbide 357 dies, and see what I can do with HP38 powder in some Special-strength loads in magnum cases.

Before you spend the money, you should be able to use your .38 dies to make Magnum loads.

I can speak from experience that .357 dies will work OK to full-length resize & seat/crimp .38 specials, but you will have problems with the second die that opens the mouth - it might not depress deep enough to bell the case sufficiently. But, from what I understand, a .38 die will unscrew enough to handle .357 cases.

Point is, check your current dies before ordering new ones.

Oh, yeah...and try shooting SA for a little to get used to how the gun acts/reacts compared to an auto. Might help a bit. Finally, dry-fire the heck out of that SP101 - you'll learn the trigger pull and help smooth it out a bit also. That finger injury is interesting...haven't seen that before...

Q

Nice mark you got there, how do you like those grips? Looking for some for mine. Have med/large hands.

Yep, that was me. Lol. It looks like you have discovered something that I discovered some time back. If I shoot my 642 that kicks like a mule, then I shoot my XD9 with a much softer recoil, my groups are better with the XD9 than if I start out shooting it first.

Nice play by play. Thanks for sharing.:D