Today I finally got to the indoor range with my Phantom. I shot WWB and some Remington FMJ at 7, 10, and 15 yards. I began at 7 yards, what I generally consider combat range. Today I was mostly shooting to check function, which by the way was perfect over 100 plus rounds fired, but had a wonderful surprise as to accuracy.
At seven yards I shot the first five round group into an eight inch target. The first three rounds fired into one hole, one with a club playing card suit shape, mostly round, inside the orange 1.5" bull, at the six o'clock position. I think I was a bit stunned as the next two rounds landed outside of that hole by just a hair over one inch at the seven and ten o'clock positions. The entire group was well less than 1.5 inches. It was quite a start and as I progressed I picked up the pace of my shooting to a rate of fire that was probably pushing the range's tolerance for rapid fire. Groups remained very tight even as I moved the target out to ten and then fifteen yards.
Recoil with the gun, a very light gun, was very, very light. Muzzle flip was negligible, almost on the order of my Steyr GB which is almost legendary for a lack of muzzle flip and quick follow-up shots. Shooting the Phantom very quickly and very accurately is naturally easy. I credit the low bore axis for much of this. Being such a light gun it could easily be otherwise. If there's any question about the trigger actual shooting yields function and accuracy far greater than one might expect merely from having dry fired the gun. I didn't work much at all with double action shooting, reserving that for the next trip, so I will reserve comment.
To finish off the range session I brought the target back in to 7 yards, loaded up the mag (only to 18) plus one, and shot the entire mag rapid fire (again probably pushing the tolerance of the range as to those sorts of things) into the target centered on the head of the badguy, filling the eight inch target centered on the bull. Each and every shot landed in an area that would have been between the two eyes and mouth without a single flyer. The gun makes me look good, and I say that after 30 years of shooting. After that a number of guys looked down the line to see what could have done that. I admit it, I was proud
Only one negative. I shoot a modified Weaver and I found the extended mag got in the way a bit of my left hand. It wasn't so bad, but it did feel a bit funny and took some getting used to. Based on how I was shooting I can't imagine that I was negatively impacted. I'm going to try the gun with some flush fitting mags just to see if there's a difference.
This gun is going to get a lot of use.
At seven yards I shot the first five round group into an eight inch target. The first three rounds fired into one hole, one with a club playing card suit shape, mostly round, inside the orange 1.5" bull, at the six o'clock position. I think I was a bit stunned as the next two rounds landed outside of that hole by just a hair over one inch at the seven and ten o'clock positions. The entire group was well less than 1.5 inches. It was quite a start and as I progressed I picked up the pace of my shooting to a rate of fire that was probably pushing the range's tolerance for rapid fire. Groups remained very tight even as I moved the target out to ten and then fifteen yards.
Recoil with the gun, a very light gun, was very, very light. Muzzle flip was negligible, almost on the order of my Steyr GB which is almost legendary for a lack of muzzle flip and quick follow-up shots. Shooting the Phantom very quickly and very accurately is naturally easy. I credit the low bore axis for much of this. Being such a light gun it could easily be otherwise. If there's any question about the trigger actual shooting yields function and accuracy far greater than one might expect merely from having dry fired the gun. I didn't work much at all with double action shooting, reserving that for the next trip, so I will reserve comment.
To finish off the range session I brought the target back in to 7 yards, loaded up the mag (only to 18) plus one, and shot the entire mag rapid fire (again probably pushing the tolerance of the range as to those sorts of things) into the target centered on the head of the badguy, filling the eight inch target centered on the bull. Each and every shot landed in an area that would have been between the two eyes and mouth without a single flyer. The gun makes me look good, and I say that after 30 years of shooting. After that a number of guys looked down the line to see what could have done that. I admit it, I was proud
Only one negative. I shoot a modified Weaver and I found the extended mag got in the way a bit of my left hand. It wasn't so bad, but it did feel a bit funny and took some getting used to. Based on how I was shooting I can't imagine that I was negatively impacted. I'm going to try the gun with some flush fitting mags just to see if there's a difference.
This gun is going to get a lot of use.
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