SilentStalker
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So, I took my new/used SIG out yesterday for the first time. I say new used because I bought it from a guy that only put a 100 rounds or so through it. Tearing it down to the basics it was pretty evident that it had not been used much as there was really no visible wear on anything. So, anyways I gave $400 for it. The reason the guy sold it was because he said he could not get used to the DA/SA trigger.
Anyways my first range session went like this, shot my Makarov, a couple of .22's, FN 57, a couple of .38's etc. Then I moved on to the SIG. I shot it and let 2 other people shoot it. Here is the weird part. At first it was pretty dang accurate, say for 30 rounds but we seemed to be having feeding problems. I am guessing the feeding problems was due to brand new mags since it worked better with only 6 rounds instead of 8. I also learned that you need to rack the slide pretty quickly to have it work well. Anyways so we continued shooting and everybody liked it, despite the fact it was a .45 ACP. It had very little kick to it, the trigger is awesome, and everything else seemed to be good, aside from the dang shells being launched 10 foot away when ejecting lol.So anyways about round 60-70 I noticed that accuracy dropped off considerably at 3-5 yards, I mean like 15-20 inches and that the bullets were making keyholes. So, at this point I am wigging out because I am not sure what to do with the gun. Like I said it is pretty much brand new and I like it but if I cant shoot without getting keyholing at those distances then it has got to go as it is hard as hell to be accurate with a gun that has bullets tumbling as it leaves the barrel.
What do you think could have or be causing this? I was figuring maybe it needs a good cleaning so I cam home and gave it a good run over and some lube in the normal places but honestly it was not that dirty. So, I am open to suggestions here. I figure I will go try it out one more time after the cleaning and see how it runs even though it was dirty the first time. I mean it could be the ammo I suppose as I ran about 250 rounds of 230 grain Remington UMC through it. Perhaps that was too heavy and the barrel was not able to stabilize it, I don't know. However, if I change ammo, know it was clean, take it to the range again and it sill does this what do you think I should do or what do you think the most likely culprit is? I guess I could take it to a gunsmith but geez I would not expect this out of a gun that is basically brand new with like 350 rounds through it that costs anywhere from $700-$900.
My final question is, do you think I did more damage, if there really is any, to it by shooting it another 100 rounds or so when I noticed it doing this? I will post pics from my phone here shortly.
Anyways my first range session went like this, shot my Makarov, a couple of .22's, FN 57, a couple of .38's etc. Then I moved on to the SIG. I shot it and let 2 other people shoot it. Here is the weird part. At first it was pretty dang accurate, say for 30 rounds but we seemed to be having feeding problems. I am guessing the feeding problems was due to brand new mags since it worked better with only 6 rounds instead of 8. I also learned that you need to rack the slide pretty quickly to have it work well. Anyways so we continued shooting and everybody liked it, despite the fact it was a .45 ACP. It had very little kick to it, the trigger is awesome, and everything else seemed to be good, aside from the dang shells being launched 10 foot away when ejecting lol.So anyways about round 60-70 I noticed that accuracy dropped off considerably at 3-5 yards, I mean like 15-20 inches and that the bullets were making keyholes. So, at this point I am wigging out because I am not sure what to do with the gun. Like I said it is pretty much brand new and I like it but if I cant shoot without getting keyholing at those distances then it has got to go as it is hard as hell to be accurate with a gun that has bullets tumbling as it leaves the barrel.
What do you think could have or be causing this? I was figuring maybe it needs a good cleaning so I cam home and gave it a good run over and some lube in the normal places but honestly it was not that dirty. So, I am open to suggestions here. I figure I will go try it out one more time after the cleaning and see how it runs even though it was dirty the first time. I mean it could be the ammo I suppose as I ran about 250 rounds of 230 grain Remington UMC through it. Perhaps that was too heavy and the barrel was not able to stabilize it, I don't know. However, if I change ammo, know it was clean, take it to the range again and it sill does this what do you think I should do or what do you think the most likely culprit is? I guess I could take it to a gunsmith but geez I would not expect this out of a gun that is basically brand new with like 350 rounds through it that costs anywhere from $700-$900.
My final question is, do you think I did more damage, if there really is any, to it by shooting it another 100 rounds or so when I noticed it doing this? I will post pics from my phone here shortly.
