Range Report
OK now, I'm not letting some accessorized AR hijack my thread
So here's a little range report.
I ran to the range this morning to get some quick shooting in before heading to work. The RAMI shoots great for me. I put 28 round of moderate 165 gr target reloads through it and 16 rounds of hot 135 gr hollow points.
12 of the rounds went through one of the EAA Witness .41 AE magazine I got from CDNN and modified for use in my CZ 40B that I later traded to Eric. It worked flawlessly and unlike the big mags in the baby Glocks there wasn't any slop in the magazine and it provided a solid purchase for my pinky.
The trigger on the RAMI has a very smooth double action like a smoothed or broken in CZ. The 85 Compact is a bit rougher feeling like a typical new CZ. Both single action trigger pulls are slightly rough and long, typical new CZ triggers. This only seems to hurt the accuracy in very slow and deliberate fire however. If I just "wing it" I shoot them very very well.
The RAMI's accuracy was pretty darn good for such a short barrel and sight radius but flash was quite noticeable even using my favorite low-flash powder Universal Clays. I also got noticeable primer swipe with the hot 135 grain loads. I think I'm going to try a 155 grain HP and some Tite-Group and see if I get lower flash.
Only had one failure to feed and it looks like it was an ammo failure not a gun issue. It was the 7th round of the 1st magazine and I think the round was too short because it hit the top of the chamber opening and stopped.
I did all the shooting at 10 yards and even aimed rapid fire I got all the shots in a B-37 target (reduced B-27 man-size target). So all shots would have hit COM at 20 yards. Trying to rest I shot very poorly. 2 handed standing I got the best results. Out of 16 rounds I got 4 in the x ring and the rest within 5-6" of it and grouped together quite well. Lighting in the booth was poor and the sights a bit difficult to see or think I would have been more consistent because it produced 3 separate 2-3"" groups.
Then we have the 85 Compact (which came with an 85 Combat manual). Magazines drop free and the extra nose weight from the rail makes it flip and feel almost identical to my full size 9mm 75B. So far I'd have to say it's the most accurate centerfire auto-loader I own beating out my Glock 24 P and 75B. It's definitely the most accurate .40 S&W I've ever shot, although I've never gotten my hands on the CZ 75 Standard
Slow fire at 10 yards I get a ragged hole that slowly expands depending on how many rounds I put through it and how sloppy I get. If I do my part 1" at 10 yards is pretty easy. In a ransom rest I bet this thing would be impressive. Hmm, I should check the test target.
Something I should have tried but just now thought of was putting the 75 upper on the 85 Compact to see if it functioned. I'll give that a whirl next time I'm at the range and let you guys know
