Today I went out in the desert to test some loads and some sight adjustments I made to a G17 gen 4 that is stock except for some springs and a connector.
I had been moving the rear sight around back and forth trying to get it centered at 20-22 yards off a rest. The first group was with factory 9mm 115g ammo that had 5 shot groups at 2-3" about 2" left of center but spot on for elevation. Dang it I just moved the sights to get the groups to move left after previously having the groups spot on for elevation but 2-3" to the right of the bull.
Next up was some cast lead 115g reloads that are a wee bit hotter based on felt recoil than the factory stuff and this G17 will handle lead bullets without leading the barrel. This 5 shot group also was in the 2-3" size and centered on the bull !!! Repeat and same results with both kinds of ammo.
I knew to expect that I could get some vertical difference in the position of the groups due to the nature of the ammo used with certainly some velocity change. Almost all groups were in the 2-3" group size and shot off a good solid bench. It was new to me to see how these groups were 2-4" in variance from one another but the same elevation on the target.
Anyone else see groups move left to right with the same elevation with different ammo?
I had been moving the rear sight around back and forth trying to get it centered at 20-22 yards off a rest. The first group was with factory 9mm 115g ammo that had 5 shot groups at 2-3" about 2" left of center but spot on for elevation. Dang it I just moved the sights to get the groups to move left after previously having the groups spot on for elevation but 2-3" to the right of the bull.
Next up was some cast lead 115g reloads that are a wee bit hotter based on felt recoil than the factory stuff and this G17 will handle lead bullets without leading the barrel. This 5 shot group also was in the 2-3" size and centered on the bull !!! Repeat and same results with both kinds of ammo.
I knew to expect that I could get some vertical difference in the position of the groups due to the nature of the ammo used with certainly some velocity change. Almost all groups were in the 2-3" group size and shot off a good solid bench. It was new to me to see how these groups were 2-4" in variance from one another but the same elevation on the target.
Anyone else see groups move left to right with the same elevation with different ammo?