Beater G23 & Range Report

by Sarge , Central Misery, Sunday, December 09, 2012, 17:48 (4369 days ago)

I picked up a used Glock 23 Friday… paid about $150-160 under retail; of course the gun is used and looks like it. The good news is that the barrel, feedramp and breechface indicate a very low round count. The gun has the dreaded 7 ¾ pound ‘New York’ trigger, but it has a very good two-stage setup and is crisp when it breaks. I really don’t mind it, particularly on a gun carried IWB a lot.

The first few magazines showed it was shooting fine for elevation, but about 4” left at 25 yards. Lacking a fancy screw-driven sight adjusting tool, I just did what I’ve always done; padded a vise with cardboard and knocked the rear sight over with a hammer & punch. Yep, that’s rain on the gun. At 47 degrees it was perfect sighting-in weather ;)

With the windage corrected, it was time to confirm zero at 50 yards. I had trouble seeing the little 1” red center at that distance so I stapled some white paper over it. I fired the first 5 rounds, Federal 165 grain HST, holding directly on the center with my hands rested on the range bag. They were a little high, but pretty well centered.

Five more rounds from the same distance, this time standing and shooting unsupported with 165 grain American Eagle FMJ. I liked that a little better. The HST rounds have the vertical mark and the AE shows horizontal marks.

I also shot at an empty cartridge box at 25 yards and hit it four of five shots. The gun is shooting pretty well and I like it.