My new SR9 (for those who haven't been following the story, this is my very first semi-auto) came out of the box with the front sight way over to the right. I brought it back in yesterday and I'll mention the gun shop because these guys are awesome. Virginia Arms in Manassas, VA. They fixed the sight (I was afraid to try it myself because I didn't want to scratch the gun). Then I asked for some help in taking it apart. I read the manual, but I thought it was a good opportunity to do it hands-on so I could remember it better. The guy spent some time with me, did it for me and then had me do it. Then he told me the areas to clean, where and how to lubricate, and spots to look for wear. It was just a really productive trip to the gun shop and I thank Jim over there for taking the time.
Anyway, while there I picked up an extra magazine. Then last night I had an appointment to spend an hour with an instructor at the range.
The brand new extra mag I bought earlier was VERY difficult to load. Not just the spring, I was using the little tool. But it was like the back of the rounds would press down but the tips of the bullets wouldn't. My question here is, do you lubricate the magazines? Seems like a light coat of oil on the front inside surface would make this magazine easier to load, but I didn't see anything in the manual about lubricating that and wanted to check first.
On an exciting note, the guy said my shooting skills were 'excellent!' We worked from 16 feet to 21 feet, I think this was about 18 feet but didn't write it down. One magazine, shooting as fast as I could get the sight picture and squeeze the trigger. I have a few things I need to work on: remembering to breathe, using the pad of my trigger finger instead of that first joint, keeping my thumbs together on the side of the gun, not locking my right arm, stuff like that. But all in all it was an extremely productive and fun day with the SR9!
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Anyway, while there I picked up an extra magazine. Then last night I had an appointment to spend an hour with an instructor at the range.
The brand new extra mag I bought earlier was VERY difficult to load. Not just the spring, I was using the little tool. But it was like the back of the rounds would press down but the tips of the bullets wouldn't. My question here is, do you lubricate the magazines? Seems like a light coat of oil on the front inside surface would make this magazine easier to load, but I didn't see anything in the manual about lubricating that and wanted to check first.
On an exciting note, the guy said my shooting skills were 'excellent!' We worked from 16 feet to 21 feet, I think this was about 18 feet but didn't write it down. One magazine, shooting as fast as I could get the sight picture and squeeze the trigger. I have a few things I need to work on: remembering to breathe, using the pad of my trigger finger instead of that first joint, keeping my thumbs together on the side of the gun, not locking my right arm, stuff like that. But all in all it was an extremely productive and fun day with the SR9!
