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Well, I sold my USP 9mm on Monday and picked up a NIB P30 the same day. I took it out on Tuesday for a first date/"getting to know you" session. I was a bit giddy and excited so I kinda just blasted 200 rounds of Rem UMC through it fairly quickly. I seemed to shoot it about as well as I did my USP9.
Fast forward to this evening for the second date and another 300 rounds of UMC, plus a box of 147gr Gold Dot. First a little background on me. I just started shooting in July. I had very little pistol shooting experience from before when I did a little security duty in the Navy. So I've only been shooting regularly for about 6 months. I started out a little rusty, but quickly came around and warmed up to my new baby. Groups started to tighten up and my smile became wider.
I met a buddy that I shoot with often, so he knows my usual groups at various distances. He's been considering a P30 so he was VERY interested in seeing how the P30 performed compared to the USP full size.
I was astounded at how well I shot the thing compared to what I was currently capable of with the USP. Most of my shooting is done at 7yds and some at 15yds which is the max range of the indoor joint we go to. My groups at 15yds up until now were 5-6" at best and I could routinely make 1.5" groups at 7yds. Like I said... I'm an improving newb.
At any rate, I was easily able to match that at 7yds with the new P30 and even saw consistent slight improvement of all groups. Where we both saw a large improvement were the shots at 15yds! I've always had a slight problem with trigger control and my longer range groups were usually to the left. My first 15yd session was as good as any I had shot with my USP or any gun for that matter, BUT it was nicely centered on the target. I hadn't been that centered on target at range before. As I shot a few more 15yd sessions the groups continued to get tighter and tighter. I was grinning from ear to ear.
So needless to say, I'm totally pleased with the performance of the pistol and myself both. I'm astounded to get this kind of accuracy out of a 3.8" barreled combat pistol. Below are a couple of pics of my best groups at 7yds(10 rounds) and 15yds(20 rounds). Too bad for the flyer on both targets. The main group at 15yds measures right at 3.5".
Sorry for the lengthy report and I hope I didn't ramble on too much. I'm still a bit giddy.
Oh yeah, I believe the buddy shot as well as he ever has or better than with his USPc .40. I have a feeling he'll have a new P30 very soon.
Fast forward to this evening for the second date and another 300 rounds of UMC, plus a box of 147gr Gold Dot. First a little background on me. I just started shooting in July. I had very little pistol shooting experience from before when I did a little security duty in the Navy. So I've only been shooting regularly for about 6 months. I started out a little rusty, but quickly came around and warmed up to my new baby. Groups started to tighten up and my smile became wider.
I was astounded at how well I shot the thing compared to what I was currently capable of with the USP. Most of my shooting is done at 7yds and some at 15yds which is the max range of the indoor joint we go to. My groups at 15yds up until now were 5-6" at best and I could routinely make 1.5" groups at 7yds. Like I said... I'm an improving newb.
So needless to say, I'm totally pleased with the performance of the pistol and myself both. I'm astounded to get this kind of accuracy out of a 3.8" barreled combat pistol. Below are a couple of pics of my best groups at 7yds(10 rounds) and 15yds(20 rounds). Too bad for the flyer on both targets. The main group at 15yds measures right at 3.5".
Sorry for the lengthy report and I hope I didn't ramble on too much. I'm still a bit giddy.

