{"id":31413,"date":"2025-11-15T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=31413"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:43:08","slug":"rapid-fire-at-10-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/rapid-fire-at-10-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Fire at 10 Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n<p>I had not been to the indoor handgun range for a couple of weeks, and recent post on Facebook about close-range, rapid-fire shooting made me want to try the same.\u00a0 Most of the time, I&#8217;m a target shooter, which usually involves longer distances and careful aim.\u00a0 This would be different:\u00a0 10 feet and firing as quickly as possible.\u00a0 What slowed my aim was not recoil or the ability to find the front sight; it was the target moving.\u00a0 At that short distance, and with a hanging target, muzzle blast made the target move around.\u00a0 The results were relatively acceptable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31415\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2299-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2299-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2299-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31416\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2292-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2292-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2292-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two guns were the Springfield Target 1911 (in .45 ACP) and the 9mm Smith and Wesson Shield, and the loads were with the ARX bullets I&#8217;ve written about before.\u00a0 In the .45, the load I use is 8.8 grains of Power Pistol and 118-grain ARX bullets.\u00a0 In the 9mm, it&#8217;s 5.2 grains of Winchester 231 and 65-grain ARX bullets.\u00a0 Both loads are completely reliable, the ammo feeds beautifully, and they group with target handgun accuracy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31417\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2291.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2291-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31419\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2296-600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2296-600-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2296-600-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I buy the targets you see at the top of this blog from Alco, which is in nearby Duarte.\u00a0 For that target above, I put 25 rounds on each of those upper little silhouettes with the 9mm Shield, and then I did the same with the .45 on the lower two silhouettes.\u00a0 \u00a0The .45 is more accurate, but it&#8217;s a big gun and it&#8217;s not comfortable for concealed carry.\u00a0 The 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