Took my Wasp out today

[2cooltoolz]

I'm showin' my a** here, so don't laugh at me.  I want to admit up front, I had only shot my BW about 30 rounds up till now, that at a nice pistol range, and had never shot the Wasp, ever!  I only had a few minutes, my family keeps me running on the weekends, but I wanted to shoot them!

   

   Went out to the woods where there's a nice little berm I occasionally use for function checking my pistols.  Not very far out of town, and I'm not sure I'm supposed to be there, so I don't stay long.  I only took two plates (hi tech sighting-in targets!) and staked them in the berm, one above the other (BW on top), then stepped off about 7 yards.  I shot one cylinder at each plate, my first 10 shots of the day.  I shot a few more rounds (another cylinder each) after that at some plastic bottles, but didn't want to "bugger up" my targets for posting.  

   I'm not real proud of these targets, but for the first time in a while to shoot the BW and first time ever to shoot the WASP, I'm okay.  I'm going to try to hit the range tomorrow.

   By the way, I installed the sights on the BW myself.  I bought it on GB and the guy sent me the one with the adjustable sights.  He sent me 100 rounds of CCI Maxi to make amends, and I learned some stuff.  

   

   The big holes at top are where the plates were staked in the berm, the sixth hole in the Wasp target is the flier from the BW set. (the targets were stacked).

   

   

   

   I really liked the little bead sight on the Wasp, seemed to shoot pretty much POA (if I could aim that is).  The BW sight seems to be a "cover your target" sight, which is great for SD, but hard to "shoot small" with (if I could aim that is).  

   While there is not really a rear sight on the wasp, the firing pin notch works pretty well:

   

   

   I had been a little worried about the recoil on the smaller Wasp, after the Black Widow.  I've read where several people comment that it "wants to jump out your hand".  I found it to be completely neglible.  Actually didn't even consider it.

   

   By the way, I was shooting CCI Maxi-Mag 40 gr.  Nice round hole, no keyholing, etc....I'm pretty pleased, all the way around.  I wouldn't hesitate for a second (after a bit more...,okay much more, practice to carry either one)

[westerly1965]

Nice.  Both of those are pretty good from 7 yds.  Definitely would have had all five center mass in an SD situation.  That's not bad.

[kwb]

Very nice little weapon. Enjoy!

[Dinadan]

That is very good with a new mini from seven yards. When I shot my Mini-magnum for the first time I had to move close to the target to get on the paper and figure out the the point of aim with the blade sight. Basicly I need to ignore the sight and aim down the top of the barrel. That little bead sight seems to be better aligned vertically.

[redhawk4]

Good enough shooting for the purpose at hand and for pretty much a first outing. Don't worry some more shooting and you'll be  amazed at the improvement.

   

   I was very unhappy with early attempts with my Guardian 380, then all of a sudden months later when I relaxed a little, I shot a really good group at 7 yds and kind of wondered how that happened. The body and mind are extraordinary how they continually work together to make you better at something if you just keep doing it, even on a semi regular basis.

[grayelky]

Like it has been pointed out: You have all five shots in the torso at 7 yards. Just guessing, but it seems you have about a 3" group from the Wasp, and depending on how close the targets were, a 3" or 4" group from the BW. The impact points (holes) are spread apart, doing the most damage which has the best chance of keeping you alive. This is the reason you carry a gun anyway. Nice, itty bitty groups look good, but do not impart the most damage.

[2cooltoolz]

I really like the bead sights on the wasp.  Daytime, range shooting.  I'm a bit concerned about the low-light value of the sight.  I've used Testor model paint on my LCP and my S&W 442 J-frame.  The sight seems so tiny, I'm concerned that even really fancy sight paint may be inadequate.  I emailed Dustin, the NAA Gunsmith-in-Chief about the configuration (press in/screw in--thread configuration), but he didn't know.  Meprolight makes a tritium replacement for a shotgun bead, in two thread configurations.  Will it replace the bead on the Wasp?....I may never know.

   I don't care much about target accuracy on an SD pocket gun.  But it would be nice to see where the muzzle is pointed after dark..

[ricart]

I have never been a fan of night sights.  If it is too dark to see your sights, it is probably too dark to make a positive ID on your target.  So just why are you shooting at something you can't identify?

[wildtim]

Ricart you need to do some low light training. Or just shoot a flat black target using black sights.  There are a lot of situations where the front sight can get lost yet you can still id a target.  I don't like anything that casts a glow either like the night sites or light gathering sights do but I still want a white line or a contrast dot or something up there to let me get a picture under more demanding situations.