I bought a Ruger Mark IV over the holidays and for the first time I took it shooting to an indoor range today. Ran 120 rounds through it and had great fun. I haven't been shooting in many years and the good news is that on the large silhouette targets I was getting 10 rounds near the head and 10 rounds within the body when shooting 2 clips aimed at those areas. I shot all four clips three times each. Of the 120 rounds, I jammed 3 times. No idea why but I am not going to worry as the thing is not nearly broken in and it caused no particular difficulty when clearing the jam. Now, my thumb, on the other hand jammed once... I lost a chunk of the left thumb on the side closest to the index finger. Had this happened when I was younger it would have stopped bleeding easily but as I have been on a blood thinner for the last 6 months or so, even little cuts bleed pretty a lot. Lesson learned... Keep your left hand away from moving pieces while shooting. I am glad I wasn't operating a press. Won't make that mistake again. To be honest, I am not sure exactly where on the gun I got bitten, but it won't happen again. It wasn't when charging the gun, it was while shooting. Before using it, I thought I would buy the charging ring but it charges easily enough without it and the ring wouldn't have prevented the bite. At least it wasn't a bullet wound!
The rounds I was shooting were CCI copper plated round nose 40 grain 1200FPS. I am not sure how many yards the target was away, but I was shooting with my target at the same distance that 90% of the other shooters were using.
The rounds I was shooting were CCI copper plated round nose 40 grain 1200FPS. I am not sure how many yards the target was away, but I was shooting with my target at the same distance that 90% of the other shooters were using.