I'm going to crash the party here in haq's node, because I'm a jerk like that.
And because I had a vaguely similar experience recently, although one much much much lower down the zen warrior slope than he describes in his writeup.
I tend to not drill with Italian steel like Haq, because I'm a Fudd. I drill with American steel and wood, born in New York State. Not because I am patriotic about where I source my gats (as a Jew with at least one H&K I have no leg to stand on) but because as a Fudd I have a visceral attraction to the .45 AARP cartridge and the 1911 platform - and that's the one I carry.
This time, however, I have the AngstGat (a.k.a. that H&K, a VP9SK, so DEUTSCHER STAHL) with the newfangled optic on it, and I'm working to get used to the thing, it's only the second time I've had it at the range. I'm trying to teach my
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