It is almost a year since my first shooting post, and I have finally found the opportunity to try the Ideal stock rig combination outdoors, as I had hoped to do. The occasion was Terry Foley's shooting-day meeting.
Indoors, remember, this is a fairly uncomfortable ensemble to shoot. Outdoors, the situation is entirely different. It is light, the sight picture remains excellent, the awkwardness of the grip safety is lost in the stability and low recoil of the combination--Terry noted the low recoil particularly. Muzzle flash and report is not an issue outdoors.
The only noteable problem is that there is enough play in the telescoping stock that if you really pull it into your shoulder, the stock compresses just enough to unlock from the grips--disconcerting, and avoidable.
If I had an American Eagle shooting Luger with a better barrel I might actually shoot this combination from time to time.
--Dwight
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