[ Laugo Alien on the Spinner ]
Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on ForgottenWeapons.com.
I'm Ian McCollum, and I would like to introduce today's co-host:
the MGM spinner.
I hate this spinner, I really dislike it.
I dislike it in part because it is an extremely difficult target.
It is in fact a fantastic practice target.
I don't like it showing up in matches,
but it's absolutely a magnificent target for practice,
because it requires accuracy, timing, and consistency, and visual acuity.
You have to be able to tell if that thing's coming towards you or away from you.
So the purpose of this target is to hit it enough
that the ... two popsicle stick thing does a full 360 degree rotation.
So actually you just need it to do 181 degrees,
and then it will fall the rest of the way on its own.
But the bottom target is slightly heavier than the top target,
which gives it a counter balance.
And ... the thing is when you hit it, it'll start to spin, and the more you hit it the more it'll spin.
But if you miss, there is a lot of friction in that thing
and it will in a distressingly, depressingly, rapid, ... it slows down real fast.
So I have gone ahead, thanks to Patreon, and bought an MGM spinner myself
(they're also kind of painfully expensive),
because I want to be able to get really good at that stupid spinner.
Because no one's going to believe me that I think it's a bad match target
until I can actually routinely clear it myself.
My other trick is I now have a Laugo Alien.
This is hot off both the mud and dust tests.
And so for those of you who saw those videos and thought,
"Oh my god, he just ruined a $5,000 pistol."
Well, let's see if it still actually shoots.
I'm at 15 yards by the way, which is the minimum recommended distance
to avoid spalling and splattering, and having the spinner shoot back.
[Still working on that grip ...]
And I forgot about it again. I need to put some grip tape on this.
So I stop putting my thumbs in a position where I am going to ...
right there.
So that's how fast that ... thing will stop spinning, it's already completely done.
I was really close. So with the Laugo ...
I've never been able to actually double tap the bottom plate before, that was new to me.
Now had I been able to actually make my single hits on the top,
as well as double tapping the bottom, I could have got that over without too much trouble.
So, I'm going to reload some magazines, and let's give that another try.
Camera guy just had a run at the spinner, now he's all pissed off at it too.
Oh, ... this specific target can be downright infuriating.
But I was able to get double hits on the bottom,
which means I should be able to spin this.
All I have to do is make doubles on the bottom and singles on the top, and we should be good.
Now, this is already better than I've basically ever done with ... this MGM spinner.
This is the exact same model we had at Desert Brutality, it is high friction.
If you don't do a fast reload, that thing is almost at a standstill
by the time you've reloaded your pistol, which is nuts.
Again, like I said at the beginning, this is a magnificent practice target
as long as it doesn't infuriate you to the point that you lose all will to actually improve.
So ... let's try this again.
We're going to start with the top, single hit on top, and then double on the bottom.
Yes!
God, I mouthed it!
[A thumbs-high left-handed grip will bounce cases back into the action.]
And now it's basically back resting.
Not yet.
And I'll say 50 rounds dumped through this pistol does get it hot,
because ... they are 17 round mags,
I'm loading them to 16 just to save on my thumbs a little bit.
So that's, what, 48 rounds per engagement here.
So it's now completely at a standstill.
I'm going to give this one more try.
I also of course have to remember my thumb position.
The Laugo is such a good shooting pistol, that I'm willing to develop a specific grip for this
that is different than all my other pistols.
Because it is the only pistol I've ever been able to even come close
to reliably double tapping a spinner with.
So.
Here we go.
[Now I'm just getting impatient and frustrated...]
Came close again.
Ha-hah, not so tough without any legs are you?
We'll be back. I'm going to be able to shoot that. We'll get it.