It was an unbelievably beautiful day today, so I did what every good American should do from time to time...
I played hookey from work :)
I spent the morning at the Gun Range, and had a blast (no pun intended). I started out on the rifle range, and shot my K31:
I shot her with iron sights at 50 yards. Even with the sun blazing into my eyes, I felt like I shot really well (for me) today. Here's my best group, but most of the other's were similar.
The quarter is there for size comparison.... At 50 yards, you can barely see the target without a scope. Not bad for a 60 year old military surplus rifle being shot by someone with 44 year old eyes :)
I'm not a naturally good rifle shot. I grew up hunting small game with a shotgun, so I was late coming to rifle shooting. I'm gradually improving, though. I plan to move to the 100 yard range when I'm completely satisfied with my performance at 50 yards. Probably make the leap this spring, if things keep progressing.
I moved on to the pistol range, to try out my new Cimarron Thunderer:
I'll remind you, as I've confessed before, I am horrible with a double action revolver. I had high hopes for the single action Thunderer, though, and I wasn't dissapointed. I was shooting at 21 feet, two handed. Here's my best of the day:
That's not outstanding, but it's pretty damned good for me. With some practice, I'll get as good with this gun as I am with my Beretta.
2 comments:
Sometimes work just isn't compelling enough and you have to take time out to do something more important. I'd suggest that improving your rifle and handgun skills was such a choice.
I love your K31, I'd love to own a rifle with that sort of history some day. When I move into a home of my own (I'm renting at the moment) I'm hoping to take up rifle shooting. The reason I haven't done so now is because of the UK laws requiring gun cabinets that are fixed to the floor and the wall and separate lockers for ammunition etc. I don't think my landlord would appreciate my drilling holes into his walls.
I like your target groupings, both are to the left, is that something that can be fixed easily with a bit of research or expert tuition?
Anyway, looks like you had a fun day. Thanks for sharing it.
Range days are like having an itch you can't scratch properly.. it keeps bothering me until I do something about it.
I'm thinking my leftward group drift is a windage adjustment problem with the K31. I'm just getting consistent enough with it to worry with sight adjustment.
The revolver is a tendency that I have to pull the muzzle left a tad when I squeeze the trigger. I had the same problem when I first started shooting semi-auto. I should be able to correct it by the next time I hit the range with this gun.... just too excited to shoot it this time to concentrate :)
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