We are doing ok in competition.

Myself and Lizzy are doing pretty well for our first full season of L.S.R in both the Sussex and Hampshire Leagues, I have moved up 1 position in Div4 and Lizzy has moved 3 PLACES UP in Div14 so she’s well chuffed!!

I’m still trying to find a pellet type that works best in my rifle, at the moment I’m using Napier Power Target prelubed with their Powerpell formula but I do seem to get the ‘odd’ flyer probably due to excess powerpell inside the skirt of the pellet so I may go back to Milbro Match and see what happens with them.

If I can get more accurate with the CZ452 , then maybe I’ll use that for a couple of rounds of competition and see how I get on. Now I have moderator fitted to the rimfire(CZ) Lizzy doesn’t mind being next to it when we shoot side by side (ahhhhh) .

This week is a ‘free week’ for us as we have no immediate competition cards to shoot so I will be giving the Semi Voere a break and take the CZ Lux so I can get it pinpoint accurate (hopefully) plus try to get Lizzy to have a go as she is a little wary of live ammo which isn’t a bad thing in itself(everyone should be wary of live ammo) but it does prevent her from finding out how much fun can be had with rimmys. I ’should’ get through a bit less ammo this week compared to last weeks 185 rounds

Some more cards with the Voere .22lr Semi

I used my elbows for support on these ones and as you can see, the results wern’t too bad at all. Well it was only 20 yards but there is 10 shots on each card.

Then I did this one after a bit of turret turning:-

Then I decided to have a bit of rapid fire fun to finish!!:-

I wonder if I can do better with the CZ next Wednesday????

New Ammo case for 22lr

I added a piece of foam into lid to stop the rounds rattling up and down.

A 20 yard practice card with the CZ452 .22lr

Apart from the 1 of 5 stray shot ( I sneezed ) not a bad little 4 shot grouping at 20 yards free standing!!

Had my first rimfire stoppage tonight.

After over 220+ rounds through the Semi, I had my first stoppage and it was a bit different to the norm!!!  I had actually noticed that the magazine was getting a bit slack when inserting the first round in of 15 and this was the reason for the round not getting chambered properly after I fired the last of 3 shots in a short semi auto burst.

It got picked up on the skew, twisted upwards and came to rest between the bolt and the chamber with the head of the bullet half in/out of the bore and a BIG indentation in the side of the brass casing!!  I suppose it was very lucky it hadn’t gone off and damaged the rifle as well as possibly me or other club member.

Anyway panic diverted and now I will be stripping the rifle tommorow for the stock to be worked on for a newly stained colour. So until I get the stock back I will be using my other rimmy – the CZ 452 . Also I have comp cards to shoot next Wednesday for L.S.R both Sussex & Hampshire which will probably require the services of my AA S400 because it’s the most accurate rifle out of the three I use most of the time.

As for the semi- it will be getting a VERY intense cleaning session which should make a world of difference, then when the stock comes back and I have the soon to be ordered new buttpad , it will be a reasonably nice looking/shooting target rifle which will last me (with any luck) for a few years to come (maybe) .  Anyway- here’s a picture of the bolt before cleaning commenced :-

I wonder how many cleaning sessions this rifle missed before I got hold of it?

Moderator OFF for winter…..

With the Winter setting in soon or rather the wet/windy stuff, I have decided to remove my moderator from my S400 which I use for L.S.R at our club. The reason being I won’t be doing any neighbour annoying shooting practice in garden during the coming months(well…maybe the odd day but) so I have NO need to quieten my rifle down especially at club where we all let rip with rimfires and many other models of air rifle plus all our members should be wearing ear protection if they feel the need.

This WILL of course mean I will need to adjust my scope again to correct the now removed moderator which ’should’ in theory just be a case of (elevation)up/down turret adjustment and not (windage)left/right. I’d forgotten how loud the S400 actually is without moderator and was happy to find out again when I dry fired indoors today- I LIKE LOUD!!!!!!

Rimfire facelift

I’ve decided that the Voere’s woodwork is a ‘bit’ too light for my liking, not a bad colour but still- I would like it a darker shade so I have asked a mate of mine who is a cabinet maker/french polisher by trade to work on the stock for me and make it a more Walnut/Mahoghany shade which I think will really make it stand out with a nice new coat on.

I may take the oppertunity whilst the rifle is apart to re-blue the metal and possibly strip it down to give the bolt/action inner workings a good clean which possibly may have not been done in a VERY long time as I didn’t know the previous owner.

Well as soon as the stock is back after going off this Thursday evening (after club shoot) I will post some pictures for everyone to comment on.

Some semi auto 20yard cards (Voere .22lr)

 

Quite pleased with results for it’s first time out at the range, I have the scope pretty much zeroed now and will try some shots on Wednesday with moderator on and off to see how far the POI changes.

Time to take it easy

This week at the club on Wednesday, we have no immediate comp cards to shoot so it will be a GREAT chance for me to burn my way through a ‘few’ rounds of rimfire with both the CZ

and the newly acquired Voere.

I will also use the opportunity to zero in the new 3-9×40AO Nikko Stirling scope which will be delivered to me tommorow along with the new swivel studs so I can fill the holes left by the previous studs which were obviously removed before the rifle was sold(now fitted) .

Lizzy will be using her Air Arms S200 MKIII and probably putting us all to shame with her bullseyes!!!

Another reason I wish to get the Voere up the club is to find an ammo (preferably subsonic) which will be accurate and which will cycle the action of the semi , If I can’t find a suitable subsonic ammo then I may have to go for some HV rounds which will probably require the use of the moderator which luckily I have just put on ticket but am now waiting for my certificate to come back through the post which ‘could’ take some time with all this postal strike action going on.

I’m just glad we’ve found a nice friendly club where everyone seems to want to help each other to improve on their target shooting skills/technique and where no one (well!! ) brags about “oooh look at me- I scored a 50/50 aren’t I clever” etc. EVERYONE has to start somewhere and when I consider that Lizzy wouldn’t even entertain even picking up an airgun about 6 months ago, she has come on in leaps and bounds partly due to the atmosphere in which she has been placed with people willing to support her and encourage her to improve on her almost natural ability to HIT that BULL!!! We are now both doing 2 competitions and Lizzy was even contemplating going for her FAC but I think she will stick to sub 12lb/ft which is probably a blessing in disguise otherwise she could come and walk all over me too argghh!!

New FAC Rifle(not an airgun though!!) Voere Self Loading 22LR

I have just purchased this rifle as I wanted a semi auto for the local club for target shooting as it’s something a bit different from the bolt action CZ I have already and hopefully will be just as accurate especially as I can remain ‘on target’ with each shot without having to reload(unless I get a stoppage of course) .

22lr Self loading 15shot

I have given it a bit of a cosmetic clean up as it hadn’t been done since the previous owner and the thought of someone elses sweat&grime over the stock,buttpad and action was a little bit disturbing to my cleanliness , I will be cleaning the barrel/action today after spraying a generous quantity of bore cleaner through it and leaving it for a good 20 mins or so.

Then I will give the outer surfaces a good going over with some light gun oil to make it all clean and protected as well as making it look 100% better.

I also have a 3-9×40AO Nikko Stirling scope and some sling studs on order as well as applying for a moderator to help suppress the muzzle report from the maybe louder/higher load ammo required to cycle the rifles action whilst firing.

I hope this rifle performs as well as the reviews say and with any luck- will provide me with many years loyal service and pleasure.