Although Lizzy has not got her FAC yet, she IS able to use the ones down the club under supervision, so now she’s got used to using my CZ 22LR , I think I may have difficulties getting a look in at the club to use it for my comps lol.

I have just finished installing her own rifle cabinet and ammo box which are both identical to mine.
Just hope her ticket comes through now!!!

Bought this new ammo safe yesterday and it’s perfect for my .22LR ammo and soon to be had Shotgun cartridges. I thought it was maybe a ‘little’ small but after calculating that I can get 98 boxes of (50 rounds) .22lr in it, I guess it’s big enough especially when 98 boxes is WAY OVER my hold limit so there will be plenty of room for a ‘few’ shotgun cartridges too.

I will be doing the same setup for Lizzy soon too when she gets approved for her F.A.C.

Lizzy finally plucked up the courage to try .22 rimfire last night after months of saying ah ah no way!!

Due to her having an empty airgun shot at her head at close range a few years ago(NOT BY ME!!! ) , it REALLY was an effort to get her into shooting alongside me but I managed to get her started by first using air pistol, then a springer .177 , then when she showed potential for target shooting I got her an AA S200 mkIII which she uses now after joining the rifle club last year. So in a few months she has come a long way and I’m chuffed for her!!

Now after giving .22 rimfire a go last night she had the biggest smile I have ever seen , she was like a kid locked in a chocolate factory and now she is 100% looking forward to applying for her F.A.C which will mean a second gun cabinet or else it will cause a whole host of issues (don’t go there!!! ) . BUT before she gets too into shooting the rifles , she best learn to CLEAN UP after herself!!!!! :-

I took the Voere .22lr along to the club the other day to see if I had resolved the misfire issue, so after purchasing a brick of SK pistol match

My Voeres new best friend.

I loaded 10 rounds into the mag , crossed my toes (my hands were busy!!) and squeezed trigger………..Well………..

I am now a very happy bunny!!

I put the 10 rounds through the target and then loaded 12 more (15 max) into the mag to see how ‘rapid’ I could be. My god I couldn’t pull the trigger fast enough!!!

This rifle is now performing as it was intended and all it needed was to find the correct brand of ammunition.

Some subsonic rounds wont cycle well in some Semi’s due to the lower powder charge but the Voere had no problems at all.

My mate very kindly made a bracket/mount for our 3ltr Compressed air bottle which I will be mounting on the wall as soon as Lizzy (she don’t know yet!!) finishes painting it.

It will be in my office so the kids can’t get to it as compressed air can be/is DANGEROUS if not given any respect!!!

It now means it will be much easier to fill up the rifle on ‘our own’ as the bottle will be held still freeing up the hands to hold both the valve and the rifle.

Due to the recent ‘cold snap’ with all this snowy stuff, the local club was not open tonight which meant that we couldn’t shoot our competition cards. However- the club has been granted a weeks extension on the entries for the comps and we will be shooting them (fingers crossed) next week.

So, looks like the Voere will have to wait a little longer to see wether I’ve solved the firing pin issue.

However- it does give me a chance to get the old wooden gun cabinet out of the garage and cleaned up for placement into the bedroom so I can store my non FAC stuff out of my Brattonsound cabinet. It was originally made for shot guns and I need to change the internals to hold more than two guns now so I can have my old B2 springer, Lizzy’s SMK Biathlon trainer and my Falcon +1 other inside.

Also, I may strip the Voeres magazine tommorow and Give it a damn good soaking in bore cleaner or vinegar maybe to clean it, then grease it up and put back together as it still sounds a ‘little’ less than smooth when you slide the side button!!

JUST A HEADS UP!! Please don’t

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Here’s the Falcon with the 40mm Scope and Maglite with additional laser setup-I have since upgraded yet again to a Hawke Nite Eye 3-9×50IR but unfortunately the maglite now obstructs the Elevation turret and prevents the cap from being removed to allow adjustment!!

So I have removed the Maglite and will be getting a smaller torch/lamp with enough clearance for side mounting past the now 50mm objective lens.

I have again upgraded my Falcon FN12 ’slightly’ by adding Flip up Quake Bushwhacker scope covers and a Weihrauch Moderator which is a further improvement on the Parker-Hale it was wearing before so now it sounds like it’s out of air due to the excellent efficiency of the moderators internals.

The next thing for me to get will be (probably) neoprene scope/silencer protective covers and bipod, I found a quality Harris/Deben lookalike 6-9″ tilt bipod for under £40.00!! which sounds pretty good to me.

Hopefully I will get a chance to christen it in the field before not too long, I think I will zero in for around 30yards plus if I also fit my Crosman laser onto the scope I can have double zero capability

Took the Voere along Wednesday for a bit of semi auto fun and after about 20 rounds, I was getting the odd misfire which then increased to about 2 out of every 5 or so shots!!!  This turned out to be down to very light indents on the primer of cartridges which is probably caused by ‘crud’ around/in the firing pin hole due to using a dirty ammo such as the Lapua Scoremax I was using a fortnight ago.

Don’t think for a second that I neglect to clean my rifles , in fact I always do them next day after use but with the Voere it is not so quick to clean the bolt out as the rifle has to be removed from the stock and stripped right down so I usually just completely clean barrel and breach and re-lube if needed but this REALLY should be done from the breach end as to help protect crowning.

I will strip it down later on today to give the bolt and firing pin a damn good soaking in bore cleaner followed by re-greasing before re-assembly to see if it’s cured. I’m hoping it’s not a damaged pin or worn but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if it was damaged as a replacement ’should’ be easy enough to obtain.