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) .

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.

Must be doing something right…

We went to the club on Wednesday(14th) to shoot the 2nd round of cards for the Sussex winter league, which although just getting over a chest infection I was happy to struggle through-BUT- when we got there, we didn’t realise that the Hampshire league had started also and so we had TWO lots of cards to shoot!!!

Still… We did it and then afterwards I let rip with 30/40 rounds from the Rimmy which is now finding it’s feet with the ammo I’m using.

I’ve just got a brand new cleaning rod with spare brushes so I can finally give the CZ a damn good clean in the barrel, plus I will now be prepared for when I get my semi rifle soon which is still undecided on which one it will be. I DO know that it could mean a few more competitions for me if I want to .

What’s next you ask? Well….maybe I’ve been thinking about my shottie license lately….maybe????

Off to a good start (I think!! )

Well our Winter League started last week and we were keen to shoot our first set of cards as this was our first full competition together(although competing in different divisions) .

I don’t know how Lizzy did that day but I think myself that I did actually quite well as the first 2 out of 4 cards looked pretty good with tight’ish’ grouping (5 shots) with a couple of mysterious stray shots which both hit the same point on 2 different cards???

We won’t see our results this evening as Lizzy is unwell so we will give the club a miss tonight , but next week we will be shooting our next set of 4 cards and hopefully do a reasonable effort again. Then it’s time to break out the rimmy and crack off a box or 2 down the range just for a de-stress/relax(I love to just blat away for no apparent point other than to improve my groupings or sight in a new scope etc.

Can’t wait till I get my Semi (maybe a Ruger 10/22 ) I may well have to do a variation for my ammo allowence ( It’s a good job I don’t use auto or else I’d be skint lol ).

Also just for a laugh I bought a BB pistol for short range office shooting in moments of BOREDOM. It’s pearl blue and I may use it to introduce the kids as they grow to safe handling of firearms etc as it features a top slide , safety catch and magazine + topslide release catches.

Time to go and clean the collection again- Not cos it needs it- just because I WANT TO !!

Photo shoot (excuse the pun!! )

Take a look at the FAC bit

I just love FAC shooting. (Click)