G'Day Fella's,
Funny you say that P38 (that's a great name), most of my firearms are like that too!
Double Doh!!
Homer
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G'Day Fella's,
Funny you say that P38 (that's a great name), most of my firearms are like that too!
Double Doh!!
Homer
Whats a tack driver?
I have a S&W 22A, not a great gun, lots of misfires, regardless of ammo, still fun to shoot though!
'little groups'
Took the 45 and 455 out yesterday.. 455 is good fun.
Only got 1 round fired in 45.. next one went click and put a bullet just into the rifling.... :TT TT:
Must have short stoked the 650 when I had a bullet turn sideways and crush on case when seating.
Yeah mate those 22a's are bad for that........ it's been a known fault since they first came on the market.
S&W pistols are sadly a no longer a sought after maker anymore
I'd seriously consider quitting it before it completely malfunctions.
The only way I know of how to sort this problem out is to get shot of that crap gun once and for all.
Sell it to old P38 for $50 and he'll do you a huge favour and make all those problems dissapear for you quick smart. ;) :)
Yeah, ive found if the barrell isnt perfectly clean, the round doesnt go all the way in, enough to trip the firing pin, but noe enough to crush the rim, it still puts a clean stamp on the rim, but doesnt fire it, might have to 'free up ' the breech a little! I also have a 1971 Walther GSP, has never misfired and is deadly accurate! guess thats the difference with the German guns eh!
G'Day Fella's,
FYI, whilst I rarely if ever clean any .22LR barrel, I occasionally clean the chamber of in particular, semi-auto's (both rifle and pistols).
In my experience, you get a build up of bullet lube and primer and powder residue in the chamber and this will eventually, start to cause
failures to feed and other jams. I usually just push a couple of bore solvent (any normal solvent like Hoppes), wet cotton patches on a jag into the chamber and keep doing this until they come out clean.
Then do the same with one or two dry patches two dry out the chamber.
Like with most rifled firearms, once you clean the barrel, it takes some shots for the barrel to foul up again and begin to shoot back to point of aim and small group size.
It appears that this may be even more the case with lead bullets in .22LR and hand loaded lead center fire bullets.
Also, another thing that I have noticed with either US or European made .22LR firearms (both pistols and rifles), some US made .22LR shoot smaller groups with US made ammo.
Ditto with the European made .22LR firearms and European made ammo!
Hope that helps:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
Merry Christmas
Homer
Hi Homer, yeah, i think its a dirty chamber, very clean now, will see how it goes. Just got 1000 9mm proj for xmas, so just loaded up 1500 9mm rounds , might have to go out tomorrow and have a blast!!
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Oh dear! got a bit bored at work! luckily i'd taken my air pistol, made a bit of a target range, and wiled away a couple of hours plinking!
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Bit of practice for the air pistol sillhouette shoot coming up in Feb!
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Only details i have is,
We are going to hold the first HMS sanctioned match on 11th-12th February 2012 at Waitomo PC at Te Kuiti,
I got this from peter payne, i have since decided that im not going to go, as i am going to go down to taupo to shoot at end of feb, to do the .22 postal service shoot. I want to go and shoot it down there to find out how its run/done etc so we can get a bit more organised to do service shoots here.
Righto. I had a similar plan, there's been a few enquiries from Auckland shooters to run a IHMS shoot here too.
Im pretty keen on shooting service pistol, but noone here seems all that interested, so im gonna do the postal .22 shoot, will go to taupo to learn how its run/done and then hopefully order the targets for our club and do the rest of the postal shoots here. and set up a service section here for centre fire as well. Where do you shoot, we have a 200mt ihms range here, so thats pretty popular.
Excited! doing my holster course tomorrow in Rotorua!
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Good luck, you'll have fun. Who's running the course?
Cool! Shot 93%, 17/18 for my holster practical, had fun, learnt heaps.
Also got the S&W shooting 100%, reshaped chamber, cleaned and lubed - wet, not a missfire to be seen!
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Hi LR and all the other Pistol shooters on here, Ive just joined the forum. Have been shooting pistol for 3yrs now. Love it. I shoot mainly IPSC with a little bit of Service thrown in for good measure. Would like to have a go at Speed Steel and Action when time and active ranges allow. About the only pistol shooting im not keen on is the CAS stuff-just a lil worried about dressing up in them leathers!!!
I shoot a stock Glock 17 in production. It eats anything I feed it-what a good lil gun.
Cheers all.
Hey hey, welcome, yeah those cowboys are a bit different. It's fun to shoot it casually though, we have a couple here who are right into it, i shoot issf and will start the service section here once ive shot it in taupo, we have a lot of sillhouette shooters, 200mt range, havnt really tried that yet, just a little with the 22.
Hi all, nice selection of pistols on display there. I have just started shooting at the local club, just done 2 shoots, great bunch of guys. Mainly wanted to join a club with a good bunch of knowledgeable guys to help me with my long range rifle shooting etc, but after shotting a pistol for the first time, im hooked. will join and go for my B licence. will end up doing E at same time.
I am just getting into pistols, the club gun is a Bretta. What should a first time pistol owner be looking into getting?
Cheers!
Club guns are Beretta Neos x3 and 2x 9mm Semi Automatic Baikal 446 Viking Pistols.
The Beretta Neos are easy to use for a first timer, shoot ok to. Have not shot the 9mm yet, looking forward to it tho!
A good pistol Baz needs to be reliable and comfortable.
If your pistol jams or miss feeds on the range/cof when you are laying sideways, shooting thru a awkward port etc or is ammo fussy then it becomes frustrating for you but great for the other competitors.
I have yet to have one single stoppage with my pistol and when on an IPSC COF I regulary encounter my mates with more expensive and tighter tollerance pistols having to clear stoppages, remove mags, etc due to ammo variances etc.
If you are shooting ISSF then accuracy is a must, Service Match then reliability and being comfortable in both hands etc and ergonomics are great, same as with IPSC. As I shoot IPSC and Service my two main needs are reliability and ergonomics.
Have a think on what type of match you wish to shoot the most and have a chat to the guys shooting that style, they will give you heaps of thoughts. ISSF will have vastly different needs to IPSC and Service will have vastly different needs to Metallic Silhouette. They all are fun to shoot.
Cheers.
Good advice there from littledog, best thing to do is during the time it takes to get your B cat, it took me 11 months, try as many different guns as you can, our club have ruger mk3 club guns, really nice to shoot, i find the grip a little thin, but apparently, they are mongrels to strip for cleaning, i bought a Walther GSP, google it, ugly as sin, old as the hills, 1971, .22, i tried in Taupo, and bought it on the spot, paid $250 for it, stole it! sometimes you find a deal eh! I'll never sell that gun, it has never miss fired or miss fed, like i said, its ugly, buts deadly accurate! I also own a S&W 22a, had loads of trouble with it misfiring, got that sorted now, after talking to some really nice guys in the clubs, 100% now, and again, quite cheap, $400 second hand. Whatever section you think youll shoot, get a decent 22, they are fun to shoot, cheap as chips to feed, and provide loads of fun. I have a 9mm and a 357 revolver, I am going to shoot service as well, i like the precision shooting as opposed to the speed shooting, even though it is a timed event, you still have to score the bulls! Like i said, try as many guns as you can, not sure where you are but everyone that comes to our club gets to shoot lots of different stuff, awesome guys, very generous and very helpfull, something ive found to be common now in Rotorua and taupo as well, and im sure right around NZ, good luck, enjoy, have fun!
Hey Baz, 9mm is just the start. After that will be 45 ACP, 44 Mag etc. Im sure offers will come to try out all the other guys toys. Does anyone else see the humour in joining a pistol club to help with long range rifle shooting?:D
[QUOTE=compound;6989]Hey Baz, 9mm is just the start. After that will be 45 ACP, 44 Mag etc. Im sure offers will come to try out all the other guys toys. Does anyone else see the humour in joining a pistol club to help with long range rifle shooting?[/QUOTE]
Yeah ok, but last time I checked I used the same finger to practice trigger controll on the pistol so when im back on the longrange rifle i'm twice as good:cool:. Also there is alot of knowledge to be found with a good bunch of guys that like pistols, rifles, reloading, hunting and shotguns etc.
And who dosent like shooting, what ever form it takes???
Very true. I should try to get to the range more often. Might see you down there one day.