With winter coming on I thought an ongoing thread of writing about a shooting session with your various firearms might be fun. First let me say (shock to y'all) that I am not a GunWriter or do I play one on TV. This forum is great place to discuss anything guns and is great for entertainment and education. However, with so much of the activity focused on Defense and the Shooting Sports, let's try to keep this to reporting about one of your favorite guns and a day at the range plinking.
Just got home from the range where I had a great time with my Sears Model 25. Weather was overcast but 50° with a light wind out of the west. I usually shoot with the sun behind my back when I can. Tuff to do sometimes because many of our ranges are laid out shooting East and West instead of North or South but sometimes a cloudy day can be a blessing. After setting up one of my targets at 40 yards I wanted to try CCI Shorts, Winchester M22's, CCI SV, Eley Club and finally CCI Velocitors. This High Standard ? made gun is fun to shoot. Nicknamed a clickity clack gun because the bolt stays locked back until you reset the trigger. For tin can busting it is pretty neat to mix shorts, long's and long rifles and bust away as it eats anything all the time. I think it may be a 26 inch barrel but I am too lazy to measure it right now. (this is one reason I am not a GunWriter). My 1959 wood and all quality steel gun with this old scope is very accurate as you can see by the photo. I have the scope set at 75 yards so I did not adjust for the 40 yard groups as I was just testing accuracy. The trigger is mushy and resistant (do not know if anything can be done but do not want to interfere with reliability at this point) but with concentration and good trigger control it is a moot point. Removing the all brass follower with a metal plunger from the magazine tube makes filling this up to capacity (21 Shorts) very easy. In this day of Thousand Dollar guns with laser beams, hair triggers, compromised material and Cerakoty Paintjobs
Here's a sip of Old 55 to you as settle down to the six o'clock news. Thank you and I hope to see some of your range reports on one of your favorites.
Just got home from the range where I had a great time with my Sears Model 25. Weather was overcast but 50° with a light wind out of the west. I usually shoot with the sun behind my back when I can. Tuff to do sometimes because many of our ranges are laid out shooting East and West instead of North or South but sometimes a cloudy day can be a blessing. After setting up one of my targets at 40 yards I wanted to try CCI Shorts, Winchester M22's, CCI SV, Eley Club and finally CCI Velocitors. This High Standard ? made gun is fun to shoot. Nicknamed a clickity clack gun because the bolt stays locked back until you reset the trigger. For tin can busting it is pretty neat to mix shorts, long's and long rifles and bust away as it eats anything all the time. I think it may be a 26 inch barrel but I am too lazy to measure it right now. (this is one reason I am not a GunWriter). My 1959 wood and all quality steel gun with this old scope is very accurate as you can see by the photo. I have the scope set at 75 yards so I did not adjust for the 40 yard groups as I was just testing accuracy. The trigger is mushy and resistant (do not know if anything can be done but do not want to interfere with reliability at this point) but with concentration and good trigger control it is a moot point. Removing the all brass follower with a metal plunger from the magazine tube makes filling this up to capacity (21 Shorts) very easy. In this day of Thousand Dollar guns with laser beams, hair triggers, compromised material and Cerakoty Paintjobs
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, and hyper killer Barn Dog ammo, it is kind of nice to revisit this old friend and just spend some quality time at the range.Here's a sip of Old 55 to you as settle down to the six o'clock news. Thank you and I hope to see some of your range reports on one of your favorites.