Give my Your Opinion

It looks like I have managed to prove myself an idiot once again. HURRAH!

Last week, I was frustrated because I could not get any kind of accuracy out of my K31 rifle. I had been trying for a long time, and my .17 HMR was shooting rings around it, and I figured the gun had to be screwy.

Here are my first 20 shots from today’s session:

That’s better than last week. I held the gun more firmly this time. I don’t know anything about shooting, but it seems like you can’t use rimfire technique on a high-powered rifle. I was encouraged, so I continued.

That is 20 shots, fired from a rest. Okay, I guess it’s safe to say there is nothing wrong with the gun. It is just barely conceivable that I was wrong when I concluded that it wasn’t as accurate as the .17 HMR.

I shot 20 more rounds, and they were not quite as good. Here’s one reason. I was mad because I could not shift the scope to the center of the bullseye, so I fired at a spot to the left of the center. And it’s harder to sight in on. When you shoot at the center, you have two big yellow lines intersecting, right under your crosshairs. Still, this is not bad shooting.

I think I’ve pinpointed another problem. For some reason, I keep ending up at the range without a decent breakfast, so I have to eat things like Snickers bars. It seems like my hands shake during the sugar troughs.

Holding the rifle more firmly and adjusting the position upward made the recoil bearable. In the most natural position, the rifle drives the point on the lower end of the buttstock right into my shoulder joint.

I feel like snapping up a second K31, now that I see what they can do.

Here’s my best group from the .17 HMR. I’ve about had it with the stock. Things are tightening up. Seems like almost all of my problems relate to pulling the trigger correctly.

Conclusion: Buy yourself a K31. That about sums it up.