She’s Hot

I took the new Vz 58 to the gun range today. I also took a bunch of new .45 reloads, some Cor-Bon defensive .38 Super ammunition, and two 1911s.

The range people would not let me shoot the gun folded. This is because the range is public, and that means government stooges are actively working to make it less fun, because they resent having to maintain a facility where bad old guns are used. That’s my theory, anyway. This range bans lots of fun but safe things, like using silhouette targets, shooting at Xeroxes of Fidel Castro, firing more than once every five seconds, and using buckshot.

It’s my understanding that the county has to forfeit the land if they stop running a gun range on it. If that’s true, it would explain why they run it so badly.

I shot at 25 yards; anything longer than that is pointless. If I’m defending against garden-variety home invaders, they’ll be less than 50 feet away when I plug them. If we have a post-Obama meltdown and it becomes necessary to shoot people who want to steal my food and beer, I think a maximum range would be 50 yards. You don’t need to train to hit people at that distance.

The gun is very nice. Everything works smoothly, much unlike an AK. The safety is better. The bolt slides nicely. Very pleasant.

I started out standing, and I did okay. Here you see my first shots, at a 5-inch bullseye. Not good, but certainly deadly.

I then shot sitting down. I didn’t use a rest, because I think it’s stupid to train with a rest when you’re using a gun you plan to use for self-defense. “Wait, Mr. Burglar, while I go get my rifle rest.” No, I don’t think I’ll do that.

The results were a little better.

I was pretty lazy; this gun has a smooth but extremely long trigger pull, and I wasn’t working hard enough to cope with it. And I forgot to focus on the front sight.

Here’s how it ended up shooting. I thought this was more than adequate. I need to practice more and remember to deal with that crazy trigger. At the end, I was aiming at the bottom of the bullseye, and you can see it shot high. I had the rear sight all the way down. I may be the problem, or maybe the gun just isn’t designed so you can put it dead-on at 75 feet. I am too lazy to look at the manual.

Here is Ivanka resting on the podium.

I can’t wait to try it with a laser. I’ll have to go to a different range so I can shoot the gun folded. This is how I hope to use it if I ever need to defend the house.

It is my nature to irritate gun nuts, so I guess I’ll go ahead and get started. The other day I was reloading, and the plastic cylinder came off my powder measure, and Unique went all over the place. I was so mad, I couldn’t stand it. I decided there was no way I was going to throw out all that powder. I didn’t care if it had dust and bits of sawdust in it. I could not accept the thought of dumping maybe four ounces of this stuff. So I gathered it and put it back in the press!

I know I’ll get lecturing comments. I don’t care. What’s the worst thing that could happen? I could lose 2% of the power of a charge because of dilution.

Here is how it shot.

It’s funny how much better I shoot a pistol after shooting a rifle. I have been away from the range for maybe two months, and I should be all over the place. And I haven’t been exercising my hands. But I did pretty well!

And of course, the last 6 shots opened the target up by like 30%. I hate that.

I had a flyer that went high, but that actually pleased me, because I could tell it was crap shot right before I took it. Very often, when you have a flyer, you can’t figure out why it happened, and that’s bad, because it means you’re doing something wrong which you can’t identify.

Next target:

The stuff at top left is .38 Super. I shot at the little cross. I wanted to see if the Cor-Bon I bought would cycle. It doesn’t cycle well when I rack the gun by hand, but it was flawless at the range. I would have shot better, but because I was off the best part of the target, I couldn’t really tell where the shots were going.

I no longer worry that my expensive Cor-Bons won’t work in the Colt. I would feel safe carrying it on formal occasions when a Glock would be declasse. And the gun didn’t explode, so I guess the pressure is okay.

I had never shot 7.62x39mm before today. It’s a very nice round. The recoil is mild, but it puts a pistol to shame when it comes to dissolving internal organs. I can see why the Commies liked it. At Wolf prices, I can afford to shoot a fair amount of it.

I can report that the Vz does, indeed, get hot. Others have said it, and I can confirm it. The metal parts of the handguard warmed up nicely, so you have to watch where you hold it. Other than that, no issues I noticed.

I am trying to deal with the fact that I am still not a good rifle shot. It seemed so easy when I was a kid.