{"id":1036,"date":"2008-04-03T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.207.152\/~hogonice\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2008-04-03T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T17:14:20","slug":"progress-with-the-k31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=1036","title":{"rendered":"Progress With the K31"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Black!<\/i><\/p>\n

FINALLY a satisfying day at the range. With my exceedingly tactical Stanley rolling toolbox.<\/p>\n

I started out with the PSL\/Romak III. I thought I had fixed the trigger spring problem, but it failed to cock itself after two pretty awful shots. So I put it away and got out the K31, and I shot this target at 50 yards with my Rock, Jr. rest.<\/p>\n

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I felt pretty good about that. The shots at the upper edge are PSL shots. I didn’t do great, but I was getting better. Turned out the scope was loose for a couple of those, but I wasn’t shooting well enough for it to matter.<\/p>\n

Second bunch:<\/p>\n

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Much better. So I got cocky and moved to 100 yards.<\/p>\n

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Given my previous efforts, I was pretty happy. And I realized something. My trigger pull was most of the problem. A guy next to me was telling me I needed a rear bag to keep the gun on target, but the sights stuck to the red dot in the center of the bullseye like they had been nailed to it. So I worked on it, and things got better. So much better I sometimes thought I had missed the target entirely, because the pattern didn’t open up when I shot.<\/p>\n

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I am totally thrilled with these results. I had one flyer, but working on the trigger pull made a gigantic difference. Now I know what my big problem is, so I expect to improve a lot from here on out. And even now, I can shoot well enough to kill stuff.<\/p>\n

I moved on to the pistol side. I missed the old days, when I shot better than I currently do, and I wondered if going from a Glock to a 1911 was the problem. So I shot my Glock 22, in .40 S&W. It really is easier to hang onto and shoot. First 25, at 7 yards:<\/p>\n

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I was actually happy with that, because while I wandered vertically, I started noticing and fixing things about my trigger pull. I seem to be flinching sometimes, from back in the wrist. It’s obviously not a bad flinch, but it’s something to work on. I shot another 25 rounds, and then I shot 25 with the SW1911, to see the difference. Trail Glades has a ridiculous rule that you can’t have more than one bullseye on a pistol target, so I decided to shoot a hole in the upper right area and use it as a second bullseye. Let’s see them make a rule against THAT.<\/p>\n

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My concentration went to hell on the last 25 because I was tired, and because one of the range officers dragged a bunch of noobs over to my area and started using me as a teaching example. Very flattering, but not great for my aim. Anyway, the first 10 or so shot well enough to convince me that the 1911 is more accurate for me.<\/p>\n

Man, I feel better. Finally, some progress. I was starting to think I would never be able to shoot a scoped rifle. Now I have hope again. And I think the lesson I learned from the rifle is going to make a big difference in my pistol shooting. I really look forward to that.<\/p>\n

Nice $350 scoped rifle, huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Black! FINALLY a satisfying day at the range. With my exceedingly tactical Stanley rolling toolbox. I started out with the PSL\/Romak III. I thought I had fixed the trigger spring problem, but it failed to cock itself after two pretty awful shots. So I put it away and got out the K31, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guns-hunting-fishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}