Jack,jack1 wrote:
I am really impressed with that. I had a K22 with all the 'bells and whistles' and it would not group smaller that 4 inches at 25 metres rested. Well done... Jack
Thank you -- it was a good day for me! My targets are not always like that, and this season I've been busy, so I'm not getting as much time at the range as I would like -- I think I'd be hard-pushed to duplicate it this weekend, for example...
I am surprised, though, that your K22 could not group smaller than 10cm at 25m. Possibly it could be ammunition choice, though any reasonable quality ammo should group reasonably well through a 30cm barrel. Another factor might be the trigger; even rested, the relatively light nature of this gun means that trigger release has to be really carefully executed; it's a skill pistol shooters had, but since the effective demise of the sport in the UK, it has become a lost art. The K22 trigger does not help -- it is quite notchy, and at different stages of travel requires different pressures to advance. It's definitely the weak point of the K22, imho.
In the old days, the true test of accuracy with a pistol/ammo combination was a tool called a Ransom Rest. Like so much else, these have gone now, so we need to find other methods to work out whether our guns are grouping adequately or not. Ultimately, what you use the pistol for determines what accuracy you are after. I like shooting slowly at PL7 targets at 25m, so a really tight group matters for me; for those who do Practical, a 10cm group at that distance is likely more than good enough. Factors like handling, mag capacity, etc., become more important. All part of the fun of the sport...long may it last!