tahunua001
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so today I was at the range shooting a couple guns to try and get them on paper before hunting season and there was a kid there, about mid 20s with his new enfield. I took note because very few people, especially younger people shoot milsurps in my area. well less than a minute after the range went hot I glanced over to see this poor kid trying to force his bolt shut with a round stuck in the mag. the two people he was shooting with offered him no help and it was obvious he didn't know what was going on or how to proceed. I walked up and introduced myself and asked if he had loaded it with a stripper clip to make sure it wasn't rim lock. he had loaded one round at a time and a look inside the action showed that he didn't have rim lock so I suggested he drop the magazine out. he did and the stuck round popped right out and he loaded it back up and started firing again.
well I went back to shooting and at the next cease fire while checking my targets I glanced over at his on the 25 yard line and the darned thing had holes all over the place, nothing even resembling a grouping, it looked like someone pumped the thing full of buck shot. I overheard one of the people he was with tell him that this was the best accuracy one could expect from these old rifles and it might be better once he took it home and cleaned itafter a while and a few more feeding issues I showed him how to lube up the gun so it would feed easier, but more than likely the issues were caused by the gigantic round nose bullets he was shooting, and gave him a bit of information about the rifle as he didn't seem to know much about it.
I really don't know what to think. seems like when I started getting into surplus rifles just a few years ago, there wasn't nearly as much ignorance about the level of accuracy, the necessary care, and just how the rifles worked in general. something tells me if I hadn't been there the poor kid would have probably thought he bought a piece of junk that couldn't shoot straight and didn't feed properly.
well I went back to shooting and at the next cease fire while checking my targets I glanced over at his on the 25 yard line and the darned thing had holes all over the place, nothing even resembling a grouping, it looked like someone pumped the thing full of buck shot. I overheard one of the people he was with tell him that this was the best accuracy one could expect from these old rifles and it might be better once he took it home and cleaned itafter a while and a few more feeding issues I showed him how to lube up the gun so it would feed easier, but more than likely the issues were caused by the gigantic round nose bullets he was shooting, and gave him a bit of information about the rifle as he didn't seem to know much about it.
I really don't know what to think. seems like when I started getting into surplus rifles just a few years ago, there wasn't nearly as much ignorance about the level of accuracy, the necessary care, and just how the rifles worked in general. something tells me if I hadn't been there the poor kid would have probably thought he bought a piece of junk that couldn't shoot straight and didn't feed properly.
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