K-22 Masterpiece Range Report

[DoItRight]

We will expect a range report in short order.

To the Group -

I took my K-22 out to the range yesterday and shot about 200 rounds. (As an aside, I now really understand one of the major benefits of 22's -- CHEAP AMMO! -- I paid 10 bucks for a box of 500!)

I doubt that I can give a really good report because I was shooting alone (I fired my instructor -- long story) and being a new shooter, I don't really have a basis for comparison. That said, it was very enjoyable!

I shot at 5 yards, 10 yards, and 25 yards (HEY - Thats a LONG WAY DOWN THERE! ) and the gun felt great. I mixed it up between DA and SA and again, the gun felt great. One interesting things I noticed when shooting SA, was after cocking, all I had to do was THINK about taking the shot and down came the hammer.

Another thing I noticed when shooting DA was I could squeeze the trigger soooo far ... hold it ... now apply a little more pressure ... and THERE comes the break. I don't know if that is "good" or not but it certainly felt great!

All in all, I enjoyed shooting the Masterpiece quite a bit. The next NRA basic Pistol class will be held in January so until then, I'll be spending some careful time at the range practicing. The range is owned/operated by some good people so I don't feel like I am all alone in there.

Thanks again for all of your input and assistance. Keep it coming!

 

[Hal]

I don't know if that is "good" or not but it certainly felt great!

Some may disagree that staging is a good thing. IMNSHO, it will go a long way towards making you a much better shot. With time you'll find that you will be able to shoot D/A much more accuratly than shooting S/A.
The ones that will disagree are the ones that don't have that inherent knack for it.

 

[Majic]

All precision shooters learn to stage their revolvers. They even tune them to make it easier. it allows you to get that last sight adjustment in before making the break. Combat shooters will have no idea of what you are talking about. All they know is to just continue the trigger press until the hammer falls. That is what they mean by the surprised break. The precision shooter is never surprised by the break. He/she knows exactly where it's located.

Before you buy your next bulk container of ammo, buy one 50 round box of every brand and make that you see locally. Clean your bore and chambers then fire a couple of rounds from a box to season the bore. Then carefully fire one or two cylinders full of that ammo. Clean the bore and chamber again and repeat with another box on a different target. The .22 caliber firearm can be real picky about what ammo it likes sometimes. After you have shot all the boxes this way you can compare the targets and see what your revolver prefers. You may find a real noticable improvement using one or two certain loads. There is no real rhyme or reason to this. Some guns like expensive ammo while others may want the bulk discount loads. Just feed yours what it prefers and it will behave admirably for you.
Find a good bulk load it can tolerate for general plinking. Don't go broke trying to feed it match ammo all the time.

 

[slabsides]

Congrats on owning a great gun. My K22 is one of the 'never sell, never trade' pieces in my safe.
I think you'll find the accuracy of your gun to be equal to whatever level of skill you eventually attain. Mine shoots dime sized groups off sandbags at 25 yards, and has won rimfire silhouette matches, in which the targets at 100 yards are tin rams the size of SMALL chihuahuas!
Good advice on trying many brands/types of ammo. Every rimfire is a law unto itself, and some, you'll find, prefer the cheap bulk stuff to even the most expensive match fodder.
If I had to make one quibble on the K22, it would be the sights...kinda thick and clunky for small targets at distance, where the target is smaller than the width of the front sight.

 

[Tacoma]

I feel your pain Slabsides. I too have had "issues " trying to focus my ageing eyes on several of my taget guns (K-22's included) on those 100 yd rams. It takes some practice. In fairness though, most .22 "target' guns have sights calibrated to the width of standard NRA 50' and 25 yd target centers. It's not a flaw but a decisgn trade off that's benificial to a specific type of competitive shooting. My current silhouette gun is a 10" browning buckmark. Not as sweet as a K-22 but it has hooded sights and a front blade that is adjustable for width. Very well suited to Silhouette! Of course they have 83/8" 617's that are drilled and tapped for scopes these days so I may need to investigate........

 

[Grayfox]

Congratulations, the K-22 is a marvelous gun! I just love those things.
As for staging the trigger, that's all well and good for target work, but its a bad habit to get into if you use a revolver for self defense. I prefer to concentrate on a smooth straight through pull. Under stress you will shoot like you train. In a SD situation, hesitation is a bad thing.
I have a Model 18 that's set up exactly like my SD revolvers. Its an excellent and inexpensive way to train for good DA work.

 

[SnWnMe]

Staging the trigger is a good thing to have in your bag of revolver tricks. You can sorta apply it to combat style shooting in which you can check the sight alignment (very briefly) one last time before the shot breaks. I also found that when shooting multiple targets, the cycling of a wheelgun's works can be used as a "cadence" as you go from target to target. I am sure it has no application in a real combat situation but it works well in action style gun games.