If you're like many deer hunters, the last time you touched your shotgun was a few months ago, at the end of deer season, giving it a quick spritz of gun oil, cleaning it, and storing it in your gun cabinet. . If you take a quick look at your trusty gun, it looks brand new from the outside, but what about your gun's caliber?
Have you taken the time to completely remove all deposits (carbon and copper) that have accumulated over the season? It is the bumps and grooves inside the barrel that stabilize the bullet as it rotates through the barrel. If these are clogged with debris, the ball simply will not spin properly and accuracy cannot be achieved. If you, like many Texans, have shot and hunted your rifle hog and exotics over the years, regular cleaning is very important.
There are many factors that cause a rifle to lose accuracy. Lack of cleanliness is the main cause, but there are many others such as: B. warped stocks, trigger getting too heavy (usually due to varnish residue caused by too much oil) or poor tightening of the bolts on the action. wing screw.
Of course, most of us aren't experts at completely disassembling and thoroughly cleaning our firearms, but we can all learn how to properly clean the caliber and breech. Best results are obtained with a good quality carbon or coated cleaning rod with a wire cleaning brush of the correct diameter for the barrel of the rifle. Brushes that are too big or too small just won't cut it.
There are several things an experienced gunsmith can do to make an old gun shoot just as well and better than when it was new. The factory trigger settings are often too strong to allow for maximum accuracy. For the average shooter, the best trigger setting is between 2.5 and 3 pounds and this can easily be achieved by a trained gunsmith. It's not uncommon for triggers to come out of the factory with much heavier pulls, sometimes up to 10 pounds.
Bankers need to get the most out of their guns to be competitive. They learned all the little tricks to get as much accuracy as possible. After setting the trigger, the next step for better accuracy is to free-float the barrel and pull down on the action. The pressure of a swollen wooden stock on a barrel can affect accuracy and it is imperative to remove excess wood to keep the barrel/stock from touching to ensure good accuracy.
Accuracy is also lost at the butt or barrel (muzzle). This problem can be solved by lapping the muzzle crown and also the locking tabs that hold the cartridge head in place. Next comes a thorough cleaning and polishing of the barrel and nothing can replace good elbow grease and a quality solvent to ensure the barrel is completely clean.
Even with an absolutely clean barrel and a correctly tensioned stock and trigger, a rifle can only shoot well with correctly mounted and adjusted sights (spoon or iron sights). The sight ring and base screws must be properly tightened and the sight properly aligned with the barrel of the rifle. Most gunsmiths use a bar to ensure the front and rear rings are properly aligned.
Shooters should experiment with different loads until they find the one that shoots their rifle best. After a good cleaning and adjustment, most shotguns will fire a 2" group at 100 yards with almost any brand of ammo. With a little experimentation, they can often reduce those 2-inch clumps to almost half. I have used Hornady ammo in all my shotguns for many years and have found them very reliable.
So if you have a gun or two in your gun cabinet that has lost some of its "modern driving ability" over the years, you would probably benefit greatly from a competent gunsmith.
They say that choosing a quality scope is even more important than the make of rifle you hunt with, and I think that's true. Most eyewear manufacturers today offer eyewear that is light years ahead of what it was a few decades ago. But even today, some of the rifle and scope combos come with scopes that just don't hold their zero. Nothing is more frustrating for a rifle shooter than trying to achieve accuracy with a scope that just doesn't fit right.
No boat? no problem
Many people assume that to be a successful fisherman you have to fish from a boat. I'd be the last to say that a boat's mobility doesn't put the odds of fishing in your favor, but I've caught a lot of fish deep sea fishing. Now is the time when 90% of the fish are actually in 10% of the water, especially crappie.
The exact timing of spawning of a species cannot be predicted exactly, too many factors are involved. But if you want to fish and don't have a boat, NOW is the time to invest in boots, equip yourself with a good jig rod, grab a handful of crappie jigs and hit the shallows.
Crappie fishing will often be good in water 3 feet deep or less over the next few weeks. Anglers who lounge or wade along the bank and cast hooks or minnows vertically around shelters such as stilts, standing logs or reeds will put fish in your basket with plenty of good bait.
Another method is the "fan launch" from the shore. A jig or minnow placed about a foot below a float and thrown into chunks of fish that might provide shelter can be deadly at this time of year. The trick is to cast beyond your target area and then slowly spin the reel to bring the bait into the desired hit zone. Once your bait is in position, wiggle the rod slightly and keep the bait next to the cap for as long as possible. Luke Clayton
To learn more about outdoor writer Luke Clayton, visit his website at www.catfishradio.org
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