saltydog
Thank You NRA
I finally got to shoot both handguns last Sunday at a real nice range, Sanner's Lake Sportsmans Club.
I can say from the first few shots both guns were off, which is to be expected being they both just came from a plastic box after being bounced around after being manufacturerd. The Walther P22 did great except for it shot to the left about four inches. After a sight adjustment the gun was good from then on. Ken (the Southern Maryland NRA Handgun Instructor adjusted the sight, that's why it was good) If I did it, I'd still be there trying to figure out what I was doing.
Both of us put a few rounds through the gun, and had no problem at all as the spent shells were ejected as they should, and the new rounds acted perfectly. I wanted to be sure it was the gun itself that was the problem, and not me? So Ken also fed a few rounds through the gun, and he found it to be off as well. But we checked this out before he adjusted the rear sight.
Now for the Mosquito. I had the CCI Mini Mags in as the manufacturer said these were the what was suggested. The first clip, after each round I actually had to pull the slide back to eject the spent shell and feed the new round. After thinking about this I took a fresh box of 40 grain Mini Mag .22 ammo and loaded the next mag. This cured the slide problem as well as the gun was feeding ammo as well.
The Mosquito was shooting about six inches high, but this couldn't be fixed at the range. When you get the Mosquito new they provide extra front sights. One is taller (if your gun is shooting high, this sight will fix this problem depending on how far you are away from the target) I believe this will fix my shooting high problem? But I will have to wait until next time? Now this gun did have a couple of feeding issues, but I figure with time and the right set-up it should get better.
Both guns are really very nice guns that are cheap and fun to shoot. I found while taking the NRA Basic Handgun Course that between Ken (The Teacher/Instructor) and myself, I would bet we didn't use 100 rounds.
Between taking the NRA Course, and shooting these two small handguns was the highlight of my Sunday afternoon. I don't know of a better way to spend a beautiful day than by putting little holes in a few targets.
I can say from the first few shots both guns were off, which is to be expected being they both just came from a plastic box after being bounced around after being manufacturerd. The Walther P22 did great except for it shot to the left about four inches. After a sight adjustment the gun was good from then on. Ken (the Southern Maryland NRA Handgun Instructor adjusted the sight, that's why it was good) If I did it, I'd still be there trying to figure out what I was doing.
Both of us put a few rounds through the gun, and had no problem at all as the spent shells were ejected as they should, and the new rounds acted perfectly. I wanted to be sure it was the gun itself that was the problem, and not me? So Ken also fed a few rounds through the gun, and he found it to be off as well. But we checked this out before he adjusted the rear sight.
Now for the Mosquito. I had the CCI Mini Mags in as the manufacturer said these were the what was suggested. The first clip, after each round I actually had to pull the slide back to eject the spent shell and feed the new round. After thinking about this I took a fresh box of 40 grain Mini Mag .22 ammo and loaded the next mag. This cured the slide problem as well as the gun was feeding ammo as well.
The Mosquito was shooting about six inches high, but this couldn't be fixed at the range. When you get the Mosquito new they provide extra front sights. One is taller (if your gun is shooting high, this sight will fix this problem depending on how far you are away from the target) I believe this will fix my shooting high problem? But I will have to wait until next time? Now this gun did have a couple of feeding issues, but I figure with time and the right set-up it should get better.
Both guns are really very nice guns that are cheap and fun to shoot. I found while taking the NRA Basic Handgun Course that between Ken (The Teacher/Instructor) and myself, I would bet we didn't use 100 rounds.
Between taking the NRA Course, and shooting these two small handguns was the highlight of my Sunday afternoon. I don't know of a better way to spend a beautiful day than by putting little holes in a few targets.