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Goeiemôre,

Hier is n Eduard Kettner haelgeweer wat aandag nodig het. Die geweer het al baie gewerk en maak nou probleme:

• die slagpenne slaan nie al die patrone af nie
• die lope skop nie altyd gevuurde doppe uit nie, of skop ongevuurde patrone ook uit
• die tweede skoot se meganisme werk nie altyd nie
• die aksie skop soms oop

Kan iemand asb n goeie plaaslike wapensmid aanbeveel?

I'm inclined to look up at my target when firing.  To get rid of that, I go out for a couple of practices before the hunting season.  As much as I know my reloads, I go "check" them.  I do that thing Ds J refers to of rather shoot a few shots on more occasions than a huge bunch once.

Generally speaking, my shooting seems better the more I shoot. Groupings, speed, comfort etc are all much better when I get to the range the second time in a month.

An old soldier (who could really shoot) told me it is way more effective to shoot ten shots every week than 40 shots once a month. He could hit a golf ball with almost any handgun at 15m.

Winshooting and action pistol disciplines require practice for me. If I miss a few weeks of pistol dry fire drills my performance drops off hard. The first few pigeon shoots of each season usually show up my lack of mounting and swallow and bat tracking sessions in the garden.

I find I can stay very proficient with a rifle pretty much indefinitely. Handgun skills drop quickly.

IMO, once you become proficient, with handgun or rifle, it becomes muscle memory.

Maintaining physical condition to execute that muscle memory becomes the issue after that.

How much practice does it take to keep the shooting ability on par? How much does it differ with different types of firearms?

Not necessarily topnotch ability, but sufficient for regular shooting.

https://youtu.be/DoQxKpavAMM

Read the comments as there are some interesting facts.

Matching the rail to the action, and fixing it in place.

In addition to the above, I had to replace some of the rail screws on both rails, some of the screws were engaging two or three threads before the bedding, so I replaced them with longer ones to use all but the last thread in the action holes.

I have a rifle where in the past was necessary to attach the rail to the action with 6mm screws. After this exercise, I realise I could have just used 4mm screws on that one, and bonded it to the action for the same result.