TARGET RIFLE MAINTENANCE

In my last article I wrote about the many considerations that the target shooter must take on board following the fall of some dropping shots. These are the individual shots that fall well outside of the point of aim and usually end up destroying the good work you have put into the production of a match-winning target card.

We have already considered just how important it is to make sure that our pellets are properly prepared and that our scope allows us to make the most of our combination’s accuracy on the range.

If we are confident that all the ancillary equipment we are using is fully serviceable and that we are ourselves capable of maintaining proper trigger control, we are now left with the gun itself being