What a disappointment today with my SU-22....
1. I didn't clean the gun before I shot it. I know... I know.....
2. First couple of magazines ran extremely smooth and I was thinking what are all those people bitching about?
3. I was shooting Federal value pack from Wal-Mart.
4. Sights are TERRIBLE. My front sight is not noticeably out of whack but they sure are screwed up. I was shooting high and right the first couple of mags.
5. I forgot my spotting scope so I couldn't tell what was happening until I checked the targets.
6. I was shooting at 25 yards.
7. Didn't even hit the homemade 8 1/2 x 11 target with 20 rounds.
8. It wasn't me because I also took a brand new out of the box (not cleaned) Mossberg Plinkster and was knocking out the bullseye at the same distance.
9. I was extremely disappointed with the sights out of the box.
10. Had my girlfriend with me so I didn't have the time/inclination to do a lot of tinkering. She was having so much fun with the Mossberg I was having fun getting her into it....
I'll have to monkey with the sights a bit and take it back to the range this week when I have time to adjust them. I didn't even take any tools with me to the range to adjust them. I've NEVER had a gun with sights that bad out of the box. My $100 Mossberg Plinkster shot GREAT but the SU was terrible. I assumed the sights would be at least ADEQUATE out of the box to hit a notebook size target at 25 yards but boy was I wrong.... I like the gun and I'm sure it will be OK with some adjustments but I'm used to out of the box shooting.....
Almost the same story with my PLR-22. Both guns ran OK from a function standpoint but accuracy was just awful.... I did have several FTEs and FTFs but blame that on the cheap Federal ammo. Plinkster had the same problem. I don't really expect perfection out of a 22 shooting cheap ammo but the sight problem was a real let down for me....
1. I didn't clean the gun before I shot it. I know... I know.....
2. First couple of magazines ran extremely smooth and I was thinking what are all those people bitching about?
3. I was shooting Federal value pack from Wal-Mart.
4. Sights are TERRIBLE. My front sight is not noticeably out of whack but they sure are screwed up. I was shooting high and right the first couple of mags.
5. I forgot my spotting scope so I couldn't tell what was happening until I checked the targets.
6. I was shooting at 25 yards.
7. Didn't even hit the homemade 8 1/2 x 11 target with 20 rounds.
8. It wasn't me because I also took a brand new out of the box (not cleaned) Mossberg Plinkster and was knocking out the bullseye at the same distance.
9. I was extremely disappointed with the sights out of the box.
10. Had my girlfriend with me so I didn't have the time/inclination to do a lot of tinkering. She was having so much fun with the Mossberg I was having fun getting her into it....
I'll have to monkey with the sights a bit and take it back to the range this week when I have time to adjust them. I didn't even take any tools with me to the range to adjust them. I've NEVER had a gun with sights that bad out of the box. My $100 Mossberg Plinkster shot GREAT but the SU was terrible. I assumed the sights would be at least ADEQUATE out of the box to hit a notebook size target at 25 yards but boy was I wrong.... I like the gun and I'm sure it will be OK with some adjustments but I'm used to out of the box shooting.....
Almost the same story with my PLR-22. Both guns ran OK from a function standpoint but accuracy was just awful.... I did have several FTEs and FTFs but blame that on the cheap Federal ammo. Plinkster had the same problem. I don't really expect perfection out of a 22 shooting cheap ammo but the sight problem was a real let down for me....