Another update after loonnggg time.
Finally i was able to shoot in DSRA. I didnt participate using the khairuddin, as i was able to manage to beg and get a loaner perazzi 2 day before the competition.
The build upto DSRA, this gun played a key role in it, First i did all my dry practice of mounting using this gun and then i did fire about 600-700 in span of 3 weeks using this gun. I was using single barrel in all the practice, i used lower barrel and at times upper barrel. There were instances when i was practicing alone, which meant firing 25 rounds almost without break and then taking 15-30 mins break and then doing the same as i used to land on range something like 9-9:30 and initially no one used to be there. So all this cleared the doubt if the barrel is good enough to hold some level of competition shooting
I tested it for pattern and below isthe pattern i got at about 35 paces, sorry didnt have measuring tape, but this is distance of about 5-7 ft ahead of bunker and i was standing at the begining of the trap station, not in the box, so thats likely distance at which we will be breaking our birds. I have high light the point of aim and pattern area. So the lower barrel is shooting lil down but upper barrel is fine. I was using the Clever Pro Extra Mirage Ammo
having done the pattern test, i started shooting, i started with breaking 2-3 target in first week and then moved to 6-8 target in the 2nd week, all firing single barrel.
In the first week only i ran into 1 issue, the gun wont open, i was like sweating in tension as to what happened, tried everything make frantic call to afzal uncle also. He suggested that i wait for a while, let it cool and then remove forarm and try opening, that worked, i breathed some sight of relief, but then my mind was pretty much taken over by the issue, luckily that thing happened on the last round, So packed up and went home
Day 2, gun fired without any issue, but i had 2 mis fires in the upper barrel. Then on i was more ready mentally for mis fire or the jam
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The gun played along for the next 2 weeks, but i faced total of jamming 3 times, dont know the root cause may be it was old ammo or heating. Even when it jammed, after opening and closing it again, it didnt jam in next shot.
The other issue i faced was misfire in the upper barrel, for this i think i know the root cause, the mark on the primer on the misfired one showed lil alignment off to lil left, even though the mark were pretty deep still misfired. But since majorly i was shooting lower barrel. I didnt run into it very frequently.
2 major improve area which i see is the trigger pull, right now its definitely about 10 lbs for first shot and about 14 lbs for the second shot. This is wwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyy to heavy for competition shooting.
I have provided all these feedback to afzal uncle and he has said that he is already working on the trigger, he has winchester 101 and beretta 680 triggers, he is working on incorporating the best fit into the gun, so that the trigger is crisper and more importantly reliable.
He has started making 30 Inch barrel with EN19 steel and promised to deliver it by May-June, so keeping my fingers crossed, I have being after his life for the same for past 5 years, but this he understood as i was giving him daily status of the gun performance.
Meanwhile i intend to shoot whole year this time as i have the range membership and DSRA membership so these 2 things should really help me practice throughout the year.
Last but not the least i shot 22/50 in single trap NR