Preliminary range report - both owner and rifle survived

[spinecracker]

I finally managed to take my 1914 No.1 Mk.III to the rifle range today. I didn't do as well as I hoped, but did better than I thought I would. allowing for not shooting anything in 20 years, using the iron sights, cheap ammunition (Hotshot 174 grain FMJ BT), my non-dominant eye, sharp strong gusting side winds and just resting the barrel on a sandbag while standing, I managed to get almost every round (20 of them) into a 7 inch square at 100 yards - the target looked so lonely and forlorn out there. The rifle was tending to aim left a little bit, so I will correct that when I practice and get tighter groupings. I am not sure if this is reasonable for a first time given my circumstances, but I can only get better (sure as heck can't get any worse!).

I will post a full report in the right section of the forum, with pictures, after a bit more practice.

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