Competition gun maintenance
How do the top notch competition shooters look after their guns? Do they do it themselves after they shoot or do the hand their gun to a Perazzi technician to fettle after they are finished for the day. These guns were are told fire an enormous number of shots in their life are major tightening exercises avoided by meticulously maintaining the gun from day to day rather than waiting until it gets a bit loose and then doing something about it?
I read on the net a q and a with an American lady shooter who said she can shoot up to 1000 carts a day in traing assuming a 10 hrs shooting day that's emm... 1 shot every 36 seconds and does not allow for no birds and general coaching shot to shot! How do they do that and how often? What sort of condition would that Perazzi be in if just normal cleaning was applied? This lady shot the gun for I think 12 years before it was stolen but if we even attribute on quarter of the number of rounds she said she could shoot in any one day the gun must have fired ... 1.1 million cartridges and she only stopped using it because someone stole it! Good news is she got it back... but did not shoot it again because she got another to tide her over and stuck with it.
How do the top notch competition shooters look after their guns? Do they do it themselves after they shoot or do the hand their gun to a Perazzi technician to fettle after they are finished for the day. These guns were are told fire an enormous number of shots in their life are major tightening exercises avoided by meticulously maintaining the gun from day to day rather than waiting until it gets a bit loose and then doing something about it?
I read on the net a q and a with an American lady shooter who said she can shoot up to 1000 carts a day in traing assuming a 10 hrs shooting day that's emm... 1 shot every 36 seconds and does not allow for no birds and general coaching shot to shot! How do they do that and how often? What sort of condition would that Perazzi be in if just normal cleaning was applied? This lady shot the gun for I think 12 years before it was stolen but if we even attribute on quarter of the number of rounds she said she could shoot in any one day the gun must have fired ... 1.1 million cartridges and she only stopped using it because someone stole it! Good news is she got it back... but did not shoot it again because she got another to tide her over and stuck with it.
I see that some shooters don't bother it appears? Surely a gun that is not maintained will not last long? Once there is any wear on the mating surfaces surely the reactive forces on the worn areas will just accelerate the loosening of the action to the point where it may become dangerous? I have seen badly worn guns that have fired a fraction of the number of shots fired by shooters we hear shooting ... well more than 150k per year! And these guns are paid for by the person shooting it not by the company donating it!
