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Izh 53m - 400 pellets this afternoon

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harleyflhxi:
Today I went through 400 pellets - 200 Crosman SSP's through the 53m, and another 200 RWS R10's through some deep carpeting when I accidentally knocked the tin of pellets off of my air gun cabinet while wiping the 53m off with a silicone cloth before I put it away.

I got better at shooting the 53m... I have this twitch, I guess it is, where I consistently pull my shots up and to the left.  Today I largely overcame the "up" part, but I still have a long way to go to fix the "to the left" part.  Practice! Practice! Practice!

I completely MASTERED the technique for assuming the prone position and gently running my fingers through the carpet to find the pellets without tweaking the skirts.  Now I've just got to worry about whatever lint and/or other small debris got on the pellets.  Hopefully, that stuff won't hurt anything or impair accuracy too much.

I only said one bad word when the tin dropped and I didn't even yell it!  Now there's progress!  ::)

jdub:
That IZH 53 is a difficult gun to shoot very accurately although it's a lot of fun so it sounds like you're doing good.   Sorry about the dropped pellets--I've done the same thing a few times--usually with a new tin.  My favorite was knocking a tin each of .20 JSBs and .22 JSBs off the table at the same time.  It's hard to tell .20 from .22 at a glance so it took me a while to sort them.  Both were new tins. 

I drilled a hole through the front of the trigger-guard on my 53 and then drilled and tapped a hole in the folded metal tab in front of the trigger to put an adjustment screw in.  The older ones came with the screw in place but the new ones no longer have it--although they still have the metal tab where the hole and screw used to be.

(edited 1/9/17 to fix broken links)

One thing that amazes me about the 53 is how accurate it is despite the fact that when you break the barrel there is sooo much slop side to side.  It locks up very tight though and is a great little pistol.

45Man:

--- Quote from: jdub on April 16, 2013, 11:06:26 PM ---...I drilled a hole through the front of the trigger-guard on my 53 and then drilled and tapped a hole in the folded metal tab in front of the trigger to put an adjustment screw in.  The older ones came with the screw in place but the new ones no longer have it--although they still have the metal tab where the hole and screw used to be.
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One thing that amazes me about the 53 is how accurate it is despite the fact that when you break the barrel there is sooo much slop side to side.  It locks up very tight though and is a great little pistol.

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My 53M is just like yours.  Never noticed the missing adjustment until you pointed it out.  Mine has almost no trigger travel.  Must be very careful because no safety.  The Russian Owner's Manual shows the newer model, the Air Venturi Manual shows the older model.  You can tell right away because they also changed the rear sight.  Sure wish they had machined grooves for a dovetail.

Your top picture does not show the hole you drilled, that's the existing hole to access the frame screw.  What size screw did you use & what size access hole did you drill?  Looks like the screw is a long set screw, maybe 1/2", 6-32 or 8-32?

Did you know you can cock it, then put pressure on the trigger until you feel a small click, load it & close it, then pull trigger?  This cuts trigger pull in half which can be very dangerous.

It's accurate but not as much as my Beeman P17, but a whole lot easier to load than the P17.

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