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The Random Ramblings Of An Airgun Addict

This summer I bought an old Walther LGR from Scott Pilkington at Pilkington Competition Equipment and have been shooting it a lot. I have really enjoyed this rifle in the backyard. Shooting with it at 25 yards with a lower power rifle is just a challenging as shooting at 50 yards with my higher powered rifles with big scopes on them. With the lower power the wind is a factor to be considered and the lower power scope makes it a bit more difficult hitting the smaller targets. I have really enjoyed it and didn't think it could get any better. I was wrong.

I had emailed Scott about a two months ago to ask how to adjust the trigger. The trigger was pretty good but I felt it could be adjusted a bit better. I am used to finely adjusted triggers and I knew the trigger on my LGR could be better. Well, Rhonda replied that they didn't have any manuals for the LGR but she thought she knew someone who might have one and could make copies of it for me. Well, Scott and Rhonda came through again. This week a large envelop showed up in my mailbox. It contained a photocopy of the original owners manual. I read the whole thing that night. It was pretty interesting. The manual explains how the compression system works and the shows how the trigger actuates the release valve when pulled. I was impressed. It also describes how to adjust the trigger.

The trigger blade can be adjusted front-to-back on short rail but the trigger movement has only three adjustements: first stage travel, pull weight, and let off. My first stage travel was fine so I set about to adjusting the other two. I first adjusted the pull weight down a bit and then I reduced the let off. Wow, what a difference, now when the trigger is pulled there is a solid stop at the second stage but with just a thought the rifle fires. I tried it out on my indoor range (it was very cold last night) and even from the standing position it was incredibly easy to fire the shot just as the crosshairs came over the target. My best group was four shots into a ragged hole at 10 yards. I can't wait to give it a try out back at a little longer distances to see how it improves my groups from my FT position.

I am planning on using the LGR for silhouette but it would be fun to make up another competition designed specifically for lower powered rifles like the 10 meter rifles or sporters like the R7. I will have to give that some thought over the winter but for now I will just continue to enjoy shooting the LGR.