Before operating any small arms, it is necessary to determine its characteristics. You can deal with this using the shooting procedure. Performing it manually, it is impossible to get accurate results. That is why today a special machine for shooting weapons is widely used by professional military men, hunters and lovers of guns and pistols. This device is now also used for training personnel of the armed forces of many countries of the world.
What is a sighting machine?
The product is a special device that allows rotation when aiming a fixed small arms. Many firms specializing in the manufacture of weapons, also sell these systems.
Despite the variety of models, any sighting machine performs one function: with the help of a rigid base it securely fastens the weapon, eliminating any impact of human and weather factors on it.
What are the machines?
Depending on the functions performed and design features, the sighting device can be:
- Collapsible . One such product is Benchmaster Shooting Tab. The set consists of a table and a chair, which, if necessary, can be easily disassembled. This machine allows you to adjust the carabiner in a sitting position.
- Stationary
- Universal.
- Specialized, i.e. designed for certain types of weapons. Advantageously, such devices carry out the adjustment of air rifles. A feature of such machines is their low weight.
- Intended for sighting only.
- Used in the maintenance of guns.
What determines the cost of the machine?
Prices for sighting devices vary. The cost is affected by the brand, size, weight and material of which the product is made. The best and most reliable is the model that is able to provide rigid fixation of small arms on any surface. Therefore, such a machine is more expensive. The value of the product is also affected by the mechanism available in it, which determines the height of the barrel. Each model of the machine can also be used as a stand for cleaning the gun.
What is the essence of shooting?
The objective of this event is to combine the point of average hits of the weapon with the target sight. It can also be crosshairs of optical sights.
In the process of work is carried out:
- sighting of a sight;
- accuracy of hits is determined;
- selection of a certain type of bullets.
It is desirable to carry out sighting in a dash - a closed room in which the influence of the wind is excluded. The essence of the work is to securely secure small arms in the machine and the subsequent shot at a certain distance to the target. The carabiner located on the bed with special regulatory elements is aimed at the target. The weapon fixed in the machine acts as an easel machine gun.
The end result of a quality shooting is to find the shooter after several shots midpoint hit. After that, by tightening the flywheels, the aim mark is combined with the hole in the target formed after the shot.
In what cases do you use machines?
A sighting for a carbine or rifle is necessary:
- if purchased a new small arms;
- as a result of drying out of a wooden bed;
- when replacing optical sights ;
- if the owner decided to change ammunition;
- if the weapon was stored for a long time without a cover or transported;
- after intensive use.
Also, new rifles are subject to those rifles and carbines, to which recoil compensators and muzzle devices are mounted. It is advisable to use sighting machines for weapons that have been dropped.
For home craftsmen
Is it possible to make a machine for shooting a carbine with your own hands? This question interests many.
Today, to purchase such a device is not a problem. Despite the fact that these products can be found in special stores, many owners of small arms prefer to make them on their own using various improvised means: pillows, shelves, plywood and stools. These items are used as stands for small arms. The disadvantage of such devices is their fragility, which interferes with the shooter, excluding the main purpose of the work performed. In addition, the shooting process itself can be delayed for a long time, which is fraught with large costs of ammunition. High-quality shooting is possible only if the shooting position is thoroughly equipped. Setting up a weapon in a comfortable environment for the shooter (the complete absence of any external influence on the carbine) will save ammo.
About the drawings
If the craftsman has the necessary materials and tools, it will not be difficult to make a machine for shooting a carbine with his own hands. Drawings of such devices are of interest to many who wish to facilitate the process of creating a sighting structure. During the manufacture of the machine, the master can perform complex turning, milling and welding works. The process can be greatly simplified by creating a do-it-yourself machine for shooting a carbine from a metal pipe. Design drawings by craftsmen are mainly replaced by generous publications of photos of the finished device, recommendations regarding its manufacture and description of the technology. Or they are offered for purchase on the Internet, subject to a significant prepayment. Therefore, they are a kind of deficit, very much in demand in networks.
What material will be needed to work?
To make a machine for shooting a carbine with your own hands, the master will need the following materials:
- Steel pipe with a rectangular or square cross section.
- A stud with a thread diameter of 14 mm.
- Bolts (3 pcs.). The diameter of the two should be 14 mm, length - 100 mm. The third bolt is 150 mm long.
- Bolts with nipple nuts (6 pcs.). The diameter should be 5 mm.
- A few bolts are rivets.
- Ordinary nuts and washers.
- Metal plate 6.5x8 cm.
- Corners (3 pcs.) Measuring 5.5 x 6.5 cm.
- Spray can with paint.
What tool to work?
You can make a machine for shooting a carbine with your own hands using the following inventory:
- angle grinder (grinder);
- electric or hand drill;
- set of screwdrivers.
Work stages
- Cut the metal pipe so that two pieces are obtained, 700 and 400 mm long.
- Grind burrs in the resulting pipe sections.
- In order to prevent deformation, it is necessary to insert wooden beams into the ends of two pieces of pipe.
- Cut the hairpin into two pieces 400 mm long and chamfer them.
- Two holes must be drilled in a pipe segment (700 mm). Their indent from the edge of the metal piece should be 20 mm.
- Drill four holes in a section (400 mm). Two of them should be located 20 mm from the edges of the pipe (as in the case of a large piece), and the two holes between them must be placed 150 mm from each other.
- Using a bolt, connect the corners of the long and short segments. Between them in order to prevent the abrasion of the paint, it is recommended to place washers. Its presence will preserve the colorful coating of the machine in cases when it is folded. A bolt nut is used to fasten the bolt.
- On a short section of the pipe, you need to install the studs and fasten securely with the nuts. Making a machine for shooting a carbine with your own hands, it is very important to pay attention to the reliability of the joints, since the presence of play can adversely affect the accuracy of fire.
- Insert a washer in a short metal section in the outer hole, and then a bolt and a wing nut. The presence of a restrictive nut will enable the machine owner to adjust it horizontally.
- Secure the carabiner support with a bolt 150 mm long. This work is performed on a long segment. The bolt is installed in the second hole.
What can you make emphasis from?
A small bag of sand or a pillow is an ideal stop for those who decide to create a machine for shooting a carbine with their own hands. The photos below represent the design features of such products.
A rubber mat is also good as a stop in a makeshift sighting device. This manufacturing method is considered simple. From the master you will need to cut several parts from the rubber fabric and carefully lay them in several layers on the surface of the metal plate. Four bolts are used for fixing, which fix the stop parts in the corners and in the center of the steel plate. Bolts are recommended to be inserted from the side of the plate, and furniture driven nuts - to the rubber layer. Thus, the inserted nut with its antennae will reliably press all the rubber compound stops. It is not recommended to use glue for fastening, since such joints are considered fragile.
In the manufacture of an emphasis for the machine, you can use an angle grinder ( grinder ). With its help, the process of processing an already assembled stop will be much faster. Using a grinder, homemade emphasis is given the necessary shape. It is very important to monitor the grinding process, since rubber is a material that is easy to process. The slightest carelessness at this stage of work can ruin the product.
How to set emphasis on the sighting machine?
According to their purpose, the stops and machines are different.
An emphasis is an element that is necessary in order for the weapon to roll back freely after a shot. The fixing of the forend is performed by the machine itself for shooting the carbine. You can make a stop with your own hands, using also three corners fixed with the help of buttons. In order to prevent possible damage to the weapon, it is recommended to polish all the parts that will come into contact with it. The emphasis is installed on a special plate, which will be located on the bolt. His hat is also recommended to be thoroughly cleaned. The nuts adjust the height of the stop. In order to facilitate this process, ordinary nuts can be replaced with nuts - "lamb".
A correctly made and installed stop will make the operation of the machine comfortable and the shooting process itself efficient.
What should be a homemade sighting device?
Deciding to create a machine for shooting hunting. do-it-yourself carbine, the master must consider:
- In terms of weight, the product should be heavier than a carbine. Otherwise, the resulting vibration will not be canceled. Some craftsmen use pancakes from the bar to add weight to their machines.
- The sighting machine can be considered correct if it is rigid, and its components and joints do not have backlashes.
- In an ideal sighting machine, horizontal and vertical aiming of the weapon is carried out on the target. A home-made product can be considered universal if it can be fired from for various types of weapons: air rifles, hunting carbines, combat and sports pistols.
- The lower part of the sighting machine should be firmly fixed to the table.
Nuances to pay attention to when shooting
- In setting up the carbine, you need to use only those cartridges that will later be used by the owner on the hunt. It is undesirable to carry out sighting with sporting bullets, since they weigh 9 grams, in contrast to 13-gram combat ones. The result during the setting of the carbine and real hunting will vary significantly.
- It is advisable that the owner of the final or final sighting of the weapon perform it. It is recommended to carry out several control series.
- Begin the procedure for shooting a carbine from a distance of 50 meters. Gradually, the distance can be increased to 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 meters.
- During the entire shooting process, it is important not to change the initial shooting conditions.
- You can carry out the adjustment with the correct location of the carbine on the machine: the forearm of the weapon on the machine should correspond to the conditional position of the hand without using the sighting structure. Ignoring this aspect and the unequal position of the carbine on the stop can lead to a shift in the points of impact and as a result of the shooting will be unsuccessful - the fired bullets will constantly hit the target.
- The use of various camouflage materials for small arms can lead to increased dispersion during firing. Any winding of the barrel gives a distortion of accuracy of hits. This feature of guns and carbines should be taken into account and carry out sighting already with camouflage winding.