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Grzegorz wrote:Sparks, it is really funny. You try to fight against the Newton's laws and the relativity of movement :-)

No, I just think that if you're going to criticise ISSF for imprecise rules and language, you should have an accurate lexicon yourself...

Perfectly right. Perfectly wrong. You're trying to draft a rule to govern stabilisation devices. They're control systems, plain and simple. The correct lexicon is the one that is used to build the things, to do the math that models them, and which has been in use for this since the 1800s. Pick up a...

Kloss wrote:Saying this, without explain why you think that, it is a little superficial.

I did explain it, a few posts back.

I didn't redefine anything, I just explained the physic concepts;

No, you didn't. Those are not the physical concepts.

An object or system that doesn't change its status during a particular event, is a passive object or system (For example, a stopped car hit by another car. In this case the car is a passive object even if it has a turned on engine). An active object or system is something that changes its status be...

... The whole active/passive thing seems to be the crux here again... Write "active", then interpret. Why? If I use gyro that works without additional external power source - is it active or passive? :-) It's passive. It's also magical, as no gyro can work without an external power source...

taz wrote:When you increase the mass of a system you increase its inertia

Ah, I see what you're talking about.
The whole active/passive thing seems to be the crux here again...

Grzegorz wrote:It does influence on rifle movements.

Not to be a smartass, but how?
Barrel tuners and bedding don't play any role until you get the barrel ringing by firing the shot, no?

Received by email: Thank you for your inquiry regarding the new ISSF rule prohibiting "vibration reduction systems." The ISSF is still working on the final wording of this rule, but the ISSF intent is to prohibit the use of any device or system that would artificially reduce, slow or contr...

Does ISSF have any "spirit of the rules" rule? They do, and I wouldn't mind so much really, but a rule like that has to be a two-way sort of thing. So yes, competitors have to engage with the spirit of the rules (which is the same in any sport ie. to ensure a level playing field so that y...

By the way, if you mount a mass using springs, is that allowed? ... I'd say that as it's passive (doesn't require external power to make it function) it should be acceptable Yes, it would be considered passive. The distinction between active and passive is one that's already defined in control syst...

Any device, mechanism or system that artificially reduces, slows or minimizes rifle oscillations or movements before the shot is released is prohibited. Kind of defines a sling, doesn't it? And a jacket And any mass attached to, or making up a component of the firearm. This definition doesn't seem ...

We've been here before. Where is the evidence to suggest that clothing prevents injury or shooting causes it? It was posted on the ESC website last time I saw it. Drop them an email, ask for a citation, or dig through the wayback machine. Personally, I can't feel the skin from my right knee to abou...

A division where only basic pistols are allowed. No optic or compensators, only an unmodified pistol from an approved list. ...an unmodified example of advances in materials science, manufacturing and engineering, and years of innovation and evolution. Which is a pretty good description of an ISSF ...

Rifle shooting should return to being a shooting contest, not an equipment race. Which kind of rifle shooting should do that first? Unlimited benchrest? http://www.shootingtimes.com/files/2010/09/st_eyesonrprize_201004-a.jpg Biathlon (and should they quit it with the materials science that goes int...

the only reason they walk funny is so that they don't flex the sole, I've yet to actually see a pair of shoes or boots that can't flex True. Mine will flex happily - they pass EC after all - but I can't afford to buy new ones every other year, so they live in boot trees and I don't flex the sole wh...

So as far as the ISSF is concerned these are the new rules!!!! I'm sorry but that is rubbish. They are not the new rules, merely a summary of some of the major changes. We will only understand what most of them really mean when we see the actual detailed rules. It's not rubbish, it's just not preci...

Is it a boon to general acceptability? Is that what you mean? Yes. Why would anyone feel in the least bit squeamish about owning a weapon of any sort? Squeamish? Wrong word. The general public feel wary of people outside of the state having firearms in Ireland. This sounds odd to you now, I know, b...

I've stated my opinion that they won't work in the U.S.; do you think they will help in Sweden? Can't speak for Sweden, but in Ireland the formalism of ISSF shooting helps a lot; our past history with firearms does not give us the warm fuzzy feeling that it does to many in the US. The suits, the sp...

Detailed discussion here before we know exactly what the final rules say is pointless. Detailed discussion here before publication will certainly be based on inaccurate data. However , any discussion at all after publication will be utterly pointless. This is the problem with the process ISSF is us...

Actually, you just broke it Nope. the possessive its is a pronoun, not a noun, and, like other possessive pronouns ( his, hers, yours, and theirs ), is written without that particular bit of punctuation Hence, "its usefulness" not "it's usefulness" . Or, more on topic, "you...