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Mark I took the time fully to read of of your links. in several places I note that you talk about power levels for air guns before they become firearms. You state that the Republic is the only EU state in which an airgun is considered a firearm if the energy is above 1J. This is actually incorrect....

So, Ireland is seeing some fairly controversial changes being proposed to its firearms laws at the moment: http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/11/17/leave-our-guns-alone/ (Irish Firearms Law is *spectacularly* complex btw: http://guns.ie/2015/01/23/just-complicated-irish-firearms-law-let-draw-diagram/ ) A...

Finally shot a finals under the new rules in the Irish air pistol nationals recently and placed fourth. If I was on the fence before, I'm sure now - that new ISSF finals format is Shite with a capital S. There's no way I should have been anywhere near fourth, but I was in first place for most of the...

But it's the way it's done and that's it When it's a deliberate choice and brand new "it's the way it's done and that's it" is a monumental cop-out of an answer! Sparks, you've been very vocal in you dislike of the new system on this site and others, what I'm pointing out is that's the wa...

Jury still out, but Sparks made me laugh, my 10 year old beat Campriani in 1 shot with a 10.8 over Campriani's 10.4. Exactly! However that is such a memorable awesome day, how many days do you get to shoot next to an inspirational figure for you? As a coach I appreciate the interaction with the Oly...

Colin wrote:But it's the way it's done and that's it

When it's a deliberate choice and brand new "it's the way it's done and that's it" is a monumental cop-out of an answer!

Decimal scoring is a much better indicator of overall shooting performance. Agreed, and with the electronic targets it's much easier. It makes it even more of a shame that they throw away the qualifying score in the finals and make a mockery of the whole thing. I watched the youtube video of the Ch...

I'd hate to see it go to nothing but laser scored shooting. That is simply not shooting. The laserscore system refers to a laser in the target that detects the bullet's point of impact and scores the shot, not a laser in the gun like the new modern pentathlon experiments. Oh and Modern Pent. is goi...

Not so easily because it wouldn't be secured, it would wiggle about from the vibrations of the shot Hmmm, that doesn't sound good. I guess I'll have to cobble together something similar that's suitably robust then... K. That should be doable, and I know they can be made to work, Peter Hellenbrand w...

Sparks, couldn't you just attach the Duplex to the anti-glare tube such that the iris DOES hang vertically when canted? Not so easily because it wouldn't be secured, it would wiggle about from the vibrations of the shot. You could lock-tite it in place I suppose, but that's a bit unadjustable (not ...

I got one of these a while ago to try out. http://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/~mdennehy/20111111_007a.jpg Looked great, but had a few problems - for a start, my rearsight got a little complicated: http://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/~mdennehy/20111111_003a.jpg Okay, so some of that got stripped off, but ...

By email just now: Here is the final version of the rule: 8.4.1.6 Movement or Oscillation Reduction Systems. Any device, mechanism or system that actively reduces, slows or minimizes pistol oscillations or movements before the shot is released is prohibited. This new rule will not prohibit any featu...

By email just now: Here is the final version of the rule: 8.4.1.6 Movement or Oscillation Reduction Systems. Any device, mechanism or system that actively reduces, slows or minimizes pistol oscillations or movements before the shot is released is prohibited. This new rule will not prohibit any featu...

As to the question of lead, I saw no evidence presented by you that suggests that it is a threat to public health. We know lead isn't a good thing to ingest: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leadpoisoning.html The fear is that if you have a high concentration of lead (say, in a backstop), then th...

So, stop doing it! I'm not. I suggested a very simple way to phrase the rule based on the terminology that has been used when describing this kind of thing for over two hundred years, and you went off on some daft tangent about how it should be down to the local judges (and that's not mentioning th...

caa028 wrote:(300 x 100) / (365 x 10) = 8.219

And I thought you couldn't mathematically prove if I'd had my morning coffee or not :)

BTW, I checked and the cost is closer to €230.

Spencer wrote:So, a number of you are advocating a 2000 page rule book for 2013/1st: with more pages for subsequent re-printings?

I think Hemmingway might have taken you up on the notion that "more pages" is the same as "better written"...

They have. Elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy Elastic potential energy and gravitational potential energy do not appear out of the aether. Bricks don't just appear ten metres up in the air, for example. The definition is simple and centuries old - A passive system or component...

Has anybody noticed that cylinders older then 10 years from their labeled date are now illegal in the new general technical rules? We have junior clubs in our state that have cylinders that are older then the kids using them. These combined rule changes could bankrupt most small clubs. The two year...