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My point was that what manufacturers call pistol pellets are weighted similarly within the manufacturer's range and they are lighter than "rifle" pellets. All RWS pistol pellets are weighed at 7gr. (I'm considering Diablo Basic as a pistol pellet because it is 7gr.) Their rifle pellets ar...

Pellet weights for pistol clearly vary by manufacturer. For example Vogel 8.1gr RWS 7.0gr H&N 7.5gr Brian, Your original assumption is incorrect. All major .177 target pellet manufacturers make pellets of several different weights, usually ranging from 6.9gr to 8.3gr. The lighter weight pellets...

may depend on who offered the lighter pellets first and when. i'm not sure about the history of pistol pellets but they were on the market when i started shooting in the early nineties. by then everybody had either something like fwb 65 or 100 series or one of the new fancy, ultrafast CO2-guns. and...

theory: the formula for kinetic energy is: E=1/2*m*v^2. m is the mass of the pellet, and v its velocity. so, if your gun works properly, the pellet should always have about the same ENERGY after leaving the barrel. this means, according to the formula, the higher the mass of the pellet, the lower i...

dam8 wrote:I have friend in franklin. He and a work partner might be interested! Pm me and I'll give you his contact info. Thanks

Have done. I look forward to hearing from you.

Pellet weights for pistol clearly vary by manufacturer. For example
Vogel 8.1gr
RWS 7.0gr
H&N 7.5gr

Is there a real or theoretical reason for this? Will some brands of air pistol prefer different weights. Just wondering......I miss regardless of the weight.
Good shooting,
Brian

So sad. We have no such fine picture showing our shooters together with our 'Mutti'. And you all know, we have also fine shooters. But to be serious, the picture is fine, but there is one problem. It doesn't show the shooters in shooting clothing and with theirs rifles or pistols. I'm afraid that n...

So while it would be nice to think this somehow endorses shooting, it does not. Nor more than the photo with the garden club endorses gardening. I have a picture of me with President Nixon, our group were Boy Scouts who's fathers were in the Marine Corps and it was part of a Washington DC tour. We ...

Fantastic!!!

I just spoke with USA Shooting and there are a total of 17 USAS members in Vermont. Not a lot, but depending on what club(s) they may belong to, perhaps we can get some air pistol competitions going in Vermont. I will be speaking with Pete Carson the competitions director at USAS next week. Stay tun...

Brian, it is on pages 17-18-19. Average of your last 3x60 shots. For example, my last three matches were 539+545+538=1622 divided by a possible 1800 which = 90.11% That puts me in "A" class for USAS and "EX" for NRA. Maybe I missed your question, but the above is what I know to ...

poogi; Go to the USA Shooting website. Click resources on top of page. Click USAS rules on left of page. Click USAS general regulation rules. Clarence Did that. It doesn't explain how the numbers are arrived at, at least not that I saw, but being human I may have missed it. Thanks for the explanati...

Brian, it goes by percentage. If I am wrong, someone please correct me. your score of 505 divided by a possible score of 600 equals 84.17 % NRA... MA=93. and above EX=88. to 92.99 SS=82. to 87.99 MK=below 82. UAS... AA=92. and above A=88. to 91.99 B=84. to 87.99 C=78. to 83.99 D=77.99 and below Hop...

GOVTMODEL wrote:

David Levene wrote:I would have thought it would be 505/6=84.17 (unless things are done differently in the US)

That's a better question than I had!

Four bull targets; three shots per bull; five targets equaling 60 shots.

I'd be interested in hearing from any in the Burlington to St. Johnsbury, VT-Littleton, NH area as far south as Rutland. Thanks.

I just shot my first 60 shot 10 meter event, non-postal, scoring 505 giving an average score per target for the five target sheets of 101. Is 101 the number that it used to determine class for competition. I understand the need for more events to have an official class. Just want to be clear on the ...

45ACP223 wrote:Very cool, thanks for posting the links!

Yes indeed. And interesting to hear all the noise as the competitors were shooting for elimination. Had to turn the volume down.

robinhoods - You live in Brooklyn and can't find a dive shop? http://bit.ly/1qAQ2m7 Roger Where I am in Vermont the nearest dive shop is almost two hours away on Lake Champlain. I still use NE Divers in MA simply because the owner is an archer and we've become friends. We discuss the Zen of shootin...

conradin wrote:You can always buy another Steyr LP-10. :)

Or a nice 64M to make him lust for your Styer. But, I'm just being naughty.
Good shooting,
Briain

I'm 64 and have been shooting 10 meter air pistol for a little over a year. I do postal matches and just did my first live competition. Great fun and the beauty of the sport, like running or bicycle time trialing, is that you can go for personal bests and also compete in age groups. You're as young ...