TargetTalk

Like some of the other repliers, I'm wondering if it's about your NPA. You might try this exersise: Build your position as you normally do, including all the checks and minor corrections, up to the point where you start the final alignment & shot release part. Here, close your eyes. Count 1-2-3-...

What I currently do (air rifle match, 1 shot per target, that's your main question, right?): As I return the target to me, I have a quick look when it's still 8-7-6 m away from me. Enough to see roughly where the shot landed, thus giving me the information I might need for corrections. But when it g...

Hap Rocketto wrote:
The rifle may weigh no more than 8kg for men.

The ISSF website at www.issf-shooting.org has the rules posted.

Under Table 7.4.3.7, Row M, it says:

300 m Standard Rifle AND Air Rifle:
Weight with sights (and hand stop 300 m): 5.5 kg.

Shooting Kiwi,
How would you measuer the pellet diameter if you need to measure @ 0.01 mm accuracy?

You can get some idea by using the software programme Chairgun (www.chairgun.com). (can be run for free). Under 'Extras', there's a "Bottle Charging" applet. After you entered your data (pressures and volumes), this will show the number of fills you can get. Including a list showing what p...

E = 0.5 * m * v ^2 where E = energy [Joules] m = mass [kg] v = velocity [m/s] and "^2" denotes square (i.e. v^2 = v*v) So with a pellet of 0.53 grams = 0.00053 kg, (e.g. RWS R10) and a velocity of 170 m/s, you get E = 7.66 joules: just a little bit above the famous 7.5. But where to measur...

Its worth remembering that the higher you go the more chances of error especially if you use cant. Well... I'm not sure what kind of error you mean. What I _do_ know is this: (1) if you vary the cant angle between shots, this will influence the Point of Impact on your target; (2) this effect is NOT...

... So to see if i have this clear,in order to fit the riiffle in my measurments,i can raise the fore sight up to 60mm(centre to centre)and the rear sight up to 64mm? You can raise the fore sight until you have 60 mm centre-centre (although I'd keep it a little smaller to avoid discussions when the...

http://www.issf-shooting.org/rules/english/2006/24_rifle_2005_2nd.html 7.4.3.7 "Distance from center of the front sight ring or top of post to center of bore either directly above or offset (except for those shooters firing from the right shoulder but using their left eye)." 300 m Standard...

Richard H wrote:Or it could be giving you 2 points, so your 569 might actually be a 567 with better ammo.

On a bad day, yes. On some days it won't make a difference. But on most days, better ammo will give you a better score. See my post from yesterday, 4 posts up in this topic (posted Aug 22, 2007 12:38 pm).

I agree that the quest for ideal should remain reasonable with respect to what the person on the trigger can do with it. Still, for guys like me mostly not breaking 570 in AR, it IS something to consider. If I settle for ammo with an avg shot group diameter of 6.5 mm (outer-outer, in 10-shot groups ...

For ordinary shooters like me, it isn't that critical, although I did lose the iron aggregate at the State Prone Championship by a plugger. Had more X's, one point behind the winner. Would better ammo have helped ? Depending on where I broke the shot, might have made matters worse. Tim, On average,...

- Servicability is an issue. I've been waiting for the repair for months. No problem since I have this exellent loaner system mounted no my own rifle, but still... I just found out that I need to correct myself on that one. I got news from the shop that the repaired system is already back from the ...

Krause, P., Ladefoged, J., Nielsen, P. E. P., & Sorensen, J. P., "Beta blockage used in precision sports: effects on pistol shooting performance", Journal of Applied Physiology , 61, (1986), pp. 417-420. Here are some other references. As far as I have seen, most of these studies show...

Thanks, Nicole and Albert. I found that little shock wave through the target seen from the rear quite fascinating myself. To satisfy the engineering type of questions... I did these with the rifle fixed in a clamp, in a totally dark room, with a DSLR camera on a tripod, with the lense wide open for ...

I bought an AR50 alu several years ago, and on balance am very pleased with it. It simply fits me. Period. I've tried several alternatives back then and also more recently, and have not been tempted to change to an alternative. I did encouter two problems (which is not unique for Haemmerli - before ...

Here are some photos of an RWS R10 pellet travelling from my Hammerli AR50 to (and through) the 10.9.
Perhaps find the one in the middle useful in your mental training ... :-)

When cant gives you a better position, DO IT! Yes, you need to have the same cant angle every time, but that's equally true when you shoot uncanted. In the latter case, always try to keep the angle 0 degr. In your case, always try to keep the angle 10 degr. Yes, you can use level bars and so on. But...

pilkguns wrote:The major advantage of electronic triggers is that they feel so creamy smooth, because you are only pulling against spring tension.

I suppose the electronic ones also have a second stage in the trigger, or not? How do they make this work, then, if it's not mechanical?

mk wrote:Many years ago I shot an electronic trigger Feinwerkbau Free rifle and liked it a lot.

What is the advantage of an electronic trigger compared to a mechanical one?