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by Spencer
Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:19 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: legal ap weight
Replies: 4
Views: 902

the word 'minimum' in 8.4.2.6.1 seems pretty clear

S
by Spencer
Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:28 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: No rules about cold ranges???
Replies: 11
Views: 3369

Spencer - on your question about passive heat exchangers, one of the nasty side-effects of shooting is that we put a fair amount of "crud" into the air. This "crud" tends to clog up heat exchangers pretty quickly. If you're looking at doing a heat exchanger in this manner, you w...
by Spencer
Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:17 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: No rules about cold ranges???
Replies: 11
Views: 3369

On various TV home shows I have seen passive heat exchangers for air circulation - are these an economic proposition?

Spencer
by Spencer
Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:55 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: No rules about cold ranges???
Replies: 11
Views: 3369

Meanwhile, here in sunny Australia... Joking aside, it does get cold in the southern states in the winter months (though usually not much below freezing) and attendances tend to drop off. At least now we don't have to wory about .22 shorts for RFP - keeping those little sods warm under the armpit wa...
by Spencer
Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:40 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Centra Mirror
Replies: 3
Views: 1350

Interesting...

I just checked the ISSF rules; mirror sights are not allowed in pistol (8.4.2.3), but there is no such specific mention in the rifle rules.

Opinions?
by Spencer
Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:53 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: ISSF Class B Judges Licences issued
Replies: 2
Views: 1038

1 welcome to the club

2 Enjoy your 'judgeship' - it can be a lot of fun

Regards
Spencer Tweedie
(in Australia)
by Spencer
Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:24 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: The Winter Olympics
Replies: 62
Views: 9038

further to metermatch's posting - Yes! After untold years of training and single mindedness about a sport, an athlete while at a major competition just bowls into the local druggist / pharmacy and grabs an over the counter medication or takes a medication proffered by a 'friend'? Maybe some of the l...
by Spencer
Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:05 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: An 'experiment' with the shot process.
Replies: 38
Views: 5094

Re: An 'experiment' with the shot process.

Mike S-J wrote:Are there any drills you can recommend for training your brain to disengage from trying to control trigger release?
- Lots of trigger releases
- there are various 'diversion' techniques, but (arguably?) the best is concentrating on the front sight
- Oh, and lots of trigger releases

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by Spencer
Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:02 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Learning from Olympic Biathalon
Replies: 3
Views: 1014

all this already in place covering both Qualification and Finals rounds for ISSF World Cups - getting the TV coverage is something else.
by Spencer
Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:21 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Loosing the battle with TSA
Replies: 26
Views: 4259

Post is becoming a non-option.

More countries are joining the policy of no firearms (or firearms parts) by post - apparently it upsets the workers if they know there are firearms parts in the system. Here in AUS, even a coil spring is not allowed if it is a firearm part...

Spencer