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Very informative. Thanks.

In Gwinnett County 4H for home practice they had everyone bring in a ~12x12x12 box in which they hung an old hand towel halfway between the target and the back. The towel was only suspended at the top by a 1/4" dowel, so it was free to swing. That swinging took all the energy out of the BB and ...

I think this is what you're asking... The big deal is lead vapors and lead dust . These are usually the result of people shooting bullets with an exposed lead base in a firearm . The act of igniting gun powder to propel a bullet down a barrel means the propellant, which is burning at ~1000°F , is me...

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Not sure I would make that statement, but its apparent you have a motivation besides curiosity. I'm very sorry if my critique left that impression. I'm a retired test engineer, and this is the way I look at all reports of this nature. A casualty of the profession I guess. But as was said, I think t...

Nothing in 32ACP on the Buy/Sell board here. Scoured the internet and can't seem to find a 7.65 Browning target pistol of any description. I'm not a competitor and my needs aren't for the latest/greatest. Suggestions about where to look for used target pistols highly appreciated.

Thank you for service. The scale is a lab grade, accurate to .02 grains and was left on for 30 minutes to minimize drift and I used batteries to isolate from the home's relatively noisy power. The AmericanWeigh Gemini Pro scale has, according to their web site, has a tolerance of +/-.06 grains. htt...

This subject is VERY interesting to me. I've been chasing accuracy with the Dillon powder measure since about 2001. In that time I've come up with my own fixes, which include modifications and processes, which we can discuss later. However, right now a couple of questions and concerns about your ve...

In Georgia those are typically offered by the 4H organization within each county.

Some air programs are also found in local schools with ROTC. They are not well advertised, you'll need to ask.

Our team coaches had the youth shooters to wear their leather-soled "Sunday school" shoes. Thick and solid, a shoe without any springy rubber in the sole, or springy Dr Scholes inserts. Shoes the shooters are already wearing will be comfortable, but solid. Shoes like this abound in generic...

I have been buying TQ-2 smallbore target from National Target Co for use with load testing 9mm and 38Spcl. https://i.imgur.com/KCtWwA2.jpg This is a 75 foot target with a 2.3" black bull on heavy target paper, not a photocopy on office paper. They are, as you can see, individual bulls, but that...

Strangely, for my younger son it was our work together on maintaining the Troop's webpage that "stuck". (That's where his nickname Webmonkey originated.) 20 years on and he's an IT professional, college degree, happily married, with a very good job. The downside is this.... Good job leads ...

Scouts that are just interested in earning the MB can do the air rifle, but those that are really engaged can put in some extra effort to do the 22LR. My older son was focused on Eagle from the time he was a Tiger. The younger one was focused only on shooting . He earned the RSMB with BB, pellet, ....

One Scout camp we visited around 2001 was equipped with Marlin 2000's, which I thought was a huge step up, especially when it came to fitting pre-teens varying in sizes from 4'8" to 6ft. Unfortunately, that was a short-lived model.

We had some stragglers one year that really needed to finish the shooting portion for their rank advancement. With the Scout Master's permission we set up a 10M range in a side room, and used a precision PCP target gun and pellet trap during the meeting. Everyone that needed it got their shooting po...

You're both correct. There is the MB Councilor who signs off on the Merit Badge, then there is the NRA trained instructor who supervises the shooting portion of the MB. ► But earning the Merit Badge consists of 2 separate portions: Shooting and Cleaning the gun. Since the gun isn't fired during cle...

In my state, the 4H Clubs run co-ed 5M BB training and competitions starting in Jan. Cub Scouts also allow BB guns, and have facilities for shooting sports. Obviously, it's not a full-time activity. My kid loved BB rifling both ways. You can probably find plans on the web for a BB backstop (a cardbo...

You'd possibly get more responses with the City and State in the title.

Just saying.

$85 mil !! That's a lotta air guns !