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by SlartyBartFast
Wed May 02, 2018 8:40 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Shooting Glasses Option and Question
Replies: 26
Views: 4166

Re: Shooting Glasses Option and Question

For what it's worth.... Bob Jones Sights in AZ, makes EXCELLENT shooting glasses and lenses at a very respectable price. I highly recommend him. web site is http://www.bjonessights.com Go take a look !! He is a shooter, understands the issues associated with shooting, and is a very good source of i...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue May 01, 2018 8:33 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: rapid fire air pistol
Replies: 27
Views: 5313

Re: rapid fire air pistol

I think we need to stop thinking (as USAS seems to) about just finding the next gold medalist, and instead, focus on growing the disciplines at the grassroots level. +1000 Canada suffers the same. The "Own the Podium"/Reach for Excellence" program certainly put a good number of Canad...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue May 01, 2018 8:27 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Decided to buy a curiosity - Drulov 75
Replies: 6
Views: 1722

Re: Decided to buy a curiosity - Drulov 75

Wow, that looks like a NIB pistol. Collector grade for sure. Congratulations! Wasn't looking to start a collection. This just looked like a fun gun to try and this particular one seems in great shape compared to the one slightly rusty and neglected one I've seen before at a gun show. Might make me ...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:27 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Decided to buy a curiosity - Drulov 75
Replies: 6
Views: 1722

Decided to buy a curiosity - Drulov 75

Might be crazy buying this sight unseen, but for better or for worse I'm now waiting for the authorities to authorise the transfer and for the seller to mail it to me.
One bolt action, single shot, Drulov model 75.
Original box, factory test target, manual all included.
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by SlartyBartFast
Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Disqualified at Canadian Grand Prix. Any help is appreciated
Replies: 36
Views: 7198

Re: Disqualified at Canadian Grand Prix. Any help is appreci

I once saw (in Munich in 1990s) a testing method I thought was good. They had a cradle that held the pistol (vertical) and they just hung the weight on the trigger. So simple and effective, but someone decided that it wasn't compliant with the rules which stated the weight must be lifted. Sounds li...
by SlartyBartFast
Thu Apr 26, 2018 12:44 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Disqualified at Canadian Grand Prix. Any help is appreciated
Replies: 36
Views: 7198

Re: Disqualified at Canadian Grand Prix. Any help is appreci

Just a random opinion: Why isn't there an apparatus to make sure the pistol is held vertically? Or, why isn't there a standardised trigger gauge that wouldn't rely on gravity and how the pistol is held? Because after you deal with the variables of where on the trigger the weights are placed and the ...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Experience With Federal "UltraMatch" .22 Ammo in Semi-Autos?
Replies: 20
Views: 3054

Re: Experience With Federal "UltraMatch" .22 Ammo in Semi-Au

Oddly enough, RWS "Target Pistol" isn't nearly as reliable in the Benellis as "Target Rifle." Really would be interesting/informative for .22LR to post velocity data for pistol and rifle length test barrels. The RWS site is certainly better than many, with velocity data (and ene...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Might be crazy, but I like it. 12 Inch Barrel Ruger Pistol
Replies: 3
Views: 885

Re: It might be crazy, but I like it. 12 Barrel Ruger Pistol

I know the legal limitations you´ve to endure, but my advice is to look elsewhere................ specially for $ 2.300!!! I'm Canadian. No such restrictions here thank goodness. And the scary thing is that's British pounds sterling. Which means that ridiculous contraption is actually $3200 USD! OM...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:08 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Experience With Federal "UltraMatch" .22 Ammo in Semi-Autos?
Replies: 20
Views: 3054

Re: Experience With Federal "UltraMatch" .22 Ammo in Semi-Au

It's one thing to be an arrogant ass when it's uncalled for. It's quite another to be an arrogant ass AND be proven wrong when calling others idiotic. LOL! I have no knowledge of the manufacturing history of this brand of ammo, but I'm definitely picking up a box if I see it on a store's shelves. Ev...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Might be crazy, but I like it. 12 Inch Barrel Ruger Pistol
Replies: 3
Views: 885

Might be crazy, but I like it. 12 Inch Barrel Ruger Pistol

Comments about the ridiculousness of British class 1 pistol requirements aside, for some reason I'd really like to try out this pistol. One hell of a sight radius with a 12" Volquartsen Carbon Fibre Barrel. But for £2300.00, you really have to be desperate to own a Ruger. http://www.stockadepro...
by SlartyBartFast
Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:02 am
Forum: Bullseye Pistol Talk
Topic: 32cal Projectiles - Australia
Replies: 18
Views: 5449

Re: 32cal Projectiles - Australia

H&N are the best. Sadly, no one in the USA nor Canada import them anymore. Have you considered making a few bucks by becoming the Aussie H&N distributor? There's one Canadian distributor for H&N listed, two USA distributors, and for Australia the closest is New Zealand. Seems like a goo...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:10 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: ISSF response about dropping some events in the Olympics.
Replies: 11
Views: 1787

Re: ISSF response about dropping some events in the Olympics

I'm going to start a campaign for men's rhythmic gymnastics to be included in the next Olympics. If you lose the snark and actually look into it, you'll undoubtedly find that Olympic gymnastics will face the same pressure to be balanced by gender. And it won't result in a new men's discipline. And,...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:44 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: How safe are competition glasses?
Replies: 13
Views: 2258

Re: How safe are competition glasses?

Sounds like you need a new range. If you can get me the Federal, Provincial, Municipal buy-in, the CFO and different levels of police approval and the couple million dollars or so it would take to build, I'll build the mythical range that never has a ricochet. But my options are limited and the pla...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:20 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: How safe are competition glasses?
Replies: 13
Views: 2258

Re: How safe are competition glasses?

I wear a pair of Wiley-X tight fitting wraparound glasses under my Champion optical glasses. I was wondering if something like that is feasible. At the range someone got hit in the arm with a ricochet that had enough left in it to leave a welt through a shirt. I might take the risk of short sleeves...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:15 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: How safe are competition glasses?
Replies: 13
Views: 2258

How safe are competition glasses?

I've been looking at buying pistol glasses, but quickly realised that no matter how good they may be my range is likely to disallow shooting with them. Having been hit by lead and jackets from ricochet at the range, I wondered how safe they could possibly be. A plastic blinder and monocle are hardly...
by SlartyBartFast
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Can I save my club from itself?
Replies: 24
Views: 7371

Re: Can I save my club from itself?

metman: I am in Montreal during the workweek. I'll check it out. Tks. I'm thinking that if I want to be serious about pistol shooting I have to give up the smallbore shooting and switch to AP. At lease then I could participate with others who are actually training and there would be no problem in b...
by SlartyBartFast
Thu Apr 05, 2018 11:04 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.
Replies: 23
Views: 3415

Re: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.

Admirable. One wonders what Jorge would do in Bullseye. Admirable? Seems to me it's just a freak of nature. Some people are double jointed, others aren't. If that's the best pose for him and it gives him an advantage, IMO it's lucky, not "admirable". As others have said, it's not about co...
by SlartyBartFast
Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:30 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Scatt Basic - your take
Replies: 15
Views: 4511

Re: Scatt Basic - your take

Actual shot placement is not 100% accurate. a 10 will show as a high 9. No experience with SCATT or other trainers, but I wouldn't expect any on gun camera system to be an effective or accurate replacement for an electronic target. Whether from a camera at the gun end or say a laser detector at the...
by SlartyBartFast
Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Sarcasm for Rover
Replies: 7
Views: 1357

Re: Sarcasm for Rover

How vile. Wanting to not be shot or have some action taken so the events they witnessed are not repeated are dismissed with flippant comments about kittens and blankets.