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Put it on the bench with a solid front rest and a good bag in back on a no-wind day. If your groups are better than your prone groups then it's you and not the rifle. Another thing to check is to make sure you're shooting the best brand/lot of ammo that your rifle likes. If possible, send your rifle...

Find a boot/shoe repair place near you. They have the tools and knowledge to stitch heavy leather.

I needed a large patch stitched on the back of my Silhouette vest (Cordura-lined top grain leather) and the small boot repair shop charged me less than ten bucks to glue and sew it on.

Is this in addition to, or in replacement of the Killough's range?

I don't have any buy/sell history or feedback on this site, but plenty on other reputable sites such as Rimfire Central, Steel Chickens, and Accurate Shooter. Asking for trader history on any other reputable site would be another good way to establish credibility before moving forward with a sale or...

Not many folks want to stand up and shoot. I compete in Metallic Silhouette and we shoot air rifles at up to 45 yards, smallbore rifles at 100 meters, and high power rifles out to 500 meters... all standing/off-hand. More powerful air rifles are becoming fairly popular, so I've been waiting for some...

Steve, We put out half-scale animals along with the 1/5 scale for anyone new or just getting started. It gives them a chance to get used to the line calls, timing, moving positions, etc. while still hitting enough targets for it to be fun. If they choose to shoot at the small targets that’s ok too, ...

... Went to the field target nationals in AZ a few years ago and saw fewer shooters there than at a local pickleball tournament, and they were some really good shooters - just not enough of them. Same guys as last year for the most part, very little new blood... ... My heart is with smallbore silho...

A good primer on the subject...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EApdOogHi_k

analretentive wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:14 pm Recoil lugs?

Perhaps he meant the bolt locking lugs.

I bought a Pelican 1750 for my smallbore silhouette rifle and it's been great. I've traveled across the country (plus down to Mexico) half a dozen times so far and not a single worry. Quadruple lock positions means no one is getting in there without tearing the entire case apart. Highly recommended!

I can't think of any curtain-like material that would stop a 22LR that wouldn't be prohibitively expensive. Just think of how expensive and heavy a blanket-sized bullet-proof vest would be.

I'd be happy to learn of a product out there that fits this criteria, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

What you'll notice is there is a lot more adjustability in a 10-meter styled rifle than what we are allowed in smallbore. My Target and Open air rifles have buttplates that are dropped much farther down than I can get with my Hunter-legal smallbore rifle. The additional depth of the fore-end and no ...

There's a couple of us silhouette shooters that check in over here too.

;-)

Our club has two range locations in the Houston area. The one I shoot at for smallbore and air rifle silhouette only allows smallbore and air rifles on the silhouette range and pistols on the separate bullseye range and pistol bays about 100-150 yards away. Whenever that range gets flooded out I hav...

... “Really, what they are is just air rifles that are a regular 1.77-caliber that shoot lead pellets with compressed air,”

A little bit of a typo there. Just imagine shooting a 45mm lead slug at a 10m target!

I can't think of any indoor range that would be a good fit for practicing 3-P in Houston. Obviously I don't know about every indoor range in the area but I have yet to hear about any range that isn't your usual "stand in a stall with a bench in front of you" kind of place. I would guess th...

This just popped up in the buy and sell section...

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Any experience shooting air gun outdoors? I’m thinking of trying some heavier pellets that are not was cutters for wind. Yup, I shoot air rifle silhouette, all outdoors at distances from 20 yards to 45 yards. Everyone I know shoots round-nose pellets like JSB Diablos because they do much better at ...

I highly recommend the D3 Precision rings by Pete Deal (a silhouette and 3P shooter). 11mm or 3/8" dovetail, 1" or 30mm diameter, five different heights, only $55 (but worth much more). He sells them through his eBay store here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Scope-Rings-11mm-and-3-8-Dovetail-fi...

Totally depends on what you want to do with it. I'm a silhouette shooter, not a 3-P guy, and use ~24X scopes on all four of my silhouette rifles, but the retical selection is very important (crosshair with 1/2" dot) as is having 1/4 MOA clicks. One of the newest versions with the 1/8 clicks and...