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by Jon Math
Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:19 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Can you use 22 shorts for shooting 50 Meter free pistol?
Replies: 10
Views: 2656

Re: Can you use 22 shorts for shooting 50 Meter free pistol?

I was under the impression the only thing a free pistol ever had to be was safe and 22 LR chambered. The rapid fire pistol was shot with shorts back before the rules change; and in spite of now being obsolete they are hard to find and expensive when you do.
by Jon Math
Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:48 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Why is Shooting an Olympic Sport?
Replies: 4
Views: 1734

Re: Why is Shooting an Olympic Sport?

Sadly today as many people mistake a journey for the destination as they do an activity for a sport. I’d argue that gymnastics, diving, dance, figure skating are activities not sports. Any time you need a group of judges where the high and low scores are removed and the rest averaged to determine a ...
by Jon Math
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:26 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Olympic BREAKDANCING ???
Replies: 34
Views: 5201

Re: Olympic BREAKDANCING ???

The real problem is the Olympics have lost sight of the difference between a sport and an organized activity. When you need a panel of judges where they throw out the highest and lowest score and average the rest to determine the winner vs. reading the time off a stop watch or counting the points sc...
by Jon Math
Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Loading a Pardini
Replies: 4
Views: 1611

Re: Loading a Pardini

Thanks everyone!
by Jon Math
Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:22 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Loading a Pardini
Replies: 4
Views: 1611

Loading a Pardini

I shoot a Pardini that does not hold the bolt open when the last round is fired. I shoot at a range that is funny about closed actions, so I open the action between magazines and allow the bolt to drop with spring tension after I insert a fresh one by hardly touching the bolt handles. Is this a mist...
by Jon Math
Tue Jun 05, 2018 11:38 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Targettalk is banned
Replies: 15
Views: 3687

Re: Targettalk is banned

The list of places I will not do business grows longer every day.
by Jon Math
Tue May 29, 2018 6:13 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Olena Kostevych
Replies: 4
Views: 3139

Re: Olena Kostevych

She’s back! She gave birth to her first child and was away for a while but she made a fine return to shooting in Munich with a gold in Team AP and an individual gold in AP and a medal in SP. I always enjoy watching her shoot, great to know she has not retired.
by Jon Math
Fri May 11, 2018 7:41 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Sense of Hospitality Permeates ISSF World Cup Competition
Replies: 4
Views: 1139

Re: Sense of Hospitality Permeates ISSF World Cup Competitio

I have to wonder how many of these competitors, who had missing pistols, came through Atlanta’s airport which is Delta’s Hub (or flew with Delta), an organization that has made no secret of their anti 2A and anti NRA agenda. I would hate to learn deliberate “mistakes” were made on customs paperwork,...
by Jon Math
Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:16 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Olena Kostevych
Replies: 4
Views: 3139

Olena Kostevych

Has Olena Kostevych retired from shooting? She was not at the recent ISSF matches in Korea.
by Jon Math
Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:47 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Experience With Federal "UltraMatch" .22 Ammo in Semi-Autos?
Replies: 20
Views: 3295

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

I’ve always believed that Benelli when translated from Italian to English is: “double alibi” :D I never owned a pistol that was so darn picky about ammo.
by Jon Math
Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:31 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: How safe are competition glasses?
Replies: 13
Views: 2464

Re: How safe are competition glasses?

I don't trust them so I wear a pair of Wiley-X tight fitting wraparound glasses under my Champion optical glasses. Unless everyone around me is shooting air or free pistols then I usually only wear the Champions.
by Jon Math
Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C
Replies: 63
Views: 10432

Re: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C

In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams. T...
by Jon Math
Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:53 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C
Replies: 63
Views: 10432

Re: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C

The Olympics isn't a sporting event, it hasn't been that for at least 20 years. It is a business . That's the real answer in a nut shell. Its not called the 5 Ring Circus for nothing... I am a retired athletic trainer. When I was just out of college it was a rite of passage to volunteer a summer to...
by Jon Math
Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C
Replies: 63
Views: 10432

Re: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C

The Olympics isn't a sporting event, it hasn't been that for at least 20 years. It is a business.

That's the real answer in a nut shell.
by Jon Math
Thu Jan 18, 2018 1:25 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C
Replies: 63
Views: 10432

Re: 50m Free Pistol dropped from W/C

With the Olympic coverage showing entire hockey games, basketball games, every second of the ice skating, including the non-competition routines, hours of running qualification races , entire qualifying curling matches (that’s about as exciting as watching a chess match BTW) they don’t have time to ...
by Jon Math
Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:53 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Dimensions of bench for Olympic AP, RF? Height?
Replies: 11
Views: 1458

Re: Dimensions of bench for Olympic AP, RF? Height?

I use a guitar foot stand when I shoot a free pistol or AP off a short table. The sport pistols, that load with magazines, table height does not seem to bother me. I shoot at the club level, so things are semi formal—I imagine at a more elite/controlled level I might not be allowed to use my stand.
by Jon Math
Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:09 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Dimensions of bench for Olympic AP, RF? Height?
Replies: 11
Views: 1458

Re: Dimensions of bench for Olympic AP, RF? Height?

I’m a tall guy, and I can tell you the height of a table makes a big difference by the end of a shoot. Between having to lean over to load, and the extra distance I have to lift, it does not seem like it would matter but I can tell you without measuring if I was using a low tables or a taller one by...
by Jon Math
Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:35 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 3 d Printed Grips.
Replies: 10
Views: 2538

Re: 3 d Printed Grips.

I had a set for a .38 revolver, they failed pretty quickly within a 100 rounds. Andy offered to replace them no questions asked; his service is outstanding, but I did not take him up on his offer. I’d be comfortable with them on a .22 or AP but my experience with light target loads in a heavy revolv...
by Jon Math
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:27 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Get stuffed!
Replies: 26
Views: 3834

Re: Get stuffed!

I agree that there are WAY too many competing disciplines in the US. If you want to shoot pistol competitively, there are about a dozen options. We actually did better back when NRA bullseye was the ONLY type of pistol competition, and they didn't have red dots or scopes. NRA bullseye is pretty clo...
by Jon Math
Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:36 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Get stuffed!
Replies: 26
Views: 3834

Re: Get stuffed!

A 50 meter target is 14 feet further away than a 50 yard one. The bullet drop might be insignificant but the visual (sight picture) difference I find very noticeable. I usually dial it out with in the sighting shots, but I’m not shooting at an Olympic class level where a couple of 9’s might well be ...