TargetTalk

Hi all, Got my SCATT yesterday and set it up for 300yd and then 1000yd Fullbore. It works and produces traces and i'impact' points consistant with how I shoot in real life. However, some of the plots (ie co-ordination) do not display with a vertical scale so are a little hard to interpet. So, I'm op...

Price wise - the 2013 Precise is $4900 AU here in Oz. Considerably over the exchange rate + tax point (paying profit margins for the ditributor and then for the dealer in a relatively small market doesn't help....)

Cheers

David

Hmmm, interesting. The Barnard TR rifle is a simple V Block system, I could certainly get a new stock with action mounting block machined to whatever the Barreled action was. But I wouldn't save a lot of money. I could just get an adjustable stock and modify/adjust it to my TR rifle specs (I'm going...

OK, I am a fullbore Target Rifle (Prone) shooter (Custom Barnard P in 308 and 223) and looking to expand into 20m and 50m Prone smallbore shooting (no interest in 3 Position or Air Rifle). Had my first tryout in smallbore the other night with what I beleive was a Anschutz 1903 in walnut stock (piss ...

Does your shooter friend shoot only with air? LP10, in the open, with earplugs will produce sound levels at a lower level than normal speech! Do periods of listening to people talking produce the same effect for you?

It may sound a little strange but some of that ammo is 'gummy' ie it has a waxy finish. What I found was that the wax would very quickly build up at the breach. When the cartridge loads it does not fully seat and all the firing pin does is seat the cartridge. I use CCI or Federal. They have no lubri...

Have shooters been using the Rika/Scatt system for 50m Pistol? I only ask since the Rika did not come with a setup option for it. I used the SCATT to print out a target and the results I am getting at 5m on the Rika mimic the actual range results I have been getting (well I've only shot 50m pistol t...

From the manual: You can arrive at the adjustments menu by repeatedly pressing the "mode" key. To open the respective menu, press the "OK" key, to leave the menu press the "ESC" key. Proceed as follows for different adjustment: 3)Microphone: The sensitivity of the micro...

I would have to agree that my grip needs work. I still have the problem of the sight picture rotating to the left the longer I hold - it's like I have no control over it (ie the front sight pin moves slowly to the left in the site picture). I can see it happening and it takes what feels like a hercu...

I don't know of any other time based graph in the Rika system. Taking a look at the sample SCATT speed graph, I can't see how this is that much different from the last traces I posted. In any case, the description provided by SCATT is 'Trace Speed' so it is a plot of how fast the trace is moving at ...

I think this is what you are after: http://www.david-higgins.com/pistol/Trace1_G.JPG http://www.david-higgins.com/pistol/Trace2_G.JPG http://www.david-higgins.com/pistol/Trace3_G.JPG http://www.david-higgins.com/pistol/Trace4_G.JPG http://www.david-higgins.com/pistol/Trace5_G.JPG Cheers David

Thank you all. Steering and jerking seem to be my issue (when aiming). When I switched just to the triggering exercise things improved considerably with a high percentage of shots with the 'impact' in or on the edge of the 'zone'. Some problem traces can be found here: http://www.david-higgins.com/p...

OK, so I look at the last second and see that in most cases the green and blue trace whip across the target face in random directions regardless of whether I shot a 6 or a 10. Does this tell me about my triggering or the fact that my aim moved rapidly in the last second. When I say across the face i...

I bought my FAS 602 second hand 12 mths ago. Had lots of issue with misfires and reliability of ammo. Turned out to be 2 things. 1. It hates waxy ammo. Federal and CCI go through it like a dream. 2. It likes a well lubricated/smooth magazine. I was having all sorts of feed issues before I noticed th...

I use the Rika. When I found an odd issue with some of the statistics that were collected I reported it then I got an email back asking for my phone number so they could call me (I'm in Australia). It was no big issue and I had completely forgotten about replying to then until now (I was quite ill a...

I do not understand the need to 'lock' the elbow. That is just using muscles that are unnatural and extra muscles that you do not need to use. In my view, the only thing one needs to do is pretend one is reaching for the target. It is that way with the bow arm in archery and is the most natural posi...

So why 7gr pellets? I note that manufactures target 7gr at Pistols but I have only ever shot 8.0 and 8.2gr pellets with my Steyr LP10 (Meisterkugeln pellets - Pro Line - thats all the local gun shot has) Are there any benefits for a 530 level shooter between the 'pistol' pellets and the 'heavy' ones...

Yes. I'd like them all to be like b10, my average is like b8 and my 'off shots' are like b6.

Cheers

David

I only dry fire with the Rika..... I'm not sure I would call it a twitch. It's not that instantaneous (ie the movement and recovery takes about 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.) and sometimes I 'bounce' on the recovery. If you look at the time series plots you can see what I mean. (These were all shot in the sa...

Last nights Rika session was an eye opener for me. 6/10 shots inside 9.5, those 6 holds inside the 9 ring. But then it goes to pot - a 6 or a 7 and some wideish 8's. Some I could not account for, but the wild ones (6's and 7's) were due to a 'bouncing' hold. Looking at my trace I see that in many ca...