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Could anyone let me have a contact telephone number for the 10mtr air pistol club based in the laundry of the old hospital ?? at Wakefield near the Bishopsgarth Police training centre. Much appreciated Bob Sorry Bob The rumours I am now getting are that the range has been closed for redevelopement ...

The Steyr cylinder does have a mechanical valve, but the o-ring is located to seal "outboard" of the valve: threading the cylinder on, the seal will be established before the valve opens & spinning it off, the cylinder valve should be closed before the seal is broken. You learn someth...

Jack wrote:There is a similar issue with the pistol weight required to be 1400g.

Thet get that table wrong / confusing every time there is a rule book change. The pistol weight is a maximum and the trigger weight is a minimum.

Air will always escape when you unscrew Steyr cylinders from the filling adaptor as it manually opens the cylinder valve.

The cylinder valve on the Morini cylinder is opened by air pressure.

It is probably still too early to know which Standard Pistols are going to be the best performers in Rapid Fire. I would doubt if many people will have done more than a few months training and, of those, most will not have tried a variety of guns. You may get "my gun is good" type comments...

I am sure that all pistols from the top manufacturers will come with the appropriate DIN filling adaptor, normally the 232 bar version (although some air rifles may come with the 300 bar version). When specifying the adaptor or valve for the tank ensure that it is the correct DIN version. A 300 bar ...

........ or complete the charging stroke if you want the noise. I don't like to disagree but it is not unheard of for the small o-rings in the valve assembly to be displaced by just venting the cylinder to atmosphere without the initial back-pressure from a pellet. As I said, not unheard of althoug...

QUICKBRICK wrote:I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A S/H FAS 604 BUT HAVE NO MANUAL.IS IT SAFE TO DRY FIRE WITH-OUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE

No problem providing that you don't cock it all of the way. Just lift the top section, about 15-20 degrees, until the trigger resets.

Hey guys, he's only been shooting "a few months". Don't know about you guys, but the ONLY time I stand around with one arm out is when I'm shooting..... I would normally agree with you for a newcomer but if he has been shooting 20 shots a day for a few months then his shooting arm is goin...

Has anyone experienced shoulder and elbow pains while shooting APs. I have only been shooting for a few months, approximately 20 shots a day and one 60 shot course a week and I have developed a shoulder pain with a little on the elbow too. Another shooter at my AP range has also experienced some sh...

If I buy a used co2 air pistol, can I use compressed air instead of co2. Is it detrimental to the operation and accuarcy of the pistol. The simple answer is "NO". The working pressures are totally different and it would be dangerous. Some high end pistols can be coverted from CO2 to air.

Godsfear wrote:(Just curious: Site admin, Shin, - of which site?)

I think you'll find it's Target Talk.

It boils down to the same thing but it is probably more accurate to ask why the 84E is more popular than the K22.

From people I have spoken to, the 3 main reasons are trigger, trigger and trigger (in that order).

The Morini electronic triggers, in both the Free and Air pistols, are superb.

Even if Mr. Tenk is not using it, the world record with finals stands since 2000 and it was shot with a Toz 35. It's been almost five years and no shooter has been able to break it, that says a lot about the Toz and about the other pistols. Wrong, it says a lot about the shooter. All that it says a...

In common with all ISSF Continental Championships, entry is only open to selected teams from Member Federations of the Continental Confederations.

In other words, national teams from European countries only.

Marcus wrote:Looks like the did NOT change the target size to a smaller black. any comments??

That is correct. The Rapid Fire target has not changed.

There's now a Compressed Version zip file at 7.5MB

The 2005 ISSF Rules are now on line.

It is a 14MB pdf file.

I also read a number of problems including trigger issues with the LP10. Just a thought, you aren't thinking of the reported trigger problems on the LP5/LP50 are you. These aren't really problems, just comments that the trigger is not as good as on top class single shot pistols. These comments do n...

There are no major problems with any of those guns providing that they suit you. Steyr and Morini are two of the most respected air pistol manufacturers around. They will all shoot better than you can. Choose the one that you feel happiest with. I cannot remember seeing reports of anyone using an LP...