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Okay, I normally do not find myself making this kind of post, but I have to ask; has anyone else noticed how much Orion now costs? It seems like the renewal fee is going up by $20 every year; it was $160 tonight when I renewed for our club. What I find crazy though is that they now want $600 for a n...

I cannot speak too much to the 900 as not too many shooters in our state seem to have them yet. I am a lot more familiar with the 800 (the 900 seems pretty similar to the 800 but there are some differences). I would echo aalbert above about checking on the different options. Overall, I think FWB mak...

Anyone know what happened to ways of the rifle? For years I have been recommending the book for my shooters but now it appears to be out of circulation. Is the "Rifle Training" book the replacement? I do not have a copy of this one so before I recommend it for our smallbore shooters I want...

I would definitely agree with what 'dude mentioned above. Look seriously into adding weight at the back of the stock (A). Since air rifles do not have hook buttplates, they tend to benefit by having additional weight in the back of the stock. Bear in mind that where you put the weight will impact ho...

I can't say I ever made it to that level when I use to shoot competitive smallbore and air rifle. However, I can tell you something that worked for me, and what works for the shooters I have coached over the years. If you look at many top level athletes in standing, they spend a good amount of time ...

My top choices would be either a pair of Sauer boots or the Kurt Thune boots. I recently saw a pair of the Kustermann boots; I am sure they will be good as well. The sauer boots are extremely popular; most of the kids on my team use them. I would give Robert Oberlie a call if you are not sure; he wi...

For reference, I used a 1907 in the precise stock for years. My opinion on each (and for those of you with more experience please feel free to chime in). Functionally, both have a similar range of adjustments; however they do have a very different feel to each other. The 2313 stock has a far better ...

You have got to be kidding me. I did not agree with the first change in the finals format (when we went away from the old ten shot final); but the new format had plenty of merits, as it has been fun to watch, and I love the three position final. I just got done reading the rules. It makes just about...

For our juniors with iron sights, we usually cut plastic blinders from 2 gallon milk jugs and fix it to their iris. You want translucent plastic as was stated above because it allows some light to still pass to your non-dominant eye. Personally I use a sweatband or a backwards hat (sweat band works ...

The screw in spirit levels are great once you get them set. I wouldn't describe them as easy, but light years ahead of the slip on ones which are just terrible in every respect. One of the girls on my team purchased the Anschutz one; it was fairly easy for me to set it (I just had her hold the gun u...

I have a couple of comments on this; as I spent quite a bit of time re-balancing my air rifle as well as experimenting with others on our shooting team. I found two areas of success; right above the support hand (as was recommended above) and/or back weight. I do not like muzzle heavy air rifles, si...

Does anyone have any experience with the Hammerli AR-20? Our team may be in a position to acquire a few of these, and I want to know if anyone has an experience with them, as far as whether or not they are accurate and reliable. I am not worried about their balance; my understanding is that they com...

I shot on that team from 2011-2015. To add insult to injury, two kids from Washington State (one from my team) were one of the six freshman that Nevada added to their ranks last year. I do not buy for a second the AD's quote that they cut the team due to the fact that rifle was not a Mountain West s...

-Are you looking for air rifle or air pistol? There is a junior team that meets at the West Seattle Range (the range indicated by the above author). I am not sure what they have as far as adult leagues go. PM me if you have any questions; I might be able to point you in the right direction (I coach ...

I happen to love SK standard plus; it shot well for me and it shoots well for the kids on my team. As far as Geko is concerned; three of our shooters use Geko, and our best shot loves the Geko match. I have seen great groups from both.

-Zach

Okay, I have some thoughts. I would actually start by looking at your left elbow; I am very careful about how I set mine up each time and if my recoil continues to go up and right, I will slide my elbow to the right (assuming you are a right handed shooter). This will place my elbow "more under...

I have a shooter on my team who may be relocating to Dallas,TX. Are there any smallbore teams in the area? If there are, I would appreciate their contact info. Thanks so much.

-Zach

Thank you sir. Appreciate the details on the aluminum. Thanks to everyone for the detailed responses.

-Zach

Thank you gentleman for the responses. Pete I appreciate the details, they make sense. To the other gentleman I look forward to seeing pictures of your wind flags. Thanks so much!

I have a question for the assembled masses. Does anyone have any experience making windflags that meet the international rulebook? Currently the range I shoot at (and most ranges that we shoot at ) use oversized tent stakes (or something you might find staked in your garden) with streamer tape. I am...