TargetTalk

I have sent email to "sureshot007" to see if we can get him a good coaching contact... hopefully in his area.

Hello "cc", I believe that the Scatt, Rika, and Noptel functions to print "reduced" targets do the reduction to only provide the same *visual* look at the reduced distance. All "scoring" is done electronically on the computer based on angular differences. Live firing on...

These are some very good questions. Answers must involve three main "entities", in no particular order: 1) Organizations 2) Coaches 3) Athletes We have one NGB - USAS. The NRA and CMP are important organizations in our country and have a huge impact on junior and adult shooting... and thus...

I recently discovered a new set of products for metal cleaning and lubrication called Gun Snot. Yeah, funny name! I have no financial interest of any kind in the products or company. However, they are little known, already enjoy a small following among top shooters (including a certain Athens Olympi...

While it might (or might not) be true that you find more batches of a particular size that shoot well in your air gun, the biggest factor is the particular batch (or "lot number"). Just because a batch of 4.50 pellets had the best group in your gun doesn't mean that all batches of that siz...

Moe is exactly correct about front apertures... make it big. Most folks want to make them way too small. Waaaay too small. It's not an issue of visual precision. We aren't machine rests. It's an issue of movement, especially in the standing position and with newer athletes. We tend to depend too muc...

Hi David,

I'm wondering what happened to all those left handed twist barrels left over from Sydney 4 years ago!

Hi, The aperture chart that Donavan is sending around is a DRAFT and is based on 1) preliminary technical research that I have done, and 2) my actual experience working with athletes. The chart was not the result of the experiment that was referenced, nor was the chart intended to be published or di...

Why is it that you want your trigger set to such a light weight? What is the current weight? Are you having trouble breaking the shot... that is... the trigger seems "heavy" and it is almost impossible to make the gun fire? If so, this is not an issue of trigger weight. It has everything t...

Hi Mako! What is the technique to get a photo to show up in the post?

Per ISSF News: --- Results from: 28.02-08.03 ISSF World Cup Sydney, Australia We apologize for the delay of the results of the 10m Air Rifle Women event today. As soon as the technical problems in Sydney have been solved we will present the results on our site. --- According to ISSF.TV results, no U...

Men's Air rifle: Matt Emmons Silver medal, Ryan Tanoue, 4th. 50m Prone: Matt Emmons 6th 3x20: Jamie Beyerle Bronze medal (Just as in Croatia last year when she won Gold, Jamie started in the 6th position in a 3 way tie for 5th place and shot a strong final to take a medal. One of her shots was an 8....