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Thanks for the comments gents. Actually he is busy during the offseason. He will shoot the State 4P championship this weekend in De Pere and a bunch of 100yd mini palma's during the summer. He is also going to shoot highpower as soon as the bloop tube for his rifle gets here. He also shoots trap on ...

My 14 year old will practice with the Wisconsin Junior Biathlon program starting in May. The first month will be range practice once a week. After that they will slowly build up momentum in conditioning with hiking, running and roller skiing. I talked to the gents at Nordic Skater and they talked me...

I don't think your problem is anticipation of recoil. It might be your grip pressure. Lessening the grip pressure would throw the shots high and right. This would be due to muscle fatigue as you have started up. It should go away after a few more weeks of training. Just a thought
Chris

Are you using a cuff sling? A lot of weekend deer hunters bench their rifles without any down pressure on the front stock, then they attach a rifle sling and grip the forearm and shoot the dirt in front of the deer. You should shoot prone with your sling and zero the rifle, then try standing and see...

I was wondering how well the Walther LG300 stacked up against the other rifles in it's catagory. My 14 year old son weights 108# and needs a Junior rifle for air rifle. The CMP plan for paying out over two years would really help me out. I am all tapped out after buying his smallbore rifle, biathlon...

OK, You are at the point where you should try to shoot 100's in rapid.It just takes practice. I know a few shooters who are pissed when they shoot a 99 in timed and rapid. I suggest that you shoot your timed at rapid pace just for the practice, and when you get to the place you want to be, then shoo...

Arshooter, Make sure you bring a lot of different types of ammo to the range. You might try to get a hold of some polar 22 ammo. My sons Ismash loved RWS R-50 ouch, but it is not so bad as you only shoot 10 to 20 rounds in a competition and 5-10 sighters before the match. Otherwise we shot Eley Club...

Arshooter, I just watched the world championships in Russia, and I noticed the front sights were elevated more than the standard stock biathlon rifle. Sure enough, I went to the Anschutz web page and they have adjustable front sight mounts and sight risers for the rear. Thought you would like to kno...

Arshooter, The reason your sight riser won't work is that you then would have to raise the front sight. This is a problem because the snow cover would not protect the front sight. You can always get a spacer for your rifle butt and add an Altius butt plate for extra length. Altius, Larsen and Eberle...

Daved Wouldn't have an old Giles sitting in that pile of old Bullseye guns? He was one of the most amazing gunsmiths ever. He made his own set of sights down to every screw. The lockup was achieved with precision tiny hardened pins drilled and installed into the slide. The sear was a carbide insert ...

If you shoot hard lead and not swaged, it is not a problem.
Chris

Many moons ago I took an 8 week course from Jim Owens at the Mitchell military side of the airbase in Milwaukee. I think the course was $40.00 and at the end of the course there was a NRA highpower shoot at Racine county line. It was one day a week for four hours. He brought in guest speakers like J...

Why haven't fixed barrel centerfire pistols like the Luger and the H@K P7 caught on in centerfire and 45? You take a 1911 and probably put $1000.00 into minimising slide play and barrel endplay, yet fixed barrel pistols have not made an inroad in Bullseye other than in 22 cal. Is it due to the recoi...

Wow, if that is your son, he is rather large compared to mine. The only reason my son has a bloop tube is that he used this rifle in men's indoor 4p and outdoor 22 Palma He also has a bloop tube on his Winny 52 and his 6.5X47 Lapua chambered NRA and Palma gun. At 108lbs its a little hard to hold out...

Ahhh, what a topic. Each barrel has a life of it's own. The way it is made, the composition and structure of the barrel steel, the round it shoots, the stress in the barrel steel, how hot the barrel gets after rounds in succession and a few more I have forgotten all determine barrel life. Most 22lr ...

Center to center, outdoors. I just can't believe that the anschutz is that much better.

Are you telling me that the Anschutz will shoot smaller groups than that. I'm pretty certain that a .250 group at 50 yds is pushing the accuracy envelope of the 22 rimfire cartridge. I don't think that a junior shooter will ever realize the difference, but your wallet sure will. Enlighten me please,...

Look for a used Izhmash 7-3. This is the junior version biathlon rifle and it weighs 8.5 lbs. It has an excellent two stage trigger. Altius has some new ones for $1750.00 but they can be found used for less. My son's is a 7.2 converted to 7.3. The 7.2 biathlon basic, before it was converted, would s...

No, if the barrel and bushing have serial#s on them or there is a NM7790313 stamp on the gun, it might be a US armory conversion for Camp Perry. The front strap would be stippled with an Eliason or Micro rear sight. If not, it's just a shooter but you could find the original parts to convert it to i...

A slab-sided barrel adds more weight up front by the muzzle. This will give you less muzzle lift during recoil and allows you to get back on track faster during a rapid fire string.
Chris