I am in the process of building a home range for air rifle. I don't have a 10M area to shoot so I will be shooting 6M. I've got all the information for resizing the target and all that. Should I move the target height to keep it as close to being the same as 10M as possible?
Thanks for your help.
Dave
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Reduced Target Height
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Bill Poole
Re: Reduced Target Height
: I am in the process of building a home range for air rifle. I don't have a 10M area to shoot so I will be shooting 6M.
Just set it so it "looks" the same, which would depend on how high your eye is above the ground.
I remember 140cm is the height for pistol (I just made my 10m range last week!) If it is different for rifle, change what I say... I am 5'11" so my eye is about 170cm above the ground, so 30cm above the target...
6/10ths of 30cm is 18cm, (4/10 = 12cm) something 18cm below your eye level at 6m will be the same as something 30cm below at 10m, so 152cm is the height if I were shooting.... do the numbers for your own height.
140 + (0.4 * (eye height - 140) = height @ 6m
(i think)
Good shooting.
Poole
http://arizona.rifleshooting.com
bill-at-poole.com.44263.44262
Just set it so it "looks" the same, which would depend on how high your eye is above the ground.
I remember 140cm is the height for pistol (I just made my 10m range last week!) If it is different for rifle, change what I say... I am 5'11" so my eye is about 170cm above the ground, so 30cm above the target...
6/10ths of 30cm is 18cm, (4/10 = 12cm) something 18cm below your eye level at 6m will be the same as something 30cm below at 10m, so 152cm is the height if I were shooting.... do the numbers for your own height.
140 + (0.4 * (eye height - 140) = height @ 6m
(i think)
Good shooting.
Poole
http://arizona.rifleshooting.com
bill-at-poole.com.44263.44262