Re: rapid fire air pistol
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:25 am
I started this thread a couple of weeks ago because I really did want to know what happened to RF-AP. Since then I've spent a little time with a used CO2 auto loader. Fun, lots of fun, but hungry for pellets.
The other day I tried to take out a row of 5 iron chickens in 5 or 10 seconds; new magazine then the pigs; new magazine, now the turkeys, and finally those rams way out there. Well, I left a lot of them still standing, but maybe I'll do better the next time. Scoring was easy, gratification was instant, and the potenial for a contest to pay for the next round of suds was obvious. It was a lot of fun.
Walking back up the hill to find and reset the iron managerie made it clear why ranges don't like silhouette for safety reasons, but what about using Biathlon style flop down bulls? 32 millimeter bulls would be equivalent to the 9 ring on a B40 target and there would be room for 5 of them at 20 cm on centers in a 1 meter lane. Red and green lights for start and stop and electronic scoring with total time used as tie breaker should be easy and cheap to set up. I don't know what would be needed to catch shot pellets and minimize bounce-back, but the Biathlon folk must have figured out something.
Just a suggestion. Looking for comments and criticism from those of you who know a lot more about shooting and ranges and promoting something a little new than I do. I'd be quite willing to look into building a prototype target, if only for myself.
The other day I tried to take out a row of 5 iron chickens in 5 or 10 seconds; new magazine then the pigs; new magazine, now the turkeys, and finally those rams way out there. Well, I left a lot of them still standing, but maybe I'll do better the next time. Scoring was easy, gratification was instant, and the potenial for a contest to pay for the next round of suds was obvious. It was a lot of fun.
Walking back up the hill to find and reset the iron managerie made it clear why ranges don't like silhouette for safety reasons, but what about using Biathlon style flop down bulls? 32 millimeter bulls would be equivalent to the 9 ring on a B40 target and there would be room for 5 of them at 20 cm on centers in a 1 meter lane. Red and green lights for start and stop and electronic scoring with total time used as tie breaker should be easy and cheap to set up. I don't know what would be needed to catch shot pellets and minimize bounce-back, but the Biathlon folk must have figured out something.
Just a suggestion. Looking for comments and criticism from those of you who know a lot more about shooting and ranges and promoting something a little new than I do. I'd be quite willing to look into building a prototype target, if only for myself.