Search found 12 matches

by andrea
Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:02 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Young guns with Old Guns
Replies: 14
Views: 4016

Wellllllll... my rifle of choice for the muzzleloading competitions is an originale Swiss Federal carbine model 1851 made in 1852 or 1853....

Andrea
by andrea
Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Left eye Right handed
Replies: 37
Views: 10427

In my modest experience I am left handed and left eye dominant. But, since I switched to shooting after many years of archery, where southpaws hold the bow with the right hand, I immediately found natural to hold the pistol with my right hand. On a more important example: Roberto Di Donna happens to...
by andrea
Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:11 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Need help choosing a good 10M PCP Pistol
Replies: 35
Views: 10632

My (limited) personal experience is that you "stumble" in your pistol and it's a process of mutual adaptation. You tune the pistol to your requirements and in the meantime you learn to get the most from it. This way the decision is driven (again IMHO) by some factors: 1. Funds... 2. MTBF 3...
by andrea
Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:32 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: IZH-46M
Replies: 1
Views: 967

Cannot but agree. It was my first air pistol. I got it just because my shooting club wanted to get rid of four of them. Bouht and unused for too long time. My dad and me got one each for the pricey sum of 50 euro each. This has driven me in a horrific spiral of tins and tins of pellets and the colle...
by andrea
Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:40 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: music
Replies: 12
Views: 2593

While I agree that training conditions should reflect the conditions one will find in a match, I think that some exercises can e done differently, as long as they can set you in the best phisical and mental condition and as long as you can "recall" them in a match. For instance I often do ...
by andrea
Thu May 10, 2012 2:46 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: A nice instructive tour tomorrow.
Replies: 0
Views: 721

A nice instructive tour tomorrow.

Tomorrow I will pay a visit to the Pardini works in order to have a "roadwothyness" test of my old P10 (the predecessor of the K58). I am very curious about what I will be able to see.

Report will follow ASAP...

Andrea
by andrea
Wed May 09, 2012 6:05 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Wanted - Riflery Summer Camp Counselor
Replies: 1
Views: 755

Too bad there is "the Pond" between us. I'd love to be in a place where they pay you for doing what you like...

Andrea

Un-paid scoutmaster
un-paid archery instructor....

From Sunny Tuscany.
by andrea
Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:48 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Just have to tell someone....
Replies: 22
Views: 6463

My other half would say: "Quite impressive, but when are you doing the dishes?".
by andrea
Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:59 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: College rifle question
Replies: 19
Views: 4904

Are spelling, correct use of capital letters and punctuation part of your academic curriculum?

Sorry, I couldn't resist. And I am a furriner. English is my third language.

Andrea
by andrea
Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:57 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Black Match Lighter
Replies: 9
Views: 2765

Get a Zippo lighter, it will work all the same....

Andrea
by andrea
Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:44 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Lighter news: Olympic Shooting venue has an animal problem.
Replies: 2
Views: 1242

Having spent some time in the surroundings of Woolwich, when I first saw this post I was concerned about rats...

Foxes are just good Londoners. They are doing in advance what eventually will be done after the game: dismantle a perfec firing range just out of paranoia.

Andrea
by andrea
Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Just have to tell someone....
Replies: 22
Views: 6463

Hoorray, my maiden post in this forum!

Russ, you just made me very worried. I am a longtime Black Powder shooter and, in order to improve my shooting technique (as well as to have simpler training session), I bought a BNIB IZH-46, still CCCP made, for the hefty sum of 50 Euros, and joined a class at my firing range. While the instructor ...