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by Blah
Sun May 15, 2005 10:48 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: prone shooting advice
Replies: 5
Views: 2498

hi, i just recently found out that our club does not provide slings (dumb me) and that the only type of competitions i can compete in(withthe clubs rifles), is SPORTING RIFLE. The rules state that you are not allowed to use a sling. Later on in my shooting "career", i would like to compete...
by Blah
Fri May 06, 2005 4:08 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: shooting magazines
Replies: 0
Views: 907

shooting magazines

hi, i was wondering if you guys knew of any good shooting(competition/olympic style) magazines. I would mostly like something alittle cheaper at a reasonable price. Even better if its canadian! thanx
by Blah
Wed May 04, 2005 2:39 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: shoulder starts to hurt while in prone?
Replies: 8
Views: 2061

by straight i mean parrellel to the barrel. Eventually i do intend to enter competions. In our club, the competitions we do are for "sporter" rifle where no sling or block is allowed(I think this type of competition is more common in Canada). You basically have to use mostly muscles. I don...
by Blah
Wed May 04, 2005 6:57 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: shoulder starts to hurt while in prone?
Replies: 8
Views: 2061

I am not using a sling. For what ever reason, my club does not provide them. If we want them, we woould have to go out and buy them. I am fairly high up (about 6 to 8 inches off the ground) and we tried going lower, but my coach(and I) noticed that when i was lower i was more stable, but i could jus...
by Blah
Tue May 03, 2005 2:40 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: shoulder starts to hurt while in prone?
Replies: 8
Views: 2061

thnx for the advice! The shoulder that hurts is my left shoulder(im right handed). The only thing i dont understand is that i am using a block/rest, so technically i shouldnt really be using my shoulders. It is a club gun (anschutz, not sure which model, on the barrell it says "anschutz 19"...
by Blah
Mon May 02, 2005 5:49 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: shoulder starts to hurt while in prone?
Replies: 8
Views: 2061

shoulder starts to hurt while in prone?

When ever i am in the prone position, my shoulder starts to hurt/get tired. I cant seem to relax my shoulder(when i do i am uncomfortable). After about 30 or maybe 40 shots my shoulder starts to hurt/get tired and starts to tremble affecting my "hold". Also the next day, my my triceps, bac...
by Blah
Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:53 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: wood or alu (and WHY)
Replies: 10
Views: 3137

thanks for clarifying it chris3P! Would the "tightness" of the bedding screws actually change that drastically. like from 6nm to 4 nm. How much would that change your groupings(size)? Another thing about alu stocks and weather/temperature is that when it gets fairly cold outside, the stock...
by Blah
Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:58 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: wood or alu (and WHY)
Replies: 10
Views: 3137

chris3P, i dont quite get what your are saying. I am not too familiar with alu stocks so ya.... by torque settings do u mean "how tight" you tighten the nuts and bolts or w/e u wanna call em? what i think you're tryin to say is that the alu(the nuts and bolts part) which adjusts the cheek ...
by Blah
Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:06 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: prone shooting advice
Replies: 5
Views: 2498

prone shooting advice

hey, im a begginnner shooter that has been shooting smallbore 20yd lately. I have been using a "block" (rifle rest) lately so that i perfect the basics of rifle shooting (prone). I was wondering is i should switch from the block straight to shooting without a sling or is i should switch fr...
by Blah
Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:31 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: wood or alu (and WHY)
Replies: 10
Views: 3137

wood or alu (and WHY)

in 50 m prone or 50m 3 position do u use a wood stock or aluminum/metal? Could u also say why u use one over the other also, and which alu stock is ur fav. and which wood stcok is your fav.

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