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- Wed Jul 12, 2017 1:45 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: NRA Advanced Smallbore Camp
- Replies: 1
- Views: 949
NRA Advanced Smallbore Camp
by invitation only. a couple of questions on this activity. the application calls for scores of 1090 or 545 (i assume 3x40 or 3x20) my daughter who was given an invitation for this camp, rarely shoots NRA smallbore matches. I believe they are USAS, and while i know USAS and NRA are somewhat affiliat...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:42 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: Question on Rules
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4123
Re: Question on Rules
jhmartin wrote:I'm being kinda facetious ... there are no such rules.
They are someone's unwritten interpretations
just my way of blowing steam ....
yes maybe so, but what i related was spot on factual events...
unfortunately...
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:42 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: Question on Rules
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4123
Re: Question on Rules
that might be one of those rules like the one a junior at the J.O.s was told: "its against the rules to have your chair so far back from the firing line" (the junior had placed her gear bag on top of her rifle case at the back side of the firing point, and placed her chair just in front of...
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:18 pm
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: cylinder adapter for Anschutz/Feinwerkebau/Walther etc
- Replies: 1
- Views: 617
cylinder adapter for Anschutz/Feinwerkebau/Walther etc
these babies have quite small orifices in them which i ASSUME acts as a restriction valve to protect the air cylinders... ive got a chance to get a valve that's restricted to slow-fill. according to the specifications it should fill in about 10 seconds... will adding this restrictor valve to the ada...
- Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: gunsmith needed for Anschutz 18XX barrel change
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2511
Re: gunsmith needed for Anschutz 18XX barrel change
Joe Hein...
EliteShootingSport.com
hes Anschutz factory trained and a competitive shooter...
send him and email...
EliteShootingSport.com
hes Anschutz factory trained and a competitive shooter...
send him and email...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2937
Re: correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
197-9x prone
196-7x standing
197-3x kneeling
the standing had 3 clean bulls and one with a pair of 8s...
ive got an A-51 bullseye that i'm going to see about converting to a transparency overlay so i can see (just out of curiosity) for myself...
thanks!
196-7x standing
197-3x kneeling
the standing had 3 clean bulls and one with a pair of 8s...
ive got an A-51 bullseye that i'm going to see about converting to a transparency overlay so i can see (just out of curiosity) for myself...
thanks!
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:17 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2937
Re: correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
they were using the A-23 for the 3-P but then shot a conventional prone with the metric component in there...
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:15 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2937
correlation between 50yd outdoor and 50ft indoor 3-P
id like to think that there's some sort of "cross over" or correlation between scores from shooting outdoors at 50 yards and shooting indoors at 50 feet... i understand the bullseye rings being different sizes etc but doesnt the fact that one target is 3X the distance of the other and that...
- Sat May 13, 2017 7:11 pm
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: McKenna Shooting Sports
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2324
Re: McKenna Shooting Sports
Shawn was a shooter back in the day before starting up his business...
as i understand it, he would like to keep shooting and being a one-man show, his business is suffering...
as i understand it, he would like to keep shooting and being a one-man show, his business is suffering...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:46 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: Shooting suits
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1648
Re: Shooting suits
Sandy at Champion Shooters will help you out with a suit for your kid either new or used. The great thing is when your kid outgrows it they will take it back and let you trade up. this! Sandy and Karl will do right by juniors, thats for certain... i started my daughter on a used Freeland jacket. th...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:42 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: A National Match Discussion
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4104
Re: A National Match Discussion
ill add another reply later but this is "just in" from about monday no less.. the NRA has given their High Power Championships (maybe pistol too) and Smallbore Championships to the CMP to conduct, AT Camp Perry effective 2018... Al Cohrs/Coors (ive seen it spelled both ways), an NRA Presid...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:58 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: FWB 800 Regulator Issue?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3427
Re: FWB 800 Regulator Issue?
FWB= recoil absorber issues
Anschutz= o-ring failures
pick your poison...
Anschutz= o-ring failures
pick your poison...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:44 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: confirmation of entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1243
Re: confirmation of entry
Got the email i was waiting for, yesterday...
he certainly must be busier than a bee....
he certainly must be busier than a bee....
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:25 pm
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: confirmation of entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1243
Re: confirmation of entry
I'm sure it was ... he may be busy or off in the boonies for a while. Gotta remember, he is the only person in competitions now ... so he handles all the R, P & SG. This is called being drastically overworked ... I wish him well, but this is not a good position for USAS to put him in. There is ...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: confirmation of entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1243
confirmation of entry
i guess last year, Alex Szablewski sent confirmation emails once registration was received of those kids coming to Junior Olympics... i scanned/emailed my daughter's information twice (from work) but havent gotten any kind of confirmation that its where it needs to be.... it sure would be nice to kn...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:26 pm
- Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
- Topic: J2 Womens AR cutoffs higher than J1 again!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4130
Re: J2 Womens AR cutoffs higher than J1 again!
i may be completely off in this but: when i was in the Air Force testing for a promotion, they would have everyone test. those scores were added with all the other points earned for the cycle... after all the testing if there were 200 candidates, but they only had 15 spots, the 15th Airman's score b...
- Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:51 pm
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: Info on Neal Stepp
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1437
Re: Info on Neal Stepp
like everyone says...
call him. not sure WHY he has an email because NO ONE i know has ever gotten an email back from him...
call him. not sure WHY he has an email because NO ONE i know has ever gotten an email back from him...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:23 pm
- Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
- Topic: 2017 Junior Olympics...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6519
Re: 2017 Junior Olympics...
First rounders get first choice on dorms, so sure she can apply for one. Do the volunteer form and scan & send it in to Alex and call and ask him if he needs help at JOs. Make sure you let him know you did the Safe Sport and have him give you the link to get the Level-1 Officials test. Send tha...
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:47 pm
- Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
- Topic: 2017 Junior Olympics...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6519
Re: 2017 Junior Olympics...
... My guess (and remember it's only a guess) is that she will not make the Round-1 cutoff for SBR nor the Round 2. I just don't think the cutoff will drop that much. It's usually within 1-2 points from the previous year on Round-1 and MAYBE 5 on Round 2. ================= Air is usually in the fir...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:53 pm
- Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
- Topic: 2017 Junior Olympics...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6519
Re: 2017 Junior Olympics...
... Patience grasshopper. Last years cutoffs are a good rule of thumb. the daughter unit, is Michigan Air Rifle Champion (Gold with 375) and ive HEARD she will get an automatic invite for that even though its under the 385 cut off score... she earned Silver in Small Bore (531) and im anxious to see...