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543

88 90 91 91 91 92

Competition score
M47
Norway

544: 86 92 91 91 94 90
Official competition score
FWB P8X
M47

542 = 92 94 91 91 86 88
M46
FWB P8X

533 = 87 88 88 95 85 90
M46
FWB P8X
Official competition score

535 = 88 85 95 89 87 91

FWB P8X
M46
Official championship score

This whole event was a case of stage fright, although I managed one good serie.

540 = 90 90 89 95 88 88

Official competition score
M45
FWB P8X

540 = 92 93 88 90 85 92
Official competition score
M45
Feinwerkbau P8X

539 = 91 90 92 91 86 89 Official competition M45 FWB P8X All went great right until the 4th serie, when I suddenly had a 1.2 on the electronic target. Disturbingly so as it felt as a straight 10 or high 9 shot. Ended up shooting this at 83, and the remaining series were kinda soured from that. But w...

536 = 91 86 90 89 91 89

Official competition score
FWB P8X
M45

547 = 90 96 91 87 90 93

New PB. Finally broke out of my cursed 539 that just kept happening for months.

Feinwerkbau P8X
Electronic scoring
M45

I use modeling clay, the harder one, without baking it in. It's enough to hold for a few dozen shots and evaluate. Then I do it permanently with a piece of epoxy stick.

Gwhite wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:30 pm If you need to blink in the middle of your "hold" while squeezing the trigger, you should abort the shot & try again.

That's exactly the common wisdom. However on the last ISSF GP finals I've seen shooters who were indeed blinking.

nmondal wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:03 am Can anyone help me out - what to do when the sight gets blurred?

It is not something that one sees recommended but I found that blinking helps. You can also see some of the top athletes doing this if you pay attention.

I get a full match and then some (perhaps 3-4 series) on mine from full cylinder. I do feel CM162 lasted more off 200 bar but not by very much.

There was research on this somewhere. Apparently most people who shoot with this special high shoulder position learned it to do so when they were young (9-11yo) and had troubles lifting it high enough. So it is not necessarily something to copy for an adult joining this sport.

Is there an advantage using a slanted trigger vs. setting a slight angle on the factory one? It's freely articulated on P8X with the ball joint.

I believe the reason for coarse threads is FWB uses a one-piece aluminium cylinder rather than a steel thread flange. Aluminium is very ductile: a fine pitched thread will shear easily.

- entered the year in 500s and ended with PB of 539
- convinced myself to buy a top shelf match gun. Sounds silly but this pellet gun costs more than my 3 competition firearms, together!

- match performance in 540s
- personal best of 560

What I did was bought a prescription testing frame, a set of dioptre testing inserts at that well known Chinese site. Cost a small fraction of "real" shooting frame alone. Works fine for shooting even if you look a bit dorky.