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- Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:45 am
- Forum: Bullseye Pistol Talk
- Topic: CCI Standard Velocity .22LR Quality?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15359
Re: CCI Standard Velocity .22LR Quality?
At our club we started noticing issues (mostly failure to fire but also very inconsistent velocities) after CCI switched from the dark blue paper boxes to the lighter blue gradient ones - 2020/2021? There were a lot of complaints on the national firearms forum from others too at the time. So I think...
- Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:11 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Netherlands?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16237
Re: Netherlands?
Where are you located? I'm in Harderwijk and a member of Wilhelm Tell Putten. Send me a PB if you want :)
- Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:47 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Difference between lp2 and Evo 10?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22832
Re: Difference between lp2 and Evo 10?
Another obvious difference is the pellet loading method: tray on the LP2 vs direct barrel feed of the EVO10.
I had an EVO10 for a year and didn't like the direct feed. Exit EVO10.
YMMV.
I had an EVO10 for a year and didn't like the direct feed. Exit EVO10.
YMMV.
- Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:27 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Filling Steyr AP Cylinders ?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14441
Re: Filling Steyr AP Cylinders ?
If you can bleed the hose of that compressor there's no reason why you shouldn't use one of the BF adaptors with a foster connection, like so:
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:37 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Help ID's stickers on an old FWB 80
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5566
Re: Help ID's stickers on an old FWB 80
There's just a tiny bit of info available online with the prompt "benito juarez air pistol matches mexico 1975": https://mccrackenatcenterofthewest.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/86719 (no mention of AP though) https://www.airforceshooting.org/pastmems.html (again, no ment...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:12 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Hearing Protection and Recommendations for 10M
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9555
Re: Hearing Protection and Recommendations for 10M
I'll echo the advice above: do get some kind of hearing protection (I find even a shot from an AP uncomfortably loud) because with your hearing, once it's gone, it's lost forever. My 3 flange silicone earplugs from the DIY store work great. FYI: https://bigshopper.nl/product/3m-e-a-r-ultrafit-oordop...
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: Kid will need glasses
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22094
Re: Kid will need glasses
Being able to see (at least) the front sight razor sharp is a must in serious target shooting involving iron sights.
I totally second the previous poster's suggestions although I've only been in specs/contacts since I was 10 (now 44 years ago).
I totally second the previous poster's suggestions although I've only been in specs/contacts since I was 10 (now 44 years ago).
- Tue Dec 10, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: 50 m target transporter: how fast?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13155
Re: 50 m target transporter: how fast?
It depends. Some systems are certainly faster than others :) Next time I'm in Varsseveld, Hoogeveen or Hardenberg I'll time the duration but for the 50 meter smallbore optics competition, where one has 45 minutes for 30 match shots + sighters, transport is always more than adequately fast for me. Ti...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 3:13 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Little Training exercise
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4970
Re: Little Training exercise
After a couple of years of air pistol shooting I still consider myself a beginner - as my scores dramatically prove - so take my post with a bit of salt: To the list above I'd like to add one more thing: 2b) "Twitch control" (for lack of a better term) What I mean is that as a subprocess o...
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Back after a long time with more sad news
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4363
Re: Back after a long time with more sad news
GWhite's advice (as usual) to me looks spot on. I'm close to 54 with several health issues myself and only started "serious" pistol shooting some 4 or 5 years ago, air pistol only last year. So I recognize your suffering... ;) Pistol shooting: it's simple, but it sure ain't easy... On the ...
- Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:32 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: How far back should the trigger be
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4469
Re: How far back should the trigger be
This is exactly what I noticed: the position at the 'wall' should be as shown. Moving my Steyr trigger forward 1 mm recently for me seems to have improved the feel and - to some extent - scores.
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Adjusting rear sight as novice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5136
Re: Adjusting rear sight as novice
The digital counterpart to Rover's method is an app like TargetScan which automatically calculates the size and location of the total group centre once you enter (=take pics of) a series of targets.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:21 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Optimal speed for CO2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2634
Re: Optimal speed for CO2
The manual for my Feinwerkbau Modell 2 states that ~150 m/s is the optimum speed with 'normal weight' pellets too. This has been confirmed via email contact with the manufacturer last year, with the additional statement that they consider the 8.2 grain pellets more stable than lighter diabolos. I've...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:49 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: .22 LR Cartridge Lifter Blocks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2751
Re: .22 LR Cartridge Lifter Blocks
Thank you very much for those! I found one for Federal Champion ammo but that doesn't quite fit for the European (RWS etc) brands.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: What's in your Range Bag ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2250
Re: What's in your Range Bag ?
Transparent blinder for left eye, paper targets, small tool set (knife, flashlight, hex keys etc), Uplula.
I have a large older laptop bag for a range bag.
I have a large older laptop bag for a range bag.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:16 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Shaking limbs loose before shooting?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4243
Shaking limbs loose before shooting?
Recently I came across a, well, interesting video on Youtube in which Olena Kostevych features in the introduction to an "Olympic Battle" against a TV presenter, apparently a novice (?) shooter: https://youtu.be/qTbqvFyq4Fc?si=_VnbL5Jv4BNsNmoC Only want to comment on one aspect of it: at @...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:33 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Cheap pellets problem K12
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4157
Re: Cheap pellets problem K12
Gecos are my club's preferred pellets too, thousands get shot every month by many pistol shooters. Zero issues.
Sounds to me the person you loaned your pistol to had a faulty tin, so to say.
Sounds to me the person you loaned your pistol to had a faulty tin, so to say.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Draft Notes on Working with O-rings for Air Guns
- Replies: 22
- Views: 149496
Re: Draft Notes on Working with O-rings for Air Guns
Great resource! As a removal tool, I usually use a bamboo (bbq) skewer, sharpened/pointed to the required thinness. They tend to be stronger than toothpicks, IMO. I've had some success in hard to reach areas (-> very narrow groove the o-ring sat in) by tapering a skewer over a longer length that wou...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:13 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Air Pistol selection
- Replies: 20
- Views: 49710
Re: Air Pistol selection
With a (nearly) full charge of CO2 my ancient Feinwerkbau Modell 2 weighs >1200 grams. Almost empty it will still be >1100 grams. Note, it still shoots amazingly well but I do find it to be very heavy, and its balance and unadjustable grip angle is almost right (for me) - but not quite. The trigger ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:02 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: ISSF Secretary General chased away with immediate effect
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15461
Re: ISSF Secretary General chased away with immediate effect
Hmm, quite shocking. I wonder if anything changes with regards to the sport though (ie changes in match formats and/or Olympic disciplines).