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Great reply Steve,
You've helped straighten a few things out for another newbie in addition to zembu!
cheers
Matt

I dunno - it all sounds great to me - try the UK if you want to feel good about your own countries' shooting sports.

best
Matt

To Matt with regards to dry firing, its not done to save money on pellets. Lots of things can be seen with your shoot process by dry firing that the individual can not see while live firing. There are some good articles on dryfiring one of the best that I've read is by Tom Redhead a UK coach. Thank...

Hi There, I'm sure many others on here will offer advice, but a couple of months ago I was in your position, so from a UK based newbie perspective... I was advised to get a second hand match grade AP rather than a cheaper (but new) gun. I found an F.A.S. AP 604 (single stroke pneumatic of the type y...

Do a search on for example ebay as "pistol shooting" and see what comes up. Any books by Laslo Antal, Leatherdale etc are worth getting. There are usually a couple of good books on there. Rob. Excellent idea Rob! I've just bought Successful Pistol Shooting by Frank & Paul Leatherdale ...

Thanks for the input guys. I downloaded and read the Army Marksmanship guide and I've read it through. I've worked on some faults in my hold, breathing and stance (I think!) and I shot 60 or so pellets tonight. Definitely feels better and my average has certainly improved - still throwing some wild ...

Thanks for the help guys!
I'll seek out a local club and see if I can get some coaching / beginners guidance.

(just shot a couple of cards with 8's, 9's and 10'sand then some complete flyers - I know as soon as I pull the trigger it's going to be rubbish, but can't stop myself! :) )

best
Matt

Hi All, I'm in the UK (N.W. England) and I've just got interested in shooting 10m AP. I've bought an F.A.S.604 which, after a set of new seals (long story!), I'm really enjoying shooting and becoming quite addicted to. However, while I'm a 41 year old with no illusions as to entering the Olympics(!)...

Thanks for the advice guys. I've got it all disassembled now, just waiting for my seal kit to arrive. All the o-rings had deteriorated - most of the valve assembly seals had hardened and a couple split as I was removing them, but the big problem was obvious as soon as I got the piston out of the cyl...

Thanks guys,
I've managed to locate a shop who has seal kits - just got to work out how to take it apart now!

cheers
Matt

My FAS 604 pistol has developed a lack of compression on cocking (together with a faint hiss on closing the gun). Out of its box, the first shot was fine, but after that the gun closes with no effort and you just get the click of the trigger releasing (and no pellet out of the other end!). I'm assum...

First post from a target newbie, so hi everyone! I've just agreed to buy a second hand FAS AP604 air pistol in great condition, which should arrive in time for Christmas. It'll be my first 'real' target air pistol and I'm looking forward to learning about 10m pistol shooting. However, I'm looking fo...