TargetTalk

This is an old post, but I have a question related to the trigger mod on the Pilkington site. From looking at the mod, it appears that the mod is preloading the trigger to reduce the sear engagement. I cannot see how it is also able to adjust the trigger weight. By preloading the trigger it is comp...

Does the pain appear immediately or does it build up over time?

This is exactly what I have been looking for too but I am having a problem with the sheet. When I load it into my MAC Exel compatible spreadsheet software I do not find any formulas. Correct! Brain fade took over here, sorry. After I had tested the spreadsheet, I cleared out the data input fields, ...

Ah, s**t. I misunderstood your problem. I assumed you didn't know the correct bull heights for the discipline you are interested in. But having read the other posts, I now see your problem. Mathematically it's all about similar triangles, but you really don't want to know that! Here is a suggestion ...

Wow Rob, you really ought to try harder to be a wet blanket. It's responses like this that are starting to make these fora suck. WRC, you just have to get used to the fact that all "fora" suck at some level. At least this one concentrates on target stuff, and so I'm not faced with the mil...

Hello! I am working with my Scatt and although I have the distance that fits me for standing and prone,I can't get it done with kneeling... Any advice? Thank you! It depends on the discipline. For Olympic 300M, it's 3M. For 50M, it's 0.75M; for 25M, 10M, 50M running target and 10M running target, i...

I'm a physicist. Waisted has it exactly right. Thank you :) Same here. Physics and Maths. They call it "Math" over here… Doesn't make me any better at shooting :( I once read a book about the scientific analysis of the golf swing. Fascinating. But the author was a crap golfer, even though...

With Eric U being the 2nd ranked prone shooter in the world (as of 30 July 2010), I think I will take his advice. Sensible chap. Eric U has it right, of course, regarding adjustment of rear sight for light level, and maybe adjusting front sight for aesthetics (my words). However… From Eric U:The cl...

Closing down the same iris in very bright conditions merely concentrates that 'beam' of light in a smaller part of your retina. Sorry, Rob that is incorrect. Let's look at the camera to try to illustrate what's actually happening. The camera has an iris, just like your rear sight. The iris is used ...

Thanks Pat. That was very helpful. Actually I was only using the black dot as an indication of how I needed to adjust the palm rest for height. I'm building my position, making adjuastments to the rifle and also of course trying to get a stable platform. One of the problems will be that as my form s...

Anonymous wrote:Waisted,
What I hear you saying sounds reasonable but I use a tube sight, do the same rules apply?

Jeff

I'm not familiar with tube sights but I looked them up. Looks like they are aperture sights, so yes, the above would apply.

Can I insert some science into this discussion? I would like to look at this question from a purely optical and opthalmological perspective. Here are some facts: 1) the rear sight is totally out of focus. It MUST be so, and must not act as an open window for looking at the front sight. Because if th...

I have a target rifle, 22LR, and intend (I hope!) to shoot 3-position 50M competitions, eventually. So knowing that the standing position is the most demanding, I've set up a small 10M range indoors in my basement to try to train my form. No, I'm NOT going to shoot! I'm just trying to get a comforta...

Sorry to hear about your problem. Who was the gunsmith? Can he not get parts?

It seems to me, in discussions with pals who are "into shooting" that the lowly .22LR is just exactly that - lowly. Most of them have one or two (or more :) .22 rimfire rifles, but they simply do not rate these rifles. They are keen on 243, 260, 303, and other stuff, but somehow the .22 is...

Excuse my ignorance, but what is "torque"? I know what the word means, but not in the context of testing ammo, or anything to do with rifles!

I'm not sure a match rifle can even go as high as 3 pounds (crudely 1500 gm). Most are shot at around 60 gm or less in competition. You're right. The Walther LG300 Junior has a range of 50-120g. Doesn't change my opinion of the starting weight for a beginner shooter. So in the case of the OP. it wo...

waiting for walther lg 300 junior from pilkguns,I have some questions to the coaches,how far do you adjust the trigger(starting point)in relation to the shooters index finger,how about the starting trigger wt ? Well, I'm not a coach, but from what I've learned in various forums like this one, your ...

Thanks folks! Once it has been explained about the zero linear and angular velocities, it's freaking obvious! Makes my post a bit dumb, sorry.

<runs off looking for a head-sized paper bag>

Sorry if this is a bit techy, but I'm interested in the rifling arrangement. From what I've seen, rifling is like a thread with a constant rate of rotation throughout its length - please correct me if I'm wrong! So a bullet entering the throat is immediately met with a section of rifling which will ...