TargetTalk

I've tried all sorts of hand variations and the open palm has worked best for me. Personally there was almost immediate improvement in my scores when I switched from using a fist. I use the open palm for both smallbore and air rifle. Note that it is ok for you fingers to touch the stock just make su...

Hello, I don't know much about rifle bedding and was hoping that someone could explain to me how it works. When you bed a rifle and put your sights back on it will the gun be pretty much on within a couple inches or at least in the black at 50 yards? Also how do you ensure that the action is going b...

Hey there Bill

Try youtube!!! You have to do some searching but the videos are up there. I typed beijing 2008 olympic air rifle and got some stuff. Most of it seems to be world cup videos but heck they are all better than us so its worth watching.

Brian

Thanks for clarifying that Bill. Your way of explaining is a whole lot better. I just couldn't imagine that Kurt Thune would actually be illegal equipment.

Brian

Bill, I don't know the rules that would make it illegal. That's what I don't understand. In the description on the website it says the following parathesis and everything I copied and pasted it.... The TOP BUTTON is moved to the left so as not to disturb the rifle stock in standing (which is against...

Hi everyone, I've been looking at the Kurt Thune and Monard clothing lines trying to decide which one is better. They both seem like excellent choices BUT I'm concerned that the Kurt Thune jackets are illegal. On the Kurt Thune website in the description for both the Expert and Adventure jackets it ...

Oops the guest reply was really me I forgot to log in and couldn't figure out why in the world it wouldn't allow me to attach any pictures. Anyway here are the pictures.

Brian

Hi Everyone, Last night I was doing some dry firing in my attic and decided to get my sister to take some pictures of me in position so that I could see what my position really looks like. In reviewing the pictures I took special notice of my eyeball looking through the rear sight. It seems to me th...

I'm the person to post the contact info lol Phone: 570-797-4872 When you talk to Mr. Earnest make sure that you tell him all your measurements using the english system of measurement. DO NOT tell him anything in metric or you'll be in for a speech. I've also ordered riser blocks from him before and ...

The side cockers really are good rifles. I used a FWB 300 for a long time. The main deciding factor for me to switch was just when I could afford to get a nicer rifle. I was well into the 550s before I switched and now into the mid 570s.

Brian

Hi Everyone, For international air rifle competition there is a fixed height that the targets are supposed to be at. I've been looking around trying to figure out what it is but can't seem to find it. I probably overlooked it somehow but was hoping that someone might know what it is off the top of t...

I'm a little confused on where exactly sight radius is measured from and what length is ideal. So do you measure... 1. From the front of the action to the end of the rifle. 2. From the front of the sight to the end of the rifle. 3. From the aperture on the rear sight to the end of the rifle. 4. From...

Does anyone have any experience with this buttplate and can give me their impressions? I have an Anschutz 1907 and was wondering how you would mount this buttplate on my gun. Does it go on like the Anschutz buttplate with the columns that go down in the stock or does it like screw into the end of th...

I would not shoot Eley Sport if I were you. The junior club in my community buys it in bulk for the new shooters to shoot at 50 feet. Whenever I volunteer at the club I usually end up filling loading blocks with this stuff and I've found that box after box doesn't even have the right number of cartr...

I was soo happy to see Katie Emmons win the Gold!! Someone mentioned how she looks away a couple times before she takes the shot and was wondering what this was. Now I can't say for sure that this is what she's doing but I'm pretty sure she's perfecting her natural point of aim and settling down. On...

the FWB 300 is a great air rifle but it was designed for 10 meter shooting, so you need to keep this in mind. I shoot a ton of informal air rifle and over the years have learned a thing or two. First of all most informal air rifle shooting is done out to about 30 yards max. Then you have the field t...

I highly recommend buying "Ways of the Rifle." There is so much good information in the book and there are tons of pictures, so its easy to follow. I can't explain a good prone position to you over the internet, but I do know of a few useful tips to get you pointed in the right direction. ...

For 50 foot smallbore all the little NPA changes give me a hard time. So every now and then when I'm training I get someone to take my targets and number the bulls in the most messed up order possible. This forces me to keep checking and perfecting my NPA and its fun to compare scores this way. I've...

Recently my outdoor prone has reached a new level for me at which I'm starting to notice how small seemingly insignificant things are affecting my performance. This weekend when I was shooting in the NC State Games some of the very well respected and talented shooters present were talking about pola...

I've never shot on electronic targets before but am considering shooting in the USA Shooting Nationals and was hoping someone could give me some insight. I hear that they are easier to shoot than the NRA A-23 50 yard targets so I was wondering just how big the ten ring actually is? Oh yeah, I'm a sm...