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by spacepilot
Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Greetings and Question.
Replies: 9
Views: 1980

I'd make sure the competition rules allow you to do that if I were you. Even using correctly scaled targets, the scores achieved at reduced distances might not be comparable to those shot at the correct distance. I see, David. I read on this forum that the reduced range causes some change in the si...
by spacepilot
Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:43 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Greetings and Question.
Replies: 9
Views: 1980

Thanks for the responses, everyone. David, I was aware of the properly reduced 5m and 6m targets, and actually printed them out when I first got the gun. But the printer paper I used didn't give clean holes. I like the quality of the Edelmann targets, so I plan to keep using their AR targets for now...
by spacepilot
Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: STEYR LP SILHOUETTE
Replies: 11
Views: 5514

Calculated using Ian Pellant's software, 7.5J of energy for a 7.9gr pellet means a speed of 561fps or 171mps.
by spacepilot
Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Greetings and Question.
Replies: 9
Views: 1980

Greetings and Question.

Hi, I'm an absolute beginner in the shooting sport. I got my IZH-46M a couple weeks ago, and have been shooting in my apartment. Because I only have a little more than 5m of safe space in the hallway, I am using the air rifle target because it has a bullseye about half the size of the air pistol tar...
by spacepilot
Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:23 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Looking for air pistol club in North-Central Indiana
Replies: 2
Views: 1234

Looking for air pistol club in North-Central Indiana

Hi, I'm an absolute beginner in the shooting sport. I got my IZH-46M a couple weeks ago, and have been shooting in the hallway of my apartment. I'd like to find an air pistol club near me so I can learn from other shooters and have some fun. I live in Lafayette, Indiana. The closest airgun club I ha...