TargetTalk

I don't know of any available visualisation tools for shooting. However I work for Swansea University (UK), which is an internationally acclaimed centre for research in computer visualisation technologies, and we would be very interested in working with shooting sports at an international/olympic te...

Hi all, Will be visiting Orlando in a couple of weeks with my family - from the UK. Just wondering if there is any advice on where a visitor could enjoy some shooting. I am an experienced former international shooter, but have not shot pistol since the handgun ban of 97. Been to Orlando before and w...

Sadly it appears individuals are more interested in hurling personal abuse and hijacking this thread into some pointless argument about the finer details of what can or cannot be sold on Ebay in the UK - I have accepted that I could have worded this better, but the point was to illustrate that we ha...

Thank you for such a polite observation - does this once again prove that shooters in the UK are more interested in finding things to squabble over rather than defending their sport?

OK - I will accept that not "everything shooting related" is banned on Ebay, that is a very broad statement - many ancillary items are available, but primary shooting equipment are not, would be more accurate. Many others such as Freeads have even more stringent prohibitions. This was not ...

FYI - the sale of anything shooting related on Ebay was banned many years before the ban on mail order sales. If fact the ban on mail order only relates to the trade and not private individuals. I agree that on the face of it this sounds innocent enough and probably a good idea - the problem is how ...

I wonder where "Big Brother" will draw the line as to what is acceptable shooting footage? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7621013.stm most likely we will end up with a similar situation to Ebay in the UK, where everything related to shooting (even airgun and accessories) is complete...

At the right price and if most clubs were to purchase at least a few units, I think you could reasonably expect sales globally to be in the thousands or possibly much more than this. The only real challenge is to manufacture the target detection unit at a low cost, the rest is just software, which w...

I am also no expert in British constitutional law, but I think the key part of the quote is "as such as are allowed by law". Parliament gets to make the law and unlike the US we have no supreme court in which to challenge their opinion. Firearms in the UK are not technically banned, simply...

Britain today is indeed a very screwed up country, but our American cousins need to better understand the reality of politics outside the US, before spouting a load of rubbish about how weak and afraid to stand up for ourselves we are over here. Unlike the US, we have no effective constitutional rig...

No idea how this thread got involved in the rise of European socialism and the struggle against Hitler...? My point is that anti-abortion is virtually a non-issue in the UK and very few politicians will openly discuss the issue, as for creationism (does she really believe this?), no politician (cons...

Here in the UK, Sarah Palin is being presented in the media as an ultra-right wing, anti-abortion, creationist, gun nut... I know nothing of her politics and would like to have a more informed perspective... If she does indeed hold these views, it will not help the cause of shooting in Europe, as it...

I think part of the reason why electronic targets are so expensive is that the manufacturers tend to use proprietary electronics, which are expensive to design and manufacture and incur a higher cost for software develoment. Aside from the target detection unit, IMHO the rest could use off-the-shelf...

Indoor rowing is a simulation of the real thing - shooting could offer the full event on real ranges, as an internet sport. I cannot think of another example of this (darts or archery?) - you could even imagine it possible (but not desirable) to hold the Olympics without the competitors having to be...

I agree that the current cost of electronic targets is a major barrier. I see little excuse for the outrageous prices charged for what is relatively cheap technology. For that matter, you could aim this criticism at most shooting equipment. I think there is a real opportunity to develop a much cheap...

As someone who works for one of the UK's leading academic computer science research centres, I know that producing innovative (and entertaining) display of shooting results to spectators would be a trivial matter, given only slight changes to the format of shooting events. IMHO the real missed oppor...

Shooting sports must adapt to the entertainment expectations of a new generation. I have two young sons (7 & 8 years old), who have grown up in front of a PC or Wii. I cannot see this generation, spending hours and hours shooting holes in bits of paper as I did in my youth. Every sport must evol...

Fortunately accidents like these are very rare in the UK, but it does not stop the hysterical response of the media in their reporting of anything related to shooting. This discussion may seem "off topic" in a target shooting forum, but the current political climate in the UK has huge impl...

And here is an example of how such an incident gets reported in the UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7581776.stm Apparently as the result of gross neglect by an irresponsible parent all airgun shooters should now be licensed... I will be surprised if by the Olympics in 2012, compe...

Unfortunately the media in the UK will seize upon this as another excuse to call for the banning of "all" shooting sports. The BBC have been mentioning this story all day, with their usual disapproving tone - no mention of gun safety training, just why does anyone want such an object. Rece...