TargetTalk

Hello all - question for the forum. As some of you know I am a U.S. NRA smallbore prone scope shooter. Q- is it possible to set your shooting scope up to read mirage and shoot on the 50 and 100 targets accurately without touching your focus knob every shot, thus eliminating a need for a spotting sco...

Hello dude and gwsb,
Thanks for the clarification. :) I'll take that feedback re hold and focus and apply to my own training. Good to learn new things. Thanks again. :). Sincerely. Tony

Hello, I'll preface my comments with this is what I do and I recommend finding your own path. I am shooting high Expert scores now knocking on Master class in NRA SB prone. There are better shooters than I that have already commented. To my advantage I have shot scope for almost a year now and want ...

Re a numb hand I purchased a small Anschutz compatible handstop which solved the problem. FYI thanks Tony

GaryD, have the same problem. I second the question. If anyone knows please do post any advice you have. I am stacking all the large locking washers to one side of the small silver washer, tightening the assembly and knob by hand, then tightening again the knobs Allen screw using significant force w...

Hello David, I emphasize with your situation. Have been in a similar situation myself. I second mtncwru on the books. I shoot American prone and Ways of the Rifle was huge. I started off ranked as Marksman and now my scores are in the Expert class approaching Master level. This has taken five years....

Hello Kevin, For you to take or leave, I have used a Sauer ISSF legal sling for smallbore prone for five years. It has served me well and can be adjusted in position. I too put a lot of tension on the sling and it has done right by me. Price when I bought it five years ago was $80 from Champions Cho...

Hello, I shot in the Conv Prone matches in the any sight category. All below are my personal opinion for what it's worth. I thought the range was very nice and this was a very well run affair. Asphalt well covered firing line that was in the shade. Range was easy to find. I am a Marksman class shoot...

Hello, here is something I have done with sights that may help you. First acquire a rear adjustable iris with color filters. Second after attaching to your rear sight go to your practice session, and at 50m hang a target. Then close the rear iris as much as possible. Third with your rifle pointing a...

Hello, I had a similar problem up until very recently with my prone shooting. I was having problems over a 20 round scoped course of fire where the pain was so fierce I couldn't focus on my hold and shot release. My wobble was all over the 10 ring on the US NRA 100 yd target. This happened before se...

Hello Hap, I will definitely look you up. I follow and enjoy reading your articles. Will be a pleasure to meet you in person. I am firing on relay 1 point 66 shooting the conventional prone any sight 4800 agg, and the two day any sight matches. To follow up on the thread I was able to get a NRA disc...

Hello all, Question for the US NRA smallbore shooters here. Re Nationals, does anyone have lodging rates available for the Elkhart, IN hotels and how to get the discounts the NRA stated certain properties are offering? I called Candlewood Suites but they at this time were unaware of competitors disc...

Hello RobK, I am 40, legally blind in my non-shooting eye, best correction with glasses is 20/30 ish distance, had four eye operations for glaucoma, cataracts, and a detached retina. I have been shooting prone for five years and wear trifocal contact lenses. Thanks to feedback from several folks on ...

In error I omitted one thing re my sling. I use about a 40 degree arm angle and my sling is as high as I can get it. My body is straight behind the gun. Kind regards, Tony

Hello Dave, One thing that helped tighten my prone was lengthening the buttstock rather than moving the handstop or shortening the sling. See p.189 of Ways of the Rifle 2009 for a detailed explanation as this explains it better than I as to why. This increased shoulder pressure and in dry firing wit...

Great discussion on a key topic. Here is my 2 cents for whatever it may be worth. As a martial arts master once said, take what is useful and develop from there.... As you may know I am an improving smallbore prone shooter. For me right now the way to improvement is in training increasing my consist...

Hello all,
After taking a pair of tweezers to my USB port I was able to very carefully straighten the one bent USB pin causing the problem. So for now that's is getting me by and my SCATT is working. Thank you for your help. FYI a replacement is USD $239 at MEC website.

Thanks, Tony

Hello again John, Tenring, et al - Right, so I took your advice and downloaded both the SCATT Pro ver. 6.47 and the latest drivers ver 2.13 from scattusa.com. Sadly the problem is still there. In the interest of brainstorming here is a pic of the inside of the female target control unit connector. I...

As requested here are pictures of the component plugged in and unplugged. Please let me know your thoughts.

Hello all, question for those with a SCATT USB. I went to dry fire and my Windows PC will not recgonize the USB cable connecting my PC with the target control unit. The connection seems very loose between the cable from my PC to the odd looking plug in at the unit. Any suggestions on how to fix it? ...