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by renzo
Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Need some help on a FWB Model 2 (with four pictures)
Replies: 24
Views: 18034

Re: Need some help on a FWB Model 2 (with four pictures)

You surely noticed this is a 17-year old thread, don't you?
by renzo
Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Grips: natural point of aim and cant
Replies: 17
Views: 4181

Re: Grips: natural point of aim and cant

I have seen morons squat down and draw around their feet so they might resume exactly the same stance. It doesn't work! Your stance will change as you relax and "work" your body. That's one reason I say there is NO NPA (for pistol). Just relax and see where your pistol points; then adjust...
by renzo
Thu Aug 22, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Best PCP Air gun for beginner- (Budget-friendly)
Replies: 23
Views: 9628

Re: Best PCP Air gun for beginner- (Budget-friendly)

You didn't say if you wanted a rifle or a pistol........................................
by renzo
Tue May 14, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Thoughts on reforming RF
Replies: 36
Views: 16394

Re: Thoughts on reforming RF

K38 wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 8:15 pm As a classically trained musician I’m glad the IOC isn’t in charge of deciding between Bach and Easy Listening…….

DLB
Well, start by listening the ISSF selected music for playing at events and you'll get a taste of what would it be...........................
by renzo
Mon May 13, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Thoughts on reforming RF
Replies: 36
Views: 16394

Re: Thoughts on reforming RF

Shooting is not doing too badly, I suppose the thing to do is find out the criteria the IOC uses to select or ditch sports and adapt accordingly. It's already known: TV audiences. Next time you attend a WC, or CAT, or PAG, or better, notice that not even us shooters watch the full event, except if ...
by renzo
Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Thoughts on reforming RF
Replies: 36
Views: 16394

Re: Thoughts on reforming RF

For what it's worth, last weekend we shot the national qualifying (not me, I was at it as a judge) in air pistol and rifle. One of the coaches, who was at the recent cup in Rio, brought the news that the gossip at the ISSF is that after Paris, there will be an overhaul in <olympic events. I can't vo...
by renzo
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Anyone still using CO2 match pistols
Replies: 40
Views: 38975

Re: Anyone still using CO2 match pistols

I read somewhere about using nitrogen as a gas. If anyone is doing that I'd like to hear from you and how it's working out, it would be very new to me. Yes, since about ten years we use nitrogen in our club to fill PCP pistols and rifles. We started trying to lease compressed air 10 m3 tubes, but t...
by renzo
Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: My Feinwerkbau P44+R10 Match+R10Match Plus
Replies: 57
Views: 9206

Re: My Feinwerkbau P44+R10 Match+R10Match Plus

At first I was a little disgusted, but it was just to remove the first stage, change pellets to RWS R10 Match and fine-tune the aim in another way and it's PERFECT!!! It always amazes me that someone shooting under 500 knows best how to set up a pistol and equiptment to be perfect. Well train hard,...
by renzo
Sat Dec 09, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Air Pistol and the 11 ring
Replies: 8
Views: 23815

Re: Air Pistol and the 11 ring

There is no "11" score. Qualifications in air pistol are scored in integer points, only in Olympic finals decimal scoring is used, and then "10.9" is the maximum attainable score. When there is a tie in qualifications, the FIRST method of breaking it is by quantity of inner tens,...
by renzo
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Do We Need Separate Men's and Women's Events
Replies: 28
Views: 13898

Re: Do We Need Separate Men's and Women's Events

Having helped coach close to a dozen top level women collegiate shooters, the key thing has been that they've never shot before. They don't arrive with any bad habits or preconceived notions about shooting, and they typically have never seen a Dirty Harry movie. We start everyone out with air pisto...
by renzo
Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: ISSF pistol shooting at risk in Canada?
Replies: 10
Views: 4956

Re: ISSF pistol shooting at risk in Canada?

If the law is put into effect, what happens when the original owner passes on? Since "transfers" are forbidden, the next of kin cannot inherit. Does the government get the guns? What about compensation? Dennis, aka Dulcmrman FWIW, in my country this is exactly what happens. Inheritors mus...
by renzo
Thu May 05, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: What gun do you most regret parting with?
Replies: 25
Views: 9629

Re: What gun do you most regret parting with?

The law should contemplate a time period during which any one of us, realizing our mistake, could have the mandatory right to buy back guns idiotically sold!!!!! Beg to differ. If we act like idiots (and don't we all from time to time), we deserve no mercy and no do-overs. Hat off to that!!!!!
by renzo
Thu May 05, 2022 12:17 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: What gun do you most regret parting with?
Replies: 25
Views: 9629

Re: What gun do you most regret parting with?

I bought an old M19 to replace it, t hen the seller won the powerball and wanted it back but I told him no because he was a dick. See? People like you are those who make us impulse sellers so pitiful. The law should contemplate a time period during which any one of us, realizing our mistake, could ...
by renzo
Tue May 03, 2022 5:26 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: What gun do you most regret parting with?
Replies: 25
Views: 9629

Re: What gun do you most regret parting with?

My MTs-55-1. I parted with it when I quit shooting for a while, and on returning to the sport, never was able to talk the buyer into reselling back!!!
by renzo
Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:50 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: The New ISSF Air Pistol Finals Format
Replies: 46
Views: 43549

Re: The New ISSF Air Pistol Finals Format

Years working to achieve my ISSF judge license, and then this. They've changed the finals format how many times since London 2012? The Mixed team match has changed how many times since its introduction? One doesn't have solely to know the rules and have field experience, now you've got to have a per...
by renzo
Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:22 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Broken free pistol grip
Replies: 15
Views: 3196

Re: Broken free pistol grip

My contribution is obviously the easy way out, but if your dealings with FedEx give any result and you find yourself awarded with a compensation, you could think of buying an made-almost-to-measure Rink grip.
by renzo
Thu May 27, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Show us your Free Pistol
Replies: 60
Views: 31014

Re: Show us your Free Pistol

Nothing, absolutely nothing, compares to the thrill of watching an X at 50 meters that you shot purposely. As Wordsworth said of poetry: “emotion recollected in tranquility,” so Rover and I might agree that an almost equal thrill derives from the spirits (although we may differ on the selection) co...
by renzo
Wed May 26, 2021 9:02 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Show us your Free Pistol
Replies: 60
Views: 31014

Re: Show us your Free Pistol

I am planning to start shooting the Free Pistol this year. I primary shoot the bullseye pistol but shoot the AP for training also. I thought that the Free Pistol could be nice alternative to keep up our shooting skills during the ammo shortage. I am sure I am not the only one here. Show us what you...
by renzo
Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Trigger Weight Setup Point.
Replies: 6
Views: 1472

Re: Trigger Weight Setup Point.

If it’s an event that follows ISSF rules the groove will be used. If not, you should have a serious talk with the judges. The rules say that the weight should be placed near the middle of the trigger. I guess that you could claim that “near the middle” would allow for measuring at either side of th...
by renzo
Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:34 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Trigger Weight Setup Point.
Replies: 6
Views: 1472

Re: Trigger Weight Setup Point.

Yes. The current weight system uses a wedge that fits into the groove. Long ago, they had a roller, but with angled triggers, it was hard to get a consistent result. The judge at EQ is not forced by the rules to use the groove, he can weight the trigger further towards the tip of the trigger blade....