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- Tue May 07, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Pardini K12
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1811
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Do you use different lenses for air pistol and 22LR pistol?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 955
Re: Do you use different lenses for air pistol and 22LR pistol?
The difference is small enough that it's not an issue in practice. Depending on who makes your lenses, the tolerances on lens grinding are usually larger than the theoretical change in correction. If you shoot .22 outdoors, you may find that you want a difference prescription. The issue is that with...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Should I Join USA Shooting?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3266
Re: Should I Join USA Shooting?
I belong to USAS in part to support the elite shooters, but they also run the Junior Olympic program, which is essential for the long term growth of the sport. USAS News also occasionally has good articles on training, technique, etc. for the masses. They've had a lot of turnover on the administrati...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Shooting glasses lens
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1773
Re: Shooting glasses lens
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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Glove allowed for pistol shooting??
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1382
Re: Glove allowed for pistol shooting??
I know you aren't allowed to have anything that covers the wrist joint.
The normal approach is to carve up the grip. Go slow. A tiny change can make a big difference.
The normal approach is to carve up the grip. Go slow. A tiny change can make a big difference.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Shooting glasses lens
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1773
Re: Shooting glasses lens
The negative correction is because you are nearsighted. Your normal prescription corrects that so your relaxed focus is at infinity. You need to undo that a bit to bring your focus back closer, so you want -2.0D.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:55 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Shooting glasses lens
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1773
Re: Shooting glasses lens
The standard starting point is to get +0.75 diopter boost on the lens for your aiming eye. That brings your relaxed focus closer to your front sight. Depending on the brand of glasses, you can also the boost lens as a clip-on. That allows you to experiment with the amount of boost you like, and it m...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
- Replies: 17
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Re: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
The shorter sight radius also affects the apparent width of the front sight relative to the rear. You may wan to widen the rear notch a bit to compensate.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Match Guns Dealer USA?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1773
Re: Match Guns Dealer USA?
Kang at MatchGunsUSA primarily deals in their firearms. I'm not sure if he is involved in importing the air pistols or not.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Removing stuck front sight, Steyr LP-10
- Replies: 3
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Re: Removing stuck front sight, Steyr LP-10
I had to go through this on an LP10 a while back. There wasn't any LockTite, but some gorilla had tightened it to the point that they stripped out the socket. It was a multi-step process, starting with clamping it in my milling machine vise, and making sure the spindle was over the offending screw. ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3124
Re: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
It's called "chicken finger", and it is a very common ailment. Lots of dry firing will help. Concentrate on smoothly ramping up pressure on the trigger. As long as you do that, the pistol is going to fire. It's often the result of trying to make things too perfect. Part of your brain is sa...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Match Guns Dealer USA?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1773
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3124
Re: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
If you were snatching, they wouldn't be uniformly scattered around the center. They would be going in one or two directions. It's possibly you have a circular wobble. I'm in my early 70's, and I have an oscillatory tremor I've been dealing with for several years. It's usually from 1:00 to 7:00 in so...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3124
Re: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
Question: Can you call your shots? If you can see your sights well, and are shooting at that level, you should be able to easily tell the difference between a 3:00 nine and a 9:00 nine. If you can't, you aren't truly focused on your front sight.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Optimal speed for CO2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1839
Re: Optimal speed for CO2
I would consider ~ 450 fps is a good starting point. I think the C20 manual lists 150 m/sec = ~ 490 fps. Lower velocity will give you more shots per fill, and unless you are a very good shot, you probably won't notice any fall off in accuracy. If you use cheap targets, you may find that the paper te...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Miracle Cure for Fussy Benelli .22's!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4268
Re: Miracle Cure for Fussy Benelli .22's!
I know of a couple sources. Check your PM's.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2898
Re: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
They may have gone up a bit, but I bought a couple for under $200 each in 2022 from International Shooters Service.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2898
Re: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
The new ISSF rule says 10 years from date of manufacture. If you go to a big match that has equipment checkers, they won't let you use them.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2898
Re: New Air Cylinders for Morini 162 EI
$350 sounds like the price with a digital gauge. An analog gauge cylinder is still expensive, but not that outrageous. The ISSF makes no mention of re-certification being allowed. I've seen cylinders that appear to have been recertified, but I've heard that Morini won't do it. It's really only an is...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:38 pm
- Forum: Olympic Pistol
- Topic: Miracle Cure for Fussy Benelli .22's!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4268
Re: Miracle Cure for Fussy Benelli .22's!
There are two flavors of TAC-22. The lube on the older black box stuff was very messy. The red box stuff is cleaner, but still not as nice to handle as Aguila. CCI is OK, but the amount of hard wax they put on the bullets can vary wildly from box to box. I've had boxes where adjacent bullets were fu...