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The Eastern Sierra Armory rifles are an alternative right now.

Where can I buy a good biathlon rifle?

Nowhere right now that I can see - unless you are left handed. Altius appears to have one rifle available.

I had come across Izhmash 7-4's (19'' barrels)

Those are good accurate adult sized biathlon rifles - I have one myself. They are very hard to find right now though.

Not sure. Good info here though -

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~hughp/guntips.htm

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~hughp/gear.html

Hey - you only have until tomorrow to sign up for the largest Biathlon in North America - see you there !! http://esnsa.org/biathlon2012cover.htm 2012 Mammoth Biathlon March 23rd-25th Biathlon Minus Five Yee Haw! The weekend storm dropped three feet of wonderful snow here at our house in town and up...

Thanks - I fixed / updated the links so they should work now !

Great news !

I'll take a stab at a few of your questions. Auburn Ski Club has training and biathlon matches - http://www.auburnskiclub.org/content/view/23/37/ Northstar has biathlon in the winter - http://www.northstarattahoe.com/info/ski/biathlon.asp As far as rifles, take a look at Altius Firearms and give the...

Including buying my Izhmash in California from MT Guns, paying sales tax, paying an FFL $ 100.00 and paying $ 25.00 shipping on the rifle, and all those parts upgrades, I paid a total for my rifle of around at most $ 2200.00. An Anschutz Fortner is $ 3195.00, plus shipping, plus $ 100 for an FFL. An...

How To Improve Your Izhmash Biathlon Rifle I think that the Izhmash Biathlon rifle is a great, accurate target rifle that can be improved dramatically with just a few accessories. This is what I have done to modify mine and my wife’s rifles - The first thing I did to our rifles was polish the bores ...

MT Guns has 7 -3 rifles also.

http://mtguns.com/

Mac said these may be the last ones - I don't know why, but you better get one while you can.

I use and like black myself. Looked like most shooters at the last Olympics used black too.

Well, accuracy in the Izhmash is supposed to fall off under 17 degrees F . Problem is, it's almost never that cold here in California. Which isn't really a problem as I don't think I'd like shooting in temps that low. I think only you guys in the center of the country can test or need worry about co...

They will be competitive for citizen racers competing in their local biathlon races though. And Clayton Mendel used one himself in the Elite race division at the 4th Annual Mammoth Biathlon. For those just having fun at this game it's another alternative that wasn't available before !

Here is a new alternative biathlon rifle available that was used at the 4th Annual Mammoth Biathlon - just FYI !! http://www.easternsierraarmory.com/blog/BiathlonRifleFlyer.pdf http://www.easternsierraarmory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/191988_210592762284750_176476772363016_844269_2239492_o1...

My wife and I had a great time at this race last weekend. I can't wait for the 5th Annual Biathlon next year - it was fantastic !! http://mammothtimes.com/content/fourth-annual-winter-biathlon-pulls-winner http://esnsa.org/biathlon2011cover.htm https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/19...

No way! I just bought a 7-3 (don't really have HUGE hands so I decided to go with a smaller stalk... starting to think that might have been a mistake but eh) from Mark at Altius. I didn't know I was buying a limited supply item! I bought a new sling, cuff, replaced the front aperture and added a ra...

I just got back from the 4th Annual Mammoth Biathlon. A great experience. Just wanted to mention that at all the biathlon races I have been to so far, you don't even need a rifle - it's provided along with match grade ammo. So just go race in some and if you like it, buy a rifle. If not, race and us...

How about this for 50yds? TQ 3/5 A21 or A51

The A31 and A50 are about the same size as a biathlon target ( if set up at 50 meters ).

There are two biathlon races coming up in Northern California - check 'em out !!

http://esnsa.org/

http://esnsa.org/biathlon2011.htm

http://www.auburnskiclub.org/images/fil ... %20pdf.pdf