TargetTalk

I'd suspect it doesn't really go back to ISU days and it's purely a naming issue - but if it does, then there are a whole lot of different rules. I think 1998 (when it became ISSF) would predate all the thickness and stiffness stuff.

The iris opening controls the amount of light entering the eye, so isn't it the obvious adjustment for changing light conditions? Maybe. I mean, yes it does control the amount of light entering the eye but it also affects the sight picture. In extreme cases, you probably don't want a tiny pinprick ...

If you're square to the target, you'll have the handstop further back than if you're a long way round the side of the gun, just by geometry. That will make a front heavy gun more extreme (because the extra weight will be further from the pivot point which is your supporting hand). Probably not a big...

Backed. I've seen this running on an ipad and it's utterly brilliant. But I have an android tablet and it's not likely to change.

No problems with .22 shots (groups of 5 on 50m targets) provided the light level is okay and there's a white or pale blue background.

Personally that's when I would use a polariser, just to take the uncomfortably bright extra light out of the sight picture. If I didn't have a polariser, I'd change filters. I'd have to be really desperate to start playing with foresight sizes in the middle of a match, not least because I can't adju...

I would take half an inch (maybe more) off the back end of the stock - do you have access to a circular saw so you can make a nice smooth straight cut? You may then need to drill the holes out a bit to refit the butt plate. Keep the piece you cut off - if/when she grows, you just put it back in with...

I'm not Robin, but if your NPOA is low, try moving your buttplate up a bit. It will only be a little bit.

The one we bought (secondhand but unused/unopened) came with everything up to and including the two prongs to go into the stock.

I'm surprised to learn it isn't already discussed here. The "Olympic" thing I always took to be ethos (i.e. targets rather than tin cans or rabbits) rather than strict event. I mean, I've asked about both 6 yard air rifle targets and sporter air rifles and nobody's turned a hair...and tech...

I tend to volunteer when it's not going to be a huge expense anyway - for instance, if I was already driving my daughter there. I'd rather help out than go shopping or sightseeing. I've never done any volunteering and claimed expenses. I don't think it's wrong, I just don't do volunteering on the so...

My daughter's pressure gauge has failed on her FWB junior air cylinder. It permanently reads empty. The cylinder appears to be fine, we have been assured that it's fine, she's been shooting with it fine, it's apparently just a spring which is broken. But obviously this isn't ideal and we'd like her ...

I dearly love mine. Much recommended. I haven't had any problems with my MEC buttplate since I started removing it to store the rifle. When I first got it, I just left it on (I upgraded from an Anschutz 1807 with a rubber buttplate, it didn't occur to me to take it off!) and the "wings" us...

I know this sounds simplistic, but try saying to yourself "stand still".

If your NPA is high, you might want to move your buttplate down a little bit...but I agree with the other poster that it's a bit close to your competition.

The sight line is the straight line from your eye through the rearsight through the foresight and to the target. It's a direction rather than a distance. Did you mean the site base? That's the distance from the rearsight to the foresight (and obviously it will be different with and without a bloop t...

Whilst we all abide by the guiding principle that we treat a gun as loaded even when it's not, I'm not sure where ammunition would get an opportunity to be chambered unless you're breaking all the rules and loading the rifle off the range, or leave the range with one up the spout. They can't load t...

We do need to see a picture, but I wonder if you have the sling very tight and your position very high? Another possibility is that you have the gun out on the fingers of your left hand instead of in the V between your thumb and fingers. You should have most of the weight on your left elbow - you'll...

I don't think it's a bad regulation, to be honest. It's an absolute guarantee that the rifle is in a safe condition. If you store guns with bolts in, especially if the bolt's closed, who's to say there isn't a live round in there and it could go off if you brush the trigger getting it out of the cup...

I stand corrected. I just know our local force insist bolts are stored separately - it's a favourite question when they come round to inspect for FACs. Not much margin telling them your method is legal if they simply won't give you an FAC at that point. I don't have shotguns or semiautomatics, so no...

Like Colin said, in the UK you can't store your bolt in your rifle.

I've seen these (not sure if it is the same manufacturer) but the price has always put me off. I just made a little cloth bag for mine.

Interestingly, ignoring the fact that the shooters eye is usually a little behind the firing line if your eye was 1.56m (61 inches) off the ground the alignment of the target height from 10m to 50m would be perfect. Cheers, 'Dude I knew there must be an advantage to being 5'2 somewhere in life :) A...