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by Martin Catley
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Old eyes
Replies: 5
Views: 4555

Re: Old eyes

Thanks everyone for the comments. John I am doing most if not all of your recommendations thank you. Martin you have hit it exactly I have been thinking along those lines for a while now! I have been seeing too good a fore sight and losing focus on the target, to a point where I have found myself al...
by Martin Catley
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Old eyes
Replies: 5
Views: 4555

Old eyes

Looking for ideas and advice. I am now in my seventies and have had Cataract surgery on both eyes with some success. Currently driving without glasses and using glasses for closeup. I am using a lense attatched to the rearsight, something I have done for some years now. Lately I do not seem to be ab...
by Martin Catley
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Trigger shoe
Replies: 2
Views: 2546

Re: Trigger shoe

Thank you, never thought of turning it upside down!
by Martin Catley
Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Trigger shoe
Replies: 2
Views: 2546

Trigger shoe

Has anyone had a loose trigger shoe on their KK500. The plastic shoe is just turning around on the verticle shaft.I haven't had a good look at it yet, hoping there is an easy fix!
by Martin Catley
Fri Dec 15, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: NCAA Air Rifle 2023
Replies: 7
Views: 7200

Re: NCAA Air Rifle 2023

And very informative they have been,please keep it up.
by Martin Catley
Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Shooting after premium lens replacement eye surgery?
Replies: 23
Views: 77545

Re: Shooting after premium lens replacement eye surgery?

Really interesting to hear how others are getting on after their surgery. I was in my early seventies when I had mine done. I was having trouble driving at night and glaring light was very distracting. My shooting was terrible (50M prone and 25yds indoor) I have standard lenses in both eyes now, my ...
by Martin Catley
Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: the dominance of Capapie shooting suits
Replies: 16
Views: 34364

Re: the dominance of Capapie shooting suits

Great comments Martin. I have only seen one in use and he is very happy with it. I am currently using a KT and totally agree with you, as you say the measurements didn't get translated very well! I am using one of the K10 mats and very happy with it. Great for my old bones.
Martin C
by Martin Catley
Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Returning to 3 Position: 20+ years later
Replies: 20
Views: 8878

Re: Returning to 3 Position: 20+ years later

I have heard that putting a lump of plasticene (sp) under the bridge of glasses is an easy way to lift the glasses. To lift the centre point of the lense when your head is tilting. My brother was very short sighted.He put a lense on the rifle and took out the lense of his glasses, left in the other ...
by Martin Catley
Sat Mar 04, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: bolt lube
Replies: 9
Views: 4225

Re: bolt lube

Interesting. After shooting in my new 500, during my first 60 shot match the bolt literally siezed up. A wipe over of light oil and graphite grease (spareingly) on the recoil lugs it hasn't put a foot wrong.
by Martin Catley
Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:45 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: KK500
Replies: 3
Views: 2255

Re: KK500

Thank you,agree about the rifle.
by Martin Catley
Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: KK500
Replies: 3
Views: 2255

KK500

I am purchasing a KK500, can anyone who has set one up give any general advice. I am liiking at torque on the bedding bolts, how do you find the suplied sight set? I will probably put a Centra adjustable fore sight on it.
Any advice or suggestions will be appreciated.
Martin
by Martin Catley
Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:45 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: ISSF 300m in Australia
Replies: 19
Views: 8733

Re: ISSF 300m in Australia

Back in the eighties and nineties I shot in several 300 M matches in the South Pacific Regionals later called the Oceania. The Australian team, men and women was always very strong. May be worth trying to contact the Australian NRA or the Brisbane shooting complex as we shot there once or twice. A g...
by Martin Catley
Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:30 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Grip molding putty/paste
Replies: 18
Views: 5717

Re: Grip molding putty/paste

Great to see you back, all the best.
by Martin Catley
Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:14 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Upgrade my rifle or switch
Replies: 18
Views: 6244

Re: Upgrade my rifle or switch

Could you describe what the carbon ring looks like please. Is it a narrow ring or does it cover a length of the barrel? Curious and wondering if it might be part of my problem.
by Martin Catley
Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:06 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Cataract Surgery
Replies: 4
Views: 1870

Re: Cataract Surgery

Thanks everyone for the advice recieved in the thread and messaged. It gives me a lot more confidence and a good guid to replacement lenses.
by Martin Catley
Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:52 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Cataract Surgery
Replies: 4
Views: 1870

Cataract Surgery

I have finally decided to go ahead with surgery after dithering for some time. What I would like to know from Rifle shooters that have had surgery or have knowlege of. I understand you can have a choice in the lense replacement. For Prone shooting in particular would you go for a lense with an infin...
by Martin Catley
Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: 5 rounds magazine in small bore rifle?
Replies: 19
Views: 5980

Re: 5 rounds magazine in small bore rifle?

Well put Tim I was thinking more of the "modern" 60 shot Matches. The history behind .22 shooting was very much from your "neck of the woods" In the USA the actions seemed to evolve into the single shot Remmington that I know. Did Winchester have a single shot as well? Here in NZ...
by Martin Catley
Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:56 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: 5 rounds magazine in small bore rifle?
Replies: 19
Views: 5980

Re: 5 rounds magazine in small bore rifle?

The obvious reply to me is safety. Easy to make sure the breech is clear in a single shot. It is so much easier to Bed a single shot action well than one with all the bits hanging off the bottom! The single shot action is also so much stiffer without the cut out, relating to accuracy.
by Martin Catley
Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:25 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutz 1913 Ejectors
Replies: 6
Views: 2264

Re: Anschutz 1913 Ejectors

There would be two parts to the ejector. The ejector itself that drops theough the bottom of the action and the spring clip that holds it in on the outside of the action.
by Martin Catley
Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:13 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Run out of windage
Replies: 8
Views: 2128

Re: Run out of windage

First try the original sight, one of them may be offset for that particular action. What I would try first not knowing either set up.