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Long-winded post alert ~ read at own risk: Just fresh from a very sub-standard performance at the 2005 Maine State Air Pistol Championship and wondering how my fellow shooters deal with lack-luster results at a big match. OK, I know some of you are chuckling to yourself about me calling the Maine St...

Actually, if you read closely, you will see that those were the results from Intershoot 2205, not 2005. I am a bit of a precognitionist. Some call me: Nostra-dumbass.

My bad. Congratulations to all the competitors.

Patrick

Congrads to the USAMU Team for taking first place in mens team AP at Intershoot 2205!

#1: USArmy
D. Szarenski: 583
T. Rose: 571
R. Mango: 566
Total: 1720

On a grass roots level, I say start doing what we can to increase the AWARENESS of the international disciplines of the shooting sports first! Heck, there are members of my own shooting club that wouldn't know what a Free Pistol was unless their uncle died! Recently, I contacted the local newspaper ...

The Braintree Club holds a monthly PTO. I am going to the March and April matches and maybe the May match as well if I can swing it. Upcoming Air Pistol Matches: March 6, 2005 Air Pistol PTO - 600 April 3, 2005 Air Pistol PTO - 600 May 1, 2005 Air Pistol PTO - 600 The website for squadding and info ...

If you look at photo 5, you can see that the grip does not extend to a point beyond the wrist joint: http://schiessportinfos.sc.ohost.de/galerien/luftpistolenschuetzen/1f023d95fd1372a02/1f023d95fd1372b06/l004.jpg I am sure that the international judges would catch anything like that at the equipment...

Bob LeDoux wrote:... I considered buying it myself, then I laid down for a rest until the desire went away ...

Wow, that is a technique that I should be working on! LOL

Patrick

You have too many as it is. It's almost time for an intervention.

Patrick

BTW: The LP200 is working out great for me, thanks again.

Actually, I think I can get it for a couple hundred less than what you paid for the Toz and it doesn't need grips, so there won't be any additional cost there. I think I am going to go for it ... worst case scenerio: I don't like it and I sell it for about the same $ as ?I bought it for.

Patrick

Looking at maybe-- maybe --purchasing a Hammerli 102 to get started in FP. If anyone out there is using or has used a 102, hit me back with some info as to what I can expect for pros and cons specific to the model. And, just so everyone knows before responding, I am not looking for comparitive data ...

Wow! Thanks Stefan for posting the link to your site! Those pictutes are fantastic ... I can only imagine what it would be like if there were AP leagues like that in the USA.

Hmmm, this time around I only have one trophy. But maybe I can get another one together and we can have a women's division. That would be great as well ...

I'll recommend the Tseug method: Buy everything on the market and sell only the ones you don't like. All kidding aside, you are going to get a different answer from practically every responder when you pose a question like this, but one thing is for certain--What you choose should be what you like a...

Hey Scott, good job with the BBS by the way, it is great that it was expanded to cover all of the international shooting disciplines over time. Maybe you could jog my memory, but wasn't the USAS calendar for a few years full of pix of match guns used by the team members? The new calendars (although ...

Actually Scott, you missed the entire point of my question by assuming that I was trying to find "little secrets to take them to the top rather than using their time productively to achieve a goal." I have been shooting competitively since the mid-'70s and I realize that nothing anyone els...

Great article on Szarenski, interesting that he comments that the German league he competes in is very deep with talent and fiercely contested. The FP he is holding in the cover shot is a fine example of the personalization that these "extreme" pistols receive. The compensator looks like s...

My answer is not listed as a choice:

No, but plan to in the future.

If I have as much fun as I think I will, I'll be trying to make it an annual event like Camp Perry was for me in the late '70s & early '80s.

Just wondering if anybody knows more about the Free Pistol that Mssr Dumoulin uses. It is not one of the "Big Three" (Toz, Hammerli, Morini) ... but is obviously of world-class quality, otherwise it wouldn't be showing up in WC finals. Is it a Baikal? Somebody drop some knowledge on me, th...

Now, Tseug, if you would just register mein Kumpel, I could contact you regarding all this without taking up space on the board. But, since I have no email address for you or PM function to use, I will post here. Everybody else can just go read another thread if they are bored with the US/German Sho...

Tseug, Mein Alter Kamerad, (I like that) Ich lese und spreche Deutschen, sehr langsam. Ich schicke Ihnen die Trophäe, wenn Sie gewinnen. Ich bin ein Mann meines Wortes. Luft- RICK (as in, my name is Patrick but I put Luft in there to ... whatever. If I have to explain it, it is obviously not as clev...