Had a fun competition at the club today. Round 1 was with 10m pistol and some silly targets (small pictures of Santa etc), two points for a perfect shot, one for a more marginal hit. I managed a pretty poor 13x40, though I should say that this was on the higher end of the score chart. :D My mate, who shoots at a pretty high competition standard managed a much better 22x40, despite opting to shoot with a Crosman 2240.
Round 2 was up at the HFT course; 20 targets, kneeling or standing depending on personal preference. I have to say I had a pretty bloody good round at this coming back with 33x40. That beat a good few PCP shooters and was the top score with a spring rifle.
Combined scores put me in 5th place out of about 20 shooters. Anyway, the main aim was to have fun and in that regard it was a total success. :salute:
Had a fun competition at the club today. Round 1 was with 10m pistol and some silly targets (small pictures of Santa etc), two points for a perfect shot, one for a more marginal hit. I managed a pretty poor 13x40, though I should say that this was on the higher end of the score chart. :D My mate, who shoots at a pretty high competition standard managed a much better 22x40, despite opting to shoot with a Crosman 2240.
Round 2 was up at the HFT course; 20 targets, kneeling or standing depending on personal preference. I have to say I had a pretty bloody good round at this coming back with 33x40. That beat a good few PCP shooters and was the top score with a spring rifle.
Combined scores put me in 5th place out of about 20 shooters. Anyway, the main aim was to have fun and in that regard it was a total success. :salute:
33x40 on positionals is pretty damn good G :tu:
It's always fun watching people struggle to get parked >:D
37x60 under the circumstances isn't a bad result G,though I'm surprised you were allowed to share the gun. It's a pain the HW98 being over the limit...was it on pellet weight? Or was it simply over sprung?
As to the HW35,if worst comes to worst,look at sending it to Hull Cartridge for a full service :pok:
Not gotten around to fully stripping the HW35, but I have flushed the barrel articulation with gun oil and I definitively think I'm in the right area as it's markedly better. I think it may be as simple as a rougue bit of crud or grease has gotten into the lock receiver. However, while it's not too fiddly taking a HW35 apart putting it back together can be a very different story.
Here's an interesting alternative to UKHFT: http://www.uksarc.co.uk/rules/
There's plan to run 3 or 4 of these comps up here in Scotland with, I believe, slight tweaks to those rules. So no preset positional shots, no peg to hang on to, smaller targets with more realistically placed kill zones, and longer ranges. The idea as I understand it is to make you think if it's worth going for a risky 2 points with a chance of a total miss or play it safe and go for the single point.
Here's an interesting alternative to UKHFT: http://www.uksarc.co.uk/rules/
There's plan to run 3 or 4 of these comps up here in Scotland with, I believe, slight tweaks to those rules. So no preset positional shots, no peg to hang on to, smaller targets with more realistically placed kill zones, and longer ranges. The idea as I understand it is to make you think if it's worth going for a risky 2 points with a chance of a total miss or play it safe and go for the single point.
Well, I got to shoot a competition under the SARCs rules and have to say it's a very fun format. Interesting to see different shooters tackling the same shots in different ways. Even better I won my class with a 42x60. :woohoo: Given the highest score was a 47x60 I'm pretty happy with my shooting.
Here's an interesting alternative to UKHFT: http://www.uksarc.co.uk/rules/
There's plan to run 3 or 4 of these comps up here in Scotland with, I believe, slight tweaks to those rules. So no preset positional shots, no peg to hang on to, smaller targets with more realistically placed kill zones, and longer ranges. The idea as I understand it is to make you think if it's worth going for a risky 2 points with a chance of a total miss or play it safe and go for the single point.
Well, I got to shoot a competition under the SARCs rules and have to say it's a very fun format. Interesting to see different shooters tackling the same shots in different ways. Even better I won my class with a 42x60. :woohoo: Given the highest score was a 47x60 I'm pretty happy with my shooting.
Bloody well done Gareth :clap:
Love your bean bag :tu:
Hey,a win is a win!
Ive said this before,and I will say this again and again: the 97 is a truly great gun!
Hope this one works out for you G!
Ive said this before,and I will say this again and again: the 97 is a truly great gun!
Hope this one works out for you G!
Cheers John. :cheers: I'll be heading over to the indoor range shortly to see just how well the new 97 and I get along.
Came a respectable third, with a 44x60. The chap in second was only a point ahead of me and I felt I should have done a little better but I'm not complaining too hard as a medal is a medal. :D:cheers:
Tough course with a lot of optical tricks that made ranging a real task. Tellingly the guys who make up a large part of the Scottish team all came home with a comparative low score of 53x60, at least 5 points less than most of them expect to score. A series of 6 targets were out across an open field where the wind was playing silly buggers and gusting from zero up to enough to make some folks miss completely.
Here's an interesting alternative to UKHFT: http://www.uksarc.co.uk/rules/
There's plan to run 3 or 4 of these comps up here in Scotland with, I believe, slight tweaks to those rules. So no preset positional shots, no peg to hang on to, smaller targets with more realistically placed kill zones, and longer ranges. The idea as I understand it is to make you think if it's worth going for a risky 2 points with a chance of a total miss or play it safe and go for the single point.
Well, I got to shoot a competition under the SARCs rules and have to say it's a very fun format. Interesting to see different shooters tackling the same shots in different ways. Even better I won my class with a 42x60. :woohoo: Given the highest score was a 47x60 I'm pretty happy with my shooting.
Exceptionally well done Gareth :salute:
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I've got a "open sights" competition on Saturday in Dunfermline. "Open sights" simply means you can't use any kind of optic magnification, so simple peep sights, notch sights and diopters are the name of the game. The targets aren't quite as small or as far away as on a normal HFT course, but the basic format is the same idea. I've talked about this style before and attended one held at my club and came third. I suspect this comp is going to be a little better attended so I'm not confident of doing so well this time but wish me luck anyway. :D
Oooh, but it's tight at the top. Two chaps finished on 47, myself and another finished on 46. So this should lead to a shoot-off for 1st and 2nd and another for 3rd and 4th, right? Well, no, sadly not. Why? Because the other chap on 46 missed a target that eventually gets pulled and so is given a bonus point taking him up into joint 1st and automatically dropping me to 4th.
Not helped that I had a really rough and ready zero on my scope due to me having had the stock off and only getting a chance to very roughly zero it on the outdoor plinking range twenty minutes before the comp started.
Why did they pull the target?
Congrats mate :tu:
Congrats mate :tu:
cheers mate. :cheers:
Quick phone snap.
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My daughter just got the invitation to come to the induction day at my club on the 9th of October. One very happy little girl. :D Just so happens that I'm one of the guys running the induction day so I think her chances of getting in are pretty good. ;) Given that the news has her bouncing off the walls I can't wait to see what she's like when I tell her I bought a rifle for her to use.
Well if it's as accurate as my S510 she will be out shooting you pretty quickly :D
The MOD 48's are good, nice to see you have finally come over to the right way of thinking in calibre as well :pok: :rofl:
The MOD 48's are good, nice to see you have finally come over to the right way of thinking in calibre as well :pok: :rofl:
:P For HFT I think I''ll be sticking to .177 for a long time yet. ;) This rifle just filled in a lot of "wants": I wanted a Diana made rifle, I wanted a side lever and I wanted one .22. As I've said before there is quite a thing growing around shooting with open sights and I've enjoyed the couple of competitions I've done at that. The iron sights are missing on the 48 but I've ordered a new set and I can see myself using this rifle strictly for that.
:tu: :salute::cheers:
Missed this before, well done G :salute:
After a lot of messing about about I got the TX working again or the 'Bitch' as I now affectionately call her. You'll have to have a go with that :tu:
Missed this before, well done G :salute:
After a lot of messing about about I got the TX working again or the 'Bitch' as I now affectionately call her. You'll have to have a go with that :tu:
Cheers mate. :cheers: I do like the TX, even if not quite as much as my HW97. ;) Remind me; is your's the full length rifle or the carbine?
Had a fun competition at the club today. Round 1 was with 10m pistol and some silly targets (small pictures of Santa etc), two points for a perfect shot, one for a more marginal hit. I managed a pretty poor 13x40, though I should say that this was on the higher end of the score chart. :D My mate, who shoots at a pretty high competition standard managed a much better 22x40, despite opting to shoot with a Crosman 2240.
Round 2 was up at the HFT course; 20 targets, kneeling or standing depending on personal preference. I have to say I had a pretty bloody good round at this coming back with 33x40. That beat a good few PCP shooters and was the top score with a spring rifle.
Combined scores put me in 5th place out of about 20 shooters. Anyway, the main aim was to have fun and in that regard it was a total success. :salute:
Here's one for you Smashie. My mate has gotten very into the idea of open sights shooting and so has put some diopter sights on his Tx200 carbine. We were shooting at our indoor range tonight and I asked if I have a go. I was stunned by shooting this five shot group at 25 yards! That's less than a 5p sized group with open sights. The guy who owns the TX was looking at my hits though a spotting scope and couldn't quite belive what he saw.
I wouldn't say shooters up here are "anti" springer, but a lot of them skip over them and go for a PCP. People acknowledge they are harder to shoot well, but don't seem to understand that some of us LIKE a challenge and find PCPs a bit boring. The Open Sights competitions are done with springers I guess, but that's quite a different proposition.
Good luck for the season :tu::cheers:
Congratulations :tu::cheers:
Bloody well done sir :salute: