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m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 06-11-2005 1:52am

They are as lethal as a .22 when it comes to vermin... Air rifles are extremely dangerous... and no you definately wouldn't like to be shot by one...

demonloop · 06-11-2005 2:14pm

Nema wrote:

It was a joke! But tbh i dont see airgun as a real gun, Still wouldnt like to get hit by one,

At a range of 200 yds I'd rather be hit with a shotgun than an airgun.

Real gun indeed! :rolleyes:

Nema · 06-11-2005 2:29pm

The thing is i shoot a 6.5x55 Swe, And always have been shooting full bore rifles.

Nema · 06-11-2005 2:29pm

The thing is i shoot a 6.5x55 Swe, And always have been shooting full bore rifles. So air rifles never came in to it for me, Anyways them to there own.

Kryten · 06-11-2005 5:18pm

Nema wrote:

The thing is i shoot a 6.5x55 Swe, And always have been shooting full bore rifles. So air rifles never came in to it for me, Anyways them to there own.

Let me get you a shovel, to dig a bigger hole.

Seriously though it's just a matter of scale! Air rifle can be just as enjoyable as full bore, being ex military I did a lot of full bore, BUT with air rifle you dont need acres of land, almighty backstops etc..etc, and can still hone your shooting technique. Having lived in London years ago, air rifle and pistol were not restricted and I was able to practice in my own garden. (safely of course). Never got into the whole ISSF Style though.

Sparks · 06-11-2005 6:13pm

And when you get down to it Nema, comparing the MOA of the target will give you an idea of the difficulty of the sport. Trust me, ISSF Air Rifle and ISSF 300m shooting are really close in terms of difficulty

Umiq88 · 06-11-2005 6:51pm

i think they're great friend of mine bought an expensive one wasnt a target gun well it was real heavy but wasnt all adjustable like all the others anyway had alot of fun shooting targets and a couple of small birds with it :rolleyes: but its handy for practicin and very cheap and you can shoot it where you like dont have to worry bout anything can shoot them in the air of anything

Nema · 06-11-2005 7:42pm

Sparks wrote:

And when you get down to it Nema, comparing the MOA of the target will give you an idea of the difficulty of the sport. Trust me, ISSF Air Rifle and ISSF 300m shooting are really close in terms of difficulty

Can any Air Rifle hit the bull at 1000yards?

When is youre next comp on il drop and have a look if you dont mind,?

Umiq88 · 06-11-2005 11:51pm

i dont know if you got what he said or just taking the piss but from what i gather airrifle targets are much smaller and the markings closer together and the scopes not as strong so you might as well be shooting at 1000 yards its just more practical in certain circumstances

Sparks · 07-11-2005 12:10am

Nema, next competition is in UCD this weekend, feel free to drop in and take a peek - the Sunday would probably be best as you'd get to watch the finals as well.

And no, can't hit the bull at 1000 yards, but our ten-ring is 1 millimetre wide at 10 metres distance, shot from the standing position (peep sights) - how's that compare to yours?

Nema · 07-11-2005 10:39pm

Ok, What time on Sunday?

Sparks · 07-11-2005 10:46pm

Last detail's at 1400, finishing at 1545, the final should be about a half-hour afterwards. If you showed up around 1520 or so, you'd get a decent look at both the qualifying round and finals.

(Open invite, by the way, the more the merrier).

Nema · 07-11-2005 10:48pm

Sure man il drop down give you my support

PS:: Were is UCD lol?

Sparks · 07-11-2005 10:56pm

How to find the UCD Rifle Club.

Sparks · 14-11-2005 3:37pm

How do you get all the gear in a college club from one spot to another with only one car?

Sparks · 14-11-2005 3:38pm

UCDRC's new safety cages for their air pistols, in use at the end of the UCD Open:

Sparks · 07-12-2005 11:53am

Photos taken from the Munich World Cup this year.

The airgun hall. Probably the best air rifle/pistol range in the world.

The trailers outside the ranges, where Anschutz, Feinwerkbau, Walther, H&N, and just about any other manufacturer has a tent to show their products.

The display screen from the Finals hall (this one's for air pistol).

The new Steyr air rifle.

Ryan Tanoue, who won the Men's air rifle match.

Rew · 11-12-2005 11:23pm

Glock 17 9mm and CZ Silhouette .22lr

Sparks · 12-12-2005 2:10am

An air pistol firing point laid out for competition...

...as compared to an air rifle firing point!

Barry Aldwell · 12-12-2005 3:42am

ambro25 wrote:

Not a M60, but a Russian RPK-74, I believe

The machine gun in the first 2 pictures of that post is a PKM

The original third picture of that post (the one I was referring to, which is now a broken link) was a person holding an M60 in a way which showed how little they knew about handling firearms

ambro25 wrote:

Same caliber, though (7.62):

The PKM fires 7.62x54R M1908/30 Russian ammunition. The M60 fires 7.62X51 NATO ammunition. Interchanging either of these 2 types of ammunition, either with each other or with 7.62X39 M43 Russian (as fired by the AK47 and the RPK) will result either in a weapon that refuses to load, or a weapon which explodes in your hands.

Similar results occur if you try to use 5.56X45 SS109 or M193 in an AK74, or 5.45X39 in a weapon chambered for 5.56X45, such as the AR15/M16. 5.56X45 SS109 and M193 are however interchangeable, but accuracy will suffer depending on the rifling twist of the barrel used (1 twist in 12 inches is best for M193, 1 in 7 is best for SS109. 1 in 9 gives acceptable accuracy with both)

Moral of the story: There's loads of types of ammo. Mixing them up is a bad idea.

(if the mods want I'll add loads of pictures comparing the sizes of the types of ammo I talk about in this post, to keep this on topic)

*removes anorak and walks off*

Manic Moran · 12-12-2005 8:49pm

Sparks wrote:

How do you get all the gear in a college club from one spot to another with only one car?

I don't know if anyone ever took a photo, but we jammed my Fiesta with both all the DURC and all the UCD gear at one point when leaving Sarsfield Barracks and the Limerick Open one year.

It was so stuffed that the rear view mirror got knocked off, and I had to use my left arm to change gears and use the handbrake since my right arm wouldn't twist enough to access the lever. (I had a left-hand-drive car)

NTM

Sparks · 16-12-2005 8:57pm

That's going back a fair ways Manic. Probably to when I started in DURC or even before it :eek:

Rew · 12-02-2006 9:54pm

My Tikka T3 Tactical .223 rem:

Sparks · 21-02-2006 6:28pm

A shot from the British Airgun Championships of our own Original Psycho:

More to follow later when I get time; probably tomorrow evening.

Sparks · 02-03-2006 10:49pm

Some photos from last year's Judges course:

The new ISSF jacket stiffness gauge in action.

The Cadet's lodge, Bisley Camp. Clean, basic, character-building

The Century range, behind the lodge. 50m,100yds,300yds,500yds and 600yds

The Lord Robert's Centre, Bisley.

The air rifle range in the LRC isn't always deployed for large competitions; here is the far left third as set up in between competitions, for training. Only a few suis ascor units are left exposed; for the rest, electric target changers are used.

The far right third is converted to an indoor hockey rink; this raises cash between competitions.

And the NSRA offices, which the cash pays for

Sparks · 02-03-2006 11:15pm

And some photos from the Championships from a few weeks ago:

The provisional scores being posted.

The start lists.

This year's stiffness gauge

The rest of equipment control

The prizes on offer

How's that for a final shot in the finals?

Sparks · 25-03-2006 8:51pm

A photo or two from Friday's Wilkinstown prize-giving evening in Navan...

Some of the air pistol shooters from Ireland's first open ISSF Pistol match in 32 years (and the first ISSF Air Pistol match ever).

The air rifle division winners from last year's Welsh Air Rifle Postal match.

Matt and Geoff with their "Coaches to the Champions" prizes.

More photos up on the WTSC website's photo gallery...

Rovi · 25-03-2006 9:12pm

Sparks wrote:

The blokes in this picture: "We're only here for the shooting. Yep, that's it, the shooting. Nothing else. Goodness gracious, how could anyone think we were here for anything but the shooting?"

:D:D

Well done to all!

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25-03-2006 10:52pm

So you spotted those cups as well then rovi??

Riggser · 26-03-2006 2:55pm

Took me a while to realise they were holding cups

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