Season 3 - Round 1

[pmh]

Season 3 of the bench rest air pistol competition starts in May 2014.

The rules and target can be found >here<

A new support rule has been added, but not updated in the rules yet.

In addition to the support method described in the current rules, pistols may be rested using the base of the pistol grip. The hand, arm, or elbow, however, must not touch the rest.

Good luck.

Results received so far:-

Aitchy
Lord Sut
kj68
Scrench
Appinpar68
pmh
TheWilding
mitchell301

Kind regards,



Phil

[kj68]

Evening Phil looking forward to having a bash at the comp.
atb kj68

[pmh]

Not doing too badly, 3 scores received already.

Don't be shy, give it a go.

Kind regards,



Phil

[Scrench]

Hi Phil, and all Across the Pond,

Just sent you my first postal match target ever shot. It is a lot of fun, and I thank you for remembering me and inviting me to join in. For the record:

Richard Harris
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Baikal/IZH original 46
Vogel 8.4g Match pellets

[pmh]

An excellent effort there from Richard, and it looks like he's got the technique right.

We'll have to tap him up for his secrets!

Kind regards,



Phil

[TheWilding]

I'll get mine in as soon as poss, I only finished shooting my BSAOG targets this evening so I can hopefully get a stamp on my pass to go play again later this week


ATB

Sean

[pmh]

Well, I turned down the sunny days to shoot on, as I had to get some jobs done, which left me with today.

I managed to find a break in the rain, but conditions were less than ideal.

I should have also shot some test targets, as I do have to aim off and thought I could remember the aim point. My results show I obviously couldn't!

Oh well, there is always next month to improve.

Kind regards,



Phil

[kj68]

Hi Phil I will agree its sometimes difficult to find time to shoot as we have other things we need to do and more than often the weather up scuttles things to. But we just have to make best of what we got.

kj68 u

[TheWilding]

Shot mine today, damn, that was hard work!!

I wrongly assumed it would be dead easy, I mean what could be simpler.... find a rest at target height.... rest the pistol on it and blast away.... easy....and if your not getting 10s from a solid rest there's sumat wrong with you........ oh, how wrong can a man be....

Aim points way lower than the black.... Finding the bench rest is altering the POI of the break barrel.... finding a point on the pistol that doesn't affect the barrel.... and then finding out you still have to maintain proper hold and trigger control while still being able to line/see the sights.....

I walked into my garage fully expecting to walk out with my tail wagging and a fist full of 10+'s..... Nope, not at all.... not quite a broken man, but a more humble one ner the less

Maybe next month....



ATB


Sean

[Scrench]

All,

Would love to see photos of submitted targets posted, plus locations and guns used.

Scrench