on the subject of long range i shoot at shellford gun club lou moor club chairman regularly shoots a playing card edge ways on at 50mts with a weihrauch hw45 177 pistol bleve it or not
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on the subject of long range i shoot at shellford gun club lou moor club chairman regularly shoots a playing card edge ways on at 50mts with a weihrauch hw45 177 pistol bleve it or not
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Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Lou, that is a terrific feat! At 50 meters, I couldn't SEE it, much less shoot it!
Certainly destroys the myth that air pistols are strictly for close range!
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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The card shown was hit with a 22 Air Arms field diablo, I will post another pic where I used a 177 "hollow point". The difference is interesting. The curve of the trajectory is different and the cut of the 177 is neater.
Its amazing what you can do with a gun. Ed McGivern is my hero!
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certainly an impressive feat, what are the general rules for distance pistol shooting, rested, 1 ore 2 handed etc?
Matt
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Excellent. I have a Rohm which performs well at longer ranges (.177 RWS Geco/Bisley Practice). Just posted a thread on General Airgun forum asking question re tweaking power output. Bloke who owns/runs the range where I shoot is a champion pistol shooter and reckons pistol shooting is the most demanding. More chance for human error which is why I said Rohm performs well and not me!
Vanquished a Weihrauch evangelist with a gasram
Try a quality dome head pellet for ranges in excess of 10-15 yards. I found that flat heads were fine at close quarters through my Rohm but groups suffered in comparison the more you pushed the distance.Originally Posted by TURIN TURAMBAR
Fabricatum diem, pvnc!
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
You couldn't find a better one,mate!
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Counting my blessings
Some pictures from today's attempt with Lou at the trigger:
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This from Phil Bulmer:
UPDATE
The argument is now settled. I went to the shooting club today with Lou and he set up a card at the 50 yard point. It was patently obvious that nobody could shoot a card every time so I suggested he simply sat and shot until the card was hit. I observed through my rifle scope as Lou began shooting at the card. Typically he was shooting 2 to 3 shots per minute. I watched the card wobble a few times after it’s base was clipped. Within 10 minutes Lou had successfully struck the card and torn it across a 3rd of its length. The card can’t be cut all the way through; the pellet has less than 1ftlb at the target, which is insufficient to cleave it in two. However, it does prove conclusively that it is possible to aim at and hit a card with a pistol at this range and within a limited number of shots.
The test has also proved that a card can indeed be seen at this range. The card is visible on its own but placed against a backstop it can produce a shadow when illuminated by direct sunlight. The test was conducted under an overcast sky without shadow; Lou was sighting the card’s edge directly. The pistol was an unmodified (aside a replacement mainspring) HW45 delivering around 4ftlb at the muzzle. The pellets being used were AA Field in .22
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