Another pistol competition

[biggles]

HI Graeme

Would you just confirm that the target type is the " NSRA Air 4/89 10 Metres - 1 Target Air Pistol " and scored inward gauging? e.g. if pellet hole touches (doesn't have to break the line) the Bull ring it scores 10

May well have to rummage at the club to see if we have some of these, and then try to find somewhere to shoot. Could easily manage the 6 yards target range (just a 10M target scaled down for the shorter range) in the living room, but may otherwise have to remove kitchen door to 'find' the extra yardage

Could well mean the HW75 coming out of the cupboard.

Cheers

Biggles

[levidog]

Sorry I'm being a bit thick, what controls people using what gun etc. I'm a member of a 10m club and have to get an official to sign it.

I'd love to have a go but at a level playing field

Sean

[pollythedog]

Biggles... Yes thats the one, for others to see, it is the 6th one down herehttp://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_html/airgun.htm
and yes, inward scoring.


Levidog. The competition is open to all pistols except pcp and co2.
No official signing is required as the cards do not need to be sent in. The competition is purely an honesty event, in my ideal world we are all trustworthy and gentlemanly enough to participate honestly.
The gun started with should be the gun used throughout the duration of the competition, anything that requires an effort to cock which is why pcp and
co2 are excluded from entry.
Although shot over only 20 shots per month the effort of cocking will/should add a bit of extra concentration into the mix.

The last comp I oversaw was very gun specific and hence limits the people participating, lots of folks wanted a go but did not have the particular gun hence this one being an open.
The main point of taking part is not so much winning as improving your own shooting ( if it needs it), shooting against other people I find helps me do better. The prize is only token and really just an incentive for more people to take part.

Hope that helps
Cheers
Graeme

[Scooby]

Biggles... Yes thats the one, for others to see, it is the 6th one down herehttp://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_html/airgun.htm

Cheers
Graeme

Does anyone know where I can get maybe 100 of these targets mail order as the NSRA only seem to do them in 1000's

[Jim McArthur]

I'm interested! Of course, I'm already trying to do 3 other air pistol postal competitions, but what the hell....

Jim

[Jim McArthur]

Does anyone know where I can get maybe 100 of these targets mail order as the NSRA only seem to do them in 1000's

I agree, I need to get hold of some/one of these, but don't need to shell out hundreds, to purchase thousands of targets!

Jim

[biggles]

Hi All, but especially Graeme - our host.

The issue of target availability was almost bound to crop up, especially as not everyone who would hope to join in the fun is a club member where the NSRA cards might be stocked. I beleive that some gun shops stock the bulk NSRA cards for sale in smaller quantities, but even then they're not cheap.

Not sure if this will work (1st time I've tried on the BBS), but if successful and 'approved' by the mods you should see attached a .pdf file with two pages; one with a single 10M pistol target and one with four. The 2nd page is for those brave souls reasonably confident of hitting at least the '5' ring, otherwise risking scoring zero.

These have been drafted by me, from scratch and using simple MS Office Word drawing tools. I did this a few years ago when my interest in pistol shooting re-emerged - so copyright rests with me, and I'd be more than happy for BBS members to reproduce them, as presented here (with the 'BBS Postal Comp' heading) and for the purpose of their own shooting in this competition.

The size of the target is based on the ISSF 10m Air Pistol model. I'm not quite sure how they compare to the NSRA rules equivalent, but they must be very close.

Assuming people entering this postal comp have a PC to download it (unlikely that they won't; otherwise how will they have heard of the comp in the first place ) and a printer, this might solve the issue AND at least ensures we're all using the same target.

As far as printing these go, I know there's an issue with paper stock. 'Proper' targets are produced on special 'rag' stuff, which is undoubtedly best (gives nice clean holes) but to best of my knowledge impossible to get hold of. However, even bog standard copy paper does 'OK' and light (say 120g) card is better. Not an issue with laser printers, but if like me you use an inkjet, they're best printed with LOW ink coverage - set your printer to 'draft' or 'fast draft'.

Whatever printer in use, don't forget to set Page Scaling to 'None'. This ensures that the image neither grows nor shrinks if you happen to be using anything other than A4 paper or your printer has restrictions on printing edge-to-edge.

Whadaya reckon ?

Biggles

(if you're looking for said attachment - removed following revision attached to post #13)

[pollythedog]

Hi Biggles, mighty fine of you. Nice one.
I wondered about buying a bulk lot of cards and selling them on, but with postgae etc it does become expensive. Your idea will solve this.



Don't forget, it's not a postal comp, just a "submission of scores on this thread" comp ( for want of a better description).

One other thing I should point out that I exclude myself from the prize, not that I expect to be any where near winning!

Best of luck to all.
Graeme

[pennineway.fswo]

Well done Graeme for organising this comp. and Biggles for his input.

Consider Pete, Ken and myself as definate entries

Just a couple of questions

1 For those shooters who do not have access to a 10 metre range, have you considered opening it up to using the NSRA 6 yard air pistol cards 1980 AIR 8
These cards were issued as a scaled down version of the 10 metre AIR4/89 cards. I used to run 10 metre and 6 yd air pistol leagues in the 1980's in Yorkshire and shooters averages over the 2 disciplines were very similar. If anything the 10 metre scores were a slightly better than the 6yd. (just a thought)

2 Can a shooter enter twice? Using 1 of his pistols in 1 comp, and a seperate one in another. This would be interesting for plinkers like Pete, Ken, Roger and I who would use a FAS 604 for one entry and say a Tempest, HW or LP53 in the other entry. I will keep an eye on a certain individuals foot faults

My local gunshop was selling 10metre pistol and 10metre rifle cards in small packs quite cheaply. They are a poorer quality than the official AIR 4/89 cards but may do at a push for shooters who are not club members

PS
Don't forget that rabbit food
regards
John