Olympic shooting

[picasso36]

I realise this may be a dumb question,so apologies in advance.

I noticed that our olympic target shooters have several disiplines specifically 50m prone and three position 50m.

No-one at my local club seems to know much about it.I normally shoot .22rf and .223 etc but was thinking about competition shooting for a change.
So a couple of questions:

What calibre do our olympic shooters use?
What's the usual gun/manufacturer used?
Does anyone know of any clubs in the North-west who specialise in this disipline.
Are there local competitions or does anyone have a web address giving me info on what/where to enter.( I realise I will come last obviously)

Any other info people think relevant.Thanks

[Powderfinger]

These disciplines are governed in the UK by the NSRA. If you visit the NSRA website, there is a list of clubs. IIRC there is a very good one in Wigan that might be what you are looking for. The rules for these competitions are on the NSRA and the ISSF websites.

[bullbarrel]

As always organisations like the NSRA just assume we all know about what the competition involves.

I think (and I don't shoot this discipline, I do 20yd Light Sport Rifle) 50m prone and 3 position are with the heavier target rifles, slings and bondage wear.

Have a look at the T&Cs from the NSRA, it might give you some clues.

And then look at the NSRA club finder, and go along and find out what it really involves. There are some really impressive prone shooters, but all the bondage stuff just isn't for me.

Sadly, I don't thing LSR is going to be an olympic event as only the UK shoot it as it replaced the pistol competition!!!

[RobF]

What calibre do our olympic shooters use? .22 LR
What's the usual gun/manufacturer used? Anschutz 18/19/20+13 is a very common rig
Does anyone know of any clubs in the North-west who specialise in this disipline. As suggested, try the nsra
Are there local competitions or does anyone have a web address giving me info on what/where to enter.( I realise I will come last obviously) as above

Any other info people think relevant.Thanks

www.targettalk.org

www.stirton.com

it's a lot tougher than people think, despite all the silly looking clobber.

25m prone or 10m air rifle could be other things to think about

[jonyb]

I realise this may be a dumb question,so apologies in advance.

I noticed that our olympic target shooters have several disiplines specifically 50m prone and three position 50m.

No-one at my local club seems to know much about it.I normally shoot .22rf and .223 etc but was thinking about competition shooting for a change.
So a couple of questions:

What calibre do our olympic shooters use?
What's the usual gun/manufacturer used?
Does anyone know of any clubs in the North-west who specialise in this disipline.
Are there local competitions or does anyone have a web address giving me info on what/where to enter.( I realise I will come last obviously)

Any other info people think relevant.Thanks

try blackburn rifle and pistol club,also look at county of lancashire target shooting assoc. www.clstsa.org

[Hemmers]

Yeah, 3 Olympic rifle events for men, 2 for women

Men:
- Air rifle (0.177) (60 shots standing in 75mins) @ 10m indoors
- Prone (.22lr) (60 shots prone in 75mins) @ 50m outdoors (a.k.a. an "English Match")
- 3P (.22lr) (40 shots prone in 45mins, 40 shots standing in 90mins, 40 shots kneeling in 60mins) @ 50m outdoors (a.k.a. a 3x40)

Women:
- Air rifle (0.177) (60 shots standing in 75mins) @ 10m indoors
- 3P (.22lr) (20 shots prone, standing and kneeling in 90mins) @ 50m outdoors

The best way into it is through 20yd/25yd indoor shooting on the NSRA targets so you can set up your kit and your position properly before you go outside and have to deal with wind, sun, etc.

NSRA website is a lot better than it was. It was relaunched a few months ago, but it's still best to go talk to some people who actually do it. It's much the same as smallbore week and the imperial. Everything is pretty straightforward and self-explanatory - if you know it!

Failing that, register on forum.stirton.com
I'm on there under the same username, and it's frequented by most of the UK's top shooters and coaches (Dave Phelps, Chris Hector, Mike Babb, Mick Gault, Neil Stirton, Michelle Smith, Donald McIntosh, et al), plus various staff from the NSRA. Proper wealth of experience and knowledge.

[picasso36]

Thanks a lot everybody.You have given me tons of valuable info,and a lot of food for thought.
Just need to work out how to afford a good second-hand anshutz now!!

Cheers

[P30man]

Men:
- Air rifle (0.177) (60 shots standing in 75mins) @ 10m indoors

Women:
- Air rifle (0.177) (60 shots standing in 75mins) @ 10m indoors

Not meaning to be piccy.....BUT...

Women 10m Rifle 40 shots 75 mins

Men 10m Rifle 60 shots 105 mins

[Yorksnproud]

Has something happened to the stirton forum?

I've just been on to register and there's very little in the way of posts of any subject.

Has this site been wiped out recently?

[20series]

Has something happened to the stirton forum?

I've just been on to register and there's very little in the way of posts of any subject.

Has this site been wiped out recently?

It's often quiet on there, it's not as utilised as this forum. It tends to be more topic specific although some threads are more lively than others.

Alan

[RussC123]

Just out of interest are the targets used the same for standing & prone?

I'm used to shooting 25y / 50m Prone - but I doubt I could even register a score while standing.....

Rgds

Russ

[bullbarrel]

Its not the same, but similar size. Its 10m remember.

From memory the bull is exactly .22"

The non olympic sport of Light sportinf rifle, shot at 20 yards, uses a PL14 which has a scoring area of about 12", with the bull being about 1/2". But we don't wear bondage gear when shooting

Best I've ever got is a 99

[Hemmers]

Has something happened to the stirton forum?

I've just been on to register and there's very little in the way of posts of any subject.

Has this site been wiped out recently?

Has your registration been approved yet? There's literally one folder or something that is visible without being logged in. Plenty more once you're in. That said, it can be a bit slow. It usually takes someone to say something controversial and then you get a week of frenetic posting and it all goes quiet again.

[Hemmers]

Just out of interest are the targets used the same for standing & prone?

I'm used to shooting 25y / 50m Prone - but I doubt I could even register a score while standing.....

Rgds

Russ

At 25yd (indoors), prone uses the 10-spots which only go out to the 6-ring, whereas kneeling uses 5-spots and standing 2-spots which both go all the way out to 1. The scoring rings are the same size however. The 10-ring is 12mm across, and it's outward scoring, so break the line and it's out.

At 50m, it's the same target for all 3 positions. The 10-ring is 10mm diameter, but it's inward scoring, so anything touching goes in.

[BigAl]

At 50m, it's the same target for all 3 positions. The 10-ring is 10mm diameter, but it's inward scoring, so anything touching goes in.

Actually the ISSF 50m target the scoring rings are 8mm apart and in th final they are also sub-divided into 10ths. To get a bull to subdivide to the same size as the rings its diameter must be twice the ring size (2 x 8mm) less the bullet diameter (5.6mm) giving the bull a diameter of 10.4mm.
The NSRA short range targets are proprtional in size (dificulty) to the 50m target but use outwards gauging as there are three short range distances: 15, 20 & 25 yards. This is because scaling the target to 25 yards would give a bull of approx 1.7mm 20 yards 0.2mm and 15 yards -1.2mm so the rings are reversed and the targets scored outwards.

Alan