Pistol comps and set up?

[Skipper]

Ok im brand new to pistol shooting and know next to nothing about the 'circuit' .
Apart from shooting the random pistols the ol' man had when i was growing up!

What would be the ideal pistol and calibre for match shooting?

Where are the competitions held ?

And what is the format for the competitions i.e distance,how many shots, target size etc ?

sorry if this is a well used question?

thanks for any replies !

[Jim McArthur]

You can shoot internet competitions right from your own living room or backyard, Skipper.

I'm heading out right now but will send you more info ASAP.

Jim

[Prone Shooter]

Break it down. Do you want to shoot paper or knockover targets?

Bob

[Jim McArthur]

Right here, the Umarex Boys Club (look for any Thread with these words, or Police Pistol Competition) sponsors free monthly comps that you can shoot from your own home!

We have a police comp, open to any repeating air pistol that holds at least 6 rounds.

We also have a bullseye comp, with separate categories for CO2, PCP, springer, or single stroke pneumatic.

These require nothing but pistol, pellets, targets that you can print out from our Threads, and 6 yards of safe shooting space. We post scores here: there's no need to go anywhere.

Now, if you want to shoot at formal shoulder-to-shoulder matches...well, how about it, guys, let him in on the local scene!

Me being in New Orleans, any info I could give wouldn't help much!

Truth to tell, though: while the good side is that we're allowed to own cartridge pistols here in the States, the bad side is that air pistol competition is pretty sparse here. I've shot both, and I think air pistols are just plain more FUN than cartridge.

I'm really a pistol plinker, as are most of us here. I do know about the serious 10 meter bullseye air pistol competitions with hyper-accurate and super-expensive PCP pistols, but that really doesn't interest me very much.

Jim

[cookie]

Ok im brand new to pistol shooting and know next to nothing about the 'circuit' .
Apart from shooting the random pistols the ol' man had when i was growing up!

What would be the ideal pistol and calibre for match shooting?

Where are the competitions held ?

And what is the format for the competitions i.e distance,how many shots, target size etc ?

sorry if this is a well used question?

thanks for any replies !

Hi Skipper, Jim above has mentioned the UBC of which I'm the founder and would be happy to make you a member just PM me your first name and a tag-line like the one found here or look on our website www.UmarexBoysClub.co.uk

as for The Ideal Pistol!! we will leave that and say the ideal starter pistol, it really depends on how much you have to spend and what you want to do with it. £100 will get you a good Fun Umarex 8 shot Co2 Pistol, or a Weihrauch HW40 or Gamo Compact, £200 will get you a Weihrauch HW75 or a Rohm Twin master, £350 will get you a Alfa Proj Co2 Sport or a Baikal IZH46M and then the price really starts to rocket Have a look at this thread it may help. what ever you decide go for a .177

hope this helps

atvb

Jason

[Jim McArthur]

Hi Skipper, Jim above has mentioned the UBC of which I'm the founder and would be happy to make you a member just PM me your first name and a tag-line like the one found here or look on our website www.UmarexBoysClub.co.uk

as for The Ideal Pistol!! we will leave that and say the ideal starter pistol, it really depends on how much you have to spend and what you want to do with it. £100 will get you a good Fun Umarex 8 shot Co2 Pistol, or a Weihrauch HW40 or Gamo Compact, £200 will get you a Weihrauch HW75 or a Rohm Twin master, £350 will get you a Alfa Proj Co2 Sport or a Baikal IZH46M and then the price really starts to rocket Have a look at this thread it may help. what ever you decide go for a .177

hope this helps

atvb

Jason

All great info! Air pistols run the gamut: some are little more than toys, others are capable of one-hole accuracy at 10 meters. (Air pistol, like air rifle,is an Olympic sport, since 1984).

Are you interested in serious bullseye competition? Or backyard tin can shooting? Combat matches? Knocking down iron plates? Lots of UK guys shoot "hunter" matches, simulating hunting game (though this is more popular with rifle). Are you more interested in accuracy? Power? Multi-shot capability?

PCP's dominate serious bullseye competition. CO2's are very popular with plinkers and are ideal for combat matches. Some prefer the traditional spring piston action, others like the no-recoil single stroke pneumatic.

You might look into the Pyramyd Air site. It's a US company, but just to see what's available out there....They also do air pistol reviews.

Jim

Jim

[Skipper]

Thanks for all the replies there is obviously alot of knowledge in here and it has given me plenty of food for thought !

P.s Jim the girlfriend wants to know how New orleans is as she went to university in Mississippi and went to new orleans a few times !

[Skipper]

Well i will have to definatetly have to shoot at a venue as i live on a boat and dont have the luxury of a garden/yard (i think the other moorers might start diving for cover if i wave a pistol around )

Intially i was thinking of going down the PCP route but im thinking more along the lines of getting a springer, would i be right in saying a HW 45 might get me going?

The UBC looks fantastic.

[Jim McArthur]

Well, Skipper, you're one of the few for whom shooting at home ISN'T convenient!

New Orleans - the main part of it, on the East Bank of the Mississippi River - was for the most part destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, in August 2005. Fortunately, the French Quarter and Uptown, below St. Charles Avenue - these are the most interesting parts, and the ones most visitors are familiar with - were largely untouched.

Some devastated neighborhoods have been largely rebuilt. Ohters may take decades.

I have a degree from Mississippi College, by the way. (Jackson: your girl friend will know Jackson: state capitol, and largest city).

PCP's are best for serious target work. HW 45...now, that's a right serious piece of kit! I hope to own one some day. They are often described as "bomb proof" and as "the Holy Grail of air pistols". They'd probably last a lifetime, and then some.

Never fired one, but being a powerful springer, I'd imagine they have a healthy kick.

Please do join us in the Umarex Boys Club.

Cheers,

Jim

[sniperman]

Ok im brand new to pistol shooting and know next to nothing about the 'circuit' .
Apart from shooting the random pistols the ol' man had when i was growing up!

What would be the ideal pistol and calibre for match shooting?

Where are the competitions held ?

And what is the format for the competitions i.e distance,how many shots, target size etc ?

sorry if this is a well used question?

thanks for any replies !

When you say match you mean ISSF?
For ISSF air pistol shooting the caliber is 4.5mm
distance 10 meters
60 shoots standing, 1 hand hold, in 1hour 45minutes
Bull size is 11mm diameter, more details on Issf home page

And here is the link of ISSF http://www.issf-sports.org/default.a...l&pmlinkid=101


The air pistol that has won most medals the last years is the Steyr LP10
I 'm a happy owner of an LP10 No medals though