Newbie average score

[Donkey Root Jet]

59.5 on a bad day

[Hemmers]

That would depend on lots of factors (I take this to be a total shooting novice, not someone coming across from 3P or FT). Notably (in no particular order):

- The natural competence of the student
- The ability of their instructor/coach
- The availability of suitable jacket/trousers/boots for the shooter to use
- The quality (or lack thereof) of the rifle
- The quality (or lack thereof) of the pellets used
- The availability of training aids like SCATT
- How often they train and their mindset/how seriously they take their shooting

[mustntgrumble]

That would depend on lots of factors (I take this to be a total shooting novice, not someone coming across from 3P or FT). Notably (in no particular order):

- The natural competence of the student
- The ability of their instructor/coach
- The availability of suitable jacket/trousers/boots for the shooter to use
- The quality (or lack thereof) of the rifle
- The quality (or lack thereof) of the pellets used
- The availability of training aids like SCATT
- How often they train and their mindset/how seriously they take their shooting

Excuse my novice ignorance but what is SCATT

[Hemmers]

Excuse my novice ignorance but what is SCATT

http://www.scatt.com/

An electronic training aid.
You clip a laser pointer on your barrel and point at an electronic target.
The computer then logs not only the predicted fall of shot (it's usually used dry fire, although live fire systems are available), but also shows the point of aim several seconds before the trigger goes click, and the path that the barrel followed, so you can see if you're getting lots of vertical/horzontal/diagonal movement, how you approach the target, how long you hold, it measures your pulse pattern, etc, etc. It also gives various statistical analyses to do with certain aspects of your shooting.

The advantage of shooting dry, is that the recoil can mask errors in trigger squeeze and follow through. Without recoil you can accurately analyse what the shooter is doing.

[mustntgrumble]

I will be using a recently purchased FWB300S

[Powderfinger]

Nothing wrong with a 300S. They are still widely used in comps. The winner of one of the classes in the NSRA-Eley final last year was using one and I always see at least one in the open comps that I enter. Don't be shy about using the 300S. You may find that you shoot so well with it that you never bother to buy a PCP. Happy shooting.

[Garry]

I will be using a recently purchased FWB300S

I've never heard anything bad said about these, so don't worry about it.

[BigDuncs]

I've never heard anything bad said about these, so don't worry about it.

Just before the start of the (winter) season, I changed from my FWB300 to a FWB700 (PCP) and find there has been an insignificant difference in my scores!

If anything, the extra weight of the 300 was a help!

[steveP07]

For the British Airgun championships, there is a Class D. The average score to shoot in Class D must be 524.9 or under. So thats a good target for a newbie to aim at. However, I think that the winners of class D end up scoring considerably more than that.

That aside, although it may seem counter intuitive, progress is faster if you don't concentrate on the score, and instead concentrate on group size, and taking a "perfect shot".

Steve

[urban winter]

I was shooting 490-500 within about a month of starting. A year later I am now shooting 530-540.

U.

[mustntgrumble]

I was shooting 490-500 within about a month of starting. A year later I am now shooting 530-540.

U.

Is that with all the gear on?

[urban winter]

Is that with all the gear on?

Ah. The mistake I always make - I always assume that when people talk about 10m shooting they mean pistol, not rifle. And it's pistol that I do so "all the gear" doesn't really apply.

I promised myself that I wouldn't buy pistol shoes until I could shoot 560 without them (which probably means I will never get them!)

U.