Bell Target Shooting.

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Hi Thimble House

I don't know how much bell target shooting you have done, but I have been shooting bell target for over 40 years, and I have to say there is a remarkable difference shooting with a pcp match rifle to an ordinary spring rifle, when the Fienwerkbau 300 series came in we had to give a special trophy for those that were still shooting with webley supertargets etc. The new generation match rifles are far superior in all areas with fit, balance and superb triggers you would be at a distinct disadvantage with an ordinary spring rifle.

Jim

Hi Jim,

Your comments make a lot of sense to me and I can understand why the PCP rifles would be a clear advantage over the "springers" etc.

I think we will start by finding or making a good Bell Target and see what interest we get locally, and if needs be consider some sort of local handicap system , or just have a different class for the top notch match rifles maybe.

Has anyone already got a handicap system in place to "even out" the differences in performance gains from these rifles, or even run different classes for different types of rifle etc?

...or does everyone just use what they have and look to upgrade when or if funds permit.

If everyone is in the same class no matter what rifle they use, I can imagine the satisfaction to be had by posting good results with the less expensive rifles, so maybe this alone is a good reason to just have the one class ( apart from the occasional "vintage" event now and again).