2016 Spring/Summer MPL Postal Competition.

[zooma]

I have had a spare right handed wooden anatomical grip for a GAMO Compact laying around for months after one of our club pistols was sold to a member who was left handed, so I changed the grip to a left handed one for him.

Yesterday I took a razor saw to this spare right handed grip and made some adjustments so it could be fitted onto a GAMO Centre pistol.

I have had a GAMO Target for years ( like a Centre but with a moulded anatomical grip) but GAMO changed the trigger on this model to make the trigger leg adjustable and the pivot on the leg is in the wrong place for me and it feels uncomfortable and annoys me - but...it did give me an idea !

We have had a GAMO Centre in the club for a while that we affectionately call "FIDO" because the previous owners dog ran around the house with it in his jaws and left his teeth marks in the grip ! The pistol shoots very well but the teeth marks have been known to put our more sensitive members off a little.

If my project works-out OK then I will have a perfect new grip to give to FIDO and I will have an anatomical grip on my own Centre so everyone wins and Fido's grip can returned to its previous use a a doggy chew

[zooma]

I have had some more enquiries last week about the 6 yard postal series that I hope will lead to more entries coming in but even though it may sound a bit like an old gramophone record sometimes it does appear that there are still plenty of people out there do not know that it is possible to enter this competition AT ANY TIME.

This competition has only just started and anyone who would like to join us in either the rifle competition or the pistol competition is welcome to do so.

Each MPL series last's for 6 months and during that time anyone who enters has to shoot 6 batches of 6 targets making a total of 36 targets over the 6 month period.

We conveniently refer to them as a monthly score but if you are late joining you can shoot your 6 target batches whenever it is convenient but the first batch (in the series) will be called the January scores, the second will be the February scores and so on - even if they are shot at a later date due to joining the series late or having your schedule disrupted by holiday, illness, work etc etc.

Everyone is welcome - COME AND JOIN US

[zooma]

Another new entry today - check thread #3.

Keep 'em coming - more entries welcomed!

[Josie & John]

Just shot February's air rifle cards Bob. Was doing really well and became over confident, thereby well and truly spoiling my last card

When that sticker is facing you and you realise every shot matters, match shooting is not as easy as some may think. A great challenge though and it would be no fun if it was easy. What a great opportunity to use our old airguns competitively.

John

[nige346]

May give my (new to me) LP53 a run tonight....Bond is entering the building, and if the movies are anything to go by I can shoot all 30 shots without a single reload

[zooma]

May give my (new to me) LP53 a run tonight....Bond is entering the building, and if the movies are anything to go by I can shoot all 30 shots without a single reload

You won't believe it but I have dug out one of my LP53 pistols and have been looking at it with a view to seeing if it is possible to "tame" it a bit better than the last time I tried (and failed).

I know the LP53 is a brilliant pistol and those who shoot them enough to get used to the strange (unique) vertical recoil are able to shoot very well with them, but sadly I do not appear to be one of them - well not yet!

Tonight I will try again and see if I can make any sort of progress as this one shoots really well and has a superb trigger so it can only be the bloke who pulls the trigger that is spoiling the scores

[Josie & John]

You won't believe it but I have dug out one of my LP53 pistols and have been looking at it with a view to seeing if it is possible to "tame" it a bit better than the last time I tried (and failed).

I know the LP53 is a brilliant pistol and those who shoot them enough to get used to the strange (unique) vertical recoil are able to shoot very well with them, but sadly I do not appear to be one of them - well not yet!

Tonight I will try again and see if I can make any sort of progress as this one shoots really well and has a superb trigger so it can only be the bloke who pulls the trigger that is spoiling the scores

I have a late LP53 with the flat back that I zeroed for 10 Metre shooting a few years ago. After a little practice, I was able to record a few scores in the high 40s x 50. One thing I find with the LP53 is I benefit from taking a few warm up shots first. Probably due to that upward recoil. I used another last year (the up-powered model that Protek based their upgrade kits on) to score joint first in a pistol hunter comp, which was part of Basingstoke's 40th birthday celebrations. I lost out in the shoot off but was very happy with my score on the day, or rather the pistol's!

All in all, the LP53 is indeed an excellent pistol, which is capable of very good performance.

John

[zooma]

If I remember correctly the pellet that suited the LP53 the best when we tested it the last time was a 4.50 Meisterkugeln - but for as long as the pistol is out of control it makes absolutely no difference what pellet it has bunged up the spout!

There are a lot of collectors of LP53 pistols and if we could get enough of them together in the MPL we could even start a sub category to see who can get the best out of them and to share hints and tips to bring the scores achieved up to a more respectable level.

At the moment it is all a mystery to me and I fail to understand how SOME people are able to hit good scores with such a good looking but highly unwieldy kicking beast

I hope John gets to read this and decides to show us how it should be done - he is a bit of an LP53 buff and is known to have some that need some exercise !