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Thread: MPL 2020 Autumn/Winter Postal Competition.

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    MPL 2020 Autumn/Winter Postal Competition.

    We have another new MPL "shoot from home" 6 yard postal competition to look forward to, and it starts 1st July and will run until 30th December.

    The Covid 19 lockdown has helped some of us appreciate just how helpful a "shoot from home" competition can be, and for some of us that are still "shielding" this is an opportunity to continue to enjoy our target shopping hobby from home.

    For those who do not have a local club within travelling distance, or who enjoy practicing at home, the MPL is a great way to shoot some targets to see how things are going and perhaps even compare which springer gives the best score. (you can enter each competition as many times as you like - maybe with a different airgun each time? ).

    We have a pistol and a rifle competition for you to enter with your .177 spring powered or SSP airgun, and we are also trying to promote the "new to the UK" sport of Supported Shooting, and this competition is open to all types of .177 air pistol and air rifle - including PCP and CO2 powered types.

    In addition, we also have a competitions for spring powered "sporting" air rifles for those that enjoy their shooting with a scope, but this competition is to be shot at the longer distance of 10 metres so it may take you out onto the garden if you cannot find a clear 10 meters space to shoot indoors.


    AIR RIFLE (Spring & SSP only)

    AIR PISTOL (Spring & SSP only)

    SUPPORTED AIR RIFLE (Any power-plant)

    SUPPORTED AIR PISTOL (Any power-plant)

    10 meter AIR RIFLE WITH SCOPE. (Spring powered ONLY - no recoilless air rifles).


    Details of Supported Shooting can be found here :-

    https://www.issf-sports.org/getfile....ition_2017.pdf


    Details of 10 meter Air Rifle with Scope can be found here:-

    http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....ng-with-scopes


    ENTRY FEE.

    This remains unchanged at £10 per entry and this includes the cost of your 36 targets and the postage to send them to you!

    You can enter as many of the competitions as you like (ie Air Rifle and Air Pistol etc) - each one has the same £10 entry fee.

    If you enter more than one category we will send all of your competition packs to you in the same package.


    Please send your entry DETAILS (with your name and address) to Russ (PhatMan) here on the BBS, either by PM, or by sending an email to bat540308@btopenworld.com.

    (Your details are needed so your entry packs can be delivered to the correct address and to make sure you are entered into the correct event and sent the right type of targets).
    Please send your entry PAYMENT to Bob (Zooma), using any of the methods described below.

    1) PayPal : Please use this address:- target@rossmod.co.uk. PayPal payments made as "friends and family" do not attract charges - please use this option or add the cost of any charges to your payment.

    2) Bank Transfer : please use sort code 40-38-03. acct no:- 51178296 acct name:- Rossendale Model Car Club.

    3) Good old fashioned cash : if you can call in person or send it safely to us (please ask for postal address from Bob (Zooma)if you prefer this option).



    We use Air 8 targets for our air pistol competitions and Air 7 targets for all of our air rifle competitions (including the 10 meter rifle with scope series!), and these can be bought direct from the NSRA. They can also be bought bulk packs of 3000 for those that intend to practice a lot and want to buy them at the lowest price!!!


    Entry packs can also be collected from us in Rossendale to save postage and delivery charges if you are able (or know anyone) that is able to collect them from us.
    Rossendale Target Shooting Club. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7 - 10pm.

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    supported pistol comps.

    Hi,

    Having been unable to shoot recently I am very interested in your supported pistol comps. While I have been unable to open the link it seems to be based on the ISSF supported rest comp rules. Does this mean that an ancient old git shooter like myself shoot from a seated position?

    Just for the interest of competitive shooters the Cumbria and Northumbria target Shooting Association are running supported rest competitions - when they can.


    Thanks and Regards

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    You will be pleased to know that this competition suites "ancient old gits" very nicely - as well as the unfit and the infirm - thus giving the positively fit and youthful absolutely no advantage whatsoever...apart from superior eyesight perhaps?

    Two of us that enjoy shooting in the Supported Air Rifle series are '49ers who will both be celebrating their 71sit birthdays this year, so you will be in good (?) company.

    Depending on just how ancient you are, you may or may not yet be old enough to shoot in the seated position, but to be honest we have tested the Supported Shooting both seated and standing and although we have chosen to shoot in the standing position, we have noticed very little difference one way or the other.

    We have been discussing the possibility of seated shooting as the years continue to take their toll and would have no problem with somebody else choosing to shoot that way if they were officially "ancient" - and that would be aged 77 or over!

    I think we could reduce that age limit to 70 for our purposes when seated shooting would be "officially" accepted! but we would always be open to listen sympathetically to any reasonable proposal.

    Resting the grip of your pistol on a hard 50mm diameter bar (maximum diameter) and shooting single handed is not as easy as people think, and is very different to shooting from a rest or a soft or shaped surface. This is comparatively easy.

    Only a tangent can be formed between the hard base of the pistol grip and the hard surface of the bar to give the support and this can be quite difficult to control as the hard surfaces have no grip at all and can feel slippery! No "preparation" is permitted to change this to a grippy surface on either the hard bar or the underside of the pistol grip including shaping the underside of the grip to increase the surface contact area to be greater than a tangent.

    These same rules apply to the hard underside of a rifle in the rifle discipline too,

    Many think that Supported Shooting is too easy to give a try, but we have known people to try this and think it is easier to shoot free-standing where the body can act like a "shock-absorber" and can actually make an easier shot!

    Look forward to having you shoot with us in the MPL.

    Stay safe!

    Bob.
    Rossendale Target Shooting Club. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7 - 10pm.

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    Just sent funds over for the winter leagues.

    Rob

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    Quote Originally Posted by robthedog View Post
    Just sent funds over for the winter leagues.

    Rob
    Thanks for your ongoing support Rob
    Rossendale Target Shooting Club. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7 - 10pm.

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    Ditto

    I have just sent the money for the winter 6yard supported rest AP comp

    and emailed my details

    Looking forward to shooting and thanks for your help

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    Winter Competitions

    Hi,

    Are there any 'shoot by' and 'submit results by' dates for the winter competitions?

    Thanks

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    rincewind,

    The Autumn/Winter competition ends on the 31-Dec-2020.

    Aside from that, you can submit results any time you like, with the restriction that whole months have to be submitted.

    So you can submit month by month, or two months at a time, etc.

    Have fun & a good weekend

    Best regards

    Russ

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    Thanks Russ

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