Quote Originally Posted by BigAl View Post
Just one question. Could the usual power level of 10m guns have anything to do with the fact that the German power limit for air guns is around 6 ftlb? 10m is mostly a German sport (something do do with occuping powers not allowing firearms after the war and a British officer suggesting: so go shoot an airgun).

Alan
The 10m air gun was originally used indoors in the winter as a cheap training method for 50m & the like, thats why the design is/was so similar to the 50m guns, One indication of this is Walthers advert for the LP53 recoil!
It became very popular World wide in the end, with World, European & local championships, The sport was introduced into the Olympics for the first time at LA in 1984