The Muscle Power League - whats that then?

[I. J.]

I acquired a .177 Webley Tempest today and took it to the club tonight.

I shot a 45 at 10 meters with my first card........ but it was with my Model 80!

I did hit the card with the Tempest ( a few times) - but it needs a lot of work on the trigger to make it better and good enough to even consider using it in the MPL.

After 50 or so shots with the Tempest I was too knackered to shoot it again and my hand hurt!..and I never scored anything worth mentioning with the Model 80 after that either!

John Gould also shot the Tempest a few times and complained that it hurt his hand too!

I guess this makes the Webley a great "leveller" - put 50 shots through it and you won't be able to shoot anything else afterwards very well either!

It just confirms what Ive always said about Webley pistols - great fishing weights!

I found last night, after much cajoling, bullying, shaming and outright bribery, that Rivi can muster 7 pistoleers; HOWEVER, one of these is TC2 whose loyalty has to be dependent on the wind direction and early indications of average scores; another has, as yet, no pistol and is hoping that the largesse of her husband will stretch to provide something of better quality than a "GAT " and a brave (foolhardy??) soul who intends to compete with a smooth bore Webley Junior for which we are struggling to find a pellet which provides any degree of consistency.

I believe we should score his cards +5 for anything which lands inside the 4 ring.

And you want TC3 to defect to shoot for RMTC???? By the way, TC1 has been informed that his cards must be shot at Rossendale; this will be reinforced by an inability to find anyone at Rivi to sign as witness

Hope your weekend in the camper van passes uneventfully

ATB
Mike

The biggest problem at Rivvi is finding some one who can write!
The good news (For R.M.T.C. is that Chris, Amandas husband, wont let her use the FWB103 pistol in the compt as it doesn't suit her. I suggested they search for a nice Webley smooth bore pistol. What? Alls fair in love and pistol shooting.

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Ian

[mikec4]

The biggest problem at Rivvi is finding some one who can write!

I'm working on teaching them to write X but that might lead to wholesale forgeries of your signature


BTW Bob, we have lost a potential team member because you poached an Original 6 from under his nose and TC1 won't sell him the FWB 65 he hasn't got the strength to cock - major sulk mode and he's disappeared to Turkey for two weeks.
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Mike.

[zooma]

BTW Bob, we have lost a potential team member because you poached an Original 6 from under his nose and TC1 won't sell him the FWB 65 he hasn't got the strength to cock - major sulk mode and he's disappeared to Turkey for two weeks.
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Mike.

I just love it when a plan comes together!

[I. J.]

Its easy to confuse and flumux the Rivvi lads. Just offer them two shovels and say "Take your pick?"
You could be there for hours.

ATB
Ian

[zooma]

It's almost August and so the first round of the MPL is almost upon us.

If Rivvy can't muster 10 shooters from their amassed numbers I will be very dissapointed.

RMTC is a very small and new club with basic facilities, but we will be making the effort and including absolute beginners in our team as we are more interested in getting everyone involved than we are about winning - so come on Rivvy - press gang some "volunteers" into your team and give them some basic coaching and get practising on your new club HW70 ( that's what its for).

We are doing the same thing here - (even including coaching the tutu clad TC2) as we want everyone we can find to experience shooting with these older type air pistols to discover just how good they really are and to see how little progress has really been made for all the extra sophistication and cash we invest in the new PCP pistols.

Human power provides the energy to compress the spring or pump the cylinder - but after this small amount of effort ( maybe more with a Webley) the end result will surprise most who give it a go and get some time in with the MPL legal pistols.

[I. J.]

In keeping with the Olympic spirit I think the M.P.L. should introduce Dope Testing.

Asking some Rivvy members - "Who wrote Beethovens 5th symphony?" should remove a few of the competitors.

ATB
Ian

[mikec4]

In keeping with the Olympic spirit I think the M.P.L. should introduce Dope Testing.

I thought the M.P.L. was organised as a dope ring you know. where we all stand in a circle with no idea what's going on.

Mike

[mikec4]

If Rivvy can't muster 10 shooters from their amassed numbers I will be very dissapointed.

I refer my learned colleague to post #62 re my recent efforts at Rivi despite constant undermining by your moles.