Results : Muscle Powered League, Spring/Summer 2020

[PhatMan]

Rob,



They are a beautiful rifle to shoot

When you pull the trigger on an FWB300, you know something has happened - twang of the spring, motion of the sledge : you don't feel anything however, which is a bit spooky.

The first times you fire a Diana 'Giss' rifle, there is nothing - some slight sound, but that is it - very, very inert - you sort of wonder if you have pulled the trigger or not

Ah well, I will have to take up knitting again now you have got the '75

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

P.S. I cannot believe the panic buying here in Hastings - the queue at Sainsbury's yesterday five minutes before opening at 07:00 hrs., was already 300+ meters long; the local butcher was sold out by 10:00 hrs., and the local veg shop similarly

[robthedog]

Rob,



They are a beautiful rifle to shoot

When you pull the trigger on an FWB300, you know something has happened - twang of the spring, motion of the sledge : you don't feel anything however, which is a bit spooky.

The first times you fire a Diana 'Giss' rifle, there is nothing - some slight sound, but that is it - very, very inert - you sort of wonder if you have pulled the trigger or not

Ah well, I will have to take up knitting again now you have got the '75

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

P.S. I cannot believe the panic buying here in Hastings - the queue at Sainsbury's yesterday five minutes before opening at 07:00 hrs., was already 300+ meters long; the local butcher was sold out by 10:00 hrs., and the local veg shop similarly

This panicking is insanity, my wife has gone to the local co op, its a 5 minute walk, she's been gone half an hour & she only went for a Sunday paper !

[PhatMan]

Rob,

Yup

We were lucky in that we have a small row of shops in the road where I live.

Now :

1) Butcher - stripped bare - now closed until Tuesday

2) Veg Shop - stripped bare - now closed until Tuesday

3) Pharmacy - no analgesics left, patent medicines stripped bare - now closed until Tuesday, and now will only be open two hours per day

4) Cafe - still open, but will supply food to take away only.

5) Corner shop - still open, still got everything

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[robthedog]

Having just purchased the Original 75, i can use it in the MPL can't i ?

Rob

[zooma]

Having just purchased the Original 75, i can use it in the MPL can't i ?

Rob

Yup - it's a spring powered air rifle, so it is legal and you can shoot it in the 6 yard MPL - no problem.

When I first started the MPL competitions many years ago (it was for 10 metre air pistols only back then) we used to have a small penalty for those shooting a recoilless air pistol to make sure nobody felt they were at a disadvantage if they were competing against them with a "kicker".

If I remember correctly the penalty was 3 points, but we added this to the scores of those who were shooting with a kicker.

This worked well enough, but the best shooters all reverted back to shooting kickers again and were soon able to beat the best recoilless shooters by claiming the extra +3 points per target!

We later changed this to +2 points and this helped even things back up again between the two types. These days we do not shoot in 10 metre MPL club pistol teams any more and we do not make any adjustments between the two types of air pistol as most people only shoot at the shorter 6 yard distance for their own pleasure and usually only compare their scores against their previous results for personal reference........and mainly for fun!

Sadly, we have never really had lots of 6 yard air rifle shooters take part in the MPL, but from what I can see there is not the same level of difference shown between rifle types at 6 yards as we had between recoilless and kicker air pistols at 10 metres so I doubt that it would make very much difference.

Previously I have shot a SSP air rifle in the 6 yard MPL rifle series and enjoyed it. I am sure you will enjoy shooting your Model 75 in the 6 yard MPL - it is a superb match rifle that is as accurate as a PCP and lovely to shoot.

The only MPL competition you cannot shoot it in is the 10 meters "Springers with Scopes" competition that we reserve for sporting kickers only.