suggest try NSRA,expect they will satisfy your curiosty...Mike...
I tried searching for some background on this yardage that I`ve seen mentioned on here and on pics of factory targets for the webleys (also on this site), but came up empty, hence the question.
I`ve stumbled over several references to this, for me somewhat curious distance, I`ve done ISSF 10 meters and never heard about any other distances in "formal" airpistol comps, is this some English, historical program/distance for airpistols ?
I`m a bit intrigued and would appreciate any information on this, both to rule set and historical background...
suggest try NSRA,expect they will satisfy your curiosty...Mike...
As I understand it, the 6 yard distance was selected originally because the spare space in pubs was very restricted.
Why pubs?
Well, NARPA was founded mainly to foster [sorry about that] the sport of air-rifle shooting at bell targets - an activity that took place mainly in pubs and clubs, particularly in the north and north west of the UK in the seventies.
I could be wrong, after all, I'm a strange here....
tac
Aha, Bell shooting - I`ve read about that in an older Norwegian book, sounds fun. Great pun, anyway...
I`ll send the NSRA a mail tomorrow, found the target in the shop, but it seems I`ll have to buy the rule book. No downloads on the rules as I could find on the site ??
Thanks for the info and pointers...
I think the scouts used to (still do?) shoot over this distance (pistol & rifle) and the Cumbria & Northumbria Target Shooting Association still offer a competition over this distance
Link here : http://www.target-shooting.org.uk/CN...ummer_2009.pdf
It certainly seems to be more active as a discipline in the North
(but thats just an impression from the number of clubs offering the facility to still shoot over this distance and I might be wrong about that....)
Yes, we still do. Like pubs, there are very few huts/halls you can fit a 10m range in, but 6 yds will fit in most (it fits in my dining room too ). It doesn't hurt either that the distance is a bit less daunting when you're starting children from maybe 10 years up. We have a National Championship at Bisley every year (over 700 enterants last year) shooting 6 yd rifle and pistol, 10m rifle (and 10m pistol in finals), FT, summer biathlon and more. IIRC, NSRA provide Air6 targets for the pistols, and I think we use 10m targets at 6 yds for the rifles (I tend to practise on the scaled-down 6yds-looks-like-10m targets from city air weapons).
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We use the 6 yard distance for our Umarex Boys Club shoots (see Sticky).
Bell shooting? Someone started a Thread here about that, just a few days ago.
Jim
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