The modern guns are no more pellet fussy that the old ones, its the targets that are pellet fussy. Forty years ago a ten was twice the size at 1mm, since 1989 its now 0.5mm, and then a ten was a ten, and now its also scored in tenths, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3,.......10.9.
Accuracy has moved on, both with the rifles and the pellets, but you need some very sophisticated kit to prove it. The world record with a 300S was 393 ex 400, that would not make the top twenty now in a Junior ladies international.
But the biggest advances are in ergonomics of the modern rifles, and I believe very significantly in shooting and training techniques, the Scatt has raised standards as much as any development in modern shooting.
Walther KK500 Alutec expert special - Barnard .223 "wilde" in a Walther KK500 Alutec stock, mmm...tasty!! - Keppeler 6 mmBR with Walther grip and wood! I may be a Walther-phile?
Rossendale Target Shooting Club. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7 - 10pm.
It was officialy kept quiet at the time, but was a fairly open secret, my wife was in the GB squad at the time, and no wanted to use the Eley as they were an unknown quantity, and I remember an Eley man saying they were made by H&N. The most we had were free hand outs, and I don't remember even buying any.
I only ever saw the square tins of 200 individualy packed, I never saw a tin of 500, which logically does not make comercial sense for a manufacturer to do, I'm certain the were H&N repacked.
And they did not last long, if they had been Eley they would have not recovered the cost on the tooling.
Walther KK500 Alutec expert special - Barnard .223 "wilde" in a Walther KK500 Alutec stock, mmm...tasty!! - Keppeler 6 mmBR with Walther grip and wood! I may be a Walther-phile?
Rossendale Target Shooting Club. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening 7 - 10pm.
Sounds like I never saw the round tins of 500 because we never bought any! The 200 square tins we got given free. I still have a square tin but no pellets, its used to keep my 6 mm cleaning patches in.
I think it was the Eley Guru Ernie who told us they were H&N.
Walther KK500 Alutec expert special - Barnard .223 "wilde" in a Walther KK500 Alutec stock, mmm...tasty!! - Keppeler 6 mmBR with Walther grip and wood! I may be a Walther-phile?