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by thirdwheel
Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s
Replies: 17
Views: 659

Re: Interpreting Targets — Rings of 9s

If your rear sight is to narrow it can cause "hunting" and inability to get everything in alignment as you need that light coming through the sights to be able to work the relationship front to back try opening them up to give more light to see. The advice about grip pressure is spot on bu...
by thirdwheel
Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:48 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Laser Pistols?
Replies: 1
Views: 238

Re: Laser Pistols?

Yes they have but the target systems are like hens teeth at the moment if you want to try one out, funny you should bring this up as we have a Pentathlon athlete that has just joined our club to convert to shooting air on our electronic targets so there is some movement between the two. She is findi...
by thirdwheel
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:29 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Electronic Target for home use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1072

Re: Electronic Target for home use?

Or just buy the electronics and make the "box" yourself from offcuts of wood, the whole cost then comes down massively for you, and making the structure yourself is about at the practical skill level I would expect from my year 9 secondary school students (13-14 years old) using hand tools...
by thirdwheel
Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Pellet Weight for Steyr Velocity Adjustment?
Replies: 9
Views: 563

Re: Pellet Weight for Steyr Velocity Adjustment?

Set the velocity using 7.0gr pellets this is the std pellet used, use a nice one R10 or better, and set the stabiliser with this pellet too and heavier pellets will not make the stabiliser change as it is spring catch and spring powered unlike the K12 where you have to take account of the pellet wei...
by thirdwheel
Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:06 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Steyr Evo10e - Dry Fire training for 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Replies: 8
Views: 490

Re: Steyr Evo10e - Dry Fire training for 25m Rapid Fire Pistol

My older Steyr LP10 electronic (before the evo) fires as fast as you can pull the trigger, my older morini Titanuim is also the same.
by thirdwheel
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:11 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: STEYR LP10e circuit board
Replies: 9
Views: 845

Re: STEYR LP10e circuit board

The spring is to keep the excess connection wire out of the way when putting the grip back on so that it does not get trapped in the process and becomes crushed between the grip and the frame as you tighten the holding screw.
by thirdwheel
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Electronic Target for home use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1072

Re: Electronic Target for home use?

Sounds like you have the skills needed, read everything on the website, and analyse all of the different aspects and come up with your own plan, my first target morphed three times as I used it and found better ways of doing things - LED lighting, mounting on a speaker stand, pellet catcher, making ...
by thirdwheel
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Electronic Target for home use?
Replies: 16
Views: 1072

Re: Electronic Target for home use?

+1 for freetarget, it is super for what you want, shot thousands of pellets at mine over the last three years, apart from the electronics I made mine myself but there are kits available.
by thirdwheel
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Scoring Limits of a Cheap Gun
Replies: 20
Views: 1483

Re: Scoring Limits of a Cheap Gun

We picked up a snowpeak pp20 about a year ago s/h for the club, yes it is lookie likie LP10 but that is only skin deep as the innards are their own, trigger is single stage and was way under 500g but I sorted that with a different spring. Shoots well and not given us any grief and it is liked rather...
by thirdwheel
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:36 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: AP groups at 25 yards
Replies: 6
Views: 773

Re: AP groups at 25 yards

We shoot 25m std pistol here using LP50's and in testing using a proper testing vice using unaltered velocity group sizes are almost one pellet hole size using wad cutters they are that consistent over 25m in still air, group size on a sand bag will be down to you I'm afraid.
by thirdwheel
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:41 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: What's in your Range Bag ?
Replies: 8
Views: 656

Re: What's in your Range Bag ?

Since you ask - my "lucky potato" crocheted for me by one of the lads I coach, along with trigger weight, pens, paper and mat for table.
by thirdwheel
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Encouragement for new Shooters
Replies: 9
Views: 800

Re: Encouragement for new Shooters

Grown!
by thirdwheel
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Encouragement for new Shooters
Replies: 9
Views: 800

Re: Encouragement for new Shooters

To do that at intershoot is a big deal - Brilliant!

Now the work really begins.
by thirdwheel
Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:15 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Are there particular exercises that can be practiced to reduce firearm wobble?
Replies: 7
Views: 723

Re: Are there particular exercises that can be practiced to reduce firearm wobble?

Wobble and sway are different, think you are concerned about sway, oh and well done in getting off the caffeine, it does help. To help your internal gyroscope your brain needs reference points so keep the non aiming eye open and use a blinder - a small one so the non aiming eye can use the rest of t...
by thirdwheel
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Cheap pellets problem K12
Replies: 15
Views: 1387

Re: Cheap pellets problem K12

Thanks for your thoughts on the matter, pistols with mechanical / spring recoil absorber will not be affected by dirty pellets eg. LP10 but on the K12 the blast behind the pellet is used to work the absorber via a small port <0.1mm dia and behind that there is a adjustable needle valve to restrict t...
by thirdwheel
Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Cheap pellets problem K12
Replies: 15
Views: 1387

Cheap pellets problem K12

I shoot a K12 using R10 pellets and I have never in any of my target pistols ever used "budget" pellets, I'm serious about my shooting so why would I cheap out and use them but they do have a following. This week a club member asked if they could use my pistol for 60 shots to give it a goo...
by thirdwheel
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:13 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Draft Notes on Working with O-rings for Air Guns
Replies: 19
Views: 122466

Re: Draft Notes on Working with O-rings for Air Guns

Very useful instructional primer and "how to" for those confident enough maintain their own sports equipment and of course anything else that has an O ring. Clear, well written and when a clear picture is needed to give an example or explain fully it is there.

Go to the top of the class!
by thirdwheel
Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Morini 162EI won’t fire or dry fire
Replies: 15
Views: 21035

Re: Morini 162EI won’t fire or dry fire

What a splendid simple addition to make getting that board out without doing other damage, it's going on my backup pistol today.
Putting it in vinegar - well I must look that up!
by thirdwheel
Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:45 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Air Pistol Sighting Problem
Replies: 6
Views: 9552

Re: Air Pistol Sighting Problem

Yes it is a light problem, and your lens is incorrect for the indoor range it is all to do with your eye being pulled to the target with the bright illumination and the size of your pupil giving you a different depth of vision. The light on the range may not be bright enough although the target is b...
by thirdwheel
Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:57 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: gip putty or bondo
Replies: 17
Views: 71480

Re: gip putty or bondo

Completely agree with keeping well clear of WD 40 for a barrier cream and to never use it as a lubricant as it polymerises over time forming a locking gum. My outline of how I do it is not very different to the others but here goes. Take off high spots and the V the area that goes into the web betwe...