In this issue: Re: cooked rounds Offhand troubles AKAH??? MUN's 1997 Airgun Postal Schedule Standing problems Urgent: rifle a sanctioned varisty sport? UIT rule changes? ******************************************************************* Michael I'm primarily a pistol shooter, but I find your mailing list very interesting. When shooting in the standard pistol event ( this event requires strings of 5 shots in 150,20 & 10 seconds), With the pistol / ammo combination that I use, I find the action cycles reliably when the ammo is at body temperature. This I achieved by placing the ammo in my trouser pocket about 10 minutes before the event starts. If I don't do this I may have 1-2 rounds in 50 that fail to feed from the magazine correctly. Accuracy considerations are a little less critical in this event, but reliable functioning is most critical (there is allowance to re-shoot malfunction strings, but this is not necessarily a good thing). The only explanation I can think of is that the ammo being at body temperature causes chamber pressure and subsequent bolt recoil to be sufficient to correctly chamber a new round each and every time. I'd be interested to here if anyone has any experience with cooking rounds in free pistol. Happy Holidays Francis -- `======----------------------------------------------------------------------0 //` Francis de Hair Email: Francis.de.Hair@nz.eds.com Systems Engineer (Software) Voice: +64 4 474-5361 EDS (New Zealand) Limited Fax: +64 4 474-5130 [Ed. note - nice to see another software systems engineer out there. 8^) ] ********************************************************************* I'm having an extremely difficult time getting my shooters to not kick their hips out in offhand. Does anyone have and tricks to use here? I get tired of repeatedly correcting them to no avail.... On a related note, I have noted my younger students (14-15 yr olds) have an extremely difficult time reducing movement in offhand and especially kneeling. I've been wondering if this a developmental anomoly since my older shooters (even those introduced to rifle for the first time at 17) do not manifest this. Could their development and age be contributing to their balance problems? Has anyone seen tests on this subject? Does anyone know of older shooters having balance problems of a similar nature? Or, has anyone seen any cases of shooters suffering trauma to the cochlia having difficult returning to shooting? The practical end of this discussion is that I've tried every training tool I know of to minimize 3 to 9 o'clock movement, yet they still have considerable trouble in keeling and offhand. If anyone have any new ideas or theories, I would appreciate it. thanks, Peter Vasilion, Head Coach, Clarence Central High School Varsity Rifle Team [Ed. note - I assume they perform poorly when kicking their hips out? If not, don't "fix" it. My best shooter does this. Are the targets too high? People often do this to raise the rifle up.] ********************************************************************* Hi, I wonder if anybody could shed some light on the following questions. There is a company called AKAH. They make a neat sling called the "Logic Belt". It consists of a piece that attaches to the top of your arm (like a sling holder) on a buckle. It then connects to a loop (like that of a regular sling) that is on your arm. There is anoher piece or material which exetends and attaches to he handstop (and can be shortened and lenghtend via a buckle) but it connects to the loop that is on the arm at an angle of about 35-45 degrees. IT is advartised in Germany for about Dm 125 or around $90. THe same company also makes a pricey CANVAS jacket which sells for about Dm 950 or around $600. THe jacket features the usual suade piece for the arm is standing on the left side. It appears simular to canvas jackets made by thune, Sauer, and Mouche but it is more expensive. DOes anyone have other information on the above company or any of its products? I have not seen any of the stuff in person and no one else I spoke to ever heard of the company. On a more wierder note I recived my Korean Jacket today (Dec 30) :) Interestingly on the package the senders address was listed as: Bob Foth 1 Olympic Plaza Colorado Springs, CO [zip code that I forgot] Is this usual or is there something wierd going on? All information would be appriciated!!!!!!! [Ed. note - it's not weird. Bob is partners with Troy Baker. That is how my Mouche package was addressed as well.] ********************************************************************* Subject: MUN's 1997 Schedule Hello all! I have finally come up with a schedule of our Air Gun Matches for 1997. The 1997 schedule of events and match bulletin is posted on our World Wide Web home page at the URL http://www.cs.mun.ca/~mrt. There are a couple of changes from the 1996 bulletin but the competition regulations are mostly the same. ********************************************************************** Michael I hope that someone can advise me on a new Air Rifle position I'm trying at the moment. I am a mid 560's Air Rifle shooter and have always shot in the classic position ie. both legs straight, hip forward, but my right leg always feels as if it wants to bend, holding it straight causes small muscle twitches late in a match. Several years ago I saw Vessela Lechteva (spelling??)shoot standing in Seoul, Korea and took photos of her position which has all her weight on her front leg and her right leg bent and her hip a long way forward. I am playing around with this position at the moment. It feels comfortable but my hold is not all that good yet. Is this position worth pursuing or should I stay with the tried and tested method. Any comments on advantages or disadvantages would be appreciated. Richard Jeffries richard.jeffries@b130.aone.net.au p.s. I find your mailing list a very good source of discussion on relavant UIT topics . I congratulate you on your efforts. [Ed. note - glad you like the list. I think most would say you should have your weight balanced on both feet. Obviously some very good shooters don't do this as you noted. In fact some have horrible positions (eg, Petr Kurka), yet shoot well. I think they are able to do this because of superior mental training. If your non-dominant mental entity confirms the position you have is the perfect one, then it doesn't matter what it is. However, you may end up fighting more in the physical world than necessary. So in short, do what feels right.] ******************************************************************* Help, help! I need the following information from anyone in each state who has authoritative knowledge one way or the other. With regard to the high school athletic governing body in your state: Is rifle or other shooting sport a recognised varsity sport? That is, do they receive "letters" as in other sports, football, basketball etc.? Many high schools have rifle teams in the JROTC depts which may be no more than dept or club level teams. We need yes or no data on STATEWIDE programs. Please forward info as soon as possible. We need this data to study the possibility of a nation wide recognition program for junior shooters. The positive PR possibilities are obvious. BTW, in Ga, shooting (3 position air rifle) is a varsity sport. Thanks very much for taking the time to help. Best regards, Phillip Williams Augusta, Ga ********************************************************************* Have there been anyrule changes for 1997 in the UIT for MEN'S FREE RIFLE? THis guy who now runs our club siad that bloop tubes and spirit levels were now illigal and that for free rifle you can't have your front sight beyond the muzzle. Is there any truth to what he says? At the match that was run 2 days after several people (including me) used bloop tubes and a few had sights past their muzzle. Another used an illigal weight and a level. BTW this was a UIT match. [Ed. note - the only UIT rule change affecting rifle equipment is that women can now use a sport rifle, which is identical in every respect to men's free rifle except it can't weigh more than 6.5kg.] ********************************************************************* End of UIT Mailing List #17 Michael Ray - Systems Engineer Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Rifle Coach The Olympic Shooting Page - http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1190/