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Rifle shooting store
Re: Need bullet trap dims
Bloop tube effectiveness
First USWIRO book
Ranges in NE US?

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Im aware of the rules you have regarding commercial announcements.
But please dont forget to mention the online-shop for UIT-target rifle
shooters Shooters-Shop http://www.shooters-shop.com
when you recommend possible alternatives.
  
Sincerely  
Magnus Salomonsson

[Editor - I apologize. I can only recommend those whom I've dealt with
before, which are obviously in the US. For those in Europe, Shooters Shop
may well be a worthy alternative to your normal outlets.]

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Micheal,
Bob Mallet writes about bullet catchers for pistol. My Club, Wainuiomata,
(pronounced Why-newy-o-marta) got involved with testing designs of bullet
catchers. Smallbore rifle but I reckon it could be enlarged for pistol. We
set up a rig that was able to alter the slope of the catching steel. We
found that once the angle got to greater than 53 degrees from the vertical
(ie shallower than 45 degrees), the bullet stayed in one piece. Flattened
but in one piece. This has resulted in less dust and easier lead pickup. We
rolled a tube about 125mm in diameter and left a 20mm slot in it. The back
edge of the slot was welded to the sloping catcher part. We made a scoop
that was the same shape as the pipe and use that to scrape the lead out. A
refinement is to put a slot in the bottom of the roll and offset the bottom
front edge so that a bullet would rotate around the pipe and miss the edge
but once it settled in the bottom, it would fall out though the slot. One
good thing about the slope is that the pitting that occurs especially around
the sighter hole has not occurred. I think this is because the bullet is
glancing onto the steel, not hitting it. Hopefully the idea is conveyed with
this below. For clarity the x's should all be vertically aligned, hopefully
that will give the drawing a datum.

x                             o
x                        o
x                   o
x              o
x          o
x      o                                    Original design
x  o         o
x  o               o
x   o                o
x      o          o
x           o o
x                              o
x                        o
x                   o
x              o
x          o                     Modified design with slot in bottom
x      o
x  o
x  o           o  o
x  o                  o
x    o                 o
x        o o        o
x                o

The curves are circular. In the 2nd design they are semicircles.

If anyone wants a better drawing feel free to email me and I'll send a jpg.
rossmasn@actrix.gen.nz

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I was asked a question recently about the bloop tubes, and I could not
answer with any confidence.
Has anyone done a comparison of scores and performance with the older,
normal length barrels and the use of the shorter barrels with the sight
extensions? If so, could you please post the differences, or send your
thoughts to me? I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks, Don Williams, Oregon

[Editor - the short 2000 barrel with the STANDARD tube extension should
have about the same sight radius as the long barrel. I have asked this
before as well, and there seems to be no statistical difference. It was
fairly evenly split at the 98 Atlanta WC. Using a tube that increases the
sight radius a 4-8 inches more may help in prone but the scores still
haven't gone up really. It can keep a pair of older eyes competitive longer
perhaps. I think it's mostly a mental thing. The couple more 600s we've
seen in the last few years are due to superior mental skills IMHO.]

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I got a nice note from Marie Alkire of the US Women's Intl Rifle
Organization. She writes that they will publish Dialogues I (the
first book) in a limited amount, avail in a few weeks, priced at
US$ 20 (incl shipping). Please contact USWIRO at PO Box 865
Mesa Arizona 85201
			Paula
			lambertz@fnal.gov

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Hi Michael,
A friend of mine is currently stationed somewhere in the Northeastern US
coast, he was wondering if you could recommend shooting ranges (air and 22
pistol) in NY/New Hampshire and the general area?

Thanks!
Cherrie Pinpin
Philippines

[Editor - I don't know any. If he can't find any listed in the phone books,
he should call the NRA and USA Shooting and find out who holds those kind
of matches in his area. They should be glad to help.]

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Michael Ray - Systems Engineer
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Rifle Coach
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