T.H.L Air gun section meet,5,6,7,October 2012

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

erm ok, that kinda made sense but kinda didnt.... lol

best explaining it when the time comes lol

[Phantom 631]

Thats going to be a tad unfair aint it Davy?

 

Break barrels, under/side levers take differing times to load and then of course the Multi Shot PCP's have an advantage over single shot guns and then as Chas proved in the speed shoot off last time having a number of pre-loaded clips helps

 

Tony

[gurtwurz 792]

Mind you tony, the upside of that is that pianoman can't win everything! Good point though mate, maybe the comps can be split into pcp and springer sections davy?

although in my case, it'll just be prolonging my agony, at least I can blame using a springer for doing poorly...

 

Cheers, wurz

[pianoman 3,587]

As I am unfortunately unable to attend this one John, you can be my spring rifle protege. Just don't lose the toss to Adam in the darts or you are in for a short sit down and a Hamlet cigar! And don't let his Airwolf get to you or you'll be stumped at the bell end..Er.. the bell target that finishes the round! (Goddammit!)

 

In the HFT just take your time and assess each target as an individual challenge not a sequence. Nice breathing control, watch every fall of your shot in practice to correct for ranges outside your zero and don't get over-pissed up the night before!

 

If Si is shooting with a spring rifle....Think it a great honour to compete against such a formidable marksman...and defeat him at the target!

AND DON'T DEVIATE FROM YOUR PRACTICED ZERO!!!!

 

I will be with you in spirit, young spring rifle Jedi.

 

Simon the Pianoman.

[Marksman 934]

I'll be taking my freshly tuned by me ProSport in mans calibre, possibly for the HFT as I don't have a very good record with the HW100 after the barrel coming loose at the last one.... Oh and ill probably bring the rest of my arsenal too.... So feel free to ask if anyone wants to shoot one of mine....

 

Darryl

[gurtwurz 792]

As I am unfortunately unable to attend this one John, you can be my spring rifle protege. Just don't lose the toss to Adam in the darts or you are in for a short sit down and a Hamlet cigar! And don't let his Airwolf get to you or you'll be stumped at the bell end..Er.. the bell target that finishes the round! (Goddammit!)

 

In the HFT just take your time and assess each target as an individual challenge not a sequence. Nice breathing control, watch every fall of your shot in practice to correct for ranges outside your zero and don't get over-pissed up the night before!

 

If Si is shooting with a spring rifle....Think it a great honour to compete against such a formidable marksman...and defeat him at the target!

AND DON'T DEVIATE FROM YOUR PRACTICED ZERO!!!!

 

I will be with you in spirit, young spring rifle Jedi.

 

Simon the Pianoman.

 

couple of minor issues there simon my old springer sifu;-

 

1, not getting overpissed. you have met davy in before,now havent you!!

 

2. young jedi;- if only i were either...

 

otherwise, it'll be head down, arse up and getting on with it(after making sure my poi is bang on.. and mr pittaway's isnt!)

 

cheers, wurz

[pianoman 3,587]

Grasshopper the way of the spring rifle warrior is beset by encounters with all manner of "guests" with focus of their own

As I am unfortunately unable to attend this one John, you can be my spring rifle protege. Just don't lose the toss to Adam in the darts or you are in for a short sit down and a Hamlet cigar! And don't let his Airwolf get to you or you'll be stumped at the bell end..Er.. the bell target that finishes the round! (Goddammit!)

 

In the HFT just take your time and assess each target as an individual challenge not a sequence. Nice breathing control, watch every fall of your shot in practice to correct for ranges outside your zero and don't get over-pissed up the night before!

 

If Si is shooting with a spring rifle....Think it a great honour to compete against such a formidable marksman...and defeat him at the target!

AND DON'T DEVIATE FROM YOUR PRACTICED ZERO!!!!

 

I will be with you in spirit, young spring rifle Jedi.

 

Simon the Pianoman.

 

couple of minor issues there simon my old springer sifu;-

 

1, not getting overpissed. you have met davy in before,now havent you!!

 

2. young jedi;- if only i were either...

 

otherwise, it'll be head down, arse up and getting on with it(after making sure my poi is bang on.. and mr pittaway's isnt!)

 

cheers, wurz

. Be aware of the nobblings of well meaning friends like Davy.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Hey, question...if a Yank wanted to attend one of these someday, ya know, meet everybody and do some shooting in the countryside ; what would I have to do to import my FAC compliant gun ? I have a couple that would meet the 12 ft, lbs. criteria , but then what as far as bringing it in with me ?

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

So whats the plans for the full english then? Will it be the sunday morning before the hft? how much?? And when do we have to have our 'names down' so they have a rough idea of how many people are wanting one??

[pianoman 3,587]

Hello Aaron Welcome to the section here mate.

 

If no one can answer this with certainty, you should check with UK Government Home Office rules and/or contact the UK Customs and Revenue who control what you can and cannot bring into England. You should be fine with your sub-12ft/lb rifles as they do not fall under restriction of British firearms law, other than to say it is perfectly legal to own one without a certificate. But they will be a bit twitchy about anything higher powered. Google these for contact details and good luck.

 

Hope to meet you with us all here someday!

 

Hope this helps.

 

Best wishes.

 

Simon

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Thanks, Simon ! I hop in and out of here somewhat frequently, but hadn't been back in awhile as I really didn't have anything further to add with getting ready for my deployment and what not. Then several months ago, I got to working with some UK troops and we got to talking air rifles and hunting and it reminded me that I need to quit being a stranger over here .

[AR177 588]

Well if you got a military flight into mildenhall or lakenheath you could probably get your rifle in with you, might need to sweeten the air loadi though.

 

ATB

 

Adam

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Mmm...I hadn't really thought of catching a hop. That might be an idea.

[zini 1,939]

The force flows strong in you Darth Wurtz .

[gurtwurz 792]

Grasshopper the way of the spring rifle warrior is beset by encounters with all manner of "guests" with focus of their own

As I am unfortunately unable to attend this one John, you can be my spring rifle protege. Just don't lose the toss to Adam in the darts or you are in for a short sit down and a Hamlet cigar! And don't let his Airwolf get to you or you'll be stumped at the bell end..Er.. the bell target that finishes the round! (Goddammit!)

 

In the HFT just take your time and assess each target as an individual challenge not a sequence. Nice breathing control, watch every fall of your shot in practice to correct for ranges outside your zero and don't get over-pissed up the night before!

 

If Si is shooting with a spring rifle....Think it a great honour to compete against such a formidable marksman...and defeat him at the target!

AND DON'T DEVIATE FROM YOUR PRACTICED ZERO!!!!

 

I will be with you in spirit, young spring rifle Jedi.

 

Simon the Pianoman.

 

couple of minor issues there simon my old springer sifu;-

 

1, not getting overpissed. you have met davy in before,now havent you!!

 

2. young jedi;- if only i were either...

 

otherwise, it'll be head down, arse up and getting on with it(after making sure my poi is bang on.. and mr pittaway's isnt!)

 

cheers, wurz

. Be aware of the nobblings of well meaning friends like Davy.

 

grasshopper? by the time davys done i reckon 'glassdropper's a more likel;y name lol