Best advertising of the sport ever.
I can't dream of a better way to make more young people into the very rigid and formal (and hard) 10 meter shooting.
N/A A meme worth it
- Thread starter Saturnism
- Start date
Best advertising of the sport ever.
I can't dream of a better way to make more young people into the very rigid and formal (and hard) 10 meter shooting.
Yes and no.
I've played all the Olympic shooting at work so far, and I response I get is wow that looks cool, then they find out how much $$ the guns cost, and lose interest really quick..
I've played all the Olympic shooting at work so far, and I response I get is wow that looks cool, then they find out how much $$ the guns cost, and lose interest really quick..
Upvote 0
Yes, but not everyone has to start with a Steyr. I've seen recently a second hand Hammerli AP 20 for less than 600€ so a bit less in dolars. Even Snowpeak is now trying to get into the 10 meter starter pistol market with the PP20.
And then the classics like the 46m/Compact are a good way to start.
And then the classics like the 46m/Compact are a good way to start.
Upvote 0
Upvote 0
Not air gun, but shotgun. Back in the early 70's I was posted to Izmir Turkey with the USAF, supporting a major NATO headquarters. We had just out of town a NATO rod and gun club, (not much rod about it) with nice skeet range. The grounds were owned by a Turk, whose home was to one side of the grounds. Now it seems as though he was an international, don't know about Olympics, skeet champion. Part of his rent payment for the property was a perpetual membership in the club and a large quantity of US skeet ammo. That guy was good, he would start with the gun butt on his hip or thigh and was extremely fast, I do not remember seeing him miss a shot. I had never shot a shotgun much before I got there. We were not allowed to have rifled arms unless one had been in country prior to a certain date, so it was shotguns, so I learned to shoot skeet. Ammo, usually Winchester AA skeet was cheap, we could pay for a round of skeet, then sell the empties to some of the Turkish groundskeepers and end up shooting a round for $1.00, not bad. I got pretty good back then, but nothing like that Turkish gentleman.
Upvote 0