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Re: Henrich barrel stabilizer
Re: Henrich barrel stabilizer
Re: Shooting event removal rumors
Steyr LG100
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Henrich Smallbore stabilizer
http://www.mach10design.com/henrich3/smallbore_vib_cont.htm
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To the shooter requesting input on the Heinrich tuner. The tuner
supposedly uses a different principle than most tuners in that it is
supposed to actually actively dampen recoil by virtue of the sorbethane
bype material in the weight clamps. Additional wleights are supplied. And
yes there is a suggested position, but in our experiment with it, there was
a measureable albeit minor improvement, dependent on the placement of the
tuner. It should be noted that the movement of the tuner should be done
with some care, as when moved it's best done with the screws entirely
loosened, lest the dampening material shred, as in our test unit. We had
to have it redone in order to continue our tests.
The unit itself showed some improvement of the groups when used
judiciously, but the statistical analysis of improvement at short range
proved it to be no more effecatious than any other well considered tuner.
{groups were shot at 50 meters and at gallery distances of 50ft indoors.}
Although the testing was informal, it was done with 3 Winchester 52D's, 3
Anschutz 1903's, and 3 Anschutz 1413's.
For what it was worth.
David Lee
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> It's not an excuse.
> It's a hard, economic reality.
> Shooting venues don't have those economic benefits. Sydney's range
> cost some
> 20 million USD to construct. It seats maybe 1500 in the finals hall,
> at maybe
> $25.00 to 50.00 USD a head per event, and perhaps 5000 in portable
> grandstands outside for clay target, at even less per head. Lots of
> those
> seats were empty, or occupied by non-ticket payers like athletes and
> coaches,
As one who attended some of the Shooting events in Sydney at AUD$50.00
(about US$25.00) general admission to all events held on the day of your
ticket ( rifle, pistol shotgun, you could wander between events at will
subject to available seating), it was very interesting to see just how
many spectators there were there, many, many more spectators than there
are registered ISSF target shooters in Australia, much of the seating
was temporary and will probably have been demolished by now but on the
days I attended most of the seating was full.
>
> What do you think the hourly range user fees might be on that to pay
> back the
> huge construction loans? $100.00, or 500.00 or a thousand an hour?
The Taxpayer funded the range, supposedly there is no debt on the
complex.
One group that I know of inquired about using the ranges for a major
national air rifle match and got no answer from the site managers, at
the moment the ranges seem to be a white elephant, partly as the
location is at least 3/4 of an hour travel from the nearest significant
urban area where potential users live.
The range is about 2 to 3 hours by car from much of the Sydney basin,
mostly due to the horrendous traffic around metro Sydney now that the
roads no longer have the special rules instigated for the Olympic
period, there is no shooting club established at the site other than the
already existing clay target club.
>
> Yes, Sydney will probably host an annual ISSF World Cup, the Oceania
> Games,
> their national and regional championships and a bunch of local
> development programs, but it won't be taking in TV revenue or
> spectator gate revenues of hundreds of thousands of dollars, week in
> and week out for the next several decades. Expecting the athletes
> alone to pay back the cost of construction and operations is also
> difficult, as it puts shooting beyond the reach of many individuals
> and even many nations.
The Sydney ISSF rifle & pistol ranges have hardly been used at all since
the games, maybe 2 or 3 events, the Clay Target Ranges are used
regularly but the complex was built on the site of an existing Clay
Target club and a lot of the infrastructure for Clay Target was already
there.
If this sort of usage pattern occurs in other parts of the world then
ultimately the IOC will say who needs shooting, it does not bring any
significant revenue for the costs of the facilities, we who enjoy it see
things through rose colored glasses.
International sport is big business!
Graeme Forbes
Melbourne
Australia
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Shooting Colleagues, Local and Distant....Recent and Ancient History:
Hi....John Crossman here, from Steilacoom, Washington. Some of you I have
seen recently...some not so recently. Some will not receive this due to
bogus e-mail addresses. Am putting some feelers out for some information of
the sort that never appears in catalogs.
Like many of you have already done, I am planning to make the leap from
shooting a CO2 air rifle to a compressed air rifle. Have shot a Steyr for a
number of years now, so one rifle that has caught my eye is Steyr's new
LG-100 model, the one that (for whatever reasons, real or imaginary) can be
broken down into 3 pieces. Pilkington, the importer, has answered a few of
my questions, but The Key Question remains unasked and is probably
unanswerable by a retailer: How good is the damn thing? The gun is
relatively new in the USA and apparently the only printed information
available is a bi-lingual propaganda brochure from Steyr.
Does anybody out there in Shooterland have any scuttlebutt on this thing?
Good points? Bad points? Opinions and unsubstantiated rumors are equally
welcome....they're more than I have now. Negative replies are not
necessary, unless you just want to shoot the breeze a little bit.
Best regards to all,
John Crossman
[Editor - Here is a post from Eric Uptagrafft on Pilkgun's TargetTalk BBS.
Eric believes he was the first in the US to get this rifle from Scott ....
In Reply to: Maybe Scott Pilkington could help w/ Steyr LG100... posted by
REM on February 24, 2001 at 09:22:49:
Hi there,
My name is Eric Uptagrafft and I believe that I am the first shooter in the
US to use the LG100. I shot it last weekend at the Rocky Mountain
Championships in Colorado Springs, CO. Since I am the first to use it, I
thought I would pass along my impressions.
I only had two days of dry-firing before the match, and I hadn't shot any
live rounds of any kind since September. In spite of this lack of training,
I shot the rifle suprisingly well. I ended up 5th in mens air, shooting 589
and 586. Here are my impressions:
Likes:
1. Easily adjustable stock
2. Smooth firing
3. Great trigger
4. Dry fire capability
5. Places for weights in the butt area and hand rest
6. Good rear sight
Dislikes:
1. Anschutz sights and accessories don't fit
2. Small pistol grip (a larger one is on the way)
3. Had to add over 2 lbs. to get it up to weight
4. Small front sight
Overall the rifle felt very nice. It had a good balance and shot very
smoothly. This rifle has a compensator system built in that negates the
recoil effect of shooting a live shot. This seemed to work very well, and
because of this many of my shots were inside of call.
Personally, I don't need the take-down capability of this rifle. It is
unique in the industry, but I don't think this is really that useful for me
as a competitive shooter. The only real advantage would be the ability to
put this rifle into a smaller case (which would be useful for airline
travel). It does go together and comes apart quite easily. I had no
problems at all with alignment after assembling the rifle.
After this tryout of the rifle, I have to give it a good rating. I will
continue to use it (and train more) in the months to come. Hopefully I will
get the chance to shoot it in a world cup, but if not I will be shooting it
at nationals in Atlanta.
If anyone has any questions about this rifle, or about training with the
RIKA system, send me an e-mail or post a question to Target-Talk. I'll try
to monitor this bulletin board daily if possible. Good luck and good shooting.
Just another note: Austrians Thomas Farnik and Mario Knogler both shoot the
LG100, and have produced some outstanding scores with it. These are premium
world class shooters who wouldn't shoot the rifle if it didn't work.]
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