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user: You are replying to All about "Re: 2nd '98 CASA Silhouette Match       16:22:0002/07/98".

They wrote:
>Well, we just missed the rain again for our Second Airgun Silhouette
>match, held at the Los Angeles Shooting Complex, Feb 1st.   We had three
>new shooters (new to class denoted by *).  We hope to have warmer
>weather, and even more shooters at our next shoot on March 1st!
>
>On May 3, I am thinking to have an xtra bank of oversized targets (.22
>rimfire size) for a special Pumpgun Match!  Anyone interested in such a
>rifle event, bring a pumpup air rifle with iron sights in .22 cal or
>smaller that Sunday and have a ball for only $3.00 range fee, This gun
>can qualify as your "first gun", allowing you to shoot two guns for
>$5.00!
>
>Results of this 40 shot match are as follows:
>
>AIRPISTOL, IRON SIGHTS:
>Match Winner,  Larry Durham - 38
>Chris Johnson, - 28
>Tim McMurray, - 27
>Ray Barsland, - 22
>
>AIRPISTOL ANY SIGHTS:
>Match Winner,  Larry Durham -30
>Norm Holmiller, -26
>Bob Winer, -23
>
>AIR RIFLE, OPEN CLASS
>Match Winner, Art Burciaga -24
>Vince Pacheco, -19
>*Norm Holmiller, -15
>Lou Hickam, -12
>
>AIR RIFLE, SPORTER
>Match Winner, Ed Sheidler -25
>Chris Porter, -19
>Tim McMurray, -18
>Vince Pacheco, -11
>*Bob Winer, -7
>
>ld
>
>Hey LD, On the next match results, I'd like to see what guns the guys are
>
>
>
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At 02:04 PM 2/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
shooting..... Mike
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Ken:
Great shooting.  Thanks for sharing the experience.  Were you shooting .177
cal or .20? About how many inches did you have to hold over to allow for
the drop of the pellet at 90 yards?
Tom Jue/ca/usa
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Well, we just missed the rain again for our Second Airgun Silhouette
match, held at the Los Angeles Shooting Complex, Feb 1st.   We had three
new shooters (new to class denoted by *).  We hope to have warmer
weather, and even more shooters at our next shoot on March 1st!
On May 3, I am thinking to have an xtra bank of oversized targets (.22
rimfire size) for a special Pumpgun Match!  Anyone interested in such a
rifle event, bring a pumpup air rifle with iron sights in .22 cal or
smaller that Sunday and have a ball for only $3.00 range fee, This gun
can qualify as your "first gun", allowing you to shoot two guns for
$5.00!
Results of this 40 shot match are as follows:
AIRPISTOL, IRON SIGHTS:
Match Winner,  Larry Durham - 38
Chris Johnson, - 28
Tim McMurray, - 27
Ray Barsland, - 22
AIRPISTOL ANY SIGHTS:
Match Winner,  Larry Durham -30
Norm Holmiller, -26
Bob Winer, -23
AIR RIFLE, OPEN CLASS
Match Winner, Art Burciaga -24
Vince Pacheco, -19
*Norm Holmiller, -15
Lou Hickam, -12
AIR RIFLE, SPORTER
Match Winner, Ed Sheidler -25
Chris Porter, -19
Tim McMurray, -18
Vince Pacheco, -11
*Bob Winer, -7
ld
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assistant: Just a quick note, our pre-season newsletter that I usually send out via
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Jim
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They wrote:
>
> Results of this 40 shot match are as follows:
>
> AIRPISTOL, IRON SIGHTS:
> Match Winner,  Larry Durham - 38
>
> AIRPISTOL ANY SIGHTS:
> Match Winner,  Larry Durham -30
>
> AIR RIFLE, OPEN CLASS
> Match Winner, Art Burciaga -24
>
> AIR RIFLE, SPORTER
> Match Winner, Ed Sheidler -25

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On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Larry Durham wrote:
Good shooting, Larry.  I can't help but notice that the higher scores were
made in the "wrong" classes, though.  Do the iron sight pistol and sporter
rifle shoot at a shorter range?
     JAS
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-> Sometimes it seems like this area has been taken over by die-hard
-> field target shooters.  I have nothing against them, but the subject
-> of airguns covers a lot more territory than that.  It covers hunters,
-> plinkers, collectors of old BB guns, etc.

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I hope it doesn't seem to be FT only but maybe it sometimes seems that
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coming.
Jim
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I started to mount a Simmons 4-12X40 scope on a BSA SuperStar with B-Square
#10101 mounts. Dean Speidel
I've never had a scope "walk" on the rail of an SS. Eb
I gave it to my doctor as he had a problem with his 8x32 Burris moving.
I have (like Eb) never had a problem with mine moving. Mike M
If it has this rubber buffer try the scope on the rifle to check for
movement before resorting to machining a hole in it. Keith Mepham
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have three BSA Supersports and three Simmons 4x Competition scopes. So I
would like to hear what mounts ya'll have used and any comments. good, bad,
fit, etc.
Keith/tx
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system: You are Roland, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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I bought the F2 for only 10$ more. It has been very good.  I would buy
another.
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> I'm in the market for a chrony but due to recent toy expenses, to be =
> described in my next post ;)  I have to keep this one to a minimum. I'm =
> interested in the Shooting Chrony F1 model. It looks like they sell the =
> reconditioned ones for $39(non upgradable). So I'll probably go for that =

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On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Bob Prokopczyk wrote:
I've got one and have no complaints for the price paid.  Have no idea how
accurate it is, but I always "calibrate" it with a Daisy 188 spring bb gun
to make sure it reads 200 fps or thereabouts.  It is a little bit finickey
about where the pellet passes over the sensors (mine seems to like it a
bit lower than the recommended 4" or so above).  Also only works with
incandescent light or sunlight.  Don't plan to use it under fluorescents.
I'd buy one again if I had to.
     JAS
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dp384@cleveland.freenet.edu     | 91 Mustang GT   83 T-Bird 302  76 Pinto 2.3
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assistant: Hello All,
A while back, there was a post with design details for a clay
filled pellet trap.  I thought I had saved the post, but
cannot find it now...  Could you repost this please?  Thanks.
Regards,
-=Craig=-
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They wrote:
> From rprokop@ptd.net Sun Feb  8 20:32:25 1998
>
> I'm in the market for a chrony but due to recent toy expenses, to be =
> described in my next post ;)  I have to keep this one to a minimum. I'm =
> interested in the Shooting Chrony F1 model. It looks like they sell the =
> reconditioned ones for $39(non upgradable). So I'll probably go for that =
> one and save a few bucks. Anyone on the list here own one of these? I'd =
> be interested in the reliability, accuracy etc. I'm also open to =
> suggestions for other cheap alternatives.=20
>     Thanks, Bob P.
>

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assistant: Message-ID: <199802091322.HAA09493@mmicsrv1.dseg.ti.com>
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Bob,
I've had one for about 2-3 years now.  I paid $89 for it, and have
never regretted it.  Another friend and I got them at the same time,
and we have tested them in series on several occasions.  They
generally read within 10 fps of one another, after correcting for
first/second orientation.
BTW, I noticed that the $39 offer was gone from the Chrony webpage,
so better call first to be sure that they still have some.  And
post the answer back, I was thinking of getting another myself.
Best regards,
Marty Jones
mjones@ti.com
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> interested in the Shooting Chrony F1 model. It looks like they sell the =
> reconditioned ones for $39(non upgradable). So I'll probably go for that =
> one and save a few bucks. Anyone on the list here own one of these? I'd =
> be interested in the reliability, accuracy etc. I'm also open to =
> suggestions for other cheap alternatives.=20
>     Thanks, Bob P.
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>  (Bob Prokopczyk)
>  AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>      PRN Regional HQ, Northeast United States
>             FREE copy of 1st Reader!
> http://www.voicenet.com/~jimhenry/airpower.html

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Bob;
    I also got the reconditioned F2 instead of the F1.  The difference is
hat
the F2 has approx 29 shot memory .  If you go to shot 30 (or was it 31), the
displayed vel is correct, but the stored value us incorrect, thus screwing up
the stats.  They say this problem cannot be corrected unless upgraded to a
higher model, and they told me YES I can upgrade to a master version if I
ish
(but for a fee).  So as long as you don't rely on the stats and/or stop at 25
or so shots you'll be ok.
    Would I get on over again.....YES! no doubt about it.
            Goos shooting,
                    RickK
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They wrote:
>interested in the Shooting Chrony F1 model. It looks like they sell the =
>reconditioned ones for $39(non upgradable). So I'll probably go for that =
>one and save a few bucks. Anyone on the list here own one of these? I'd =
>be interested in the reliability, accuracy etc. I'm also open to =
>suggestions for other cheap alternatives.=20
>    Thanks, Bob P.
>

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m =
Bob, I have one of these and it works fine for me. As to the accuracy they
advertise + or - 1% I think, I have no way of confirming this. If I had it
to do over I would go with the F-1 Master so I could set the electronics
part on the bench, much more conveinient and could prove cheaper in the
long run if you let a shot get away and put one in the numbers.
Mike, East Tenn Mountains
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system: You are Bob Prokopczyk, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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Guys,
    Thanks for all the feeedback. I'll call Shooting Chrony tommorow and Let
you know what I get and what else they have in stock.
            Thanks again, Bob P.
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They wrote:
>asily.  When
>done cleaning out the lead (and a prying tool helps), pound the lead back
>into the cavities with a hammer.

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Too bad ya' can't fix stuff that's archived.  I hope everyone got the typo.
 It's supposed to read pound the CLAY into the holes where the LEAD used to
be.
One other point to make is the potential for ricochets off of the steel
facing.  Three ideas: a larger ricochet catching cardboard/wood box the
target box goes into.  2)pound out 1/2" thick bit of clay and slice it 1/2"
wide and stick it to the steel  3) a pc. of sacrifice plywood or pine that
goes over the steel.  Of course guys like us don't miss such a large target
as this box, even at extreme ranges, right?  Don't ommit the steel though
or the box won't last long,  both from hammering the clay (which tries to
spread the sides of the box apart), and from occasional misses when the
neighbor kid shoots at it.
M.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: want some Benjamin work             22:47:0002/09/98".

They wrote:
>
> I have a Benjamin H9 (about 18 mo. old) in .177 & would like some work
> done
> on this pistol-
>
> 1. trigger job- what can I expect?  what is involved? does this
> decrease
> the lifespan of any components?
> shipping?
>
> 2. can the existing barrel be choked, or do you have any other "trick"
> for
> accuracy?
>
> 3. do you have a high-pump modification available?  $$$?
>
> please contact Bryant Hill at (931) 484-7541 8:00 to 12:00 and
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> please do not reply to it.  thanks!

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Organization: Mac-1
Upland Design Group, Inc. wrote:
I reduce the return sp[ring tension, hone the sear and install a shoe.
We don't have any problems with shortened life.
 $15 for this and trigger shoe + return
The Laboe is $12.50. The shoe is $5 and return trans is another $6 or
so.
The recowning is the only accuracy trick I have beside the trigger job.
  could a premium barrel be fitted? how much $$$?
Yes. Figure on paying for the R&D and tooling. I'd say that $200 would
be a deal. How many do you need. Volume discounts available. (:>)
Yes. aND no. i HAVE DONE a few and I'm not that impressed. It seems
there is limited potential in this design.
I'll fax it too you.
Later
Tim
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> I have three BSA Supersports and three Simmons 4x Competition scopes. So I
> would like to hear what mounts ya'll have used and any comments. good, bad,
> fit, etc.
>
> Keith/tx

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Keith, I presently use a SS-3 (Beeman/Hakko) scope on my Supersport
Custom MK II.  I have also used the Sportsview 3-9.  As for mounts, the
best fit has been with Hakko alloy mounts which are properly shaped for
the wide rail and deep dovetail. Tasco (World Class) steel mounts also
worked, but did not fit with enough clearance from the top of the rail
and caused some marring.  I reason that there is a similar problem with
Weaver mounts and (maybe) Beeman/Sportsmatch, (it is something to watch
for!)  I like this gun best with a short scope - seems to suit it and
me!
Eb
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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980210000727.00798240@garfield.cs.mun.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:07:27 -0300
From: Gary Piercey <garyp@cs.mun.ca>
Subject: Huskies Reminder
Hello All!
This is just a reminder that the deadline for the next Internet competition
hosted by Mt. Pearl Senior High Huskies Shooting Club is fast approaching
(Feb 22 1998).
If you didn't receive the Match Bulletin that I sent out a while back you
can Email me and I'll send you a copy.  Please specify which version you
would like me to send: Wordperfect 6.1, HTML or Text.  A snazzy new Huskies
WWW page is currently being developed by a couple of guys in the club, so
when they finish the page they will let me know and i'll send everyone a
note and let you know the address.  It isn't quite ready yet but the guys
are working hard and it should be done soon.
If you are interested in shooting please drop me a quick note so I can get
the contact information straightened out in my spreadsheet in advance.  It
will save me some time when the scores come in and I have to tabulate them
and declare winners.  Thanks...
Take care...
___________________________________________________________________
Gary Piercey                garyp@cs.mun.ca
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