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by Tycho
Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:15 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Coaching Corner
Replies: 41
Views: 16124

Re: Coaching Corner

Wrist stability and grip. Trigger "control" (if there's something like that) will follow automatically. Wrist stability is the thing that gives confidence and a repeatable muscle memory. Everything else is more or less individual (although I agree there are things that will work for a larg...
by Tycho
Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:02 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Hammerli Free Pistols
Replies: 32
Views: 13605

Re: Hammerli Free Pistols

I'm not sure if your thinking of quality and mine are the same, BUT my TOZ is stone reliable. It might lack the cosmetics of the the rest of the pistols, but they are very forgiving to shoot, and have many redeeming quality's. They have two simultaneous build qualitys happening at the same time. Wh...
by Tycho
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:49 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Replies: 14
Views: 2207

Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?

Accuracy was pretty much all over the place with those pistols, but it did not really matter that much. Reliability was a different issue, but any RF pistol that was "improved" enough would have a time when it worked, and then a period of ´¬¢¢¬°#¬§@§#¬! The Walther was seen as pretty good ...
by Tycho
Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Hammerli 208: Buying Tips
Replies: 17
Views: 4931

Re: Hammerli 208: Buying Tips

You can get a nice 3rd series 208, or a 208S (same trigger, except that the S is adjustable in length) for less than €400 here in Europe, but that is obviously a different market. All of the above, but honestly for that sort of price I would be looking at a Pardini or AW93. :-) Comparing a Pardini t...
by Tycho
Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:01 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Hammerli 208: Buying Tips
Replies: 17
Views: 4931

Re: Hammerli 208: Buying Tips

IMO, toolkit and box are nice to have, but not necessary. If you don't got for 208S, look for a third series 208 with the newer trigger system. There were several different trigger systems, and the last one before the S model is significantly better than the older ones. You can tell by the first sta...
by Tycho
Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:26 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: wood sculptures (grips)
Replies: 23
Views: 3612

Re: wood sculptures (grips)

I'd rather study the other side of the grips than the rulebook... Wonder who studied whom, between Vito and Ralf Schumann, seems to be the same idea of positioning the hand and use the thumb. Interesting that some people assume others to have ignored the rules, even when looking at the work of the g...
by Tycho
Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:11 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Center fire 25m competition pistols
Replies: 26
Views: 5538

Re: Center fire 25m competition pistols

Yes, 60445 is one of the famous "Nationalmannschafts-SIG" (National Team SIG, called that since Doebeli's book in the early 80s). It's a HF, and the rear sight and the trigger are different from the normal production. Some of those guns have two screws securing the trigger, the one at the ...
by Tycho
Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:45 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Center fire 25m competition pistols
Replies: 26
Views: 5538

Re: Center fire 25m competition pistols

Any P210 will shoot well with copper plates H&N bullets, which count as "lead" under ISSF. And you can shoot them in the standard barrel, no problem as long as you're not loading to extensive speeds. The lead barrel is for the really soft stuff. We're even using the copper plated lead ...
by Tycho
Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:36 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Red Morini and Green Steyr..
Replies: 18
Views: 3089

Re: Red Morini and Green Steyr..

Well, almost - I can remember seeing the first 162 around the country in 1991 or 1992...
by Tycho
Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:36 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Hammerli 104 Olympic Free Pistol
Replies: 7
Views: 1998

Re: Hammerli 104 Olympic Free Pistol

Collector's condition in Europe (there is a small market for free pistols, and for Hammerli pistols) would fetch maybe € 400, if complete with case, manual etc. and in mint condition. Otherwise Ruig is right. Otoh, the US market seems quite crazy in this regard.
by Tycho
Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:50 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Rink Grips for Steyr LP1/LP5/LP10 Question
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

Re: Rink Grips for Steyr LP1/LP5/LP10 Question

It very much depends on the angle of the grip on the frame, and the adjustments screws on your Steyr. Most grips have a similar amount of wood between frame and hand, so if you mount it flush along the back on the frame, it will be similar. Almost nobody I know puts the grip in full contact with the...
by Tycho
Tue May 03, 2016 2:37 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Matchguns MGH-1 Hybrid - manual & grip options
Replies: 4
Views: 1674

Re: Matchguns MGH-1 Hybrid - manual & grip options

Just ask Stefano.
by Tycho
Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:18 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Reliability of Pardini Sp and Match Guns MG4
Replies: 21
Views: 4199

Re: Reliability of Pardini Sp and Match Guns MG4

Off-topic, but yeah, MG3 was the .22 short. AFAIK no real production run, although I've got one that does not have that prototype look. Doesn't work all that well and can't hold a candle to the late series Pardini RF pistols of that time, a nicely tuned GPS or Schumann Special will shoot the socks o...
by Tycho
Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:44 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Reliability of Pardini Sp and Match Guns MG4
Replies: 21
Views: 4199

Re: Reliability of Pardini Sp and Match Guns MG4

The "Rio 2016" is no new evolution of the MG2, just a marketing gag by some guy in Canada. It's mechanically the same as every other latest series MG2. Hate to say it though, but if you want no hassles, can't beat the Pardini (from the current crop of pistols). Matchguns is a fanstastic de...
by Tycho
Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:28 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Steyr LP 50E - current opinions?
Replies: 9
Views: 1632

Re: Steyr LP 50E - current opinions?

I have one, and it was always an issue to keep it running. Have to take the trigger module out 2-3 times a season put some grease up there, otherwise the magnet is not strong enough to release it. And the plastic trigger mount is a piece of trash.
by Tycho
Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:32 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Steyr LP10... In what year was the bolt roller introduced?
Replies: 8
Views: 1559

Re: Steyr LP10... In what year was the bolt roller introduce

IWA is in March, which is far and away the biggest sales fair in this business. Nobody sells anything at Olympic games. Any further questions as to the timing?
by Tycho
Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:16 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: compact or long LP10
Replies: 20
Views: 4248

Re: compact or long LP10

That statement is too absolute. There are posts on TT from very, very good shooters who prefer short APs to long APs - look up the threads about the short Morini 162. Sight radius does not really matter in AP, the 10 ring is large enough. There are national team shooters using short APs instead of l...
by Tycho
Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Is it possible to tune the Steyr LP10 to higher velocities?
Replies: 22
Views: 4625

Re: Is it possible to tune the Steyr LP10 to higher velociti

I think I remember that when I tried that years ago, I never got the LP10 higher than 170-175 m/sec, even though an LP1 would do more than that. I thought at the time that the absorber absorbed some air as well, not only recoil. Never followed up on it, though. AFAIK, the LP2 does not have an absorb...
by Tycho
Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:29 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: How to modify IZH-46M grips
Replies: 14
Views: 2857

Re: How to modify IZH-46M grips

And use the search function here, this must have been discussed twenty times.
by Tycho
Sat Jan 02, 2016 3:24 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Pardini K12
Replies: 19
Views: 4608

Re: Pardini K12

There you go... more than long enough for me, the target is shaking all over the place even like this :-D