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by PETE S
Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:33 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Thoughts about volunteering and volunteers (Part II)
Replies: 14
Views: 2575

I agree with PaulB. I run local matches. Getting started was all out of my pocket. Attendance recently is good enough that I am not paying out of pocket for targets and such any more. I would help at local matches without expectation. Everybody is a volunteer and not being compensated. But I would n...
by PETE S
Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:48 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Pardini Free Pistol
Replies: 14
Views: 4332

FredB, I agree with you completely, the description in the first paragraph of my post is what some folks do wrong when shooting the light trigger of the FP and why they are more successful with the two stage trigger!
by PETE S
Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:47 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Pardini Free Pistol
Replies: 14
Views: 4332

When using the Toz, your trigger finger is off the trigger and the muscles in your trigger finger and hand are tensioned so as not the touch or squeeze the trigger. Once you decide to squeeze off the shot, your trigger finger goes from this “off the trigger” tension to moving. So does the rest of th...
by PETE S
Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Recommendation for 10 minutes daily training regimen
Replies: 15
Views: 2867

The key to success of short training moments like this is probably to plan going in exactly what you want to accomplish. Dry firing is not just firing rounds with out live ammo. Dry firing could be specific drill to improve certain aspects of the shoot process. Consider day one just working on sight...
by PETE S
Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:40 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Morini 84i Battery
Replies: 30
Views: 12083

update

I just ordered 3 Excell 220A and received a confirmation for microbattery as suggested by Gwhite: I just ordered some from these guys: http://shopping.microbattery.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5942/.f I did spend a fair amount of time searching on Google, Ebay etc. for these batteries, and had little luck. I qu...
by PETE S
Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Morini 84i Battery
Replies: 30
Views: 12083

Yes, one friend just order and received the Eveready 504...which work...but are carbon zinc and hence do not last very long. The original was the Varta battery...alkaline; which appears to be discontinued!
by PETE S
Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:27 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Morini 84i Battery
Replies: 30
Views: 12083

Morini 84i Battery

Searching around for batteries for my Morini 84 electronic trigger...can't find any battery from Varta (v74px). or the alkaline equivalent from Excell that I had purchased in the past.

Are these 15Vlt batteries still made?

Is the Eveready 504 the only choice?
by PETE S
Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Please explain why this happens?
Replies: 22
Views: 6746

I am curious as to your question, why does this happen? What precisely do you mean by "this." Your shooting a five with the dynamic aiming technique? I would like to offer that using the dynamic aiming technique; you sometimes take may your attention away from sight alignment and transfer ...
by PETE S
Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:45 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Richmond, VA Pistol PTO
Replies: 0
Views: 576

Richmond, VA Pistol PTO

• CAVALIER INTERNATIONAL PISTOL PTO • • Montpelier, VA • WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2011 Saturday, May 14, 2011 Saturday, June 11, 2011 Start Time: 9:00 A.M. OPEN TO: Any individual members of U.S.A. Shooting ENTRY: $15/match, $20/2 matches, $25/3 matches, ENTRIES CLOSE: The day of the match ADVANCED ...
by PETE S
Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:30 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Different blurriness of target
Replies: 5
Views: 1709

I focus in on your statement: "My problem is, that in the next shot" I might suggest you analysis your approach to the shoot. Are you absolutely consistent in your actions, the way you position your body, the way you get ready to raise the pistol, your technique as you position the pistol ...
by PETE S
Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:59 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Sub 6 Hold How low do you hold?
Replies: 20
Views: 8555

Several years back now, I attended a training camp in Colorado Springs. The National team coach asked one of the participants how low below the bull did he hold his front sight. Did the shooter hold the six ring? The five ring? The four ring? Or perhaps the bottom of the scoring rings? Where did he ...
by PETE S
Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:15 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Indoor Range Heating
Replies: 13
Views: 3141

PaulB, I am familiar with your range, having shot bullseye pistol there on some cool nights with Karl W. many years ago. You probably have about as good a heating system there as you can get for the circumstances. If the range was maintained at some reasonable temperature when no one was on site, ma...
by PETE S
Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:45 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: When do you start tracking front sight?
Replies: 11
Views: 3413

I think there are some things a man just has to develop for himself. I concur greatly with Mr. Levene in the point that he raises about having the sights lined up off the bench. Reading carefully, I hear him saying that his wrist is in a fixed position from the time he comes off the bench. Both the ...
by PETE S
Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:23 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Sights far apart or close together?
Replies: 26
Views: 6088

Ok, let me get this straight, you trained yourself for how many years by shooting some number of shots each night, and you expected to see improvement trying a new training techniques in a few weeks? Bimodal distribution...obviously means to different techniques. One distribution represents one tech...
by PETE S
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:54 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Sights far apart or close together?
Replies: 26
Views: 6088

Consider this approach to drills: 1. Your wrist is a movable joint, and few actions are intended to have the wrist joint stay in fixed position. Hence, you have to specifically train the wrist to stay in a fixed position. These drills are around sight alignment. a. Hold sight alignment against a bla...
by PETE S
Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:38 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Sights far apart or close together?
Replies: 26
Views: 6088

Training vs Practise

I have not been shooting nearly as much these days as i the past. I am more of a runner these days doing 1/2 marathons, 10K runs etc. As I have learned more about training for these running events, I am amazed at how far behind shooters are versus other sports in training techniques. I rarely if eve...
by PETE S
Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: 2011 USAS calendar!
Replies: 0
Views: 762

2011 USAS calendar!

From the USAS website, we have dates for 2011 already! This should help everyone plan the vacation schedule! 2011 National USA Shooting Events Shotgun Spring Selection (PTO/Regional), February 1-7, 2011,Tuscon, AZ .22 Pistol Spring Selection (PTO/Regional), March 1-7, 2011, Location TBD Rifle Spring...
by PETE S
Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:59 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: August 14 PISTOL ZONE 2 CHAMP. Montpelier VA
Replies: 7
Views: 2339

next match

The next PTO will be September 11, 2010 at Cavalier Rifle and Pistol, Montpelier, VA
by PETE S
Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:53 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: August 14 PISTOL ZONE 2 CHAMP. Montpelier VA
Replies: 7
Views: 2339

Standard Pistol Winners

Tom, Jay, Calvin, Steve
by PETE S
Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:28 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: August 14 - 15 AIR PISTOL ZONE 2 Championship: RICHMOND, VA
Replies: 10
Views: 2512

USAS supplies these medals for Zone matches, so one must apply to hold a Zone match and then everyone pays a higher per capita fee to USAS. And Yes, the medals are quite nice. the information is available at the USAS website: http://www.usashooting.com/hosting.php The program is a bit different than...