Reading the wind part 1 - trust your sighters Reading the wind accurately and consistently can make the difference between winning and losing. Expert benchrest shooter John Carper gives his take on what’s needed to succeed. In part 1 he discusses how to make the most of your sighting shots. Check back next week
Aiming for perfection Benchrest is one of the most demanding yet rewarding of the shooting disciplines. It requires exceptional accuracy from the rifle, shooter and ammunition. Bill Collaros has mastered this sport, with Gold team medals in the WRABF World Championships. Here he provides this introduction for new shooters looking to take up the
Finding the balance Ken Parr’s family has heritage: Father Ken won two bronze medals in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Ken the junior has stepped out from his shadow to make his own history for Team GB. With three Commonwealth medals and a World Cup silver so far, Ken has successfully balanced
A new age of competition shooting is upon us ELEY ammunition and USA Shooting have teamed up to bring an exciting new e-limination 10m air rifle competition. This will be hosted by ELEY’s new online competition platform, myELEY. When the Portal e-limination match registration opened, all competition places were filled within a record 24
Equipment Last week we featured a Long Barreled Pistol primer from Mark Derbyshire. Here, Mark goes into detail on the pistol, holster and sights he used to win the Open Pistol Championship in 2017: “I shoot in the Open Division which has few restrictions on the equipment you can use. There are a number
Practical pistol 101 – competition The UK’s practical shooting scene is a fast-paced and highly competitive action target sport. The tools of the trade are lever-release rifles, mini rifles in 22LR, and semi-auto long barreled pistols (LBP) also using Rimfire ammunition. One of the UK’s top shooters in the LBP discipline is Mark Derbyshire.
The importance of the correct shooting clothing May Elisabeth Nordahl is this week’s shooter in the spotlight. The Norwegian rifle shooter has represented her country in Air, .22LR, and 300m disciplines. Today, May gives her opinion on the importance of the correct shooting clothing. “Shooting can be very tough on the body and cause
Welcome to the first of a series of articles from team ELEY’s shooters. Our first contributor is Ole Kristian Bryhn, a 3P shooter from Norway with many accolades to his name, including eight ISSF World Cup and World Cup Final medals. Over to you Ole: “In this article I want to describe a typical
Gold medals for ELEY tenex air pellets in Munich The final ISSF World Cup of 2018 for .22LR and Air events was contested at the Olympic venue in Munich. This event was the last opportunity to compete on a grand stage before the World Championships in September. One million ELEY tenex air pellets were
Junhong smashes pistol record in Changwon The second ISSF World Cup of 2018 took place at the Changwon International Shooting Range in Korea. This venue will welcome qualifying athletes back in September for the 52nd World Championships, last contested in 2014 in Granada, Spain. Nearly 900 shooters from 70 countries travelled to Changwon, but
