Air rifle competitive shooting?

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Pitbull

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Hi guys,

Ok so I was looking at the SAFTAA website for rules and regulations before I go out and buy 4 Pellet guns. Does anyone on here shoot for a club under the SAFTAA regulations?

I read the rules and the specs they mention is greek to me. It seems there is a velocity limit but indicated as:

www.saftaa.co.za
Any air rifle that abides by the relevant rules will be allowed in
SAFTAA competitions. It is the responsibility of the individual owner to
ensure that his/her rifle complies with the limit of 16J (12ft / lbs) – SFT
18 f t/ lbs.
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However when shopping I only get the feet per second spec of the guns. I have no idea what this means (the bold parts) :confused:

Pls pls pls pls pls, if you know anything about this or someone who does can you pls give me the info I need. The wife, kids and myself will be joining a club to do this as a family and don't want to cock this up as my wife seems to be very passionate about this.

Thanks in advance :)
 
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A few years ago my brother and i went to the Parow club and watched the guys shooting with their rifles and it was so cool to see what they do but i was to embarressed to take mine out the boot even though i think i can shoot ok.
 
Pitbull said:
Hi guys,

Ok so I was looking at the SAFTAA website for rules and regulations before I go out and buy 4 Pellet guns. Does anyone on here shoot for a club under the SAFTAA regulations?

I read the rules and the specs they mention is greek to me. It seems there is a velocity limit but indicated as:
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I did this as a teenager under apartheid (I don’t know if things have changed). I was pretty good (cup’s ‘n stuff).

Your best bet would be to join a club and see how they do things. You can borrow a rifle initially (very friendly bunch). There are often second hand rifles for sale from members leaving or upgrading. Don’t buy any arbitrary air rifle. They are specialised air rifles with reciprocating pistons etc. Minimal recoil. The pellets are specialised as well. They are of softer lead (better & more consistent barrel seal), are of the same size (within the constraints of mass production) and have a flat ‘wadcutter’ head. This is so you make a neat round hole in the target rather than tearing it (for scoring).

Because it is quite and relatively short-range, church halls, scout halls, etc. are hired at night. The routine is for a ‘spotter’ to look through a scope or be close enough to the targets to inform the shooter how he (or she) is doing, using the clock method. Once the shooter is settled and strapped and doing OK they don’t want to change their position.

A spotter call may be “outer at 3 O’ clock”. Outer refers to the way the concentric rings of a target are named (you learn this), 3 O’ clock is standard clock face info.
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Shooting is exacting and it is not unusual for a shooter to go through the same hole (if it’s a bull’s-eye). It becomes very hard to determine. A good sport for anal-retentive types (like me) who gets a rush from shooting through the same hole.
 
Much appreciated guys.

Werner, you are a star ;).

Now I know what it is that they where talking about atleast. Will phone some clubs in the area tomorrow and have a chat with someone. Thanx again.
 
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