NEW EBR class suggestion

great idea 

I like the idea very much. Possibly limit the weight of the pellet as well. The new 13gr JSB slug would be fun to use as well.

i would like to see what people can do off hand, that would be the ultimate of what these shooters can do at any range pat

I love it! You can ask Centercut, I wanted to do a .177 cal 10.3 grn max 100 yd for fun a few years back at RMAC, but we never had time
I would love to see more fun stuff! More springers and also a 200 yd bench slug, not worth a bunch of money, just for fun

I love it! You can ask Centercut, I wanted to do a .177 cal 10.3 grn max 100 yd for fun a few years back at RMAC, but we never had time

I would love to see more fun stuff! More springers and also a 200 yd bench slug, not worth a bunch of money, just for fun

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Ditto. In a way it was done at the Oregon EBR in May. A nationally ranked shooter shot his 100 yard final card with .177 (Beasts I think). And found out it’s not good to bring a knife to a gun fight.

But it would be a blast, and doable with the new .177 slugs. I’d actually like it if the small bore slugs event was a bench event hitting steel out to 250 yards instead of an NRL22 event that most of us older guys have no interest in…. 

I’m a firm believer that if you want to attract more people to this sport or (way of life) you need way more 50 yard and 75 yard bench rest shoots. I have been shooting powder burners for over 50 years and I have some of the best for long range including great scopes, kestrel, etc. even been to some of the best schools the us government (military)had to offer back in the early 90’s. I now enjoy shooting between 50 and 100 yards with my air rifles, way more fun for me , plus I can teach and show others a hell of a lot easier and quieter and the ammo is so much cheaper. I’m a firm believer with the advancements that are being made at such a fast pace on air rifles this is the future for shooting sports. I’m also a machinist and a Nuclear Test Engineer (mechanical) and I think that Fredrik Axelsson and his son and team are our modern day Thomas Edison laboratory as far as the air rifle is concerned, always innovating. There are also many others that are great , Daystate electronic, etc . I think if you concentrate on 100 yards and in you will gain more people and families to the sport and if you continue to shoot the extreme distances 150,200, 300 yard YouTube shots you are doing a disservice to the sport, just my opinion.

Good idea!

I think the problem is the lack of time to have such an event considering the schedules are full.

Honestly I like shooting reactive steel instead of paper. Even though I'm not terrible at NRL stuff I'm growing weary of positional and obstacle stages as I age. I'd rather shoot either off the bench or ground, at reasonable distances (depending on whether shooting slugs or pellets), on reasonable sizes of steel, and in reasonable time allowances, so as not to be rushed to finish the stage (ON TARGETS THAT ARE EASY TO LOCATE AS WELL AS EASY TO SEE). Too me its all about hit ratios, high hit ratios are simply more fun.

As much as I like FT and EFT I'd rather shoot at spinners instead because often you can see where you hit and almost as important where you missed. I hate it when I miss but have no idea where and no clue how to correct for a hit if the target is to be engaged more than once or to get an idea where to aim for the next target. Plus there is no need to reset a target.

i would like to see what people can do off hand, that would be the ultimate of what these shooters can do at any range pat

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Yes, offhand!!

Well, there's air rifle silhouette pretty tough little game!

THe big trend today in air rifle BR is long range with larger calibers. What about an event limited to .177 caliber at 50 or 75 yards? This could be quite a challenge and could maybe allow more clubs to host such a match if they don't have 100+ yard ranges. Just a thought.

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That would be great. If you set anything up in Florida keep me posted please. 

.177 for N50 - YES! How can you increase fairness, allowing some of the most common equipment to compete? Just carry the Class System over to N50 for Heavy Varment, Light Varment, and Piston; all 3 classes restricted to .177cal.

Just for a test, I shot the last N50 with .177cal, (18.93FPE ) Create a .177 Class broken down by FPE. Any surprise I placed last in pellet, even scoring with a .350 plug. It was fun!

It seems to me that a Springer only 177 and 22 class that shoots the standard Target scaled down to fit on a nine and a half by 11 page of paper at 20 yards would be a good idea.

A lot of shooters would like to meet for example in a play by mail competition but can't muster a 50-yard range they just don't have the property maybe they live in town.

A 20-yard range would be very inclusive. A lot of shooters don't have a dedicated air rifle and they might not have a 177 so it should be for 177 and 22 scored with a 22 caliber plug.

The standard Target scales nicely when printed on a nine and a half by 11 page of paper so that makes it easy to get targets.

How about a maximum calibre of .22"

Maximum power of 30 ft. lbs.

Magazines loaded with a maximum of 10 pellets (no slugs). No limits on how many magazines you have loaded on the bench.

No weight limit.

This would create more of a level playing field and you'd probably see a bigger variety of air rifles.

How about a maximum calibre of .22"

Maximum power of 30 ft. lbs.

Magazines loaded with a maximum of 10 pellets (no slugs). No limits on how many magazines you have loaded on the bench.

No weight limit.

This would create more of a level playing field and you'd probably see a bigger variety of air rifles.

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the FX Impacts have 29 round Magazines so...

I sure love ringing steel at 50 and beyond. The winds a blast to compete with and the new little .177 slugs are proving fun for me. I shoot silhouette informally at home, have air on rails and .22 on swingers. so fat 142 yards is my best with the .177 13gn JSB slugs. I got the 10gn JSB slugs last week, but other than a quick test at 50 did not do too much, we had 18-25 that day.200-300 will take some limbing up, and its not as much fun cause I cant shot from the porch.