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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Target Shooting: Casual, Fun and Competition » "Official" Air Pistol Target Distances    View previous topic :: View next topic  "Official" Air Pistol Target Distances   Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:07 am jleecbd New Member Joined: 04 Feb 2009 Posts: 9 I'm using to seeing 10m air pistol, which I believe is an Olympic distance. Are there other distances you would be likely to see at a competition? Part of the reason I ask is that I've seen a 5m target, which would be good for me as I have 5 meters available in my garage. 10m requires my backyard which is almost exactly 10m deep at its deepest (and leaves me a safe background). I prefer shooting in the garage, esp. as I usually only have time at night. I suppose it doesn't really matter to have fun, but I'm toying with someday getting into competitive shooting and would like to practice at appropriate distances.   Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:28 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Smoothbore BB guns are shot at 5 meters - that's about all I can think of: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/airgun.asp Try taking a 10m pistol target and printing it out at 50% (scaled for 5m). The angular displacement will be the same as at 10m, but the pellet holes will be 2X too big. http://www.americantargetcompany.com/air_rifle_pistol_targets.asp _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:08 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Hi jleecbd welcom to Airgunhome We use 5m for pistol and 10m meter for rifles, and the reason for this is that it's often to cold to shoot outside in winter, whereas most people have 5m indoors. If your intrested give it a go Al _________________   Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:55 am jleecbd New Member Joined: 04 Feb 2009 Posts: 9 Alstone wrote: Hi jleecbd welcom to Airgunhome We use 5m for pistol and 10m meter for rifles, and the reason for this is that it's often to cold to shoot outside in winter, whereas most people have 5m indoors. If your intrested give it a go Al Thanks! For me its a darkness and wind problem. Now I just need to get a bigger trap to take 8 1/2 x 11 targets, as I've saved a few of the 5m targets I've found.   Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:18 am pirouge New Member Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Shelby Co. Alabama USA NRA for airguns goes 5m pistol, 10m rifle, hand held. The olympic's are shot at 10m rifle, .177 caliber "Official" Air Pistol Target Distances     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Target Shooting: Casual, Fun and Competition You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." Your browser cookies have been reset or you need to register to access the topic in question. Use the 'Register' button near the top left of this page. Click Here for AirGunHome.com Main Page Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Partial Styling Supplied by Vjacheslav Trushkin Themes Database.