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06 May 2010, 12:30 PM
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Gav, learn to shoot at your local gun club, then get your FAC then get your own (you can own 1 legally then).
If you google Bench rest comps or long range target shooting, you will get there, its just the civi version.
There are a couple of makers that will sell you the same model as sold to the forces. How good you get depends on ho much practice you put in.
When I was in the cadets and shooting regularly, I was putting in sub 6" groups at 1200 yards with next to no effort.
If you google Bench rest comps or long range target shooting, you will get there, its just the civi version.
There are a couple of makers that will sell you the same model as sold to the forces. How good you get depends on ho much practice you put in.
When I was in the cadets and shooting regularly, I was putting in sub 6" groups at 1200 yards with next to no effort.
Thank you Simon, will any gun club do sniper shooting or only specific ones? I think i'd enjoy the mathmatics of working the shot out just as much as actually shooting it
06 May 2010, 12:31 PM
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06 May 2010, 12:36 PM
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If you like the mathematics, then perhaps surprisingly, air rifles are a good bet. They have relatively little power, and therefore the shot is easily affected by range. This means that you have to compensate more for the distance of your target than more powerful weaponry.
Now I know an air rifle is not as cool as a sniper rifle, but the one I just sold was bolt action, had a silencer, telescopic sights and a 10 shot magazine. Couple that with the fact that 500 shots cost about £10, and club membership was £2 a day and you have quite a cheap sport. No gun cabinet required, no license needed.
I've got a book I am about to sell, called Total Airguns. Goes through all the theory of this kind of stuff, and there are programs you can download that will allow you to plot the trajectory of the pellets you fire. The amount of detail you can go into is amazing.
It might be a reasonable starting point for you, as you are more likely to find a club near to you. There are not that many places that are licensed for full bore rifles, little old grannies don't like it when stray shots land in their gardens
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06 May 2010, 01:44 PM
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You'll need to learn to shoot well first, then you can go over to long range stuff.
The long range stiff is fun but very very difficult.
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Phones are all bugged anyway aren't they ... one mention of a "keyword" & the tape starts recording Phone companies need to keep the calls for 12 months don't they 
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