Watching Biathlon - how big are the targets?
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Kevin6q
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Re: Watching Biathlon - how big are the targets?
AD9,
I might be the biathlete you're mentioning in the post. There are quite a few biathlons held at Pemi each summer with many levels of participation from the match class (experienced athletes) to a wheelchair class. If you are capable of walking there is a way for you to participate. Come on out this summer and give it a try.
The silo matches are great fun. The offhand biathlon targets are 4.5" diameter at 50 meters and are much easier to knock over than the pigs. Silo definitely helps my ability to acquire the proper target and break the shot when the picture looks good. I set my targets to help out the organizers and give myself something to do between shooting. It also feels normal to be moving between shoots. I use my normal biathlon shooting rhythm breaking 5 shots in about 25 seconds. Any longer and I overhold and the chance of a miss goes way up. Shooting at prone matches I use the same cadence as biathlon too. The biathlon rifle is not NRA legal but the guys at Pemi allow me to shoot anyway. I usually run NRA sized animal first since there is no way to re-zero between bouts. The aperture sights require a lot of clicks going from 40 to 100 meters and keeping track is a lot of work trying to get things back to the starting point. I usually run the 1/2 scale animals next since being a few clicks won't mean too much as long as I center the target.
I might be the biathlete you're mentioning in the post. There are quite a few biathlons held at Pemi each summer with many levels of participation from the match class (experienced athletes) to a wheelchair class. If you are capable of walking there is a way for you to participate. Come on out this summer and give it a try.
The silo matches are great fun. The offhand biathlon targets are 4.5" diameter at 50 meters and are much easier to knock over than the pigs. Silo definitely helps my ability to acquire the proper target and break the shot when the picture looks good. I set my targets to help out the organizers and give myself something to do between shooting. It also feels normal to be moving between shoots. I use my normal biathlon shooting rhythm breaking 5 shots in about 25 seconds. Any longer and I overhold and the chance of a miss goes way up. Shooting at prone matches I use the same cadence as biathlon too. The biathlon rifle is not NRA legal but the guys at Pemi allow me to shoot anyway. I usually run NRA sized animal first since there is no way to re-zero between bouts. The aperture sights require a lot of clicks going from 40 to 100 meters and keeping track is a lot of work trying to get things back to the starting point. I usually run the 1/2 scale animals next since being a few clicks won't mean too much as long as I center the target.
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Re: Watching Biathlon - how big are the targets?
Impressive!
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Re: Watching Biathlon - how big are the targets?
Kevin:
I am interested in learning more about biathlon events (both winter and summer variants). I've done some google searches and read some articles, but haven't found the "Mother Lode" of information yet regarding biathlon. With most subjects (Smallbore Silhouette for example), there is usually at least one message board or forum that is the best place to find information.
Is there such a message board or forum related to biathlon? If so, could you please point it out?
Thanks,
SteveM.
I am interested in learning more about biathlon events (both winter and summer variants). I've done some google searches and read some articles, but haven't found the "Mother Lode" of information yet regarding biathlon. With most subjects (Smallbore Silhouette for example), there is usually at least one message board or forum that is the best place to find information.
Is there such a message board or forum related to biathlon? If so, could you please point it out?
Thanks,
SteveM.