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Smallbore is the sport you're talking about. The Soviets were very good at it and made some fine rifles, I used to use an old Vostok in high school, cheaper th
by toomanybeersies 11y ago
Smallbore is the sport you're talking about.
The Soviets were very good at it and made some fine rifles, I used to use an old Vostok in high school, cheaper than a German Anshutz, and almost as good.
- rdtsc 11y agoAh yes. Thanks! Remember the arm belt. And a bunch of other technques we learned (the full breath then stopping at a half breath, etc...) Found a picture even: http://d2dt9vg05qkweq.cloudfront.net/media/1534055/web_joe-farmer.jpg?preset=article http://d2dt9vg05qkweq.cloudfront.net/media/1534055/web_joe-f... (notice the arm belt). We had a nice facility. When it rained we used air rifles inside for practice.
- phillc73 11y agoFirst thing I noticed in that picture was that the rifleman is left handed. As a casual marksman, using club rifles, I'm often frustrated by the bolt being on the wrong side (catering for all the right-handers).
- huhtenberg 11y agoWe had a shooting range in our school basement (and it was a bog-standard Soviet school). Those were the best lessons ever.