Across the last two Saturdays, December 10th and 17th, 2011, I invested some quality time training with my black powder muzzleloader in .36 caliber, a
Billinghurst by custom German gun maker
Tilo Dedinski. The 2012 Portuguese
MLAIC matches are only 7 weeks away and training is essential.
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Billinghurst .36 caliber and a training score of 93 / 100
(MLAIC Kucheneuter score rules sort the best 10 out of 13) |
Loads setup details (in use order):
- 11 grains FFF Black Powder, made in Spain by RIO
- Corn semolina, made in Portugal, brand "Globo", "Carôlo de Milho - Sêmola" (for culinary use)
- Cotton wads, made in Germany by "
Riffle Bullet Caster GmbH & Co.KG ", diameter: 24 mm
- Cotton wads lube, made in Germany by " Riffle Bullet Caster GmbH & Co.KG "
- Lead balls, made in Germany by "Riffle Bullet Caster GmbH & Co.KG", caliber: 0,354 ", weight: 65 grains
- Percussion caps, made in Germany by RWS, N0. 1075
Yesterday, right on the last target at the Jamor shooting range (Dafundo, Oeiras, Portugal), I broke my personal training record for the MLAIC Kuchenreuter discipline, with 93 / 100 points - my previous record was 92 / 100 from a January 2011 training session .
Score is made from the 10 best out of 13 shoots, at the ISSF 25 meter pistol target, and a >50% inside the ring is required to score inward (not as in ISSF where touch ring scores inward)
- all under a 30 minutes match time constraint.
Targets from the training session Dec. 10th :
Targets from the training session Dec. 17h :
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Close up on the 9-10 ring from the 93 / 100 target.
On the 10-X ring, there are 3 impacts
- the lower "insertion" is a 2-in-1 |
Scores in detail:
Dec. 10th, 2011
Target I: 7 8 8 | 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 , Scores: 86 / 100
Target II: 0 5 7 | 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 , Scores: 88 / 100
Dec. 17th, 2011
Target I: 4 6 7 | 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 , Scores: 88 / 100
Target II: 8 8 8 | 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 , Scores: 93 / 100
Please note that MLAIC scores only the best 10 out of the 13 match impacts.
To evaluate quality control on top brand airgun pellets - in particular with the goal of using (or not) this procedure to sort pellets for extreme precision Benchrest 25 Air Rifle match competition, I took a sample of 50 pellets from Air-Arms Diabolo 4,5mm and weighted them. I decided to use a sample of 50 pellets from Haendler & Natermann (H&N) Finale Match Air Pistol High Speed 4,5mm as a cross reference for quality control accross diferent manufacturers / different pellet types.
