[Responsibility2nd]

The Army sets records for Air Rifle Shooting?

Not to take anything away from Missy being good with a toy gun or anything - but this is BS.

[Martin Tell]

These are not toy rifles. Air rifles yes, but no where close to a Red Ryder or other bb gun you seem to be thinking of.

Precision air rifles can run well over $1000 each and are usually made in Germany. It's a very disciplined shooting sport; think Olympic shooting if you have ever seen that. My son was on a high school precision rifle team until they were kicked off campus by an anti-gun nut educator - he now competes with a Christian high school.

At high school level girls usually dominate. It has to do with body differences between boys and girls. One must be rock-solid still to do well in the sport.

And it's great sniper training, BTW. One reason it is frequently sponsored by ROTC.

[Cboldt]

Hardly a toy, at least as a platform for testing shooting skills (aside from windage, distance, and similar real-world variables). That air rifle will put all the projectiles in one hole at 10 meters, from a bench rest.

"All the hits in the 10 ring" is pretty impressive, when you consider the 10 ring is 10mm diameter.

[Lurker]

“Not to take anything away from Missy being good with a toy gun or anything - but this is BS.”

Let’s see you do it.

Jerk.

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[Maigrey]

I won't bust your chops since everyone else has - but that's some damn fine shooting at any level, but especially high school.

I shot air rifle in college, before the team had smallbore competition (aka .22lr) and I was middle of the pack average - even at my best - doing 378/400.
Those 10 rings look awfully small at 10m when you have a natural tremor and have to time the movements - much less heart rate (need outstanding heart conditioning to go slow) and a limber back for the standing position (which is what air rifle is.)

But a toy gun? Hardly. (Especially since someone posted those beautiful rifles down-thread. I wish I'd been good enough to have used one that outstanding.)

[archy]

The Army sets records for Air Rifle Shooting?

Not to take anything away from Missy being good with a toy gun or anything - but this is BS

Back in the 1970s when the Olympic Biathlon course was still fired with bolt-action military centerfire rifles, I had the happy fortune of helping coach a female Biathlon competitor, She only had about 10 yards available in her backyard range, but she made good use of it, mostly using a Weirauch air rifle shooting at pennies.

And then we got her on the range with a Russian .22 rifle of the sort Biathlon competitors use now, and then with a Finnish M28-30 7.62 with the stock reworked to fit her. Hitting a cigarette package in those days when smoking was a bit more common at 200 meters was no big trick for her, but it usually impressed the spectators. But she never quit her 10-yard practice with the air rifle when she had the chance. And her daughter is now a riflery competitor as well.

[mad_as_he$$]

Thank you. Feel good bs story.

Oh and no doubt the kid can shoot. Give her a 338 Lapua and a 1200 meter target hit and I will be impressed.

[AFreeBird]

Air rifles have evolved. No yellow sheet required.

http://americanshootingjournal.com/50-cal-big-bore-airgun/