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I
will try to outline the basic ideas of competition rifles and give you
tips on how you might find the perfect rifle for you.
The
Olympic events are performed with air- and smallbore-rifles, and I will
therefore focus on those two styles.
The match rifles of today has not much in common with normal
hunting rifles. The match rifles allow the shooter to adjust the rifle to
fit perfectly. The accuracy is extremely good, with most of the air-rifles
shooting ten shoots in the same hole as one shot from 10 meters, and
smallbore rifles shooting 10 shoots inside a 1/2" circle from 50
meters.
Anschutz 2002 with Aluminum stock
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By: Joacim Trybom
The first question to ask
yourself is whether you need a new rifle or not. A new rifle can
cost you anywhere from $1500 up to $4500, while you can
sometimes buy a used rifle for less than $1000.
And the truth is that not much
has happened with smallbore actions the last 20 years. A 20 year
old rifle shoots just as good as a new rifle, and sometimes even
better. Air rifles had a major evolution during the mid-80's,
but since then it has mostly been minor changes to the actions.
The stocks of both air and smallbore has been changing, but a
basic wood stock is the beginners best choice as the new
Aluminum stocks are so advanced that the shooter is better off
learning to shoot with a normal stock and then switch to a more
advanced stock when getting more acquainted with the sport.
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