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in a moment of curiosity i decided to find out a little more about the specs of biathlon ... this is copied from wikipedia ..

Shooting details

The biathlete carries the small bore rifle, which weighs at least 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), excluding ammunition and magazines. The rifles use .22 LR ammunition and are bolt action or Fortner (straight-pull bolt) action.

The target range shooting distance is 50 metres (160 ft). There are five circular targets to be hit in each shooting round. When shooting in the prone position the target diameter is 45 millimetres (1.8 in), when shooting in the standing position the target diameter is 115 millimetres (4.5 in). On all modern biathlon ranges, the targets are self-indicating, in that they flip from black to white when hit, giving the biathlete as well as the spectators instant visual feedback for each shot fired.

IIRC, Biathlon started started as a training exercise for Swedish/Norwegian troops and the early civilian competitions were with centre fire rifles instead of rimfires.

Makes sense ... Accurate shooting with a sky high heart rate takes done skill !!

zzr1100 wrote:Makes sense ... Accurate shooting with a sky high heart rate takes done skill !!

Yeah, you should have seen my scores after doing the run part of our BET (battle efficiency test) - probably why I ended up with a radio!

Accurate shooting with a sky high heart rate takes done skill !!
That is precisly the beauty of this entire excercise
You can try Biathlon in Bessans in Haute Maurienne, France.

Have a look at this very interesting little video about the details & specs of Gabriela Soukalova's Anschutz rifle.
BTW she recently finished 1st at the Ruhpolding Biathlon World Cup in Germany


http://video.idnes.cz/?c=A140205_135535 ... domaci_cet


Enjoy you sport lovers ....

Good find Froggy, very informative.

Regards phil

Such an awesome sport and a great advert for shooting.

I'm now thinking I might take my turbo trainer up to the range, I've got a Polar Heart monitor so I could spin myself up to maximum heart rate and then try 5 shots prone with my .22 @ 50m, repeat for standing, could be a comp? Doubt the Super Seniors will be impressed!

Or you could roller-ski couple of laps (don't laugh, if you can get pass the ridicule, roller-ski is a perfekt substitute for snowless conditions) and then do your shooting ...

I use to know some keen telemarkers who practiced with roller skis but lost touch now, perhaps I'll have a look on eBay for a cheap cross-trainer!