Biathlon Rifle: Everything you Need to Know
Winter biathlon is one of the amazing games of winter Olympics, add skiing and rifle shooting and you have a completely new game.
Biathlon event starts with a a race in which contestants have to ski around a cross-country track, and they have to prove their shooting skills during the race, and based on these to performances a total score is calculating.
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Today at Winter Olympics a 10 kilometer long biathlon sprint was held and a french soldier Vincent Jay took the first position.
At First Look Biathlon Rifle might look like an hybrid mixture for a regular rifle and a sniper gun. A Biathlon rifles fires 0.22 caliber rounds at speeds of of 1000 feet per second.
Air rifles can shoot 1,000 fps (and above), .22 rimfire rifles can shoot at 1,400-1,500 fps thus 1,000 is really not amazing (in fact it is subsonic and the exception for .22s).
These are like BB guns only faster, stronger and based on (rather old) bolt-action manual mechanism. Biathlon Rifle don’t carry any optical viewfinder which add another difficulty for the Bi-athletes and guess what each of these guns are supposed to weigh at least 3.5 kilos.
The contestant shoots two rounds at any shooting lane, and they must hit at least 5 target in every round. You miss one and you need to ski another 150 m plus your race track length. So not only a contender must ski faster than others but also be better at shooting with these Biathlon Rifles to win the game.
Thanks, buddy. But may be you should do better research and add more information?
The rifle seems gay to me, IMHO.
I’m guessing this is an Olympic event based on some old Nordic traditional hunting sport from the early 1900’s or something.
That is cool.
But it would be MUCH COOLER if they shot real rifles that kick and are long, like an old Springfield, Enfield, or Gewehr 98. Even a Garand or equivalent. Granted these are military rifles but you get the point.
Then add some serious range to the targets, like 300 meters at least. Maybe one target at 300 and another at 600.
These guys look like they’re shooting air rifles and it seems pretty pointless and it irritates me.
Yes, I thought about the dangers of using a real gun…
Sniper gun….not sure what the difference between a regular rifle and a sniper gun is(what is a “regular rifle” btw?). The .22 come in various weights, velocities(even as low as 500fps) and types(shorts, longs, extra long, mag, mini mag, etc.) so if you went to the store and asked for a box of .22, they would ask what kind. The shell casings are different widths and lengths. Btw, you can shoot shot shell 22 ammo as well. For instance, you cannot chamber a 22 mag into a 22lr. It simply will not fit and you will end up cracking the bolt if you did manage to cram it in(higher pressure). Also, the “rather old) bolt-action manual mechanism” action you speak of if still the most popular action today. You make it sound as if it is outdated when in fact, the best modern rifles are still bolt action.
They are plinkers, varmit rifles and the .22 has made its name in history for assassinations. The best shooters start off and continue to practice with .22. Whether you’re shooting .22 pistol or rifle, it’s the foundation on which your abilities will will evolve from.
So like the individual above stated, do some more research or speak from personal experiences.
Will on February 17, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Who are you talking too. this thread has three posts but none of your posts dir4ectly addresses anyone’s verbiage in this one.
It’s close to maybe pointing at mine since I posted something sprt of, along the lines of your complaint.
Please re-read and re-post if care to expound.
It may be you’re reading another post that I can’t see
either way. I suspect this thread to be dead anyway