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Airgun Shooting
Air Pistol and Air Rifle Shooting is popular with shooters of all ages.
Air pistol shooting is attractive because the pistols are lightweight and easy to hold. It is relatively inexpensive as they use cheap .177 calibre lead pellets, and you do not require special equipment such as shooting jacket, glove, ear defenders, or sling, as per prone target rifle shooting.
This is a tpical target Air Pistol:
At Yealmpton, we have a 20 yard “Air” range with 2 firing points at either 10 or 20 yards.
At the 10 metre mark, there is the facility for precision Air Pistol (5 shots to count on a single diagram card – ‘Air 4/89’)
Also .177 Air Rifle, (1 shot per diagram on a 5 diagram Target – ‘Air 3/89’)
Both .177 and .22 Air Rifle may be shot at 20 yards in ‘LSR’ competitions, with 10 shots to count on a single diagram target. (See also LSR section)
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