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Thouht we could start a new Swingers Thread?

That looks a great set up tongueout

I like the cloth on the cheek piece...might try that...

Here's mine (though already posted yesterday)

Individual wrote:

Ah, the fabled mk. 6, rarely seen in the flesh. Or should that be wood?

shugie wrote:
Ah, the fabled mk. 6, rarely seen in the flesh. Or should that be wood?

As always chaps I'm on the look out for good quality pictures for my Swing page on Wikipedia. Please feel free to update the page yourself if you are more comfortable doing so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_rifle

hitchphil wrote:Thouht we could start a new Swingers Thread?

I have a very soft spot for the Swing rifle, as my first ever rifle was a Swing Mk. III (#665) and for a while it had a twin (#281). These got shot in a total of 17 Imperial Meetings as well as several GB tours and a couple of Commonwealth Games. I've sold both of them in the past 6 months, as the Barnard I bought last year is just so consistent and accurate. In the end I swapped because of reliability and fixability concerns.

As has been pointed out before, about half of the rifles used by GB in the 2011 Palma Match were Swings, with most of the remainder being Swing-derivatives like the Paramount and RPA. Barnard are starting to make inroads, though.

Gaz

GazMorris wrote:

hitchphil wrote:Thouht we could start a new Swingers Thread?

I have a very soft spot for the Swing rifle, as my first ever rifle was a Swing Mk. III (#665) and for a while it had a twin (#281). These got shot in a total of 17 Imperial Meetings as well as several GB tours and a couple of Commonwealth Games. I've sold both of them in the past 6 months, as the Barnard I bought last year is just so consistent and accurate. In the end I swapped because of reliability and fixability concerns.

As has been pointed out before, about half of the rifles used by GB in the 2011 Palma Match were Swings, with most of the remainder being Swing-derivatives like the Paramount and RPA. Barnard are starting to make inroads, though.

Gaz

Gaz

Exactly 8 out of the 16 shooters, one in the 10 Worlds Individuals finalists, and practically none in the 5 other teams.

R.G.C