What equipment do i need to be good?

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Pulled this from facebook, and it holds true for any sporting discipline where "equipment " is involved. .... experience , skill/ability and practice will always give greater benefits than the latest/greatest kit.
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Backgardenplinker said:
Fair play.

What is all the kit they usually have for pistol shooting?
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A 'blind' for the non sighting eye (so you can keep it open - closing one eye dilates the pupil on the other side which reduces depth of field in that eye) and often a diopter over the shooting eye - a pin hole to look through again for DoF and focus benefits. Quite often a cap to shield from extraneous light from above.
 
Mark Palmer said:
Blinders, gloves, wrist supports etc, the point of the post, is that ability and practice will out Trump equipment everytime
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No wrist supports in 10m. In theory you can wear a glove (no rule against it as far as i know) but not anything that does or might support the wrist - a wrist watch for example is a no, no and grips can not extend as far as the wrist for 10m pistols unlike free pistol where do extend back to the wrist.
 
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With gloves they can not extend over the hand to the wrist (like everyday normal gloves) as the strap can (will) be used as a wrist support.

Also fitting the grip to be used with a glove would render it not a good fit if for whatever reason the shooter decides or for that competition can not use a glove.
Can't say i have ever noticed any 10m pistol shooters using a glove.

Quite common in Archery though.

If you watch enough 10m comp videos you will see a few like the Turkish fellow who are just natural shooters with the basic's covered to shoot.

Special flat soled shoes are also a thing that comply to a ruling standard or wear normal shoes/trainers.
 
I remember a 10m open competition in Bolton, think it would have been about 1985, anyway Laslo Antal turned up with the British pistol squad to compete as a training exercise, well a guy from Manchester who was a good shooter, but had not shot for a year or more out shot them all by good margin.
 
I watched the 10mtr target rifles the other day.

Extremely talented, except when they walked. I couldn’t believe the stiffness of the clothing. They walked like Tinman. Not kidding!

This Turkish bloke is a legend, is that a Snow Peak as well? 😂😂😂
 
Frog said:
A 'blind' for the non sighting eye (so you can keep it open - closing one eye dilates the pupil on the other side which reduces depth of field in that eye) and often a diopter over the shooting eye - a pin hole to look through again for DoF and focus benefits. Quite often a cap to shield from extraneous light from above.
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Mark Palmer said:
Blinders, gloves, wrist supports etc, the point of the post, is that ability and practice will out Trump equipment everytime
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Cheers chaps. Never watched Olympic shooting.

I'm more a tin of pellets with a spring rifle shooter. Bag rest if sat down. Don't do technical and kit. Pistol is fun though and started doing a bit of that recently. 1 hand hold at 10 meters is seriously hard 😳
 
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