Go the Retro Annie - Olympic/World Record Score

Rabbitz · Post by **Rabbitz** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:19 pm

I have had a few comments passed recently regarding my 50m prone rifle.

It is a 1983 1813 Annie. Apparently, it is 'old school' and looks out of place next to the aluminium fancy pants stocks so favoured these days.

Anyhoo, Sergei Martynov of Belarus shot a 600 in the 50m Prone qualifiers, then a (very) impressive 105.5 in the final (a World Record) using a 1999 1911 Anschutz - there was one change between the 18xx and 19xx action & barrel - the 19xx have a swell on the end of the barrel which has the dovetails cut into it, rather than the block on the 18xx.

I will be suggesting to the fancy pants stock shooters that they might want to go retro too.

Oh, and Martynov also used ammunition of 1985 manufacture...

chappo555 · Post by **chappo555** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:22 pm

What ammo was he using. I didn't see any close up shots of ammo boxes but some of it looked like Eley 10x.

Rabbitz · Post by **Rabbitz** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:42 pm

Well given it was from 1985 (according to a couple of news services that is) and he is/was from the old USSR I would guess it could be a Russian special but at that time Tenex was pretty much the only choice.

The images I have seen showed the ammo in an orange box like Tenex, that looks suspiciously like it is not the plastic Eley box but a cardboard box :-

http://img.rasset.ie/000639c6-642.jpg

Rabbitz · Post by **Rabbitz** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:44 pm

Look at the retro sling... looks almost home made

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0803/ol ... d1_576.jpg

cruisey · Post by **cruisey** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:00 pm

Rabbitz wrote:Look at the retro sling... looks almost home made

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0803/ol ... d1_576.jpg

I could be wrong, but it looks like an old Mosin Nagant sling

Curtley78 · Post by **Curtley78** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:55 am

It kind of makes you wonder about custom barrels and the longevity and storage of ammunition...

Rabbitz · Post by **Rabbitz** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:03 pm

It also makes you wonder why ammo manufacturers can't make the product "like they used to".

Although is is concerning that with near enough to 30 years of R&D time since then why doesn't every batch of premium ammo hit exactly the same P.O.I?

As for the sling, I might be but I have never seen one.

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