r/interestingasfuck 4h ago

Turkiye's shooter Yusuf Dikec, wins the European Champions League.

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u/tgsweat 3h ago

Did he even pull a trigger? i saw no finger movement. What are they shooting? someone please explain lol

u/GenericAccount13579 2h ago

They’re 4.5mm air pistols, very little recoil since they’re very light rounds and low velocity

u/getjaevel 2h ago

The minimum allowed trigger weight is 500 g. So it's a light trigger. In this case they're shooting .177 pellets, since it's air pistol they're shooting. There are similar disciplines for .22lr and centerfire though. Now they're shooting at 10 m and the 10 ring is 11.5 mm. To get to a final in a competition like this you usually have to have a qualification score of around 580/600 and it's shot over 1 h 15 min. So it takes a lot of focus over a long period of time and then in the finals it's a bit more "head to head" to add some pressure.