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dracconian

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Guys and gals,

I am going to a shooting competition at the beginning of June and I know that they are going to have a texas star for part of the competition.

This texas star has to be engaged by two shooters who have to hit their respective targets and then try to engage the spinning plates that are now moving at a considerable speed. The wheel is spun by a chain that drops a steel weight after each shooter hits their target, putting the wheel in motion.

Do you guys have any tips on this?

I tried looking at you tube, but was not able to locate anything like this.

Could you help a brother out? Drop me a PM if you get a chance?
 
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Hmmm, by the sounds of it neither of those videos will help much. It sounds like the star will be activated by another steel target and not its own plates and will be spinning at speed before you get to it? If so, good luck, try to lead the steel plates and each one that comes off will likely unbalance the star and cause it to slow down. If you are shooting it in the US in a division that allows Hicaps, I'd try holding in one spot and let the plates come to your sights.
 
+1 if it's already spinning, pick a spot and try to clean the plates before it changes direction. I'd recommend picking a spot on the bottom half of the rotation.
 
Start and the top, it minimizes the initial energy the star picks up as the plates go flying.

However, the best advice is just to practice, if you get a chance to goto the range, just clear it, set it up again, clear it, and on and on.

Those things can be tricky if you let them pick up too much speed
 
Onagoth said:
Start and the top, it minimizes the initial energy the star picks up as the plates go flying.

However, the best advice is just to practice, if you get a chance to goto the range, just clear it, set it up again, clear it, and on and on.

Those things can be tricky if you let them pick up too much speed
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Thanks, I have seen the video from the shoot and the wheel is really moving. I am thinking that I might just stick to the bottom portion of the wheel and try my luck.

Does anyone have a video of the style of Texas star that I am refering to? Chain driven with two steel targets that activate it?
 
dracconian said:
Thanks, I have seen the video from the shoot and the wheel is really moving. I am thinking that I might just stick to the bottom portion of the wheel and try my luck.

Does anyone have a video of the style of Texas star that I am refering to? Chain driven with two steel targets that activate it?
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The video that you saw, is there anyway you can post it here for us to see?
I have heard about mechanical stars, but have never had the chance to see one in action.
 
john simmons said:
The video that you saw, is there anyway you can post it here for us to see?
I have heard about mechanical stars, but have never had the chance to see one in action.
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Sorry bro, I no longer have the CD that contains the video. I tried looking up something similar on YouTube, but I was not able to do so.

Can anyone help out on this?
 
For a wheel that's already spinning, shoot the target at the top: this reduces the mass on the downward side thus slowing the wheel.

If you shoot the plate at the bottom (and hit it), you actually increase the speed of the wheel, since there is now less mass to rise. The target at the top of the wheel has the maximum potential engergy, and therefore getting rid of this has the maximum effect to slow the wheel.

There is a similar but refined strategy for shooting an initially stationary star.

-ivan-
 
Clear off two plates right next to each other then when the remaining three are swinging near the bottom, (should be like a pendulum depending on how fast it was spinning when you started), start picking them off the side ones when they are at the top of their swing.

Have fun and good luck.
 
Good Lord, the guy holding the timer probably had a sore shoulder after that.

See @ 1:17, he's shoots the bottom plate. Don't do that. Just remember, try for two next to each other, then shoot from the top down.
 
Thanks for the tips guy, sadly, our group does not have access to a Texas star so we will be going into this cold.

I will talk this info over with my partner and tell him to shoot for the top.

Again, thanks for the info.
 
ivan said:
For a wheel that's already spinning, shoot the target at the top: this reduces the mass on the downward side thus slowing the wheel.

If you shoot the plate at the bottom (and hit it), you actually increase the speed of the wheel, since there is now less mass to rise. The target at the top of the wheel has the maximum potential engergy, and therefore getting rid of this has the maximum effect to slow the wheel.

There is a similar but refined strategy for shooting an initially stationary star.

-ivan-
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How do you increase or decrease the speed of a star that is, from a basic stand point driven?
How you shoot it will depend on how fast it turns, and how the steel is set to activate it.
 
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First I shoot the bottom plate this seems to have less effect on the spin then I shoot the next lowest. At that point it will start to spin so I just shoot the rest wherever and whenever I have a sight picture.

There is no need to wait for the target to come into the sight alignment just shoot them they are not moving that fast.
 
If the star is already in a spinning motion by means of an activator and weight, make sure the plate you are going for is coming into your sights from the top. It is tougher to shoot a plate that is coming into your sights from under your gun (and essentially out of your sight due to your gun blocking view of it)

Did that make any sense?
 
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