Originally Posted by
quilbilly
Like Mt Gianni, I officiated and helped with set up at several smaller local summer biathlon events in the Puget Sound area. All the participants I saw were athletes but not shooters so I could not judge the quality of the of those fine rifles in their hands. Honestly, my old Marlin stainless bolt action in the hands of a "gun person" in shape enough to compete could easily outshoot the non-gun athletes with those gorgeous rifles. What I wanted to find (and still do) is one of those biathlon slings for my hunting forays on a mountain bike.