UPDATE

A busy day with a full car park and lots of shooters. We had teams from Wandsworth and Horsham taking part and given the main purpose of the shoot was for Charity we collectively raised £285 for the Legion so it was a great result. Many thanks to all who turned up, helped, contributed (and ate sausage rolls).

We had a late start due to fog but got caught up and had some top scores (on the results page).

Overall Wandsworth won with 377.37 with a team of 4, Second was Dorking (377.35) – only 2 V bulls in it!) and third Horsham 330.38 but not a full set of scores. So there was very little in it.

The above are for teams of 4.

If you take teams of 3 then It was still Wandsworth on top 288 with Dorking and Horsham on 286 each but Horsham got 36 V to Dorking 30V.

Its not the winning its the taking part and overall there was very little in it and it was great to see everyone.

Horsham were short of shooters so they had to have me (always the last person you want in your team). Some may say that I managed to shoot for Horsham and assist Dorking at the same time!

Still it was a great day and we will see you at the Service Rifle next time.

Sunday’s shoot is the Boar Hill Remembrance shoot, with all proceeds going to Charity. Entries will cost a minimum of £5.00 (feel free to give more as its been £5 forever) with all proceeds going to the Royal British Legion. We have teams from Wandsworth and Horsham visiting for the 2×10 at 300 & 600.

There will be a two minutes silence at 11am

We will provide some Sausage Rolls etc so please come along and support the club and the charity. Otherwise I will have to eat all the sausage rolls myself!

See you then.

UPDATE

Scores on the results page. Well shot all. Won with an impressive 149.22 by James C (scoped) and Rob B with a 145.19 in the TR section.

It might have been dry but it was very windy (doesn’t help if you wind your scope the wrong way either). Still a bad day on the range beats a good day in the office.

The next shoot is the Boar Hill Remembrance shoot, Entries will cost a minimum of £5.00 with all proceeds going to charity (RBL). We should be able to provide some Sausage Rolls etc so please come along and support the club and the charity. Otherwise I will have to eat all the sausage rolls myself!

See you then.

CLOCKS CHANGE SATURDAY NIGHT – Don’t forget or turn up too early!!

Do turn up early enough to help though!

Sundays shoot is a 2 and 15 at 300 and 500 yards. It is nominally a competition but is open to all providing you stick to the course of fire.

The weather looks promising as the current rain is supposed to have passed. We will need the practice for our TR team for the forthcoming Boar Hill Remembrance shoot in November. Dorking needs a TR team for that.

See you on Sunday

The next shoot will be a Gallery Rifle shoot but, similar to earlier this year, we will hold this at 200 yards on the electronic targets.

This was popular before and tends to run much faster as we don’t have the target marking switch delays.

Just dont shred the targets!!

Advance notice – we have the annual Boar Hill Remembrance shoot on 8th November so we will have teams from Wandsworth and Horsham attending as previously. We need a domestic TR team so please let me know if you are a TR shooter and can come along. Everyone else is welcome and we will provide some refreshments as per previous years. Its all for Charity.

See you on Sunday

Sundays shoot is the Modern McQueens at 300 yards. Open to all scoped rifles and needs no introduction. Weather looks promising so what’s not to like?

Update

The Scores are on the Results page. As usual this is a challenging shoot and it doesn’t take much to make what seemed like a decent shoot in to an disappointing one. However there were some good scores with 13 shooters getting 50 with 2 at 50.10. Good stuff and well shot all.

The shoot was all done before the weather turned so that’s always welcome.

The next shoot is a Gallery Shoot that we will (at least start) at 200 with the electronic targets. We may go forward to 100 if there is demand.

Don’t Forget the Boar hill shoot Hill be on Remembrance Sunday 8 November so stand by to donate to the Legion and eat a sausage roll or two.

This time the update will be in two parts.

The first part is now and in this respect there is no update ( Got other things to do today)

The second update will be on Monday 31st when I will post the scores so come back tomorrow!

And Now the scores are posted on the Results page – well shot all. See you at the next one that is Gallery Rifle

Sundays shoot should return to normal as erupting volcanos are not expected to be a further problem so we expect to be running as normal.

The shoot is nominally the Gravett Cup but there will be a practice running along side at 300 and 500 yards.

We will be reviewing the range opening issues and are looking for volunteers to help manage the events as we currently rely on a small pool of people to run things and if either one of us is unavailable then its difficult to manage events so if you are willing to help let me know.

See you on Sunday.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Sundays shoot is cancelled.

I am stranded in Sicily due to the Volcanic activity on Etna (no seriously)! My flight on Friday was cancelled and I’m not back till Monday. Everyone else is either working or unavailable

I cant get enough volunteers to run the range and so I regret to say we will have to cancel the shoot. We rely on a few people prepared to run the shoots and if the usual suspects are not around then we have an issue with organising things.

Sorry to leave this to the last minute but my appeals for help have gone largely unanswered.

I will see what the next one will be when I return.

Sundays shoot is now a 500 and 600 yard practice due to some required resources not being available (I’m on holiday) so the shoot program will change. The much anticipated Scoped Rifle Shoot will now take place on the 16th August so its just swapping them round.

I dont really need to explain how a practice works other than there will be committee members to run it (give them an hand if you can)

The program for the Scoped Rifle event is on the Course of Fire page but dont worry about that one till the next shoot.

Hopefully members will read the web post to see the shoots have changed round!

Enjoy the day and see you at the next one.

Update A small but keen band turned out for a shoot in perfect conditions for the Service rifle and some zeroing afterwards. Warm weather and shaded firing points so whats not to like!

Scores on the Results page and congratulations to Steve G who got the top score with a No4 beating all the new fancy scoped rifles so well done and it proves that its not just the kit!

Pity we didn’t see more shooters but we enjoyed it, got to shoot more and minimal hanging around so it suited those that did make the effort very well thank you.

The next one is a 300 / 500 practice so see you there.

The next shoot is Service Rifle that is a day that needs no real introduction. The Details are on the Course of Fire page so please take some time to download / take note of the details.

The weather looks promising and the 100 / 200 yard firing points are shaded so we shouldn’t cook!

Be ready, bring your ammo and we will see you then.

Phew what a Scorcher!

Scores on the results page, Well shot all, Tricky conditions with the heat and the mirage, The Mc Queens was as challenging as always so its a very hit and miss affair.

The next one is Service Rifle so see you then

Sundays shoot is a Modern McQueens that is at 300 yards. ITs open to all scoped rifles and multiple entries are allowed.

We have overhauled the targets with a new coat of paint so the contrast will be better than last time (That’s the plan anyway). Most of you will have shot this before so it needs no introduction.

See you there.

Update – Scores on the Results page, great shoot and well shot everyone. This was an excellent opportunity to get three distances in one day and all done by lunchtime! Most enjoyable and with fine weather as well.

The next one is a McQueens at 300 – See you then.

Sundays shoot is along the lines of a Queens 2 so that 2 & 10 at 300, 500 and 600 yards.

Nominally a TR comp but it will be open to all who want to get the three distances in on the day so there will be classes for TR and scoped Rifle.

Should be a good day so come along and take part. I know the mention of the words TR and Comp frighten many members but you really should not let that put you off as its a shoot like any other.

I have to also thank the members who came along to the last Gallery shoot and took part in the work party (I really should have taken some pictures). We have sorted out the McQueen targets and re built the Figure 11’s so we are good to go for these.

We have an on going task to sort out the target hut and are working on the Lead recovery although the latter is going to be a challenge!