Update – A great shoot but a challenging course of fire (I must change that for next year!) It was a bit windy / chilly so the 200 yard stages seemed to involve a fair bit of ‘wobble’. Still there was some good shooting and the scores are on the results page.

I do have a public notice that I need to make in order to preserve the possibility of a discount. I was, somewhat uncharitable about Deans shooting but he did excel today with his M1 Carbine (you know you need one) He got the top score in the Classic with a 184 so well shot (can I have that BM59 now?).

David got 215 in the Modern just ahead of Mat and Dan, no room for errors.!

So well done all and we will see you at the next one that is a Gallery Rifle at 100 (maybe 200 as well) along with some work on the targets – the full details of the day to follow.

The shoot is Service Rifle 2 that should need no introduction so read the course of fire (on the Course of fire page), get your ammo and kt together and come long.

See you there

Cracking shoot and well supported. It was a tricky course of fire and caught many out (including me) so it was an interesting challenge. The scores are on the results page. The inclusion of Fig and Fig 12 targets at 500 yards was particularly challenging and 600 was shot on 500 targets so there were no give aways (other than a Fig 12 at 300!)

Anyway the weather was great and we had a shoot that made you think.

See you at the next one that is Service Rifle

Sundays shoot is the Scoped Rifle 1. The program is on the Course of fire page so download it and come prepared. We will use hand held targets at 300 and 500 to make it a bit more interesting. This will involve a few butt changes so be prepared to help out.

COF is here as well

The weather looks promising so thats encouraging.

See you then

Update

A great shoot and nice to see a (small) team from Horsham but it was fun. No idea why we try to shoot 303’s at 300 as they are difficult to use for most of us! 600 was a bit better with a proper rifle. The team shoot was reduced to teams of two and Dorking retained the Penguin (its in the cabinet in the club house). To be honest we had to shuffle the teams a bit to get the numbers and I ended up shooting for Horsham (why Dorking won) – I have been a member of Horsham for over 40 years!

So it was a good morning out and whats not to like!

The Penguin is this Sunday and is our annual match against a picked team from Horsham. It goes back years and I recall attending this as one of my first shoots at Dorking when I was a member of the Horsham team. Some of us ended up joining the club and in my case the rest is history.

The shoot is a TR 2×10 at 300 with a 303 and 2×10 at 600 with a 7.62 The actual match is for TR but all are welcome and I will record separate scores for scoped rifles etc.

So I think we may be short on TR numbers so the Dorking members who are also Horsham members as well (Rob B George C and yours truly) may have to play for the other side. I’m a bit of a liability to either team but the others are good.

Come along and have a go as the more the merrier. I don’t know the origin of the name but it the shoot was always early in the year and often cold so the Penguin name seemed to stick!

See you then

Update – Scores are on the results page, Many good scores and some exceptional! The V bull is very small and yet there is a score of 50.9 from Graeme (who else) and Mark V with a 50.8 as well. Overall there were 15 scores of 50 so well done to those who came along with the modern rifles. On the classic side this is much harder as the target is very small with a classic scope (don’t get me started on the measly 2.2 power on an O3A4) but you have to try these things at least once. Mat G got 41.1 with his M41b, probably the best of the classic sniper rifles and this one was made around 1900.

So well shot everyone – see you at the next one (the Penguin)

Sundays shoot is a Classic McQueens at 200 yards. This is a shoot primarily for classic scoped rifles and although its at 200 yards the V bull is very small!

There will be categories for Classic and Modern rifles (no iron sights) in this and I expect most of you have shot this before.

This does take some effort to run so be prepared to do your turn in the butts and help out.

Bring enough ammo!

Don’t forget the clocks go forward! so don’t be late

See you then.

Sundays shoot is a practice at 300 and 500 yards, weather permitting. No real introduction necessary as its just a practice so come along and we will see you there.

While writing we are in need of a Treasurer so if you are interested in helping run the club then let us know.

Just another small appeal for some help – we have a Skip in the car park and there are some items that need putting in it so a few willing hands would be appreciated. We have cleared most of the rubbish but may have a look in the target shed for any other items to get rid of so its not enough to call it a work party but a few hands at the start of the day would be appreciated

The next shoot on Sunday 1st is a Gallery Rifle so we are at 100 yards with the usual mixture of firearms to test / zero / dust off etc.

An opportunity to use some of the older and less often seen items so we will see you there.

Sundays shoot is a practice at 600 yards so we will be near the clubhouse for warmth/shelter/coffee etc.

We will put the bench out for anyone who wants to use that

Just a friendly reminder that unzeroed rifles cannot be used on this as we do not want to damage the targets etc.

See you Sunday

UPDATE

Well a select few turned out to what ended up as an enjoyable shoot. It was a bit damp but we had enough to run the full set and the scores are on the results page.

The mud did not put off the shooting standard and there were some good scores. I tried to do it the old way with a Swedish Mauser of 1918 vintage that was great fun to shoot but I did miss the AR15 and scope! Still you have to do these things.

See you all at the next one that is a 600 Practice

Sundays shoot is the first Service Rifle shoot of the season. The details are on the Course of Fire page and its the file dated 26/02/01. It would be best if you downloaded this and had a look before turning up.

Service rifle (by popular demand) has gone back to 5 details so you will need a minimum ok 52 rounds to complete the whole shoot.

You know how these things work by now.

Just an update on the last shoot that was a 200 yard practice on the electronic targets. This proved popular and we will probably run this again this year and replace one of the Gallery rifle shoots with a 200 practice instead.

So keep an eye on the website for updates, pay your subs and we will see you on Sunday

Sundays shoot is a 200 yard practice and we will use the electronic targets. Saves swapping marking duties in the butts etc so should be easier.

This is not a free for all to shred the targets please so the normal rules apply on having rifles zeroed etc. Will be a good opportunity to get things on target for the season.

The program has a Work party mentioned but we wont do a lot of that. I would like to get the Butts tidied up and sort out any rubbish etc. There may be time to cut back some of the trees at 400 yards but the day will be mostly shooting.

Make sure you pay your subs and we will see you on Sunday.

Happy New Year to all of you

The provisional program and dates have been added to the relevant parts of the site. These may be subject to change (someone is bound to point out where I have made a mistake!)

However its a start so enjoy the holidays and we will see you at the Hero Shoot and beyond.