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Some Notices for your attention:-

1) 2013 Results Summary for all last years comps is on the results page. We will probably give out the prizes in the summer at the BBQ rather than the AGM

2) The AGM will be on Friday April25 in the main hall at Dorking Christian Center 8PM. This is your official notice of the AGM. There will be an email to members and a letter to non email members. We are not going to post a letter to everyone as it costs about £100 in postage to do this.

3) See the photos section. There is a big hole at 600 yards – yes the build of the George Arnold Pavilion has started. And the other picture has no caption (I’m told I cant talk about it) but suffice to say you wont be either sitting in the mud or have your gear in the mud at 300 (or 200)

4) See the new page on equipment. No more sporting rifles at Service Rifle Events please. This is mainly for newer members wondering what sort of things they need to get.

5) The Penguin shoot is on Sunday16th. 303 at 300 and 7.62 at 500. TR shoot against a team for Horsham Rifle Club (who are mostly members anyway)

See you tomorrow.

Sunday 2 February Practice Shoot

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Well as you can see a fine bunch of shooters turned out for a busy practice day. We had 31 in total so we must be doing something right!

The rain has fallen in torrents lately and more to come but the all weather track up the range avoided nearly all the mud and we have nearly forgotten how difficult it used to be just getting up the range. (Anyone want to go back to the old muddy field days? – No I thought not)

The weather has impeded some of the work on the range and we have a full program this year including repair to the Backstop (people keep Shooting it). The Target Hut Roof (getting very suspect) and some seating at 200 and 300 yards. It will have to dry out a bit.

There was something else – Oh I know – The contractors are available to start the Pavilion project from the third week in February so we may get some hut action this spring and it can then rain all it wants as we can retreat to the clubhouse for a cuppa etc. There’s something to look forward to.

And where did I disappear to in a hurry? – Altercation with a legal but non locking multi-tool rendered a large cut in the trigger finger requiring medical attention. Pity I was looking forward to a decent blast with the M41B and the AR15. Will have to wait till next time.

Bah Humbug!!

Service Rifle 1

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No Rain, No Snow!!

Nice day, Great Weather and Great Fun. Not got time for a long report. You know how these things work anyway. The results are on the results page, One picture here and some more on the photos page.

We had a great time and so why don’t you join us next time?

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Service Rifle 1 2014

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Well its that time of year and the competitions start allover again. I have added a course of fire to the relevant section so take a look and get ready. We should have the club gun available plus ammo and a bayonet.

You will need 42 rounds (maybe have a few extras to hand) a couple of chargers (clips,Magazines etc) and a bayonet.

Mr Ball thinks his new L1A1 can be in the classic class but he will have to be in the moderns. Yes I know its an Enfield Service Rifle but it isn’t really in the spirit of the WW2 and earlier stuff. He will complain but that’s part of the fun.

If you haven’t been to one of our SR comps before come along and have a go.

PS – You will need a proper Service Rifle for this sort of thing. We have a category for Classics and one for Modern Rifles

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Well there was time for a quick shoot on Sunday. We had fine weather and a hight turn out of nearly 30 people.

As there was a distinct possibility of rain we got stuck in and were mostly out of ammo by 12.30 when we packed up and went home before the promised rain started.

There was a wide variety do firearms present from Rolling Blocks, Classic, and Modern etc. one of the more unusual was a manual L1A1 that we have not seen much of since their banning in the late 80’s. The one in the photo is a legal manually operated version and someone’s new toy. If you look closely examine the shooters eye!

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Next stop is the service rifle so see you then.

Membership Renewals and the Christmas Shoot

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Its that time of year again and in an effort to get ahead of the game we are sending the membership renewals out later this week. So If you expect one and didn’t get one then let Chris Gordon know and if you have not had one in a couple of weeks let him know as well.

We would really appreciate early renewal so we can confirm the actual members and review how many of the probationer backlog we can accept in 2014.

We wont accept renewals or cash payments on the range (that’s how problems start)

So to the Christmas Shoot and the need to clarify a couple of points.

We are likely to have more members than club guns so if you have a suitable rifle (Scoped or Service Rifle) then please please:-

A) Bring them along

B) Share with other members – its Christmas after all

Not many of you will have a target sighted classic rifle for the round bull timed fire so if you have one – great bring it along and if you don’t then you can use a service rifle (No scoped rifles on that stage)

There has been a suggestion that pairs should be drawn at random out of a hat but this will only work if you all turn up at 9.15 for the draw so that system starts to unravel with latecomers. It is further complicated with random pairings not having the right guns and both wanting to shoot the same gun at the same time.

So, Its just a fun shoot, Pair up with a mate and share the guns with other members. Do a deal over the ammo or buy some off the club.

Don’t forget the wrapped present to the value of £5.00 and ENJOY YOURSELVES

Be prepared to lend a hand with the running of the event.

The Boar Trophy

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Well that was quite a day. I must admit I have been worrying about this for weeks thinking about all the things that could go wrong! Well I whilst it pays to keep on one’s toes it went without a hitch.  We had over 32 shooters and as far as I can tell everyone had a good time. We had teams from Bookham, Horsham, Sussex, Surbiton and Chichester.

We shot with teams of three and still had plenty of room for the scoped rifles to have a blast with some fairly loud in one case 300WM’s.

As this shoot is primarily our charity shoot in aid of the Royal British Legion we raised over £200 for the legion and held a 2 minutes silence at 11am. We had in fact made it back to 500 yards by then.

The shoot was capped in fine style by our South African contingent of Franco and Ian who cooked a fantastic Brai (BBQ here) with some stunning Venison Sausages that were well worth the price of admission on their own. Barry Springer kindly provided the Sausages so we will be sending him off hunting again fairly soon after that lot.   The new Pavilion will have a BBQ area so watch out for these events next year.

We have to thank all the shooters who came along and all those who helped run the shoot and move things along. It was a great day and we also organised some fine weather as well.

The Team shoot was won by Horsham who fielded some top men including the individual winner George Cotton who shot a 99.13 closely followed by Martin Woolger with a 99.11 (always the bridesmaid etc) Full results are on the results page.

The pictures say it all!

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The Boar Hill

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This years shoot on Remembrance Sunday approaches and we are expecting a high turn out. As a club we will be welcoming teams form Horsham, Bookham and Chichester so please make every effort to make our guests welcome.

We will not be running any start of the shoot Zeroing due to the likely high turn out so please have your rifle set up properly before the shoot.

Dave Crispin is unfortunately not well so he will not be able to provide the Burgers and do the cooking. Fear not Barry Springer has co opted Franco and Ian our SA contingent to organise a Brai (that’s a BBQ in the UK) We will have some venison sausages so pray the sun shines and  get in the Queue early to avoid disappointment.

The shoot is in aid of the British Legion and entry is £5.00 per head for all shooters (not just the competition) and you will have to pay for the BBQ as well. Sorry but its all in a good cause.

There will be a 2 minutes silence at 11 so listen for the whistle, hats off and keep quiet.

The Committee will on hand to keep it all moving forward as best we can but give us a hand by being ready and helping where you can.

See you there.

303 Trophy

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We had a fair turnout for today’s shoot but not too many takers for the 303 TR competition. It should have been at 300 and 500 but, how shall I put it, (summons tact) the shooting with the 303’s didn’t warrant falling back to 500 given that we have just had all the targets refurbished. Mike and Andy from FSL would have a fit so we elected to stay at 300.

The possibility of rain was another factor. As it was there was room for everyone to have a shoot and we were all off the range before the rain came in.

We will have to re think this event for future years and update it to the more appropriate course of fire/ distance. The results are on the results page (where else) but don’t feel you have to look at them. It isn’t easy shooting a 60-year-old gun on a target sized for modern rifles but keeping them on the target was hard enough (That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it).

The next shoot is a 500 practice but please have your rifles properly zeroes before you come along. Whilst we can often (don’t count on it) have a couple of shots at the start of the shoot to make sure you are on this is not the same as having a proper centered zero.

You can only properly zero your rifles on a 25 yard zero range or at 100 off a rest (i.e. at Bisley) when you can take the time to zero the rifle to the ammunition, change the foresight heights / Blades etc. There is no substitute for doing it properly and it will save time and frustration on range days. We should have an update on the Pavilion project fairly soon so keep a watch on the web site.

We are going to have a for sale page for members to notify other members of items they wish to sell. The club will offer this to members but takes no responsibility for any part of any sale. it us purely up to you to deal with on a face to face basis.so if you have anything to sell then send details t:-

ddrccttee@btopenworld.com

And we will see what we can put on the site.

1 September Garvett & Marlow Cup

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Well we had better call this one the Chichester, Bookham & Dorking Team Shoot. We had over 35 shooters and this in itself is something of a record. Invited teams from Chichester and Bookham shot alongside the home teams and there was enough to make 5 teams of 4.

The results are on the results page and photos on the photos page with the top team being Dorking A (581.66) closely followed by – well look up the results I can’t repeat them all here. George Cotton shot an impressive 150.21 (he complained about some dropped V’s and funnily enough didn’t get much sympathy)!

We have wanted to the the facilities to a point where we can invite other clubs for a shoulder to shoulder competition and are delighted that Bookham and Chichester could join us so we will definitely do that again (the Boar Hill on Remembrance Day is an obvious one for that).

I think I can safely say that everyone enjoyed themselves and the results show some excellent scores. The new seating at 500 was very welcome and will be added to 300 and 200 in due course.

For me it was a joy to be able to have somewhere to put your kit to sort it out and not get covered in mud. Many years ago I said you should be able to walk up the range in a pair of slippers. Well that wouldn’t be practical but deck shoes are just fine. We have come along way with the range this year so thanks to all who put the positive effort into the club to move it forward and for those who turn up, shoot, smile and make it all worth while.

To those who said ‘We don’t need that’ it turns out we did need it, and what a difference it has made.

The next shoot is the 303 trophy at 300 and 500 with categories for 303 rifles, SRa, SRb and Scoped.