Category Archives: Competition

Sunday 6 August Scoped Rifle 2 Update-Scores

Course of Fire added to the COF page. Read it and be prepared!!

The scoped rifle shoot is tomoprrow and I have created a course of fire to make it interesting. It will not be a spray and pray shoot and if you cant hold a decent zero at 300  you will not be allowed to continue. Fun though they are VZ 58’s are unlikely to qualify.

See you tomorrow.

170806 Scoped Rifle Shoot

Sunday Update

Scores added to the results page – well shot everyone. It seemed to go well but we need to work on the COF to make it run a bit quicker. It is still work in progress but it was fun all the same.

A couple of notices:-

We have ongoing security concerns and there seems to be all sorts of additional threats to us and our sport.

For security Reasons We have removed all the historic results. In future we will post the results with the names as First Name / last initial. Previously this was first initial Last name. We have resisted password protection on the site to date as everyone forgets them. We will see how we get on with the current set up.

The results historic results are available on request.

There was an incident where a member was called by someone purporting to be a police FEO. Beware of spoof calls / emails and ensure you are not being fooled.

If in doubt check.

Sunday’s Scoped Rifle shoot will be a further experimentation of the hand-held Fig 11/12/14 targets at various distances. Last time it seemed to work well so come along and we will see what we can arrange.  See you then.

Service Rifle 3 – Sunday 9 July 2017 – Updated

This weekend we are on Service Rifle again and the course of fire has been posted to the Course of Fire page. If this is difficult to find then there is a further link below:-

170709 SR 3 Course of Fire

I think I have got the details ok but I am sure someone will point out any errors! Anyway get your service rifles out, grab some ammo (don’t turn up with just 20 rounds) and enjoy yourselves.

Usual rules apply and I will see you then.

Update

Hot and busy day – Scores added to the results page. Well done all.

Appeal – We have a work party coming up and as usual half our tools have disappeared. If you have any spare tools (we could do with a couple of hammers (ours walked) in good condition you would like to donate to the club we would be grateful.

There will be a work party on Sunday 10 September so please come along and help us sort some things out – it will help the club and shift some of those holiday pounds!

Bring a spade as there is a trench to dig! (loads of other fun things as well)

Modern McQueen Sunday 26 June

A great day and a strong turn out. The results are on the scores page. Some excellent shooting (and some where more practice may be needed) Kevin Webb managed a 50.10 as an opener, what a pity he missed the shoot off at lunchtime (only joking Kev).

There were 4 other scores of 50 but no more with so many ‘V’s.

It was nice to make it to the range myself after what seems like a long absence for a variety of reasons. Anyway a great day and thanks to those who helped out.

On a housekeeping note I have to ask all members to be careful with other people’s equipment. A rifle was knocked over and left with a boot scuff on the moderator.

Watch where you are walking!

Further please be careful when adding you kit to the Mule as stuff already in there gets crushed and can be damaged. We can do a further run in the Mule for kit if needs be.

See you next time for the Service Rifle.

Sunday 11 June Knight Cup/Gellibrand Shield Results Added

The web pages seem to have been a bit quiet of late, a combination of travel commitments and lack of things to say in general. We have all been ticking over and often ‘No news is good news’.

Anyway we have the Knight Cup/Gellibrand Shield on Sunday and this a TR Queens 2 being 2×10 at 3/5/6 so a good all round days shooting to be had.

All are welcome and the Range Officers will make sure that no rifles with a muzzle brake will be squadded at the same time as the TR shooters and these can be a bit anti social. We all manage to fit in with a bit of organisation and care.

I did get a flyer from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust who have organised a ‘Shoot Walk over the land adjacent to the range hosted by the estate and the local game keeper.  The details are in the pdf attached if you are interested.

Surrey shoot walk-revised 5 June

Shoot well tomorrow and I will endeavour to update the scored when I get them. If any of you have any reasonable pictures of the days activities I am always happy to post them.

Enjoy

 

Update – Scores added to the results page

Serice Rifle 2 Sunday 14 May Updated

I have updated the scores on the results page from Sundays shoot. Sorry I missed it and for the delay in posting. I have been a bit tied up. Anyway it looks as if there were some good scores with the modern rifles not being that much in front of the classics.

All good fun, the next shoot is a Gallery Rifle so dig out the toys and enjoy yourselves.

The RCO course is now full and Paul will be contacting those who have subscribed and asking for some cash. The club is subsidising the course as having qualified RCO’s benefits us all. Good luck to those taking part as it is not easy and is a high level qualification.

If you are still interested then Paul will no doubt have a waiting list if anyone drops out. The course will run at the end of September.

Kirby Cup & AGM

Sundays shoot saw the Kirby Cup with around 20 shooters in attendance (based on the number of cards I ended up with) We used the refurbished 500 yard point for the first time with good results and saw some decent scores overall (see the Results Page).

Those of you who stayed on for or attended the AGM, thanks for your support. We have had a good year and although progress in some areas is slow we still move forward positively and in a sensible direction. The current committee was re-elected and were joined by Andy Reed and Neil Butler. Nick Baulf has agreed to be our new accounts examiner.

Finances reflect the increased expenditure but we do not intend to increase the membership fees at this time so that’s good news for all.

We have some work to finish off on the club house still and then we move on to fixing up the target hit that needs some attention.

Plenty to do so if you feel like helping out we would be happy to hear from you. There will be a work party this summer at some point – details to follow. Dont Forget we are running an ACO course so if you have not advised PAul Upward of your interest then please do so. It looks as if we will aim to run this on a non shooting weekend in September.

The next shoot is Service Rifle.

Easter Sunday – The McQueen – Update

This Sundays shoot is scheduled to be the Classic McQueen at 200 yards. If you dont know what this is then see the COF page for details. There is a trophy for this (somewhere) and this is for Classic Rifles. As ever all are welcome but the comp is for Classics so dig out those No 4T’s M41B’s O3A4’s 91/30’s etc.

Great day – very busy and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

The socres are on the resutls pages. so well shot all. Rob B proved that with a scoped single shot target rifle is not a handicap.

See you at the next shoot in two weeks

Service Rifle 1 Sunday 2 April Updated

No time for a long post but it was a good day with a strong turn out. Scores on the Results page. Well shot all. I have to admit to Rifle issues and that I was soundly beaten by Phil! He is of course delighted and I thought I had better fess up as he will be telling everyone anyway (oh the humiliation!) I should have taken the M14. It will take a while to live that one down. The next shoot is a classic McQueens at 200.

A selection of photos below:-

We have also got closer to organising the RCO course so as I cant find the original list of those interested then please re-register your interest. It is a two day course.

 

Scoped Rifle 1 5 March 2017 – Update

Well the weather wasnt kind today but in reality we have been lucky of late so it was inevitable that we would get wet at some point.. But did we actually get wet? You had to have a bit more gumption and turn up to find out.

We took one look at the rain and decided the stick with a 600 yard shoot and so the kit could stay in the dry. Aah but the shooters? Well we have acquired a Gazebo, only room for three shooters but there were only a few of us so that was fine.

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After a bit the rain mostly cleared and there was the odd comment about the sun in the face! Anyway everyone was dry.

The revised course of fire was Fig 11 snaps and Fig 12 snaps at 600. We tried Fig 11 / 12 targets as moving targets for the third detail.

The shooting was mixed and it certainly shook things up a bit with the pressure of snap shooting and limited sighters.  The top score was Rob B who is an excellent shot but the surprise was that he used a scoped single shot target rifle. Proving its how you shoot rather than what.

The moving target was particularly difficult as we had no real idea where to aim.

We can expect to run this shoot again as it is a considerable challenge.

So well done to all those who came along. Scores on the results page.

The Penguin – Updated

This weekend sees our first comp of the year. It’s the annual match against Horsham Rifle Club and is so names as its often cold.

The shoot is 2 x 10 at 300 with a 303 and 2×10 at 600 with a 7.62. ITs a TR shoot but all are welcome providing you stick to the course of fire. Note we will get all the TR shooters on the first details and segregate the muzzle break shooters to their own details etc.

As the 303 rifles are getting a bit long in the tooth we would hope you are only going to bring along one in good condition that you can hit the target with. We cannot afford to have the equipment damaged.

Update

The shoot went well with a good turn out – too busy to count and we welcomed a number of new faces. The actual match was The Penguin, was shot with 303’s at 300 and that is where the majority of points were lost (excluding Rob B who managed a 48.6 with a 100-year-old SMLE). Horsham won with a score of 344.30 against the home team with 336.14.  Scores on the Results page.

It is fair to say that all the Horsham members are also Dorking members so we could swap them about and change the results accordingly.

Anyway everything worked, it wasnt cold and we didn’t get wet so job done.

We have the AGM and work party coming up but there may be some changes in the program so keep an eye on the web site for announcements.

The next shoot is a scoped rifle one and we are going to try some different targets, Fig 14/12 & 11’s to make it a bit more challenging.  Having said we are going to change things I now have to work out what we will do exactly. IT will be a bit experimental so be prepared to be flexible and to also do the on/off the point and marker changes quickly so we don’t get held up too much.