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AGM Update

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Well we had the AGM and it went smoothly and no drama. The committee and officers were reelected and will remain dedicated to moving the club forward and running the events as we have been doing.

The Hut build has been delayed by the weather and we will have to add some piles under the base to stop it sinking and then we can move forward.

There will be a change to the web site (this one) in that we will limit the historic data and minutes on the site in response to a members concerns. If you want to see old minutes and results you will have to email the secretary.

It goes without saying if any of you have an issue with an image or your name appearing on the site then you need to contact us and we can remove / adapt the data. Generally we make every effort to not identuify individuale etc.

Anyway tomorrow is the McQueen shoot so bring your scoped rifles along to 300 yards.

 

Improvements

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We are always busy improving things for you so check out the photo section for some of the recent changes. These Include:-

A new Roof for the Target shed. It is a short term repair as the old roof was literally falling apart and bits of the front had fallen off -aside from the bullet holes in it (Zero Your Rifles!).

We will be undertaking a complete rebuild of this part of the range as our next major project but we have a number of technical issues to solve before we can proceed. It is not as easy as it sounds. We have added some steps up the side of to the roof of the target shed so it can be easily and safely accessed without going up the dodgy ladder. The steps are at the flag pole end of the shed.

We have also filled the void between the front sleeper wall with sand to try to stop rounds penetrating the double sleepers and damaging the now repaired roof (Zero Your Rifles!). When you miss the target the rounds end up somewhere and often this is the sort of damage we are now having to repair. If you look at the photos page you can see on of the target numbers full of holes!

The next repair is some additional sand going into the butts bank next week. We have added some and need to add some more as well. This is again a temporary measure as the butts need some rebuilding as well.

Visitors will have noticed some new safety signs around the range as well with some more to be added. Everyone has to be safe.

And finally if you looked at the photo of the sand filled front wall you may have noticed a third McQueen target as well. We have two McQueen shoots next month and as these are popular we will be running three targets so there is less waiting for a go. The first shoot is at 200 yards, all welcome but the trophy is for classic sniper rifles and the second at 300 yards is for modern rifles. If you are not sure of the difference then see the ‘what you need to shoot with us page’ for some guidance. The course of fire is on the course of fire page. We do need some help with this shoot so don’t forget to lend a hand. We have another McQueen shoot in the program and previous experiments  have shown that shooting in pairs is fun so we may try that.

The Hut build is still held up by the wet ground as the footings fill up with water at the moment. Luckily the engineers will sort that out.

The next shoot is Service Rifle and the course of fire is .. well no it isn’t on the course f fire page as I haven’t written it yet. Ill get right on it and post it soon. (Update – its there now!)

Enjoy the good weather, renew your membership if you haven’t already and we will see you on the range soon.

And Finally thanks to all who make things happen on the range and do so much work to keep it all going forward. You know who you are and we cant do it without all of you.

Odds and ends

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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’s Practice Shoot – Update

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Well We came we saw and we shot! 32 members turned out for a successful shoot and we all had a decent blast retreating before the weather went bad.

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I have one of the usual shoot photos and a new one – yes the builders are on site! There is only a fence for now but the digger turns up Monday.

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To those few of you who have not renewed your membership please note – We are getting busy and popular so if you don’t renew then this fine, please let us know but don’t expect to turn up in 6 months time with some odd story and expect to be let back in. It will be a full reapplication and probationary period if we have room. We are getting near capacity and really want to cater for members who are regulars.

Hopefully the fine weather will bring out many of you to the next 300/500 practice on Sunday.

We will not have the club guns available (Mr Ball is elsewhere)  but there will be some 7.62 ammo available if required.

See you on Sunday and remember to pay Chris Gordon your subscription if you have not already done so.

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!!

Dorking 2014

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To keep you informed I thought you should be updated where we are with the strategic plans for 2014.

Most importantly we are about to start building the much anticipated George Arnold Pavilion. As you will be aware there has been much said about this over the years and I won’t bore you with the problems this has caused so here is where we are.

The committee decided that in the interest of fairness that the whole project should be handled independently so the project is being managed by an independent project manager who has organised the re-tender outside of our influence. There has also been a massive effort in organising all the building and planning requirements that are too numerous to mention here.

It has been recommended that the proposed wooden structure was more expensive than we needed and it was in fact cheaper to build this out of block being more sturdy and cheaper.

The tender process has completed and based on the recommendation of the project manager we have now appointed a contractor who will start work as soon as possible with a view to completion in June 2014.

So that’s it. In a nutshell we are finally moving along and we will see the evidence of works starting very soon.

This will disrupt our program for 2014 and we won’t be using the 600 yard point for the first half of the year. The program has been adjusted to reflect this and so some competitions that used to be shot at 600 will have been moved to other distances. So what was a 500/600 yard comp previously will be a 300 and 500 yard instead for this year. No point in getting worked up about it, it will be worth it in the end.

The new program for the year has been posted on the Program 2014 page. A printable copy can be found on the following link

 2014 Shooting Calendar Post

Shooting Records

The Yellow Form that we remember will no longer be issued.  There is a shooting record that you can use here 2014 Record 2014 to cover your Dorking shoots.

The club will maintain a central record of shoot attendance as we are obliged to do. It is up to you to record your attendance to satisfy the police you are using your firearms enough to justify retention of your certificate.

If you don’t turn up for a year and don’t keep a record of your shooting then its YOUR PROBLEM not ours. So Use your Firearms and keep a record it will make renewals a whole lot easier.

 I recommend you keep your shooting records in a safe place and preferably scan a copy somewhere on the web as well as a back up.

 I think that’s all for now. Check out the program (that is subject to change depending on circumstances) download the forms and keep your records up to date.

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.

Sunday’s Shoot

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Just a quick update to let you know that there will be no club riffles available on Sunday (Mike is elsewhere) we will have 7.62 ammo available on the day.

The shoot is TR with teams from Chichester and Bookham so please help our visitors and promote the club accordingly.  The course of fire is 2 & 15 at 300 and 600 unless the team captains a decide to amend it on the day to 2 & 10 at 3/5/6. ( it’s only two extra rounds) but this will depend on numbers and requirements.

In case there is any misunderstanding all members are welcome but if you are not shooting the comp you will need to follow the course of fire.  We intend to start at 9.30 prompt so there will not be time for any pre shoot zeroing at 100 yards so please make sure your rifle has a zero for each range.

Drilling for Oil?

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No Not really!   The Survey team drilling the test bore holes for the new pavilion. We need to get this right so bore holes are being drilled to fully explore the ground so we get the base right for the development. We don’t want it sinking in a few years.

The next step will be an engineers report on the dimensions for the base.  This project is really moving forward (at last).

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Dorking Rifle Club

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Greetings and welcome to the Dorking Rifle Club web site. This site is primarily for the purpose of communicating with our members. We will be publishing details of shoots, Range Developments and results here and on the associated pages. Please excuse the lay out of the site whilst we get organised. It takes time to set these things up and we would rather be shooting!

 

Comments are welcome but please try to be constructive and abuse will not be tolerated. Please check regularly as this will be the only place where results are published together with updates to the forthcoming shoots.

If you have ideas then lets hear them.