Sounds an impressive title but the targets played up and the shoot was curtailed. Still the club house is coming on well and it didn’t rain. The results, such as they, have been posted to the relevant page.

The old huts

The new club house, cladding almost finished and the start of the new 600 yard firing point (actually at 600 yards now)

The spruced up target shed

We will yet again work on the targets and see what part of the wiring is playing up this time. The new targets have been delivered from Norway so we will have a replacement set soon.

The next shoot is Service Rifle and all the targets will thankfully be manual!

Probably the most successful day we have had on the range for a while. I can’t thank all of you who turned out enough. I lost count of the number of people who turned up and gave their time and considerable skills & effort to help us complete a number of fairly vital tasks.

I would like to thank you all individually but I lost count and was too busy (as we all were).

We managed to re-roof the target shed along with a tidy up and general repairs, start installing the lighting in the hut as well so we have some were lit and dry to fix the new targets when they arrive shortly. The Target hut, shed and 100 and 200 yard shelters all had a coat of preservative. We made the new manual targets for the Carbine Shoot in August and completed some very tricky re wiring of the electronic targets and tested them at all distances.
We made new McQueen and Fig 11 targets and numerous other small jobs.

Really we couldn’t have asked for more and a heartfelt thanks to all of you from me on behalf of the club. Really it restores ones faith in human nature.

The weather held off and we have to go back to the range tomorrow and do some shooting. Woe betide anyone who damages anything we have just fixed.

It’s the Classic McQueen at 200 yard competition but any scoped rifle can take part. We have no mains power so it will be manual only. There will not be a club gun or ammo available so do a deal with someone if you want to shoot.
The weather may well be awful!!

Thanks again to everyone

The club house continues to move forward

With the movement of all the gear from the 600 yard hut to the clubhouse and the 200 hut or Butts it took us a while to find all the bits we needed to get going so apologies for the  late start. We will probably have the odd delay as the club house moves towards its conclusion. There are some more pictures on the Pictures page showing the interior that is now plastered and ready for the electrical fittings and plumbing etc.  The roof is on and the cladding and doors should be fitted soon.

Anyway the shooting was a bit breezy and a number of us had flyers at 500. Still if you are young and keen like a certain Alistair Springer who managed a 148.21 it wasnt a problem – so well shot.

Sunny and peaceful day with no drama – what more could we want.

Results are on the page, pictures are on that page so help yourself. Any mistakes in the results are mine but I am a bit pressed today!

The next shoot is Classic McQueen. don’t forget the work party on the day before. More details will be posted here closer the time (see also the previous post.)

A damp morning but not nearly as bad as it could have been so a reasonable turn out given the conditions and the clocks changing. We have stuck with the 5 detail format as this seems to be popular. Some different courses of fire were added to keep shooters on their toes and remind them to count!

We have to congratulate Connor (again) who proves his previous performance with the club gun and Partizan ammo was not a fluke so, well shot. It confirms that the shooter makes the difference.

We have the results on the results page and the pictures page has been updated with the latest of the club house. It is well on the way to being finished with the windows being in so we are well on the way to completion hopefully in May.

See you for the Scoped Rifle next time and to leave with some more wobbly video of two very different straight pull rifles.

We have a problem caused in part by the weather – the need to keep the score sheet dry, – some inaccurate record keeping by the range officers (yada yada yada). I have to issue an apology to Vincent Guy who noticed once the results were posted that he had only been given a score of 2 for Practice 4. Now Paul U had a jam on that detail and he re-shot. The score of 2 was radioed back and made its way to the score sheet in the wrong box. Vince is a good shot and that detail being at 100 yards was relatively easy so we don’t have an accurate score for Vince.

If you take his average for the day then it would be a score of 23 for that detail and he probably scored more than that so he is probably the winner. I can’t change the actual scores as I would be making it up so in future (and this may cause  embarrassment to some) the RO will call out the scores when they come back so we can handle any protests at the time and save this happening again.

So apologies to all (especially to Vince) we will try to do better next time.

The results for todays shoot are on the results page and everyone had a decent shoot despite the damp conditions. Many thanks to Sid who replaced the sensor on Target 2 giving us a full complement of targets.

The club house construction continues with most of the improvements being inside in terms of flooring and partitions etc. The  verandah floor should go on soon as the supports and gravel base are in place. AS you can see from the photo the roof is on and completed so we can make significant progress internally.

See you at the next shoot

The weather was supposed to be bad but it turned out nice and we had a good attendance with plenty of shooting and no rain.  The scores are on the results page and before you think they are  lower than last time we had to shoot at 300 yards on 200 yard faces so it was a smaller scoring rings. Some impressive shooting all round and a great day.

The club house moves ever forward:-

A nice big verandah for those wet days and visions of hot coffee in the winter – not long now!

If you have not shot the McQueen then this rather wobbly video may help you see what it’s all about and encourage you to come along and have a go. We have a club Accuracy International AE with a decent Sightron scope so there is no excuse!

Apologies fo the video quality – I will pack a tripod next time.

The next shoot is TR Arthur Whyte / Garrick Cup, We may get Chichester along to liven up the competition a bit.

Dont forget to pay your membership if you have not done so already.