Category Archives: Range

Practice Shoot 1st February

Well that was chilly, especially for all those who turned out at 8am to help with the targets. We have traced problems to the communication between the targets and the firing point together with part of the mains supply. Luckily Sid was on site who is an electrical engineer so he deserved a big thank you from all of us for his assistance.

We got the targets running and this should be ok until the new ones arrive and we can set up the new targets and re wire the supplies with more up to date connectors.

After the investigations we got off to a later than normal start but the 29 members present has a decent and trouble free shoot thereafter.

And the club house?  Coming along nicely!

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The next shoot is the match against Horsham AKA the Penguin.

303 at 300 and 7.62 at 300 or 500 – it may change on the day.

See you then

 

Sundays shoot & Notices

Notices – The club house project is proceeding and the roof trusses are now on the building. All are reminded that the construction site is off-limits to all and no access is allowed.  Its part of the contract and health and safety so keep out.

AGM – Provisionally booked for Friday 27 February at the Dorking Christian Centre 8 pm

Sundays Shoot – It’s in the program as a practice at 300 and 500 but as you know the targets are playing up. It looks as if the damp has got into the electrics and this is disrupting the communication between the butts and firing points. We will be at the range early to see if some remedial work can be completed to make them useable in the short-term. If we get them working we will stick to the published shoot and if not then it may be manual targets at 300.

Longer term the targets themselves are over 10 years old and two of them are past it. We have ordered 4 new targets but these have to be built and shipped from Norway. We will be upgrading the connectors and other components as well. Essentially the target hut is damp and this does not suit the electrical connections.

So we will do what we can and be prepared to be flexible on the day.

Shooting Records – We have provided an updated shooting record for use this year. The format of the front page is the same but there is a new page 2 with space for you to add your firearm details in full and then on page 1 you add the number of the gun you are shooting.

All Shooting records should be on the new format if you want us to sign them.

If you want to use add the firearm details electronically the form is provided in word format as well as pdf – you can thenuse the page 2 in future years etc.

The new forms are on the program page and here as well:-

Dorking 2015 Shooting Record PDF

Dorking 2015 Shooting Record Word

 

Hero Shoot, January 4th 2015

Happy New Year to all

Its raining today but promises better for the Hero Shoot on Sunday. This shoot is to be held at 200 yards and you can bring what you want (provided it’s within the range limits) Shooting will be decided on the day depending on who brings what and what you want to do.

The Electronic Targets are playing up and we will be undertaking some serious maintenance and repairs as soon as the Agent returns from holiday and we can order the parts.

With this in mind we will change the program around depending on the target availability for the early part of this year.

For this shoot it will be hand-held and McQueen etc depending on demand.

Early arrival is recommended if you wish to influence the days events.

Dorking Christmas & 2015 Provisional Program

The results of the Christmas Shoot are on the relevant page and a good time was had by all. It seems that the targets have developed a further fault that is different to the ones we experienced earlier this year. We will endeavor to resolve these as soon as possible but it may lead to some shoot disruption so check the web site regularly for an update.

We have a provisional program for 2015 here:-

2015 Shooting Program

The shooting program is subject to change as required by circumstances.

A Shoot Record is available so you can keep track of your Firearm Use. We keep an attendance list but it is up to you to record which firearm you use as well. You are not obliged to do so but expect questions from the police if you don’t.

2015 Shooting Record

I am told that the Club house construction has started but I am not sure how far we have got. I will post a picture when I next visit the range.

Wishing you all the compliments of the season and see you at the Hero Shoot in January

 

Scoped Rifle 1

Well we finished up and had a working party on the butts before the rain set in so that’s a definite plus.  We were shooting a 2*15 at 300 & 500 on 200 and 300 yard faces respectively. Given the significantly smaller targets (Particularly at 500) the scores were pretty good.

The targets didn’t play up so hopefully we have sorted out that problem so fingers crossed they behave for a while. Longer term we will need to do a complete overhaul of the butts area, target huts, and the target lifter frames before we invest in any new target kit but that’s for next year. We expect the main contractor to be back on site fairly soon to get on with the pavilion build so we are managing to move things forward.

A big thanks to all those who stayed behind and helped with the work on the targets and tidied up the butts area. It is much appreciated. Some photos below.

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The results are on the relevant page and the top score was from a Mr No Name. A number of cards were handed in without a total on them (thanks) and the top score had no name on it either.  Being decent, (I could have eliminated the card and made myself first) by a process of elimination based on the number of cards and the range register the top shooter was Tom Jarman. Well done but put your name on it next time.

Scoped Rifle Shoot on Sunday

Part one of the clubs scoped rifle shoot is on Sunday consisting of 2*15 at 300 and 500 yards. The details will be shot on 200 and 300 yard target faces (just to make it interesting – and to cut down on the number of 75*15’s)

When we finish the competition there will be a work party to do some more work on the targets. We sorted out the front of the targets last time and this time we have to take the back off targets 1,2 and 3 and clear out some accumulated debris. These are heavy and take at least two people to manage the rear rubber so if you can stay on for a bit and help out it would be appreciated. Many hands make light work and all that!

See you Sunday

Rang Update & Scoped Rifle Shoot

Firstly a big thank you to all those who turned out to help with the targets today. We got the problem sorted by 9am and started at the normal time. It seems the rubber was a bit loose so we retensioned that and it all seemed fine. No odd shots and no sound sensor errors.

We have more to do on the targets and once the club house is sorted then the whole target hut needs rebuilding, the target lifters replaced and the targets overhauled. It is the intention to have some spare targets so we can have one or two being serviced. Still that’s a way off in the future. The good news is that is all worked and we shot as normal.

The scope on the club AE has been replaced and is now zeroed. The new 6-24 side focus Sightron has an excellent reticule and is a pleasure to shoot. It has given the rifle a new lease of life and I am sure it will be a popular choice for the forthcoming scoped rifle shoot.

The next shoot is the scoped rifle shoot and will be 2*15 at 300 and 500 yards on 200 & 300 targets respectively.

We have further good news on the hut rebuild. The footings are now in and we should be able to get the build going fairly soon.

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There is always someone who can’t resist wet concrete!

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Fingers corssed it all goes smoothly next time

 

 

Targets

We have found out a bit more about the target problem as two volunteers kindly spent most of this afternoon takeing target 4 apart. The long and the short of it is that the void where the sound sensors sit contained a large amount of debris that has to be cleared.

Hopefully this will now work better / reliably so it is fairly clear that we need to do this to the other targets. This takes several people and can’t be done with shooting in progress so as a result there will be more work party on Sunday than shooting.

It is vital to have the targets working properly so I hope you will be understanding and come along and help. We will need the whole target / butts area tidying up while the targets are dismantled and repaired.

We will do some testing first then see what we can do in the way of repairs so we can all get reliable use in the longer term.

You may want to bring a few tools with you as well as a gun.

 

 

Shoot on Sunday 28 September

We have had some work done on the targets but are not entirely sure if the problems we have been experiencing have been fixed. We are therefore cancelling the scheduled competition and having a practice at 200 and POSSIBLY 300 yards. With potentially unreliable targets it isn’t reasonable to attempt a competition.

Those of you who were at the last shoot will know the drill, report to the RO any of the stray 1’s that happen (they go in the same places as opposed to simply bad shots), together with any sound sensor errors. We will build up a further report of any defects for consideration by the manufacturers (if needs be).

We may also break from shooting at some point and take apart one or two of the targets to see if we can find anything inside that is amiss.

So it’s not a free for all practice and we would like some help in monitoring the problems so we can correct them and get back to normal.

Please therefore  bring something accurate as we need to make sure the flyers are obvious.

Hopefully we can fix the problem or at least get a better understanding of it so please be prepared to be flexible.