Results are on the relevant page and some more photos of the club house going up are on the photos page along with a video of a large chap shooting the optional practice 5. The M 14 seemed to work ok.

So despite the dire forecasts we didn’t get any snow and although it was damp for most of the morning we didn’t get nearly as wet as last time. The results should show that the two fat blokes with the modern straight pull service rifles (L1A1 and M14) should have cleaned up and thrashed the WW2 Service Rifle shooters – we thought we had it in the bag. Hah!!

We didn’t figure on Connors shooting the club No 4  with Partizan Ammo – you know the gun that no one can shoot and the not particularly good partizan ammo. Trounced everyone with a score of 165 Admittedly this is out of 5 details not 4 but still excellent shooting and proving that the club No 4 is much better than we give it credit for. As ever the ‘nut behind the butt’ makes all the difference. Vince also shot well with a 152 who is a relative newcomer so all the traditional stuff about ammo and experience rather goes out the window. Aah well back to the drawing board.

Still never mind it was a good day overall and it looks like we will stick to 5 details in future time permitting and may well make the final detail unlimited shots in 1 minute so bring more ammo.

The next shoot is a practice but we don’t have any more information on the targets so we will advise the position closer to the time on this site.

Thanks to all of you who turned up today. We had 36 shooters and teams from Horsham, Leatherhead, Bookham, Epsom, Surbiton,  Chichester and of course Dorking.

The weather was kind with sunshine all day despite the terrible rain all week. The low winter sun made the 500 yard shooting very difficult for most of us and it was a very gloomy sight picture.

The top individual shot was George Cotton with an impressive score of 100.16 and he captained the winning team of Horsham with an overall score of 386.45.

Barry and his helpers Franco and Alistair manned an excellent BBQ with the famous Venison Sausages donated by Barry for the day so a big thank you to them.

The shoot as ever is in aid of the Royal British Legion and we held the traditional two minutes silence at 11am. We raised £236 for charity so a success all round.

The results are on the relevant page and apologies if I have missed anyone or spelt their names wrong. I was working from a score sheet supplied by someone else (that’s my excuse).

To those of you who attended today you will be aware that the targets are playing up again. This is a new problem we have not seen before and we will attempt to fix before the next shoot. If we can’t reliably fix the problem we may have to make the next shoot a practice so keep an eye on the web site and we will post an update if we get any news.

On a positive note the shuttering work for the clubhouse is progressing well.

Many thanks to Graham, Malcolm, Greg, and Tim for sorting out today’s shoot.

The results page has been updated.

This shoot is on. We welcome a team from Epsom who will get the numbers up. The course of fire is up to 5 sighters and 10 to count. As this shoot falls outside our normal program it is restricted to .22 RF rifles only. There is no provision for any other calibre.

The Shoot was completed despite the targets and the results are posted on the relevant page.

Course of Fire for the Service Rifle shoot has been posted on the COF Page. See you there.

A windy day and not too many people for the TR competition. If the TR shooters don’t turn up for the TR shoots then it is difficult to justify running them. We will make every effort to try to arrange things so they don’t clash with other shoots so what else can we do to encourage TR shooters to support these events in greater numbers?

The results are posted on the relevant page.

The AGM is on Friday and there is a revised agenda and last years minutes attached so you can bring them along.

Sunday is the Modern McQueen at 300 yards and is for Scoped Rifles

So see you at one or other or both

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The Results are on the page and congratulations to your correspondent who showed the modern rifle shooters a thing or two with a rifle made in 1906! Still there were some great scores and we had a great time in the fine weather.

The next shoot is the Modern McQueen’s at 300 yards so it is much harder. Results to date show that the competition will be tough but don’t let that put you off as it will be fun for all to take part.

We have three McQueen targets so we should be able to move along at a reasonable place.

See you then.