The next shoot is Service Rifle and we are making some changes! We have new barricades to use and as this gives us more options we are running the shoot as part competition and part training.

So Malcolm Dalgleish is going to provide the course of fire around an introduction to barricades. The new barricades are more substantial and allow more shooting positions and rests so we feel some practice may be in order first.

There are options for Standing, Kneeling, Prone, Strong/Weak Shoulder, behind cover etc. This may be a bit complicated under a full competition so some practice is in order first. We hope you will find this a benefit and it may help improve some scores and reduce the number to holes in the target hut that is beginning to resemble a Swiss cheese!

There will be at least three courses of fire at 200 and 1 at 100 yards and so you will need extra ammo for practice. So bring at least 52 rounds and your chargers / Bayonets etc so make the most of this opportunity. We will have allot to get through so the range briefing will be at 9.15.

BRING EXTRA AMMO

DON’T BE LATE

BE PROMPT ON AND OFF THE POINT

HAVE FUN (DON’T SHOOT THE HUT)

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We will shortly be able to reopen the club membership as Chris Gordon has kindly agreed to become Membership Secretary.  Chris is Joined on the Committee by Barry Springer who has also kindly agreed to help with running the club. We are grateful to both of these individuals as it can be a big task to keep everything going in the right direction. We are after all volunteers.

We will shortly be adding some signage to the car park in respect of legal notices but members and visitors are reminded that-

The users of the clubs car park and facilities do so at their own risk and the club or committee will not accept any liability for any accidents, Damage or loss Incurred.

The pavilion project is still moving forward along with the other range developments and we will keep you informed when there is progress to report.

Well it was a bit of a wash out and due to low demand and horrible weather the competition was cancelled. Some hardy shooters shot from 600 and dived back into the hut for shelter.

The targets didn’t play up in the bad weather so that’s a good sign and we will sort out some Gazebos at some future point once we have the pavilion built so we have somewhere to sotre them.

On a Brighter note Chris Gordon has agreed to act and Membership Secretary so once he has got his head round it we should be able to re open the club to probationary members as we have a bit of a backlog of people wanting to join.

As ever we will keep you informed.

This is an appeal from the committee. We need a membership secretary to sort out the new membership applications and keep the records up to date. The current record is held electronically and it’s not too bad a job but we are all busy with other projects and could do with a hand. We have had a number of applications from new shooters and from friends of existing members that we have currently refused due to the need of an extra pair of hands.
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The forthcoming Handicap Cup is going to be slightly amended to make it more practical and easier to administer. So instead of 300 / 300 / 500 and a strange handicap system that no one understands we are going to have a more normal Queens 2 shoot.

This will therefore be a 2 & 10 at 300, 500 and 600 yards. There will be a TR and a scoped Rifle competition. Depending on the turn out this year we may introduce a classification system for TR in the future similar to the NRA Classification (X,A,O & T). For now we are going to keep it simple.

If case anyone wants to know what is happening with the development of the hut this has been handed over to an independent project manager to sort out Building Control, Tenders, Plans and the Construction. This should ensure it is done correctly, transparently and no individual or body can be accused of exerting any undue influence on the proceedings.

We will keep you advised as and when we have anything to add.

If you have any questions then don’t forget to ask.

Well the forecast is reasonable so fingers crossed. We are at 500 yards for a practice so I expect it will be fairly busy. That being the case we will be asking for additional volunteers to help with Range Officer duties so please help if you can. We will show you what to do an if you have an NRA RCO Qualification that will help.

We will have some limited supplies of ammo but no club rifles as Mike is working. So bring your own (Zeroed) Rifle or chat up a mate and see if you can borrow one on the day.

See you there ( you might even want to try setting up or putting away!)

Well we had the shoot. It was a quick one with everyone having a chance to shoot what they wanted and all went off without a hitch. The attached photo shows that if you forget your breach flag then there are other options. I bet you wont leave this one on the point.

Well no posts for a bit a and a leaking boiler here will shorten this one!  However a brief report on today’s shoot. Primarily this was the clubs Scoped Rifle shoot and a chance for the scoped boys to show just how good they are!

The main competition was F class so to make it interesting 500 was shot on 200 targets and 600 on 300 targets. This makes them ridiculously small and very hard to hit. Mike and Guy both got 74’s at 500 so that was an excellent score. Less to say about the 600 but Mike wins the cup. If we can find it then he can have it!!

The less brave (more sensible) shot on the normal size targets and there were some TR shooters as well. All the classes got along and we had a good day staying largely dry.

The results are in the results folder and there are some photos as well.

The targets have been completely rebuilt and and now have holes all over them. We are going to have to be much firmer with shooters who cannot hit the target within 3 shots. Get Your Rifle Properly Zeroed for the distance!

The target rebuild has improved reliability and the new faces are probably going to be more durable as there is no ‘black’ to shot out rather a different sized hole and you use the target rubber as the aiming mark. See the photo section and try helping set up or put away and see for yourself the improvements.

The next shoot is a TR competition with invited teams form Bookham and Chichester. There will not be time for plinking or zeroing at 9.30.

29 Shooters braved scorching temperatures on the range today to shoot the Service Rifle Competition. This is probably the highest number we have seen to date. There were a number missing who are ‘shot out’ having been at the Bisley Imperial Meeting last week (including Captain Comms the site moderator)

The shoot was a great success with traverse and advancing stages. We hope to be able to post some photos later but for now the achievements are on the Results page.

The look of the range continues to improve with FSL working on the view of the danger flags at the butts and the double sleeper front safety wall. We only had one shot through both sleepers and into the sand so we may have to fill the wall void with sand as well (in this weather the FSL guys love to be out doors and the exercise wont do them any harm (Sorry guys). They are working on more parts of the range and there is still loads to do but we hope you can see the improvements. We will post some more photos so keep checking the web site. You can sign up and follow the site and get notified if there is an update.

Anyway many thanks to all who helped out today, we cant do it alone and its your club to help make a success. Check out the results and we will put some pictures on later.

The latest development. After many years we have the flags in a line. We may even be able to read the wind now. We remain ever thankful to Facility Solutions for the improvements. Keep it up!