Update

Great day and firstly many thanks to those of you who turned up and helped with the sand shifting. Its a beast of a job but many hands make light work! A number of us will be aching for a day or two! But seriously many thanks to all.

The scores are on the results page and some excellent scores with Mr C senior getting 150.29 so well done.

Despite my range briefing several shooters managed to forget that if its 2×15 you need to fire at least 15 rounds at each distance and (not the same shooters) but 2 x 15 means the score is out of 75 not 50. I did spot that one and will be taking the P out of those two for a while.

So hope no one suffered any serious damage and I will see you for the Boar Hill in two weeks. This as you all know is the charity shoot in aid of the RBL. There may be some sausage rolls and I promise no sand shifting,

Sundays shoot is a TR / Scoped 2 + 15 at 300 and 500 (weather permitting etc) This is a good time to remind you to dust off the TR skill for the Boar Hill on Remembrance Sunday. Im sure you know this is a fund raiser for the legion so we expect to see as many of you as possible.

Anyway Sundays shoot is a good prep and an opportunity to shoot at longer ranges.

I have to thank those of you who turned up and helped at the last work party. It did seem that most of the work was done before the party but never mind. If you feel you are letting the club down by not attending in time for to assist then fear not. We still have to move the sand up the bank and into the butts so if its not raining too much we will have a go at that on Sunday. The work will help relax you for the shoot and you will ‘give something back’

It wont take long (Promise).

And finally as the clocks go back you will be fully refreshed with that extra hours sleep etc.

See you Sunday.

Sundays shoot is a Gallery rifle at 100 yards and needs no introduction.

We have had a delivery of Sand and some sleepers to undertake repairs to the butts so we will need to spend some time moving this up from the car park to the Butts for later installation. This will depend on how wet the ground is and how many people are there to help.

I expect we will start moving some stuff before the shoot starts and then maybe some more at the end.

Remember the club is run by the members and with no range fees other than annual membership then we appreciate the help.

On the subject of the 6.5 Creedmore ban on military ranges we don’t understand this any more than anyone else. The NRA is not manning its use (and given there are many other 6.5 cartridges out these) we wont be either at this time. We are supposed to check our safety procedures and as the hill is still there at the back of the range and we recently renewed a number of signs we are good for the time being.

See you on Sunday

Update

Scores on the Results page. Well Shot all and in particular, Andy Re and Andy Bl who put in a 50.10 each. Not too shabby at all. On one detail we had 4 scores of 50 so that’s a record.

Rob B managed two scores of 50.9 with a scoped single shot target rifle so that proves its what you can do rather than relying exclusively on kit (I will stick to my AI though).

The next one is Gallery Rifle in two weeks

See you then.

Sundays shoot is Modern McQueens at 300. It doesn’t need an introduction as we have run this before and you all know how it works.

Remember to be ready with a zeroed rifle with the ammo and kit to hand. There will be a need for several butt changes so be prepared for that.

Should be fun and (work permitting) I will see you there.

Sundays shoot is Gallery Rifle at 100 yards so bring along the weird and the wonderful and remember to be ready to shoot and help with the event logistics.

Have fun and be safe

Sundays shoot is being changed to a 600 yard practice as we have a shortage of range staff to run the full program.

Bob/Steve and Phil are going to run the event but they will need some help. Andy and I usually manage things but we are both working and we usually sort out everything without a second thought. However this means that some of the steps are not as familiar to the others. Further they will need some help with setting up and closing down the range at the end of the day.

So please help out with targets / Range officer cover and putting away.

To keep things easier we are changing the shoot to a 600 practice.

Enjoy, Apologies for the short notice.

Sundays shoot is a 500 /600 practice. No competitions to worry about so come along and enjoy the fine weather (well its fine at the moment) and enjoy the day.

Don’t forget use it or lose it – your range attendance will have to be proved to the police at some point.

See you then.

Correction

Neil (lightload)B asked me to correct this post as I failed to reflect his excellent shooting!

I have to say there is a lot to do after a shoot and I did the results in Excel and sorted and posted them I should have looked closer, (TBH I was a bit miffed that I didn’t win!). Neil was busted to second place when he should have been joint first with another 195.12 tied Mat. So I have corrected my error and re posted the scores showing a joint first place. Apologies to all and I trust its now correct.

Scores are on the Results page. Well shot to all on this tricky shoot. All distances were against the clock and in the case of the 500 yard stage shot on a 300 yard scoring target so that practice had a strong influence either way on the overall outcome. With Mr C shooting as expected with a 100.5 at 300 (Total possible 100.5) then the bar was set pretty high.

But it isnt over till its over and Mat G was the top score with 195.12 out of 200.

So a good shoot, challenging and good fun.

See you at the next one that is a 500 / 600 practice.

Sundays shoot is Scoped Rifle 2. Shot at 300,500 and 600 yards.

The course of fire is now on the COF page so have a read and get your kit sorted out!

Depending on the numbers there may be time for some additional shooting at 600 yards is anyone has something to test or some ammo over.

See you then.

Update Well it was a small gathering of 5 shooters so we managed to get it all done fairly rapidly and dodge most of the rain. It was not nearly as bad as expected so those of you who stayed in missed the fun.

Anyway I give up wondering why the attendance is falling but we will continue to run things for those who want to come for a decent shot with good facilities and no range fee etc. Its going to be use it or loose it so its up to you.

The scores are on the results page and we (may/may not) see you at the next one that is a 300 / 500 practice.

the next one

Sundays shoot is Service rifle so check out the course of fire on the COF page. The file is titled 240707 SR 4. Make sure you get the right one or you will find the day confusing!

Not much to add as you have probably attended one of these before, (if not why not).

Remember to turn up on time with the correct amount of ammo and enjoy the day.

See you then.

Update – Scores on the results page, well shot all. Its harder than it looks, and its not easy if you try using a 3.5 power scope (note to self)!

See you at the next one that is Service Rifle.

Sundays shoot is the McQueens 2 at 300 yards. I expect most of you have shot this before so you know the drill. If not then its 2 x 10 at a figure 14 target displayed at random in a series of apertures for 3 seconds per exposure. Curious? Come along with a scoped rifle with a decent zero.

Its always a challenging shoot and is equally satisfying and challenging.

See you then.

Note some new items on the for sale page, may be available Sunday

Update

A select band turned out for a pleasant day shot over three distances. Some excellent scores and a good time was had by all. Top shot was Neil with a 150.27 so a difficult score to beat! If I hadn’t dropped my second to last I still would have not had enough V’s to catch him (always the bridesmaid, never the bride!).

Still it was a good day and Im already looking forward to the next one that is a Modern McQueens

Sundays shoot is a Queens 2 type so that a 2×10 at 3 /5/ 6 in real terms. Its a great opportunity to do three distances in the same day and see if you have got your elevation correct for all three!

It is nominally a TR shoot so we allow the TR shooters to go on the first detail followed by the louder ones. Results will be divided in classes for TR and scoped rifle.

The weather looks promising so there is no reason not to come along.

On a related note about attendance I see about 20 members are due for an FAC renewal in the next 12 months or so. If you don’t use you will loose it!

See you Sunday