Kirby Cup & AGM

Sundays shoot saw the Kirby Cup with around 20 shooters in attendance (based on the number of cards I ended up with) We used the refurbished 500 yard point for the first time with good results and saw some decent scores overall (see the Results Page).

Those of you who stayed on for or attended the AGM, thanks for your support. We have had a good year and although progress in some areas is slow we still move forward positively and in a sensible direction. The current committee was re-elected and were joined by Andy Reed and Neil Butler. Nick Baulf has agreed to be our new accounts examiner.

Finances reflect the increased expenditure but we do not intend to increase the membership fees at this time so that’s good news for all.

We have some work to finish off on the club house still and then we move on to fixing up the target hit that needs some attention.

Plenty to do so if you feel like helping out we would be happy to hear from you. There will be a work party this summer at some point – details to follow. Dont Forget we are running an ACO course so if you have not advised PAul Upward of your interest then please do so. It looks as if we will aim to run this on a non shooting weekend in September.

The next shoot is Service Rifle.

Annual General Meeting

The General Meeting of The Dorking and District Rifle Club will be held at 2.00pm on Sunday the 30th April 2017 in the Clubhouse.

Draft Agenda

1) Introduction.

2) Minutes of the last General Meeting.

3) Committee Report.

4) Treasurers Report (including a provisional statement of Club Accounts and appointment of an Examiner of Accounts).

5) The election of the Committee members (see below), President, Vice Presidents and the appointment of an Examiner of Accounts.

6) Any other business

Easter Sunday – The McQueen – Update

This Sundays shoot is scheduled to be the Classic McQueen at 200 yards. If you dont know what this is then see the COF page for details. There is a trophy for this (somewhere) and this is for Classic Rifles. As ever all are welcome but the comp is for Classics so dig out those No 4T’s M41B’s O3A4’s 91/30’s etc.

Great day – very busy and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

The socres are on the resutls pages. so well shot all. Rob B proved that with a scoped single shot target rifle is not a handicap.

See you at the next shoot in two weeks

Service Rifle 1 Sunday 2 April Updated

No time for a long post but it was a good day with a strong turn out. Scores on the Results page. Well shot all. I have to admit to Rifle issues and that I was soundly beaten by Phil! He is of course delighted and I thought I had better fess up as he will be telling everyone anyway (oh the humiliation!) I should have taken the M14. It will take a while to live that one down. The next shoot is a classic McQueens at 200.

A selection of photos below:-

We have also got closer to organising the RCO course so as I cant find the original list of those interested then please re-register your interest. It is a two day course.

Beginners Reloading Course

A reminder from Graeme

Tthe reloading course for beginners starts 7 pm sharp this coming Tuesday evening 21/3/17. Any others that want to come please contact me but this is only for beginners as an introduction .

Many thanks Graeme

Scoped Rifle 1 5 March 2017 – Update

Well the weather wasnt kind today but in reality we have been lucky of late so it was inevitable that we would get wet at some point.. But did we actually get wet? You had to have a bit more gumption and turn up to find out.

We took one look at the rain and decided the stick with a 600 yard shoot and so the kit could stay in the dry. Aah but the shooters? Well we have acquired a Gazebo, only room for three shooters but there were only a few of us so that was fine.

After a bit the rain mostly cleared and there was the odd comment about the sun in the face! Anyway everyone was dry.

The revised course of fire was Fig 11 snaps and Fig 12 snaps at 600. We tried Fig 11 / 12 targets as moving targets for the third detail.

The shooting was mixed and it certainly shook things up a bit with the pressure of snap shooting and limited sighters. The top score was Rob B who is an excellent shot but the surprise was that he used a scoped single shot target rifle. Proving its how you shoot rather than what.

The moving target was particularly difficult as we had no real idea where to aim.

We can expect to run this shoot again as it is a considerable challenge.

So well done to all those who came along. Scores on the results page.

Program Updates & Reloading Course.

We have had to move a few things around for a variety of reasons. Mainly the proposed work party needs to take place when the weather is better so this will be later in the year.

The Work party / AGM is now cancelled for the 12/3/17 It was a non shooting day so we are not missing any shooting.

The AGM will take place on 30/4/17 after the Kirby Cup.

We have created revised program forms and attendance records following the date change.

2017-shooting-program-revised

xls & pdf versions

2017-shooting-record

The shoot on 19 March may be a TR match against Chichester if we can get them organised. It will be open to all as a practice anyway at 300 and 600 yards.

Beginners Reloading Course

Beginners reloading course on Tuesday evening 21 st March starting at 7 pm for 2 hours and then a pint in Dorking. this is being run by Graeme Cole and Phil Bassett at the club house. We have 6 people interested but if you want to join the fun then please contact Graeme direct at graememcole@gmail.com

Finally we have not forgotten about the RCO course. We are still sorting out the details with the NRA and will have room for about 15 members. We will let you have the details in due course.

If you have not renewed your membership please do so or let Chris know you wont be renewing. We have a number of people interested injoining and if you dont want to be a member then we can use your place. If you do then please can we have your renewal payment.

The Penguin – Updated

This weekend sees our first comp of the year. It’s the annual match against Horsham Rifle Club and is so names as its often cold.

The shoot is 2 x 10 at 300 with a 303 and 2×10 at 600 with a 7.62. ITs a TR shoot but all are welcome providing you stick to the course of fire. Note we will get all the TR shooters on the first details and segregate the muzzle break shooters to their own details etc.

As the 303 rifles are getting a bit long in the tooth we would hope you are only going to bring along one in good condition that you can hit the target with. We cannot afford to have the equipment damaged.

Update

The shoot went well with a good turn out – too busy to count and we welcomed a number of new faces. The actual match was The Penguin, was shot with 303’s at 300 and that is where the majority of points were lost (excluding Rob B who managed a 48.6 with a 100-year-old SMLE). Horsham won with a score of 344.30 against the home team with 336.14. Scores on the Results page.

It is fair to say that all the Horsham members are also Dorking members so we could swap them about and change the results accordingly.

Anyway everything worked, it wasnt cold and we didn’t get wet so job done.

We have the AGM and work party coming up but there may be some changes in the program so keep an eye on the web site for announcements.

The next shoot is a scoped rifle one and we are going to try some different targets, Fig 14/12 & 11’s to make it a bit more challenging. Having said we are going to change things I now have to work out what we will do exactly. IT will be a bit experimental so be prepared to be flexible and to also do the on/off the point and marker changes quickly so we don’t get held up too much.

Sunday 5th February 300 Practice

Just to remind you all this weekends shoot is a 300 yard practice instead of the service rifle.

Thos if you with VZ58’s (they are growing in popularity) may be interested in the Belgian web sit:-

http://www.gunsmoke.eu/csa-vz58/

All manner if items.

See you Sunday and it looks as if you will have to bring waterproofs!

Todays Shoot and Service Rifle 1

Unfortunately I couldn’t attend todays shoot due to work commitments but I understand there was a strong turn out despite the cold. Due to further work commitments I can’t run the Service Rifle shoot in two weeks time either (Back from one country and off to another)

So the next shoot will be a 300 Practice I will swap the Calender about and fit the SR1 in later.

Sorry about that.

I do have some pictures from todays shoot.