Garrick & Whyte Cup 16 March 2015

The results for todays shoot are on the results page and everyone had a decent shoot despite the damp conditions. Many thanks to Sid who replaced the sensor on Target 2 giving us a full complement of targets.

The club house construction continues with most of the improvements being inside in terms of flooring and partitions etc. The  verandah floor should go on soon as the supports and gravel base are in place. AS you can see from the photo the roof is on and completed so we can make significant progress internally.

See you at the next shoot

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McQueen Modern Round 1 2015

The weather was supposed to be bad but it turned out nice and we had a good attendance with plenty of shooting and no rain.  The scores are on the results page and before you think they are  lower than last time we had to shoot at 300 yards on 200 yard faces so it was a smaller scoring rings. Some impressive shooting all round and a great day.

The club house moves ever forward:-

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A nice big verandah for those wet days and visions of hot coffee in the winter – not long now!

If you have not shot the McQueen then this rather wobbly video may help you see what it’s all about and encourage you to come along and have a go. We have a club Accuracy International AE with a decent Sightron scope so there is no excuse!

Apologies fo the video quality – I will pack a tripod next time.

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The next shoot is TR Arthur Whyte / Garrick Cup, We may get Chichester along to liven up the competition a bit.

Dont forget to pay your membership if you have not done so already.

The Penguin Team Shoot & 303 Trophy

The targets worked and the sun shone! So that made it a good day for a shoot in February. To be fair the sun was a bit of a pain as it was right in your face at 500 yards, it made the targets difficult to see. Didn’t seem to slow some people down though and some impressive scores were submitted.

The Horsham Team won the Penguin again but this time it was not a total thrashing and there was only a 5 point difference between the two teams. Rob Bennett was the top shot with an overall score of 140.12 for one 303 shoot (300x) and two with a 7.62 (300x & 500x)

The 303 Trophy was won by Rob Bennett (Again) with an 81.5 but Mark Pescud got an 81.4 and Martin Woolger  an 80.4 so it was tight at the top.

Well shot to all who came along and enjoyed the day. Than ks to all those who helped out and lent a hand – it’s always welcome.

The club house is coming along and we hope to have this mostly finished towards the end of April. The next objectives are the restoration of the 600 yard firing point. A full program of work on the targets and repairs to the roof of the target shed.

McQueens Modern @ 300 yards next.

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

 

Service Rifle 1 18 January 2015

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.

 

Service Rifle 1 18 January 2015

Well its a new year and we have a course of fire on the COF Page relating to this weekends shoot. As an experement we have added a 5th stage to the course to add a bit of variety and some extra shooting for those that want something extra.

So the optional 5th practice is a mad minute. If there is insufficient demand to shoot (or it pours with rain like last time) it wont be run. It will be optional so if a majority present wants to shoot it then the scores will be out of 5 details, if only a few then the overall scores will be out of 4.

We will sort it out on the day depending on demand, time etc.

So Read the course of fire

Bring some extra ammo (at least 52 rounds)