Hero Shoot, January 4th 2015

Happy New Year to all

Its raining today but promises better for the Hero Shoot on Sunday. This shoot is to be held at 200 yards and you can bring what you want (provided it’s within the range limits) Shooting will be decided on the day depending on who brings what and what you want to do.

The Electronic Targets are playing up and we will be undertaking some serious maintenance and repairs as soon as the Agent returns from holiday and we can order the parts.

With this in mind we will change the program around depending on the target availability for the early part of this year.

For this shoot it will be hand-held and McQueen etc depending on demand.

Early arrival is recommended if you wish to influence the days events.

Dorking Christmas & 2015 Provisional Program

The results of the Christmas Shoot are on the relevant page and a good time was had by all. It seems that the targets have developed a further fault that is different to the ones we experienced earlier this year. We will endeavor to resolve these as soon as possible but it may lead to some shoot disruption so check the web site regularly for an update.

We have a provisional program for 2015 here:-

2015 Shooting Program

The shooting program is subject to change as required by circumstances.

A Shoot Record is available so you can keep track of your Firearm Use. We keep an attendance list but it is up to you to record which firearm you use as well. You are not obliged to do so but expect questions from the police if you don’t.

2015 Shooting Record

I am told that the Club house construction has started but I am not sure how far we have got. I will post a picture when I next visit the range.

Wishing you all the compliments of the season and see you at the Hero Shoot in January

 

Scoped Rifle & Christmas Shoot

The Scoped Rifle Round 2 is on Sunday 7th and will be the same as the round 1, being 2×15 at 300 and 500 yards. The scores will pe posted at some point when I get them and I will attempt to calculate the overall positions over the two shoots. There will be a delay of a day or two in posting as I am overseas etc.

The Christmas Shoot is the week after on the 14th and will be along the same lines as last year. The course of fire is on the relevant page or here:-

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Essentially shooting will be in pairs and the entry fee is a gift to the value of £5.00 wrapped etc. No Gift No shoot. Bring along a scoped and or service rifle and if you don’t have one the club guns will be available and be prepared to share with others.

We will have some 7.62 ammo available but last time I looked we were short on 303.

Its supposed to be fun so enjoy yourselves.

Happy Christmas to all – Is it that time already!!

Firearms Consultation & Fees

Please take a look at the government proposal over fees. There is a short survey at the end.

One way or another it will affect all of us. I have added a message I got from the BSSC for your information. The decision is yours.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-proposal-to-increase-firearms-licensing-fees-administered-by-the-police.

 

The following is from David Penn of the British Shooting Sports Council:-

Dear All,

Please do respond robustly in favor of the proposal. The proposed fees reflect inflation since 2001 and take into account likely future increased efficiency using the ‘eCommerce’ computerised application system currently under development. One fee (for a variation) will actually be reduced.

What is certain is that this represents a far better deal than the £200 FAC fee being touted by Labour.

With best wishes.

David Penn
Secretary
British Shooting Sports Council

Service Rifle 5 23 November Update & Results

Congratulations to the hardy few who turned out for the shoot. Not many but enough to do two full details of the COF and to give us a decent albeit wet shoot.

Well shot Graham Cole who managed an excellent 114 shooting a SMLE Sniper (without the scope fitted) A lovely rifle and worth turning up for just to see it. If it were mine it would never come out in the wet!

Was it worth it? well yes better than sitting around at home despite the fact that it will take longer to dry the kit out than to shoot. My No 4 needed a complete strip to get all the water out of the crevices, still its an opportunity to give it a decent clean. I just hope I can remember where all the fiddly little screws went!

The whole range is waterlogged so lets hope it dries out in time for the Scoped Rifle shoot in two weeks time. Scores on the results page.

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The Boar Trophy

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).

 

 

The Boar Trophy Sunday 9 November

Tomorrows shoot is the annual Remembrance Sunday Boar Trophy. We hold this event in aid of the Royal British Legion and all proceeds go to charity.

The shoot is primarily for Target Rifle Teams (of 4) and we have teams coming so far from Bookham, Epsom, Horsham and of course the home team. Others teams are and individuals are welcome. Its 2 x 10 at 300 and 500 yards.

There will be a BBQ with some of Barry’s famous venison Sausages that went down a storm last year. I fear the weather may not be as kind to us as it was last time but we may get lucky on the day.

There will be a charge of £5.00 per head for all and non members will pay a further £5.00 range fee. All proceeds go to charity.

We will hold a two-minute silence at 11am.

See you tomorrow.

Handicap Cup 26 October – Results posted

Tomorrows Shoot is in the Calender as a 2*7 at 300 & 500 but that seems a bit light for a day out when there a decent weather forecast.

To get a better day out of it we will make it 2*10 at 300 and 500 with the possibility of an extra 500 detail to make up the comp score out of 150. Tim Brooking will be organising the day so please remember to give him a hand with the Range officer duties and setting up/putting away.

This is an excellent opportunity to get some practice in for the Boar Trophy that is our main annual shoot and we have teams from other clubs invited.

This is principally a Target Rifle Competition (others are welcome) so lets see some support from the TR contingent in the club. Enjoy

The are now on the Results page

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Well we finished up and had a working party on the butts before the rain set in so that’s a definite plus.  We were shooting a 2*15 at 300 & 500 on 200 and 300 yard faces respectively. Given the significantly smaller targets (Particularly at 500) the scores were pretty good.

The targets didn’t play up so hopefully we have sorted out that problem so fingers crossed they behave for a while. Longer term we will need to do a complete overhaul of the butts area, target huts, and the target lifter frames before we invest in any new target kit but that’s for next year. We expect the main contractor to be back on site fairly soon to get on with the pavilion build so we are managing to move things forward.

A big thanks to all those who stayed behind and helped with the work on the targets and tidied up the butts area. It is much appreciated. Some photos below.

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The results are on the relevant page and the top score was from a Mr No Name. A number of cards were handed in without a total on them (thanks) and the top score had no name on it either.  Being decent, (I could have eliminated the card and made myself first) by a process of elimination based on the number of cards and the range register the top shooter was Tom Jarman. Well done but put your name on it next time.

Scoped Rifle Shoot on Sunday

Part one of the clubs scoped rifle shoot is on Sunday consisting of 2*15 at 300 and 500 yards. The details will be shot on 200 and 300 yard target faces (just to make it interesting – and to cut down on the number of 75*15’s)

When we finish the competition there will be a work party to do some more work on the targets. We sorted out the front of the targets last time and this time we have to take the back off targets 1,2 and 3 and clear out some accumulated debris. These are heavy and take at least two people to manage the rear rubber so if you can stay on for a bit and help out it would be appreciated. Many hands make light work and all that!

See you Sunday