This will be the clubs second Collectors Meeting/Swap Meeting so if you are a collector or have something firearms related that you wish to move on come along on Sunday the 20th May 9am – 12 midday. A little support will see this continue into next years calendar.
*Reminder that any firearms or ammunition must be transferred through a licensed Firearms Dealer.*
Anyone wishing to obtain their Restricted Game Hunting licence R LICENCE can contact either of our two qualified instructors for more information.
Raymond Munro 0408 649 126
Deon Atkins 0421 001 005
Kerry will be away so Coffs Guns will be closed on Thursday the 19th and Friday the 20th of April 2018.
We host a school shooting group once a week on a Wednesday afternoon, they use a front and rear rest kindly donated buy NIOA. Sadly one of the rear bags is missing can we please have a look for this rear bag? Probably bundled up by accident and we need it for the kids. Appreciate your help thanks.
Gang the National Hunter Championships has been moved.
The range will be unavailable 8th 9th 10th and 11th of September for this National Event.
This will also mean the Collectors meeting will be moved to the 16th of September.
Sometimes with new gear we can have issues getting sighted in or even getting our shots onto paper, here (below link) is a short video showing a simple method to get onto target and sighted in. If you have a problem at range or perhaps your shoots are hitting the steel frame then just put your hand up and one of our R/O’s will help you out. The steel frames are expensive to repair so please try to look after them, its your range too.
A 5 shot group is the best way to measure accuracy, benchresters compete in “group” competitions and hunters throw a group up range to test their ammo or new loads. Groups are measured across the widest point so the two bullet holes the furthest apart, when its close two ways the scorer will mark the direction he measured as being the largest. I have made a quick video in the link below to show how we accurately measure a group in a competition. This method uses a custom set of verniers but you can get close enough results with standard verniers and measuring left edge to left edge, its a bit easier than trying to locate the centre of a bullet hole.
I think the current Aussie record for a 5 shot heavy centerfire group is 0.058″ which pretty much looks like one hole.
Happy New Year to all of our members and welcome to 2018.
Sunday the 21st see’s the first of calendar Collectors Meeting/Swap Meets for the year. We are trialling these in 2018 and will run another in May and again in September. If you are a Collector you can use this opportunity to meet and talk to other collectors and perhaps show off some of your favourites. If your sick of that extra powder thrower in the reloading area bring it out and put a price on it, in fact bring anything shooting or re-loading related and swap it or sell it.
At this point we have no idea how many people will turn up but the more the merrier.
Please remember any firearms or firearms parts sales must be completed by a licensed dealer.
its 9:30pm and I am in Perth with my family visiting my daughter for Christmas, its been a big day but I’m not tired ,….yet!
…anyway I thought of all of the Coffs members and how well the club has progressed.
Your AGM is soon in the new year and the 2018 calendar has been delivered but I’ll post a copy on your site you can access it from your phone. Theres a letter also from Rod our tireless president and the formal notice of AGM.
PS there will be an announcement at the 2018 AGM.
2018 calendar
Presidents Letter
2018 Notice of AGMÂ
See you all in the new year happy and safe shooting ;0)
Update, the range will be open Sunday the 17th and Tuesday 19th Dec 9 am till 11am.
