Members don’t forget the range is closed:
October 20th is for IRB Qualifier Practice
October 21st Day 1 Competition
October 22nd Day 2 Competition

There will be no general shooting available that weekend.

So I think we are all happy to see a bit of rain and “rainy weather” this time of year the humidity skyrockets and when it does it’s time to check the safe, get them out give them a clean and re-oil top up or check what ever systems you use to try to keep them looking their best cause one one likes a rusty barrel.

Alabama USA check this out for a range.

How is your gear going? Are you happy with your current rifles or when you think about it does each have some sort of issue you want to work on? I have a few rifles that I need to develop loads for and a couple of rimfire .22’s I need to find ammo for and perhaps tune a bit. Recently I was asked to shoot a friends rifle to see if it was shooting OK, this surprised me a bit but when I thought about it I realised the guy wanted to take himself out of the equation, so he wasn’t 100% sure with his new rifle. This got me thinking maybe we all should test ourselves by doing something similar, maybe take a friends tested and tried rifle/ammo/load combination and seeing how we go. Most of us would have already experienced someone else shooting brilliantly and outshooting us with our own rifles. I certainly have and it made me realise that I don’t have to spend any more money I just need to find the relationship between myself, my rifle and my ammo and make it work.

Remember when you are conducting a test to be consistent so pick the day, put some flags up so you know the conditions, and shoot at least three five shot groups, five if you have time because thats what is used in competition for a comparative measure.

The worst case scenario is that you spent the morning shooting ;0)

SO this Sunday the 17th of September we are hosting a collectors meeting come buy and sell meet at our Dairyville range, please feel free to bring along anything you want to show off or sell, keeping in mind that all firearms and ammunition sales need to be via a dealer but still the deal can be struck on the day. Personally I will be taking a powder thrower I no longer use and a 36 power target scope for sale on the day. So check out your happy room and bring along anything you haven’t used for a while, OH and some cash because there will be something there you want for sure haha.

The range will be closed to the public this weekend for the Bananacoast Centerfire champs, practice for the shoot will be Friday the 18th with Saturday 19th and Sunday the 20th both competition days.

Sadly we lost another club shooter Jim Munro, we used to love watching Jim shuffle about the range and I remember hoping that I can still shoot at that age.

Our thoughts are with you Ray, Sue and your family. 

Paul Sullivan proved the goods today with a new Aussie record 100 aggregate and grand aggregate sporter class, the record is pending approval. Sully here showing his support for the Blues post game while the NSW supporters were off banging their heads a against a wall somewhere.

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Congratulations to Steve Sori for an outstanding effort today in beating the record small group he set almost 30 years ago in 1988! Steve shot a remarkable 10 shoot group in the experimental class in 0.154″ and went on to take the day with a record aggregate of .2240.

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