24 July 2011
We were blessed with the biggest turnout, ever.
We were also blessed with the coolest day of the week, but it was still fairly hot. We had a cooler full of bottled water on the firing line and in the butts. They came home empty..
I think the current program is just about perfect. That small plying-card sized bull on the deliberate target is a real challenge. Even at 100, no one cleaned it, although there were a pair of 49/50 and a pair of 48/50.
And, no one got a bust at 300, even on the mover. In fact, on the 300 mover there was only one single digit score, and I think he was having rifle problems.
Eight different people went home with a prize - a bottle of wine. Hopefully their wives will encourage them to come back for more. It was good to see some younger shooters at the range. There were three father-son combinations. And I noted that the youngest managed to out-shoot the old man sometimes.
This is not a competition to see who shoots the best score. If it was, most of us would bring a different rifle. It is a chance to bring what ever rifles we want to play with for the day. I shot a pair of rifles that have never been fired outside of my back yard. One was one of those Irish #4’s. It shot very well, but my old eyes have problems with iron sights.
I will see if we can book another range date. Mid-September to mid-October would be nice.
Maybe next time we can all bring a friend.
Can you identify these rifles?
We were blessed with the biggest turnout, ever.
We were also blessed with the coolest day of the week, but it was still fairly hot. We had a cooler full of bottled water on the firing line and in the butts. They came home empty..
I think the current program is just about perfect. That small plying-card sized bull on the deliberate target is a real challenge. Even at 100, no one cleaned it, although there were a pair of 49/50 and a pair of 48/50.
And, no one got a bust at 300, even on the mover. In fact, on the 300 mover there was only one single digit score, and I think he was having rifle problems.
Eight different people went home with a prize - a bottle of wine. Hopefully their wives will encourage them to come back for more. It was good to see some younger shooters at the range. There were three father-son combinations. And I noted that the youngest managed to out-shoot the old man sometimes.
This is not a competition to see who shoots the best score. If it was, most of us would bring a different rifle. It is a chance to bring what ever rifles we want to play with for the day. I shot a pair of rifles that have never been fired outside of my back yard. One was one of those Irish #4’s. It shot very well, but my old eyes have problems with iron sights.
I will see if we can book another range date. Mid-September to mid-October would be nice.
Maybe next time we can all bring a friend.
Can you identify these rifles?
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