If you haven't been out to a shoot yet and don't have a rifle, come out anyway and borrow a gun. For those of you with a foster fitting on your PCP gun, we'll have a couple of HPA tanks there for refills. We will start setting up at 8:30, do some sighting in and try to start the match by 10:00. All firearms safety rules apply.
The match fee will be $10. If it is your first match, you shoot for free. If you've been shooting with us before, but bring someone new out to shoot, you and the novice shoot for free.
As usual, we will have 10 lanes with a total of 60 shots and we will toss in a standing and a kneeling lane. If you're bringing targets, please have them freshly painted (faceplates and KZs should be contrasting colours). We'll toss in a 3/8" target so those of you who didn't go to the Nationals can see what made us cry! (I've attached the Nationals match report in case you're curious about the gear being used.) We're also going to try to make a target "shelter" so there'll be some dark shade.
We had Hunter Division as an option last time and it seemed to work out quite well. For those of you in Hunter Division we'll be using the CAFTA rules where hits on the faceplate score 1 point and a knock down scores 2 AND you cannot use the scope's parallax adjustments to help with range finding. If you have range markings on your parallax wheel/knob please cover them up with electrical or painters tape. Hunter Division is an especially good choice if you have a sub-500FPS gun. You can find the detailed CAFTA rules at: http://caftacentral.com//index.php/cafta/
In addition to your gun and pellets please bring along a pen, clipboard , stopwatch and something to sit on for the many seated shots. If you want to do sighting in please bring along a carton with targets attached. If you cut a couple of holes in the carton on one side near the bottom, you can run a string through the holes and then pull the target closer to you to check your elevation settings without needing a cease fire for everyone. We have a trick for how to turn the plastic carboard election signs into free standing paper target holders - if you have one, bring it along and we'll share the secret.
There will be a couple of airguns that people can borrow, and a growing number of fancy FT rifles for people to check out. Just let me know if you need to borrow a gun in advance.
You'll want to check out www.oshoot.ca as one of the local shooters has started a local airgun store. It may also be possible to pick up supplies at future shoots!!
If you are bringing a PAL gun with you, remember your firearms licence.
I have added yet a few more hopefully helpful links to the page at http://www.firearmstraining.ca/ft.html
For those who are still struggling with windage and elevation on the longer targets (i.e., everybody), check out An easy read about a complicated subject.
http://www.shebbearshooters.co.uk/files ... f_wind.pdf
The location is about six minutes south east of the Limoges exit on the 417 or south west of Casselman. This is at the large acreage (open farm land with lots of wind to keep bugs away) of one the local airgun shooters. PM me for a map link.
The match fee will be $10. If it is your first match, you shoot for free. If you've been shooting with us before, but bring someone new out to shoot, you and the novice shoot for free.
As usual, we will have 10 lanes with a total of 60 shots and we will toss in a standing and a kneeling lane. If you're bringing targets, please have them freshly painted (faceplates and KZs should be contrasting colours). We'll toss in a 3/8" target so those of you who didn't go to the Nationals can see what made us cry! (I've attached the Nationals match report in case you're curious about the gear being used.) We're also going to try to make a target "shelter" so there'll be some dark shade.
We had Hunter Division as an option last time and it seemed to work out quite well. For those of you in Hunter Division we'll be using the CAFTA rules where hits on the faceplate score 1 point and a knock down scores 2 AND you cannot use the scope's parallax adjustments to help with range finding. If you have range markings on your parallax wheel/knob please cover them up with electrical or painters tape. Hunter Division is an especially good choice if you have a sub-500FPS gun. You can find the detailed CAFTA rules at: http://caftacentral.com//index.php/cafta/
In addition to your gun and pellets please bring along a pen, clipboard , stopwatch and something to sit on for the many seated shots. If you want to do sighting in please bring along a carton with targets attached. If you cut a couple of holes in the carton on one side near the bottom, you can run a string through the holes and then pull the target closer to you to check your elevation settings without needing a cease fire for everyone. We have a trick for how to turn the plastic carboard election signs into free standing paper target holders - if you have one, bring it along and we'll share the secret.
There will be a couple of airguns that people can borrow, and a growing number of fancy FT rifles for people to check out. Just let me know if you need to borrow a gun in advance.
You'll want to check out www.oshoot.ca as one of the local shooters has started a local airgun store. It may also be possible to pick up supplies at future shoots!!
If you are bringing a PAL gun with you, remember your firearms licence.
I have added yet a few more hopefully helpful links to the page at http://www.firearmstraining.ca/ft.html
For those who are still struggling with windage and elevation on the longer targets (i.e., everybody), check out An easy read about a complicated subject.
http://www.shebbearshooters.co.uk/files ... f_wind.pdf
The location is about six minutes south east of the Limoges exit on the 417 or south west of Casselman. This is at the large acreage (open farm land with lots of wind to keep bugs away) of one the local airgun shooters. PM me for a map link.
