Bathurst Rifle Club (BRC) is located on Mt Panorama, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. Established in approximately 1864 as the Bathurst Militia, it was then inaugurated into the New South Wales Rifle Association in the early 1870’s, in 1992 BRC was incorporated.
BRC caters for Long Range Target shooting most Saturdays from 1:00pm.
Visitors are always welcome! Come try your scoped sporting rifle at 300yds or the clubs 308Win. or 223Rem. rifle at any range. Bathurst Rifle Range has firing points located from 300 to 900 yards.
Bathurst Rifle Club members compete in Target Rifle F class and Sporter club competitions.
BRC Shoots the following classes and are fired from the prone position:
- Target Rifle is conducted using 308Win. or 223Rem. cal. rifles using a sling and adjustable rear aperture sights.
- F Class Standard shoot 308Win. or 223Rem. cal. rifles using a telescopic sight, front rest or bipod with rear sandbag.
- FTR Class shoot 308Win. or 223Rem. cal. With unrestricted projectile weight. Using a telescopic sight, front bipod with rear sandbag.
- F Class Open can use any calibre up to 8mm using a telescopic sight, front rest or bipod with rear sandbag.
- Sporter Class is any production bolt action rifle in any calibre up to 8mm scoped with max zoom of 25x, a folding bipod and soft rear bag without ears can be used for support.
Normal Saturday afternoon club competition comprises 2x stages of 2 sighters and ten counting shots:
- Max possible of 100.20 ( 20 centre bulls) for Target Rifle and Sporter.
- Max possible of 120.20 (20 super centres) for F class shooters.
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