Weekly Roundup
Weekly Review 03/12/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Dec 04, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 3 December 2016 Diggers and G James Cups, 300yards
With the final State Queens Prize meeting for the year just completed in Canberra the travelling locals returned for some club competition and to continue the quest for the Club Championship. With the accuracy of rifles and ammunition improving all the time the emphasis is moving to longer ranges such that the 300 yard range is rarely seen at Open competitions. Thus 300 yards has been removed from the BRC championship and replaced with the 500 yard range.
Three hundred yards however still has a place in the calendar but for how much longer is anybody's business as the targets take a fearful hammering and are lucky to last a day. Saturday however was not one of those days as the conditions kept the scores down and limited centre bull's eyes to a premium. Light cloud cover and a gentle south west breeze made the temperature bearable.
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Weekly Review 19/11/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Nov 20, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 19th November 2016 Diggers and G James Cups, 600yards
The ACT Championships seduced a large segment of our top shooters to abandon the Club Championship shoot in search of a Queens Prize badge. By all accounts results have not been as good as they would have liked with hot difficult conditions, some minor electronic target problems and equipment malfunctions derailing expectations.
Conditions on the home range were quite pleasant, although a little warm, with a light west north westerly breeze combining with a right mirage to test shooters wind reading ability. The numbers were boosted by new shooter Liam Jennings with a newly purchased Styr 0.308 target rifle, Robert Wallace returning after the birth of his daughter and visitor Allister Kable from the Orange Rifle Club escaping the heat of the Eugowra range.
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Weekly Review 12/11/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Nov 14, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 12 November 2016 Diggers and G James Cups, 500yards
Saturday produced a hot windy day to challenge shooters on the first of the 500 yard Club Championship ranges. The wind predominantly from the west was strong and gusty all day. Competitors had to adjust their sights regularly with the projectile deviating up to one metre.
No one escaped unscathed on the day but there were some good performances. Gordon Shepherd started the day in fine form shooting 49.06, leading following shooters to believe that the conditions were not as bad as they looked. This was not the case as Steve Williams and Graeme Bright bowed to the gusty conditions dropping two points apiece although they also scored centre bulls eyes on a regular basis. John Coghill had his usual wild outer but otherwise it was not such a bad shoot.
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Weekly Review 29/10/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Oct 30, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 29th October 2016 Diggers and G James Cups, 300yards
Just weeks ago the Bathurst Rifle Range was the last place where one would want to sun bake with strong winds and freezing conditions battering shooters. But Saturdays' weather made up for all those cold rough days on the mound. A gentle northerly fishtail breeze took a little of the heat from the day but provided a testing set of conditions for shooters on the first range of the new season.
The 300 yard range has become unfashionable due to the increased accuracy of the equipment and the new found need to shoot over much longer ranges, sometimes out to 1500 metres. So with just a few quirks in the conditions the centre of the target becomes less vulnerable and the scores are held in check. This is exactly what happened on Saturday with the fishtail breeze flicking from side to side and the strength varying. The mirage reacted accordingly and the result was a pleasant days' activity on the mound.
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Bathurst Rifle Club Annual OPM 2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Oct 25, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc Annual Open Prize Meeting 2016 23rd October 2016
A disappointing clash of dates consigned the 2016 Bathurst Annual Open Prize meeting to secondary status and numbers suffered. With the Gosford Rifle Club given the same date only a few trepid shooters ventured over the Mountains, but fortunately Western area clubs turned out in support.
The weather turned on a bright sunny day but refused to relent on the comfort level as the temperature hovered in the low single figures all day. Shooters were greeted by a cold south-south west breeze which turned into a forward fishtail of interesting proportions. Inner fours on the right turned into magpie threes on the left with regular monotony.
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