Saturday 8th June
Glorious early winter weather at the Macksville range with no wind, perfect for shooting the Gleniffer Shield which is any rimfire rifle shot “off the elbows” with no front or rear support, with 50 scoring shots at 50m:
Derek B 442/500, Ben G and Darren tied for second on 429, Alan C 401, Teon J 387 narrowly beating his Mum Vanessa on 383, Sandy C 379, Tony H 338 and new member John T on 278.
This was followed by the re-introduced Handicap Shoot. Handicaps are calculated similar to golf, being 500 minus the average of your last 8 shoots, multiplied by 0.93.
Best was Tony H off a somewhat dubious handicap of 30 to score 510, followed by Alan C (16) for 501, Ben G (10) 500, Darren S (28) 498, Teon J (49) 496, Vanessa S (65) 495, Sandy C (69) 495, with Derek B bringing up the rear on 493 off a handicap of 9.
The standard of marksmanship in the Club has really improved greatly over the last 12 months, especially with natural positioning, correct sight pictures, and trigger control.
Our next shoot is back at Macksville on Saturday 13th July, with the second round of the R O Davie light rimfire and another Handicap shoot.
Bellingen Rifle Club 