Sporting shooters
Members are reminded all bi-monthly meetings will start at 7:30pm. This year’s shoot date sheets are at the Rimfire and Shot-gun range sheds.
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Results of the Forbes S.S.A.A. sporting shooters .22 calibre rimfire rifle shoot on Wednesday, May 2. The weather was warm with a light northerly breeze at 12kph.
Range officers were; John Dean and Anthony Bratton. Scorers were; John Dean, Anthony Bratton and Ian Keene.
25metre Fox target shoot: Garry Parslow, 280/280; Paul Baker, 280/280; Dennis Finn, 280/280; John Dean, 279/280; Ian Keene, 279/280; Brian Shea, 269/280; Bill Little, 260/280; Lionel Redfern, 251/280 and Anthony Bratton, 172/280.
50metre Fox target shoot: Garry Parslow, 250/250; Paul Baker, 249/250; John Dean, 249/250; Ian Keene, 249/250; Dennis Finn, 247/250; Brian Shea, 244/250; Bill Little, 231/250 and Anthony Bratton, 220/250.
75metre Rabbit target shoot: Dennis Finn, 116/120; John Dean, 111/120; Paul Baker,106/120; Garry Parslow, 103/120; Ian Keene, 103/120; Brian Shea, 99/120; Anthony Bratton, 84/120 and Bill Little, 50/120.
Results of the sporting shooters .22 rimfire rifle shoot held on Sunday, May 6. The weather was warm with a wind gusts from the south 15kph.
Range officers were; John Dean and David Coleman. Scorers were; John Dean and Garry Parslow.
25metre Fox target shoot: Garry Parslow, 279/280; David Coleman, 271/280; John Dean, 270/280; Mal Smith, 262/280; David Sanderson, 230/280; and Jane Coleman, 224/280.
50metre Crow target shoot: John Dean, 246/250; Garry Parslow, 240/250; David Coleman, 217/250; Mal Smith, 208/250; Jane Coleman, 160/250 and David Sanderson, 176/250.
75metre Fly target shoot: Garry Parslow, 100/120; John Dean, 97/120; David Coleman, 61/120; Jane Coleman, 52/120 and David Sanderson, 40/120.
The next sporting shooters .22 calibre and other rimfire rifle (.22 magnum or .17HMR) shoot will be Wednesday, May 16 at 3pm. The next shoot will be Sunday, May 20 at 10am.
All target shooters are welcome to attend these shoots. Anyone wishing to try rifle or shotgun shooting can attend after filling out a P650 form.
For information on .22 calibre rimfire shooting contact: Wayne Facey (Mobile 0414 524 059). Norm Brook mobile 0458 664 541; Ben Smith (mobile 0427524151); David Coleman (Mobile 0427401263 After-Work). The next shoot for the sporting clays will be the monthly shoot on Sunday, May 27 and is a 100 target five stand handicap shoot starting at 12noon.
For information on clay target shooting contact: Norm Brook on 0458 664 541, Tony Bratton on 6852 3349: Ben Smith on 0427 524 151, Doug Davis on 6852 3249 or Phil Picker on 6851 6494. Anyone wishing to obtain a long arm firearm licence can contact Wayne Facey on 0414 524 059, Norm Brook or Tony Bratton to do a firearm safe shooting assessment course. Members are reminded that local range rules apply.
