Get Ya Guns Out

SUNDAY MARCH 5th

The Te Puke Rifle club is hosting its annual hunting rifle shoot.
To be shot at 300 500 and 600 yards Two sighters ( if needed) and 5 scoring shots at each distance. Sighters can be converted to counting shots.
600 yd target to be shot at in two details (2x 5rds)
A deer sized print will be the target at 300, rated for appropriate "kill zone" hits and further out it will be standard bullseye targets.
Maximum number if shots for the event is 28 rounds.
A good build up for any long distance shooting, all you require is a 100 yd zero and we will do our best to get you on paper!

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open to any rifle style any caliber ( under range limit of 8mm) any scope.
If you hunt with it bring it along!!

Does it have to be a 100 yard zero?

What are the shooting positions? Offhand, prone, bipod, etc?

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Originally Posted by Steve123

Does it have to be a 100 yard zero?

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No, if you already have a 300 yd zero you are good to go. It's just that some people don't actually know what distance their rifle is zeroed for (think Bush stalker) so it gets tricky to get them on target quickly.

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Originally Posted by Jhon

What are the shooting positions? Offhand, prone, bipod, etc?

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Shooting will be from prone, back pack, bipod, rain coat just as you would be using out in the field.

As usual,on the wrong island,enjoy guys.

This is on this weekend, I just wanted to add that there will be chronographs and bore scopes available. Plus you get to actually validate your load drops (DOPE) at known distance.

Sounds awesome. Have fun

Hey John, Are we required to enter in advance or just show up. Tempted to take the 6.5PRC along and have a go. Have validated it to 300m so far.

Turn up on the day is ok but confirmed numbers are gooder, that way we dont have to share burger patties and things like bread :pacman:

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Originally Posted by johnd

Turn up on the day is ok but confirmed numbers are gooder, that way we dont have to share burger patties and things like bread :pacman:

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Cool, I'll sort out my plans and e-mail the guys on the flyer if it's a goer. Thanks.

Hunters! Bear in mind that NRA Clubs such as Te Puke are some of the strongest advocates for responsible firearms ownership and the shooting and hunting sports.
Your support of a clubs "open day" hosting hunters is important to help maintain these clubs viability and to provide more cohesion amongst hunters interests, especially in these times.
If you are ambivalent about attending then please consider the points above.
This day is not a competition and while thete is a table of donated prizes, these are drawn randomly.
Other real benifits are seeing other like minded people and their equipment as well as testing your rifles ballistics at varying ranges.
There are many positives.
See you there :)

Sorted my plans for this weekend. I'll just have to make sure my hunt on Saturday arvo doesn't go too late. I'll see a few of ya there. I'll be the one running a 6.5PRC and missing...
Even the missus is coming along to stretch the legs on her .270.

I e-mailed Brian Carter to confirm our attendance but got an out of office reply - I'm sure he'll get it before Sunday.

Attended this event was a great day with a great bunch of people.
Was good to confirm drops for the ranges.
I had a weird thing happen in my last round at 600yards where my Vertical POI was 4MOA lower on the same elevation setting as the immediately previous round. Only thing changed was my rifle sat in the rifle bag for 30 minutes or so.

So I now have the source of that POI shift to track down :). Back to the local range this Sunday for some testing I think.

UPDATE
Thanks to those that attended. We had, 27 entries. Folks came from far and wide. So a big thanks for making the effort and I hope you got some thing for the day .
Also a big thanks to our sponsors
Seat Earthmovers and Eagle Burgman. Plus Whakatane H&F

Check out our FB page for pics and future updates.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1117...ibextid=Nif5oz

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Originally Posted by Makros

Attended this event was a great day with a great bunch of people.
Was good to confirm drops for the ranges.
I had a weird thing happen in my last round at 600yards where my Vertical POI was 4MOA lower on the same elevation setting as the immediately previous round. Only thing changed was my rifle sat in the rifle bag for 30 minutes or so.

So I now have the source of that POI shift to track down :). Back to the local range this Sunday for some testing I think.

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If anyone wants to know what can cause a 4 moa shift in POI.
Screws attaching the front scope mount to the rifle had come so loose they had almost come out. You couldn't tell with the rear mount tight but once the rear mount was loosened the whole scope could move around.
Tested at 100m and shots were walking down the page and figured something had to have come loose.
I'm not sure how much of this event I shot with the mount that loose but amazing I was still on paper! Based on how the POI was swimming around at 100m.
I didn't have any locktite with me at the range but next time I'm out I taking the scope back off and locktiting those screws.

@Makros you'll need another 600 yd session at Te Puke then:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by johnd

UPDATE
Thanks to those that attended. We had, 27 entries. Folks came from far and wide. So a big thanks for making the effort and I hope you got some thing for the day .
Also a big thanks to our sponsors
Seat Earthmovers and Eagle Burgman. Plus Whakatane H&F

Check out our FB page for pics and future updates.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1117...ibextid=Nif5oz

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Man I always see these to late, sounds like a good time

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Man I always see these to late, sounds like a good time

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@Nick-D Your always welcome to come along to any of the regular saturday shoots, Nick. Theres usually someone with a hunting rifle of some description wanting to check their drops and ensure that they are on target.... especially at this time of year.