Thread: Hunter Class Shoot Sunday 24th February 2019, Te Puke Rifle Club

Hunter Class Shoot Sunday 24th February 2019 for Hunting and Sporting rifles.
Open invitation to all members of the public.
We run this event as a fundraiser and as a introduction to Target Shooting in an effort to make us more visible to the Shooting Community.
We are fortunate to be sponsored by Whakatane Hunting and Fishing who have provided the bulk of the Prize Table for this event with additional aid from Hamertons Lawyers and Collings Guns both also from Whakatane .
As requested we will be running two of these Public Shoots this season the first on Sunday 4th NOVEMBER 2018 and the second Shoot on Sunday 24th FEBRUARY 2019
To help us in preparing for the event we would appreciate those intending to attend to book their spot by contacting our Club Secretary Alan Dickson 0212512843

The Range is open every Saturday, weather permitting during the season visitors welcome https://www.sporty.co.nz/tepukerifleclub

Originally Posted by JWB

There was discussion today at Club about using a Deer image overlay on our target-frames as there is software available from SMT that will put a deer target on our electronic target monitors. It was decided to give this a go for the next shoot, and see how well it is received.

Mike has downloaded the software for this deer target, so that you are looking at a red stag on your target monitor, which also shows the scoring zone and values. He tested it after the Gisborne shoot had finished, as our targets were being used to help run their championship. You don't know if something is going to work until you try it. Well, everything worked fine as regards registering the shots and allocating their value as a hit on the deer. We now needed an overlay for our actual target frames of a deer picture to match the software picture.

Roll on a week to last Saturday, back at our home range and Mike has got a deer target overlay organized, on one of our target frames, up and ready to trial. Looks great at 300 yards. Woody and Mike do the test shooting and declare it fit for purpose. Next is 500 yards and again no problems apart from some muttering about how small it looks, and how challenging it is,as the scoring rings do not change in size as you go further back as happens on a NRANZ target. Deer don't get bigger just because you are shooting from further away!

600 yards with a changing wind moving between 1 1/2 and 5 1/2 minutes and the boys had an interesting time. That is that the wind is moving the bullet about 9 inches (23cm) in the light stuff and around 33 inches (83cm) when the breeze picked up.
The volume of the muttering seemed to follow the wind with the chorus theme of "jeeze, that's blood small" . There were even calls to put a white aiming mark on the deer to make it a bit easier, ignoring the fact that deer didn't display such a helpful aid to their demise.

The decision was made after a very considered discussion(Waikato, Speights, and DB consulted) it was decided to stick with our previous format using NRANZ targets at all three ranges, but add a deer target to the target lineup for all ranges. The course of fire will change to 6 shots at each range. 5 on the standard target followed by 1 shot at the deer target to finish the range. This last shot will be worth a bonus of up to 10 points at each of the 4 ranges.

We'll see how this is received, and look forward to seeing you all again in 6 weeks time.

Just over a week to go!
Open for business if anyone wishes to have a practice this Saturday. Usual range fee of $5 for the day.

This Sunday is the 24th, Start time is 9.30 am but shooters need to be at the range around 8.30 to enter, collect their cards and have their rifles scrutineered.
Please note that the round count for the course of fire has changed to 32 rounds required.

The forecast at the moment is for a few showers, and if that is the case then we will live with it, Not a problem! That being said , most forecasts are as reliable as a two-bob watch, and should be not be taken seriously. Expect fine and sunny or sopping wet.
See you Sunday morning