Thread: NZHS Rimfire Postal Shoot

Originally Posted by sneeze

Your not wrong, I had a bit of a play trying to get 5 shots out of a 4 shot magazine in 35secs,its a mission And the .22 is little better as it tube fed .

I try and attend a shoot run down in Wanganui every year that has basically this as part of the shoot. 5 shots on a NZDA metric 100m target (scaled down to fit on A3) placed at 100m. You start the event a generous 5m back from the line with your rifle in one hand and your ammo in the other. Everyong runs forward, loads their rifle and shoots (2 teams of 4 on the line at a time). You are not allowed to start loading your rifle/magazine until you reach the firing line. You have 30 seconds regardless of what type of rifle you have. I ussually use my Sako Vixen in .223. Several guys use AR15s. We plan on it taking 15 seconds to move forward and load your rifle giving you 15 seconds to fire your 5 shots. It is a serious challenge and not one i expect everyone to complete - 3 scoring shots is better than 5 misses though!