Thread: Tarata Medium Range and 22LR Field Shoot

Originally Posted by Gillie

The Tarata Medium Range event will be held on a property outside of Tarata, in Taranaki on the 21st and 22nd of November. This event involves a centre fire course on the Saturday and a rim fire course on the Sunday. The centre fire course will be broken down into a Hunter class (25 shots, targets out to ~300m) and an Open class (50 shots, targets out to 600m). We will allow calibres up to 300WinMag for the centre fire event. The rim fire event will be strictly limited to 22LR only and will involve some moving targets and longer distance targets, although the majority of targets will be between 10m and ~80m. Competitors will complete the courses in squads of three or four. Limited entries to both events.

Still have quite a few details to sort out with this event and I will announce those details closer to the date. For example I am thinking about making the centre fire open class an unlimited round count and just use time limits and round count to score - see how that changes people approaches to stages!

Also a large proportion of the funds raised from this event will go to the Taranaki Sporting Shooter Hub (name to be confirmed) – a new range facility we are looking at here in Taranaki.

Get in touch with myself if you are interested in coming along for one or both days for the Tarata event. Entries are only valid once they have been confirmed by myself or one of the other organisers.

Feel free to check out the facebook page for announcements and the youtube channel for videos. I'll post updates here as well. Of course any queries just get in touch.

Tarata Video from a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOlaxWVGang

Ok have sorted a few more details.

Entry fee for this event will be $40 per competitor for one day. If you are competing both days the entry fee will be $60 for the weekend per competitor. Junior shooters (15 and under) will shoot for free when accompanied by a adult also competing. A significant portion of the entry fees will be donated to one of the local clubs so come on out and support it!

Spectators are free but first priority at the BBQ will go to competitors. This is a spectator sport as all targets are steel and react well when hit!

Round count - 25 shots for hunter class, 50 for open class. There will be at least a couple of stages that will have an unlimited round count (within the stage time limit. So if you are competing then bring a long a few extra bullets! Round count for the 22LR event is still to be determined but plan on it being 40 shots at least!

Entry - you need to specifically contact me to confirm your entry. Message me on here if you like and i'll confirm your entry. If i haven't met you before don't be surprised if i ask you a couple of questions before confirming your entry! I'll be trying to ensure you have realistic expectations so there are no surprises.

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