Thread: Benchrest shooting in NZ

Originally Posted by Dermastor

Akl branch Deerstalkers run bench rest shots at the Kumeu range. Look them up on their web site for dates.

Akl Deerstalkers Benchrest shooting is a waste of time if you want to compete seriously they never attend the Nationals held in Nelson or the North Island Champs held in Tokoroa,
Nelson is the home of Benchrest in NZ run by Nelson Deerstalkers there are benchresters in Christchurch as well, Your run of the mill varmint rifle is not going to cut it in real competition
a proper benchrest rifle will set you back up to $10.000 and will be capable of 5 shot groups under 0.100" all day, like Greg says wind reading is most important it wins matches,
a match is 5 groups of 5 shots time limit 7 minutes, here the classes shot are light and heavy varmint usually with the same rifle you can change barrels or add weight to make HV
though most don't, a competition is over two days 100 yds day one and 200 yds day two,