Thread: Newbie needs help setting up.

Originally Posted by ebf

Whoa horse, settle down - we take the piss with each other fairly regularly on here, and every now and then there is even a bit of goatfucking

Before you buy anything, do yourself a favour and go try at least the following:

Smallbore target
Fullbore target
Service rifle
Maybe NZDA comp if they run one in your area

Once you've done that, tell us which one floats your boat, and there will be someone on here to answer your questions.

Shit mate don't mention the goats this soon he's not settled in yet

im looking for a target shooting mate, some one to head to a few comps with, run ideas off, where abouts in the country are you?

Fair enough fellas, maybe I was a little thin skinned.

Will do ebf, thanks for the feedback.

Hi Stuart i'm in Wellington.

Originally Posted by Jackangus

Hi Stuart i'm in Wellington.

Ah well, that makes it easy.

Speak to @steven about service rifle out at Kaitoke

Join me for NRA fullbore at Trentham, I will introduce you to one of the top smallbore coaches in the country if you want to give that a go

And @kiwi39 is the range officer / general dogsbody at Kapiti NZDA

im in christchurch, so not ideal, lol.
if it was fullbore you were after id go to one of the wellington clubs, have a chat to them. then buy a 308 omark, the're around $500 these days it seems. then just get out shooting it learn the wind. can buy dyer projectiles for around the $500 mark per 1000. so loading for under $1 a round with primers and powder. then your big decision is scope. i bought a fx3 12 power leupold scope for around $1000 and used that for three years before i upgraded and i still think about changing back to it because it was so good, can shoot it out to 1000yds if you like no matter what people tell you. i used exactly what i wrote there and that could place you pretty high in a f class comp if your shooting is up to it. (especially ones that stop around the 700 or 800 yd mark)

I spoke to someone from Trentham on Monday, and I'm heading down there on Saturday to have a wee go.

Hope to see you down there on Saturday or sometime soon.

My name is Lee. Pleased to meet you ebf, whats your name buddy?

I will be there shooting my No4 303 as well, assuming Im over the damn flu by then....

regards