Thread: Practical shooting around or within a few hours of auckland?

Hi all, a lurker but new to posting here. I am probably in the minority as I am not a hunter. I have always been a paper puncher and done a lot of competitive shooting - at round targets.

I had many years off when my kids were younger and now I shoot IPSC. I have wanted to do some rifle shooting again but not the target stuff that I have been used to. I had looked at something like the ruger precision but wasn't sure what I could do with it other than a bit of time at the range. As this would have been a little bit of fun on the side I never saw it as a good investment to hit some paper by myself.

Recently I saw some stuff on facebook like the Ruahine NZDA Biathlon and thought to myself, if I could do a few of those a year and a bit of extra plinking then a rifle like that might make a bit more sense. This would really be for a bit of fun competition, nothing too serious on my part.

Does that kind of stuff happen within a few hours of auckland on any semi regular basis? I really like the format of it, I would really like another rifle but shooting the other stuff costs $$ as it is so I dont particularly want something that sits in the safe all year around.

Thanks!