Starting a Groundhog style of competition/Ausvarmint Postal

[outwest64]

Hi AI and Rinso
Would it be possible for a bloke(being me) who does not have access to a ssaa range or other, but can set up a range on our own private property to have a go? I would only be in the factory class.
I could have certain people present to be witness and time keeper, like local cop and neighbour who is a JP.
Sorry if i have given you a bit of a curly one, sounds like a great idea and i would like too have a go
Cheers,
Mark.
P.S. Would photos help with proof of rifle and any other requirements?

[Ackley Improved]

Mate

I think it should be able to be shot out on the farm, as I understand some people are far away from a SSAA range. It is a postal match anyway. Even with the witnesses, he comp. still relies on honesty.

We will see how much interest there is for it, and take it from there. There is enough info on this thread for people to say yah or nah!

Cheers
AI

[HAIR BEAR]

G'day all
well i am in ,set the rules and targets ,and tell me where to post them

the only prolem i can see ,is really the target aviablity ,so evry one is shooting the same targets ??? does that make sense ,
Sorry folks ,have been up since 9-30 am sunday ,no sleep , one love job for the miss's folks ,home sunday midnight and breakdown call out from 1 am till i got to kyabram at 10pm today



Andree

[Rinso]

HB,

Ideally the taregts would be downloadable and you would print them on A4 paper straight from the computer .. that way its an offical target. It also allows you to shoot as many times as you want and not have to worry overly about target costs.

cheers
Rinso

[Ned Kelly]

G'Day all,
for the 100yd, to make scoring easier, it might be worth shooting 2 targets of 5 shots each, but its only an idea.

Having 5 targets with 2 shots per target will work just as well at 100.

Rinso's rules...(catchy isn't it?) seem very firm but fair and clear. No ambiguity. So that makes the judges task that little bit easier to rule on classification of a rifle

Postal will work, but nothing like a get together to get the BS going and swapping of ideas.

Looks good, real good. Bring it on.

oh yeah i'll second rinso's motion!

Cheerio Ned

[trevort]

I'm in

[paz]

Hi AI and Rinso
Would it be possible for a bloke(being me) who does not have access to a ssaa range or other, but can set up a range on our own private property to have a go? I would only be in the factory class.

Would be in the same boat as well. If we can work out something a far as witness or honesty then am defiantly in.

Paz

[ogre6br]

Some guidelines I prepared earlier ....

Classes:
Factory Rifle Class:
Any factory rifle either repeater or single shot, which has undergone no accurizing work other than bedding and floating of barrel and action and trigger adjustment.
No benchrest or target style stocks allowed. Stocks must be factory configuration.

cheers
Rinso

By that definition my Tikka complies with factory class- the only thing that has been done to it is re-chambering to another factory chamber as the reamer used is the CIP spec reamer for the 6mm BR cartridge.

I'm such a shit shot that the extra accuracy potential avail from the 6 BR case will put me about equal with the mid field guys not dragging my arse at the bottom of the list.

Later
P

[ogre6br]

Hi AI and Rinso
Would it be possible for a bloke(being me) who does not have access to a ssaa range or other, but can set up a range on our own private property to have a go? I would only be in the factory class.

Would be in the same boat as well. If we can work out something a far as witness or honesty then am defiantly in.

Paz

Shit boys- the honour system works well for me with this sort of comp- it's for fun not for sheep stations

you boys that can have ranges setup on your own properties will have to contend with us other poor saps jealousy at your good fortune as well

later
P

[Ackley Improved]

AUSVARMINT POSTAL COMPETITION

CLASSES

Factory Class- Any factory produced rifle in original configuration. Only modifications allowed are bedding, floating and adjustment of original rifle trigger. No interchanging of factory rifle parts i.e. replacing standard Remington trigger with Remington 40X trigger.

Custom Class- Any rifle that does not fit into the Factory Class.

RULES

1. Any calibre permitted up to 50cal, or what the range is allowed
2. Bipods, sand bags, or front mechanical rests allowed. The front mechanical rest must be separate from the rear.
3. Must be shot prone from the ground.
4. Rear sand bags are allowed
5. No limits on optics
6. No person coaching or spotting whilst shooting
7. 5 minutes allowed for all ranges per detail
8. During competition, no other targets are allowed for zeroing rifle for new target range.
9. 2 fouling shots are allowed from a clean barrel.
10. 100m target- one shot per bird. 10 rounds total on target.
11. 200m target- 5 shots only.
12. 300m target- 5 shots only.
13. Scoring- Target one 1 point for every hit in kill zone. Nothing for holes outside this. Target 2 10 points for each round in kill zone, 5 points for target hits outside this. Nothing for shots off target. Target 3 the same as target 2.
14. Shots scored up
15. All 3 targets must be shot on the same day in succession.
16. Competition must be witnessed and timed by another party. They MUST sign and date on appropriate area of the target.
17. 3 sets of targets are allowed to be submitted by each shooter. Targets submitted can not be a mixture of different dates. Must all be from same set.
18. Honesty is most important for this competition.


Prizes for both 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in both Classes.

COST- $10 per set of targets submitted. All money goes towards prizes, and prize quality depends on amount of money generated.



IDEAS
All targets must fit on A4 sheet of paper
Targets can be downloaded and printed from ausvarmint site

[HAIR BEAR]

How about say 10% of entry fee gets donated to aus varmint up keep !!!!
but count me in ,trevor you wana be my witness ????

Andree

[Ackley Improved]

GUys, you all need to go through the rules I made.. add points or ask about them?

Who is going to design the targets?

Cheers
AI

[Ned Kelly]

G'Day AI,
2 questions,

1. (14.) Shots scored up.......clip the killzone and get the point? Given it is a varminting comp and scoring may be done with photo's and internet. If it just touches the line you may not be able to clearly determine whether the kill zone has been "hit" so I think the line must be clearly cut/broken not nicked. That is 100% of the line must be broken.

2. That the same rifle be used for all targets otherwise I can use my BR rifle to 200 and then my f class rifle for the longer yardages. Not too many people have 2 specialised varminting rifles for short and long range varminting.

Otherwise I think the rules are spot on, and very workable. Well done!

Cheerio Ned

[native hunter]

Where does my Remmy XR-100 fit in.??
Its been pillar and compound bedded and had a trigger adjustment.
I would say thats factory.
Regards
Damien Webb.

[HAIR BEAR]

Well i will be in factory class ,and like most people have said ,floated and bedding fine !!
and cleaned up trigger ,but not after market ,will be fine
After that you are custom , simple !!!!
shooting prone ,will really benifit the guys using bi-pods ,
One point i feel should be done ,is factory rifles should only be shot off a bi-pod ,after all i don't know any one that would take a rear bag/mechcanical rest out on the field ,and we are trying to make it like a varmint hunting !
customs well that is some thing else ,for use folks that have them ,to sort out ,i reckon you folks would be more acessoriey type carriers (don't get all fluster now) just more care is taken for the shot ,

As for ammounts of shots per target ,you want to make it clear and simple to score ,5 in one target would be easy for me (as there would most likely be 5 hole in a A4 sheet . but ome of the other folks groups could lead to some heated debates ,keep it simple and fun
Andree