July canberra 1000

[dg]

Another interesting day on the Majura range with some small groups and high scores achieved.
Congratulations to PVM, Jim Clifford and Richard Wild.
Great to see the return of young Fugey and his very capable offsider ( Katrina).
Given his impressive efforts yesterday, we may have another convert in “macca”. Well done Grant!
Hopefully someone can and will provide the full competitor lists and results for the day.
Also thanks to all involved in the Canberra club for the organisation of the day and a special thanks to Hans for preparing targets earlier during the week.

cheers
dg

[woob614271]

Good to hear; now the wait for results...
Well done all.

[Rinso]

I have the results and will post later today when I get sometime.
As dg mentioned it was interesting with some good groups shot, a lot of larger groups mixed in as well.
Normal July weather in Canberra (reading freezing) which saw the morning group get some good conditions.
Macca turned up with the black pig and managed some very respectable results including a group around 6 inches as I recall. (TonyZ, mate you should slap aJR for letting that go, its still working rather well)
Hopefully we will see a few more AV memebrs turn up for a shot in the future .. I am pretty sure Macca will be back and will agree its a lot of fun.
Macca good to put a face to the name .. now we will see you in September at the Pro Cal

cheers
Rinso

[macca]

A big thankyou to Dave G,Rinso, Mick and the rest of the shooters for making me feel very welcome.
Also for some excellent advice.
Yeah I think I'm hooked.
I highly recommend a trip to the 1kbr for everybody.It's excitement plus and a lot of fun.
I had a 242mm(9.528") first group, score of 42 and then after some advice from DG and Rinso I had a 131mm(5.157") group and a score of 39. I shot blind and it wasn't as big a worry as I expected, again thanks Rinso for the logic in doing it that way.
Lot's still to learn and "oh dear me" I think a HG is somewhere in my future.
Yes all things being equal Canberra in September.
Have a good one,
Macca

[Tony Z]

macca, mate that is an extremely good result for a first time effort. Some shooters may spend an entire lfetime and still never shoot a 5 inch group at 1K. Great to see the black pig lives on in the domain it was intended for. Not shooting goats up some dusty gulley. Mind you, at first glance it may look like it was found in that gulley . Appearances can be decieving.
Sounds like you got some good advice from dg and Rinso, but it still took you to work up the loads and pull the trigger. Well done mate.

Tony Z.

ps. Grant did you go with the 168 SMKs?

[macca]

Thanks Tony.
I had to go with 168 Bergers as my SMK's didn't arrive in the mail on Friday.
The blokes helped me a great deal.Canberra was also a little kinder then normal.
Macca.

[Mick]

Yeah, was a good day as always. I forgot to pick up a copy of the scores, but my secretary, Richard , will be sending them in the next day or 2 so I can post them.

Good to see we got another AV member hooked. Was good to meet you macca.

[a.JR]

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[Rinso]

Sorry Jeff been busy .. I should have stayed home but PVM agg 132mm and Alan Peake shot a 105mm group .. I will get the rest up later.

cheers
Rinso

[Ackley Improved]

Sorry Jeff been busy .. I should have stayed home but PVM agg 132mm and Alan Peake shot a 105mm group .. I will get the rest up later.

cheers
Rinso

Just curious What were these guys shooting?

Oh really?

Cheers
AI

[dg]

rinso

thanks for tabulating and presenting the results.

i reckon that 11 in HG and 15 in LG is a very pleasing turn out for a july 1000 club match in canberra.

september numbers could also be interesting

cheers

dave g

[Rinso]

AI,

Just curious What were these guys shooting?

Some were shooting light guns & some were shooting heavy guns ... so everyone was shooting guns

cheers
Rinso

[Mick]

Projectiles were also a common piece of gear...