Field Target Competition - Hornsby Smallbore Range - Sat 31st Oct 2015

[mattw975]

Another great day at Hornsby for the FT....thanks James & co.

A big shout out to Nate who shot brilliantly with the oldest, least powerful & dare I say most economical to own, self fettled Gecado 35 springer

"Power is nothing without accuracy"

[JWD]

Thanks Matt,

It was a good turnout with 8 people attending including some new faces that had not tried FT before but had a great time. Very easy to loan your gear when it's only a few cents per shot. I was also happy to see we were able to achieve a difficult and challenging course even with the new range layout. The reduced kill zones on the closest targets proved to be the most difficult for the majority. By request I am going to see about organizing another session the weekend before the Nationals so those going (and anyone else who wants to) can get some extra practice.

[Ol 55]

Well I can tell you I had a great day, I recon I will be a starter for the next one.
Thanks for going to the trouble to set it up.
Cheers
Ol 55

[JWD]

Some pics from today. Great to see the Greenpeace / shooting crossover.

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[mattw975]

Nate was the Blizzard just for the photo's ?

[mrwoospigs]

Thanks for the effort you guys go to to make these days happen.
The 77 got a good run, but seeing everyone else shoot it better than me tells me I need more practice with it

[Camel]

Ill say it must be a very challenging course, especially the shooting upside down bit, must have good seat belts on the chairs.

Looks fun.

[nate]

I was pretty damn stoked with how I went... i couldnt hit sh*t during warm up at all, was close to throwing the toys outta the crib & heading home, but managed to compose myself & get it all together on the day.

Huge thanks to Brad - by not showing up it was probably the biggest assistance I could get for taking out the #1 spot

taking those squirrels out at 50m with the gecado was just awesome fun to say the least 2.5mil dots & a quick prayer to get them there.

I got the blizzard out because it hasnt done anything for a while, took it out 3/3 at 50m (i think it was the first 3 shots too)... sorta not much sport. It was also DAMN heavy!!! bugger that
The springer is just way too much fun...

[Rabbitz]

I knew we were doing some changes to the range. I never saw the anti-gravity units mentioned anywhere.

[grmkc]

I got the blizzard out because it hasnt done anything for a while, took it out 3/3 at 50m (i think it was the first 3 shots too)... sorta not much sport. It was also DAMN heavy!!! bugger that
The springer is just way too much fun...

Mate, been telling you that about Springers for how long? Are you coming up to TCB?

[nate]

Mate, been telling you that about Springers for how long? Are you coming up to TCB?

negative
too much time away from work at the mo...
will plan for the next one

[JWD]

Given the fun had seems to be inversely proportional to the cost of the rifle (except for Gary), we might look at some kind of "Heritage" air rifle shoot with old school "slug guns" and open sights. Could be a lot of fun and would level the playing field.

[nate]

Given the fun had seems to be inversely proportional to the cost of the rifle (except for Gary), we might look at some kind of "Heritage" air rifle shoot with old school "slug guns" and open sights. Could be a lot of fun and would level the playing field.

+1 on that
we need a little shooting gallery style rig - that'd be tops!
moving duckies or something

[grmkc]

It's not a technology race Boys ................................

Springers have Souls

[mattw975]

Time to warm up the HW35, HW55M or Annie 335 me thinks

Given the fun had seems to be inversely proportional to the cost of the rifle (except for Gary), we might look at some kind of "Heritage" air rifle shoot with old school "slug guns" and open sights. Could be a lot of fun and would level the playing field.