Rotorua Long Range - Queen's Birthday Weekend

I am running a long range steel competition shoot in Rotorua on the Sunday of Queen's Birthday weekend (2nd of June 2013). There is a spot or two open on the entry list. Entry into the shoot is strictly by invitation only. This post is not an open invitation.

Details:

• There is a $20 per competitor entry fee. Bring your own drinks and snacks; there will be a late lunch BBQ put on after the shoot.
• Targets will be set at distances between 350m and 950m (yes, meters). Most targets are between 450m and 700m.
• In general any rifle of any caliber up to .338 will be allowed. Please let me know the caliber you intend to use so I can approve it.
• You will need 40 rounds of ammunition per competitor plus a couple more.
• Turn up ready to go! There will be no sighters, if you get real lucky I’ll let you fire a couple of fouling shots into a bank.
• All competitors will be required to score and range officer for one other shooter. All competitors will be required to bring optics suitable for scoring and a time keeping device.
• Rifle sharing is fine between no more than two people.
• You will be required to walk the shoot course (about a 1km long) and carry all your gear with you.
• All of the shoot stages will be timed!

As you can see this is not a shoot for a beginning long range shooter. I had 10 shooters come along last year. Most of them were experienced long range shooters and 3 pulled out cause the targets were too difficult and / or they simply weren't prepared.

PM me if you are keen to compete and i'll pass on the shoot rules. If you manage to get an invite out of me i'll pass on the shoot location at that time.

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Gosh Gillie, over a day since your post and not even a single reply accusing you of elitist snobbery! :D

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Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Gosh Gillie, over a day since your post and not even a single reply accusing you of elitist snobbery! :D

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Yeah, no open invitation to a bunch of people on the internet to join me on a property managed by a friend of mine where they will be asked to look after themselves while moving along a course and shooting longer range targets... in sight of a well used, public, bike trail and a small collection of rural houses... I absolutely agree with your post :thumbsup: but i also know that anyone with a little experience with competition shooting will realise that i can ill afford something to go wrong and as the competitors will have to range officier for themselves i at least would like the exprienced competition shooters to out number the inexperienced.

On top of that I would rather make the shoot sound difficult and have people turn up expecting that over having people turn up, pay their entry and go home feeling like crap cause they weren't getting the results they expected. :) And of course if i discourage people from coming along it certainly makes the shoot easier to run with less competitors! :thumbsup:
At least two, maybe four, members from here are coming along.

I should post a picture of someone shooting at targets while wearing camoflage clothing and watch the shit fly.

It my observation that folks dont like coming to these kind of events because their mouth has written a cheque their skills cant cash, all good spouting on how good their gear is how good they are and my favorite"it hold MOA all day mate,any range" on the internet, why some of you dont compete at F class competions is beyond me with some of the "groups" people shoot, why?simple, cause they talk shit!
Me,its about the shooting,personal achivement, the walk, meeting like minded people and 99% of the time really good guys, the 1% needs his mouth washed out.:thumbsup:some of you will know who im refering to.

Not hijacking Gillie, but on Sunday me and another guy are walking a farm which will potenially be a walking steel course which will be run on a regular basis eg fortnightly,close to Hamilton, ranges from 300-1000 yards looking at about 20 targets from 8-12 inches.
We really hope that this will be supported.

RUNAS

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Originally Posted by Gillie

I should post a picture of someone shooting at targets while wearing camoflage clothing and watch the shit fly.

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I just see it rather yanky, red neckish and fucking amusing to see people, that are wearing full cams to a civilian event where the targets are not going to be looking for you. I mean why would you?
Cams are useful for some hunters and essential soldiers and imho, not for lounging around in, possibly stereotyping yourself. I spose I just get a chuckle out of seeing fat cunts in camo.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Gillie

I am running a long range steel competition shoot in Rotorua on the Sunday of Queen's Birthday weekend (2nd of June 2013). There is a spot or two open on the entry list. Entry into the shoot is strictly by invitation only. This post is not an open invitation.

Details:

• There is a $20 per competitor entry fee. Bring your own drinks and snacks; there will be a late lunch BBQ put on after the shoot.
• Targets will be set at distances between 350m and 950m (yes, meters). Most targets are between 450m and 700m.
• In general any rifle of any caliber up to .338 will be allowed. Please let me know the caliber you intend to use so I can approve it.
• You will need 40 rounds of ammunition per competitor plus a couple more.
• Turn up ready to go! There will be no sighters, if you get real lucky I’ll let you fire a couple of fouling shots into a bank.
• All competitors will be required to score and range officer for one other shooter. All competitors will be required to bring optics suitable for scoring and a time keeping device.
• Rifle sharing is fine between no more than two people.
• You will be required to walk the shoot course (about a 1km long) and carry all your gear with you.
• All of the shoot stages will be timed!

As you can see this is not a shoot for a beginning long range shooter. I had 10 shooters come along last year. Most of them were experienced long range shooters and 3 pulled out cause the targets were too difficult and / or they simply weren't prepared.

PM me if you are keen to compete and i'll pass on the shoot rules. If you manage to get an invite out of me i'll pass on the shoot location at that time.

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/x...t/P1050887.jpg

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im going to try and .......somehow convince my missus that im going to this:D any ideas on how to achive this? going to be hard doing two gong shoots back to back.

yeah took some convincing on my part as well. i'm lucky though, i have family living not far from either shoot

Ive competed in a few of these comps and I must admit it does seem kinda werid R93,I think it was a Jason Statham line "whats this, some kind of fuckin fancy dress party!" mind due I was in the invitational for Gunslinger at Ngamatea a few years back and rocked up in shorts and jandels on the first day, was only a pratice but still felt kinda awkward!

RUNAS

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Originally Posted by RUNAS

Ive competed in a few of these comps and I must admit it does seem kinda werid R93,I think it was a Jason Statham line "whats this, some kind of fuckin fancy dress party!" mind due I was in the invitational for Gunslinger at Ngamatea a few years back and rocked up in shorts and jandels on the first day, was only a pratice but still felt kinda awkward!

RUNAS

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Should rock up in a gillies suit:D

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Originally Posted by R93

I just see it rather yanky, red neckish and fucking amusing to see people, that are wearing full cams to a civilian event where the targets are not going to be looking for you. I mean why would you?
Cams are useful for some hunters and essential soldiers and imho, not for lounging around in, possibly stereotyping yourself. I spose I just get a chuckle out of seeing fat cunts in camo.:thumbsup:

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youd love the Dannevirke gong shoots then we pretty much look like we either just finnished milking cows or are going to shift some stock after the shoot:D.

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

youd love the Dannevirke gong shoots then we pretty much look like we either just finnished milking cows or are going to shift some stock after the shoot:D.

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All systems normal then Jas.
You will be wearing your pink Brit cams if you get to go to gillies shoot won't ya?

tu tu and hope there is a tail wind!!:thumbsup: I struggle to wear anything remotely camoflage when im hunting for real ninja styles ,i think the trackys and hoodie will suffice:cool:

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

tu tu and hope there is a tail wind!!:thumbsup: :

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That thought is going to keep me awake at nights!

so your work mate has got some compitition then:o

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

so your work mate has got some compitition then:o

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Na mate. You win!

This shoot is this coming weekend and there is a spot or two still open. PM me if you are interested. :)

I'd love to go but I'll be at work. Next time!

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Originally Posted by gimp

I'd love to go but I'll be at work. Next time!

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+1

Sounds like you guys have the same problem in have. Work is great for paying bills associated with my hobby but really annoying for getting in the way of same hobby...

Weathers looking good! With the current number of attendees i might get to compete myself! :thumbsup: If someone wants to come along get in touch.

I thought it was invite only?

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It is, but i have a couple of spots open if someone was keen. It is invitation only compared to open invitation for everyone.

Gillie, I gather that you don't work in marketing or promoting events as a full time job?

;)

Set the course today and shot it this afternoon to sort out the stage times. Just sorting the scoring at the moment and about to go and grab some food for the BBQ tomorrow. About a dozen or so shooters. Weather is looking great! Going to be a good day!

Have a great shoot gillie Look forward to the post and pics.

Shoot ran awesome today, once we got under way the shooters basically ran the event themselves. Managed to get a couple of photos. I had a mate there who was running round with the camera all day. He got some great video. We'll put it them together into one video before it gets posted though.

Position 1. Getting under way.
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A few positions going simultaneously.
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Big thanks to Gillie and the others involved in running this superb shoot and the land owner for allowing us to be there.
Fantasic course with its challenges, easy walk and well organised.
Small details like printed score cards etc makes all the difference to this being a fluid event.

Hopefully we can get more shoots like this going, Gillie is certainly the guy to talk to if anyone considering it.

RUNAS

Yep + 1 :thumbsup:

Thanks RUNAS, Grasshopper and the other competitors who made it along. Malcolm and I were very pleased with the event.

The course was challenging enough for the experienced long range shooters but had sufficient easier targets to give the less experienced guys some enjoyment and confidence to come back. A couple of tricky ones where we tried to fool the range finders, targets behind trees (trees were on a closer ridge) targets located right on top of a spur (so only backing was the hillside behind). The 400m+ supported sitting position was entertaining.

I like the scoring as well. We weighted the scoring to reward first round hits. The person with the most hits actually came second on points. About half the competitors managed to hit more than 50% of their shots. Top shooter managed to hit about 70% of the shots.

Got a good feeling at the end of the day with the event finished. All the effort and organisation was justified with a good event with no significant hiccups.

Only had one target with significant damage, someone put a shot through the target identifier and frame that needed repair (afterwards).
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I have a few months off now without a field event organised. As you say RUNAS hopefully there are more of these events run. Pity i can't make it to El B's shoot later this month in Auckland.

Disapointed I had to miss it, next time hopefully.

Looks like an awesome time was had. Maybe I'll make the next one if I can get enough practice in first :D