Thread: Seadown Shooting Complex - Timaru

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @gundoc and all,
There must have been a spike of interest in Running Boar Ranges in the early 1970's. Taupo NZDA brought their portable range down to Hastings in 1972 for the Hawkes Bay NZDA Clubs to try out. This sparked the interest and the Hastings Club started planning soon after. The shooting hut had a covered mound next to it so we could shoot 50 metre 4P as well. This was on our own land next to the Roy's Hill Range so we were well blessed. All gone now.
Regards Grandpamac.

The reason for the interest was it was in the Commonwealth games, Sako used to donate rifles as prizes as Finland was also very keen on running boar.