As per the title, so come along on saturday after 10 AM.
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As per the title, so come along on saturday after 10 AM.
Bugger hunting this weekend, have to come along soon, want to try my 243 out at longer ranges.
@johnd
What ranges are they shooting ?
Te Puke rifle club has commenced it's new season shoots. These are most Saturdays at 300, 500 and 600 yards.
All hunters welcome. Great club to sort your bullet trajectory and sight settings. Shoot off pack or bipod or bags, open or scope sights, Hunter class, various F classes etc. Up to 8mm magnum centrfire. Also a 50 -100 yard preliminary sight-in range and coaching available. Www.Sporty.co.nz
Te Puke rifle club has commenced it's new season shoots. These are most Saturdays at 300, 500 and 600 yards.
All hunters welcome. Great club to sort your bullet trajectory and sight settings. Shoot off pack or bipod or bags, open or scope sights, Hunter class, various F classes etc. Up to 8mm magnum centrfire. Also a 50 -100 yard preliminary sight-in range and coaching available. Www.Sporty.co.nz
Te Puke Rifle Club had a working bee this morning carrying out routine matainance and building a shooting bench at the 600yrd mound so people who have trouble getting down on the mound or are in a wheelchair can shoot ,we are planning to build them at 300 and 500yrds as well.After lunch we had a shoot at 500 and 600 yardsAttachment 148990Attachment 148991
Te Puke Rifle Club had another working bee this morning and then shot at 600yards in the afternoon, we had a good turn out of shooters including some new faces and the new shooting bench got a good workout ,it was good to see a few guys who frequent this forum
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Next time I am down from the big smoke I will definitely come by. Very keen to try the range out
I might be moving to papamoa later in the year I will definitely be interested in taking a look.
Congratulations to Mike Collings from Te Puke Rifle Club in winning the Ballinger Belt at TrenthamAttachment 158532this is the second time Mike has won the national title.
Wow! Well done MIKE :)
And well done Te Puke club.
New Zealand oldest sporting trophy
Te Puke Rifle Club also won the long range teams ,club teams and grand aggregate club teams as well not bad for our little club
Actually Di Collings has won the Ballinger Belt 3 times 1981,1987 and 2014 so she still is one up on Mike
Yes Miss Di Blaymires
Took this photo yesterday. There are 3 Ballinger belt winners in it. And an under 21 NZ team member from 2019/20
A great day out with wind swings of 4 MOA left and right of center
We relegate the F/O guys to the far end! Aye Scott :)
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Thought i would post a few photos of saturdays shoot at 300yrds the target on the left is the Deer Target we are going to use in our Bring it and Shoot it day on the 7 MarchAttachment 159511Attachment 159512Attachment 159513
As you can see our range is not your typical range we have a lot of ridges and gullies that we shoot over which coupled with the wind we get makes for a interesting day at the range
Forgot to add that there will be no shooting on Saturday 6th February as most of the club are off to Gisborne to shoot in the Prize Shoot there
Cheers
The deer target is a red stag. Shot from 300 yards but scaled to represent the stag's size as if it were at 450yards. To count as kill shots the shooters will need to place bullets inside 2 moa. This is doable with all the equipment available to hunters today and use of packs or bipids for rifle support. Should be fun.
Was unable to edit my post and unable to post the second pic . Sorry about that. ( A very recent change to my ability to use this forum now I wonder why? !
A whole post three up is missing. ???
I wrote: the club shot all day at 300 yards today; so they decided to also test the deer targets for the upcoming Hunters Fun shoot scheduled for 7th March ALL WELCOME. The deer target will be contested at 300 yards. Two optional sighters and five counting shots for a possible max score of 50. ( The other ranges will be @500 & 600 yards on the day. ) Each shot impact will be instantly visible to the shooter and scorer on tablets supplied at the shooting mound.
A few more photos from yesterday at the range on the 300 yard mound with a few of the boys having a go with their hunting rifles at the deer target Attachment 160414Attachment 160415Attachment 160416 the last photo is looking back to the Club House at the 600 yard mound from the 300 yard mound
Couple photos from yesterday at the range, first time I've been over for a while. With now getting into reloading I was keen to get out & stretch the legs on my loads and see how they went...(had a slight hiccup which @17brno soon sorted out for me and all was good).
Beaut day for it with next to no wind at 300 & 500 yards and then a fairly stiff side wind picking up after lunch just in time for our shoot at 600.
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So Brian was shooting. How did the visitors with hunting gear go??
My mate Cam shot a 23/25 @300 and 24/25 and 25/25 @600 from his wheelchair using his howa creedmore. Hunters can do well.
Just myself and Cam (as mentioned above by @Woody)
soley shooting hunter class last weekend, in amongst a handful of the usual suspects shooting Tr and Ftr.
I shot 24.3/25.5 for 300 and 35.3/35.7 for 500 out of my 18.5" tikka .308 but my 600 wasn't very flash.
Hopefully all the "Visitors" will be along in 2 weekends time
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HEADS UPBOYS AND GIRLS. A GREAT TABLE OF PRIZES HAS BEEN DONATED BY BUSINESS SPONSERS FOR THIS SUNDAY'S "BRING IT AND SHOOT IT" EVENT.
Hosted annually by this neat club, it's still on for Sunday. Drawn prizes so it's an even chance no matter your skill or old or new hunting rifle and scope.
Only public banned behaviour is No Hugging :).
Come and enjoy the day and the bbq folks.
Te Puke Rifle Club would like to thank everyone who turned up to our Bring it and Shoot Day, the weather gods smiled and we had light winds and sunny skies today for the most part with the wind turning to blow down the range fishtailing left to right when we started shooting at 600yrds after lunch this made for interesting shooting with the unwary being caught out by quick wind changes
There was some good scores shot during the day and plenty of laughter and good natured heckling
We finnished the day with a lucky dip prize draw and a BBQ and a few bevvies
A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION OF THE PRIZES ,WITHOUT THEM WE COULDN'T HOLD THESE EVENTSAttachment 162142Attachment 162143Attachment 162144Attachment 162145
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STEVES WHOLESALES WELLINGTON
NZ AMMO COMPANY WELLINGTON
DEADEYE DICKS LEVIN
Lots of laughs and one or two now "prone" positions discovered as well. :)
The deer on the 300 mound were quite skittish to try and nail too.
Poor old BBQ got a fright too dont know if it will be the same again! Hope you are ok mate