Frequently asked questions (and their answers!)

  1. Visit the club before 1230 or after 1645 on Saturdays and speak to Greg or Terry. Between those hours the clubhouse is likely to be closed and all members at the range.
  2. Bring photo ID with you.
  3. Complete a Declaration – Range Use by Unlicensed Persons form (P650). If you are in compliance with the conditions in the P650 fact sheetfor the possession and use of firearms (i.e. if all the answers in Section B are “NO”) you may shoot.
  4. A Fullbore rifle can be made available for your use, but it is not kept on-site and you have to let the club know several days in advance that you’ll need it.
  5. Bring hearing protection with you (or borrow a set from the club).
  6. Check the range programme to ensure that the range day has not been pre-empted by a prize meeting or Grade competition.
  1. Visit the club before 1230 or after 1645 on Saturdays and speak to Greg or Terry. Between those hours the clubhouse is likely to be closed and all members at the range.
  2. You must have your licence with you.
  3. Be aware that only calibres up to 8mm are allowed on the range, and that range rules do not permit the use of magazines (i.e. your rifle may have one but you may not use it).
  4. Check the range programme to ensure that the range day has not been pre-empted by a prize meeting or Grade competition.
  5. Bring hearing protection and any shooting gear that you may need.
  1. A rifle (.308 or .223 calibre) conforming to Fullbore Match Rifle rules.
  2. Ammunition conforming to Fullbore Match Rifle rules.
  3. Single-point or Double-point sling.
  4. Shooting mitt/glove.
  5. Hearing protection.
  6. Spotting scope.
  7. Hat.
  8. Shooting mat.
  9. Shooting jacket.
  10. Wet weather gear.
  1. A rifle (.308 or .223 calibre) conforming to F-Class Standard rules.
  2. Ammunition conforming to F-Class Standard (same as Fullbore Match Rifle) rules.
  3. A riflescope that can cope with up to 28 minutes of elevation adjustment.
  4. A bipod or front sandbag.
  5. A rear sandbag (optional).
  6. Hearing protection.
  7. Hat.
  8. Shooting mat.
  9. Wet weather gear.

The marker in the butts will indicate your score by holding a wand over the corners or centre of the target.

Score

Name

Wand position

2

Outer

Top left

3

Magpie

Top right

4

Inner

Bottom left

5

Bulls eye

Bottom right

V (fullbore)

6 (F-class)

Center bull / V-bull

Centre, sometimes covering the bulls eye, red face of wand showing

6.1 (F-class only)

Supercentre

Right side of target, centerline, red face of wand showing

0

Missed target or scoring area on target

Waving all over the place.

Scoring pegs are placed in the target to indicate the bullet hole.

Score

Scoring peg colour

Supercentre (F-class only)

White

V bull / Centre bull

Red or Orange

Bulls eye

White

Everything else

Red or Orange

If the sensors on the target are damaged by a stray shot, the target will be taken out of service for the entire shooting day for costly repairs (a new set of sensors currently costs $120). In order to minimize the chances of this happening, the following protocol1 has been trialled at the first Grade Shoot using electronic targets this year (December 2010):

  1. get someone to spot for you.
  2. select an unoccupied target bay — i.e. one with no target mounted in it — and fire at the centre of the patch of exposed soil (which will be nearly round with constant wear).
  3. adjust the sights as necessary, using the soil splashback as a guide.

On Grade days you are allowed exactly two sighting shots at the target but an unlimited number of shots into an empty target bay, so if you even suspect that your zero is out, do the splashback exercise first.

It is recommended that you follow this protocol on normal club practice days as well.

1 subject to change.

In the Fullbore discipline, you will be wearing a padded shooting jacket and using a sling to help you support the rifle with your non-shooting hand. If the jacket fits properly and the sling is adjusted correctly the rifle butt rests snugly against your shoulder, and the recoil will feel like a sharp push. This will not hurt. (If the rifle butt is off your shoulder as you fire the recoil will feel like a sharp punch).

In the F-class discipline, the recoil is largely absorbed by the bipod and rear sandbag as well as your shoulder. The use of a shooting jacket is optional but rare. Care must be taken in the initial mounting of the riflescope to minimise the likelihood of the scope’s eyepiece recoiling into your face.

Users of .223 Rem calibre will experience less recoil than users of .308 Win calibre.

We are unfortunately unable to accommodate corporate groups or large groups of visitors at this time.