Nine rifle shooters struggled against hot, windy conditions at the Narromine-Dubbo rifle range on Saturday when shooting was held over 700 yards. Wind changes were sudden, mirage was strong and shooters were constantly altering sight settings between shots.
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At the completion of the first stage, Rob McKay was one point down in A-grade with a 49/50 while Rob Rainbow led F-class with a 54/60. Visiting shooters, Mark and Daniel Wright fired one stage each in F-class scoring 45/60 and 43/60 respectively for their first time ever with a target rifle.
The second stage saw the wind changes still playing havoc with the scores and this time, Rob McKay scored a 48/50 to take the A-grade badge on 97/100 off rifle.
In F-class, Rob Rainbow fired a 57/60 second stage to win the badge with a total of 111/120 and also took out the weekly handicap trophy.
The little white spot survived some close shaves to jackpot again for next week.
Individual scores were: Scott Monaghan 41/47, off-rifle 88, handicap 6, total 94/100; Arthur Tucker 40/38, F-class total 78/120; Dave Forster 51/54, F-class total 105/120; Rob Rainbow 54/57, F-class total 111/120; Arthur Seaman 42/50, F-class total 92/120; Rob McKay 49/48, o/r 97, hcp 3, total 100; Clive Simpson 48/54, F-class total 102/120; Daniel Wright, F-class total 43/60; Mark Wright, F-class total 45/60.
On Saturday shooting is over 800 yards starting at 12:30 pm.