A BUSY weekend at the Narromine-Dubbo rifle range at the weekend resulted in 12 shooters tackling the difficult 1000 yard range on Saturday then another six shooters competing again over 1000 yards on Sunday.
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The Saturday shoot was hampered by strong winds and mirage for most of the day with many shooters being caught out by the rapid changes.
At 1000 yards a complete miss due to a slight wind change is always on the cards.
At the end of the first stage, Dave Forster led the A-graders with a 45/50 while in F-class, Anthony Cahill was shooting well and scored a 53/60.
The second stage had some shooters improve while others fell victim to the wind. A hit of 47/50 gave Norm Brown the A-grade Cock O'the Walk with an off-rifle score of 85/100.
In F-class, Anthony Cahill hung on to win by one point from a strong finishing Clive Simpson, and Locky Simpson was the winner in C-grade.
The weekly handicap trophy went to Anthony Cahill and the "pin-hole" survived another week.
Individual scores were:
Scott Monaghan 37/47, F-class total 84/120; Rob McKay 39/45, off-rifle 84, handicap 3, total 87/100; Lionel Morrish 41/41, F-class total 82/120; Bec Collins 36/37, F-class total 73/120; Clive Simpson 43/56, F-class total 99/120; Locky Simpson 27/31, o/r 58, hcp 12, total 70/100; Rob Rainbow 47/49, F-class total 96/120; Norm Brown 38/47, o/r 85, hcp 7, total 90/100; John Sidoti 9/22, o/r 31, hcp 26, total 57/100; Dave Forster 45/33, o/r 78, hcp 3, total 81/100; Anthony Cahill 53/47, F-class total 100/120; Peter Taylor 44/46, F-class total 90/120.
On Sunday, six shooters competed in the 1000 yard benchrest competition and under slightly better conditions than Saturday.
Winners for the day were Barry Morgan, best group and score in the Light gun standard competition, while in Light gun international Stuart Goodridge won the smallest group while Rob McKay won the best score.
Next Saturday shooting is back to 300 metres starting at 12.30 pm.
