East Coast Shooting Club

There will be a 50m 60 shot prone competition on Sunday 10th June, and a 50m 60 shot prone team competition on Sunday 24th June. Teams of three to be nominated in advance of shooting.

Another last Sunday of the month and another Pistol Competition, this time featuring a repeat of the popular Silhouette Shoot called Safari Game Drive" first used in February last. It was commented upon so favourably and so many shooters asked for it to be run again that it was wheeled out again this weekend. The weather proved challenging and was very cold and dry but with a strong wind that occasionally blew the targets over!!! A friendly but competitive atmosphere kept all the shooters keenly focussed and the scoring was high. Altogether nine firers took part using a mix of revolvers and automatics, rim-fire and centre-fire. Thanks to all who competed and well done to our winner. The club looks forward to seeing you on the 27th May 2012 for the next monthly pistol competition.

On one of the warmest days of the year so far the faithful few gathered at the newly painted and refreshed club for the fourth in this years series of Monthly pistol shoots. This one was entitled "What's the Point (of aim)" and used Slow Fire 50ft targets, DP1 targets and B34 type targets – and a very large inviting solid 'bull' on the final stand!! Fired at 10m, 15m and 20m, the 10m shoot was fired single-handed and all the others were double-handed, the second shoot at each range being timed ten seconds/five shots. Highest Possible Score (HPS) was 250, 30 rounds being required.

The action on Sunday was fast and furious as club members organised themselves to compete in the pistol competition , described above, and also take part in the Sporting "gallery" rifle competition. The course of fire consisted of 26 shots, 10 at 10 metres, 10 at 15 metres and 6 at 25 metres. Some were precision and some were against the clock . As in all Gallery events, the shooting position was standing, unsupported with the ready position at an angle of 45 degrees. At the signal, each shooter raised his rifle to the shooting position, acquired the sight picture and fired the designated number of shots in the given time before the signal to cease fire. Any one who has tried it will know that the standing position is the most challenging as regards accuracy. This becomes even more challenging when the time to fire the string of shots is limited. However, the nerves held and the results show some very good scores! Thank you to all who took part, and to those who did not, as you now know how exciting these competitions can be, do not miss the next competition in March.

Competition results: February 12 Sporting Rifle Competition

Jose Gallardo.