Scottish Multi-discipline Shooting Championship 2012

John Hayes won the shotgun stage. If you look closely you will see he has the air pistol trophy trophy in his hand which is deliberate.

Steve Stockdale - winner of the air pistol stage despite leaving it till after we had started to dismantle the air pistol range before declaring he still had to shoot.

The overall winner - even I can tell who that is holding the trophy! At last - after seven top five finishes!

We did not have the shotgun trophy to hand and subsequently tracked it down to the armoury where it had Mark Guest's name written on a slip of paper from last year.

Weather was glorious with blue skies and I suspect the hottest day of the year so far. Entry was up a bit. Thanks once again to Tony Langford for organising it.

Full Results

Team Results

Please Note: New link at the left hand side menu on this page for SMDSC historical results. If you can help out with filling in any of the missing data then please contact myself here.

Mike

Scottish Police Rifle Association Open shoot

13 and 14 June 2012

Dear WARC member,

There are a limited number of places at the above for WARC members to shoot (but not to be eligible for trophies). Details and entry form.

Keith Baxby

WARC chairman

Death of 11th Duke of Atholl

The Club is sorry to learn of the death on 15th May of John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl. John Murray had succeeded to the title on the death of the 10th Duke, George Iain Murray, in 1996. The 10th Duke was closely involved with, and generous to, West Atholl RC. The 11th Duke lived in South Africa but visited Blair Atholl for the annual parade of the Atholl Highlanders: he is succeeded by his son.

West Atholl Rifle Club v Perth Australia - 13th May

This shoot was to be 2x20 at 600yds but was abandoned due to severe weather conditions

Seven members went to the range on what was forecast to be the worst day of the season so far. Only five were daft enough to shoot and after completing 400 agreed to call it a day as the wind rose towards gale force and the rain started. F Class were represented only by Des who nobly turned out to do his scheduled day as Duty Member but did not shoot. All six targets are in place and working well.

Our postal match against Australia at 600yds could not happen and will be shot on 12th August.

The Perth Australia shoot had better success than us, going by 'Photos of 12 May 2012 Perth Fremantle Rifle Club' received from them below:

Image of the scoring Tablet, just recently purchased

Image of monitor and down range.

Gordon Neil shooting at 600 yards, using electronic targets

In the Bar after the shoot, Left to right - Peter Sproule, Vince Cullen,Gordon Neil

600 yards - Looking West along the mound. The other 5 clubs.

Left to right, G Owen, Peter Ridgway

You will notice the great day. Fantastic day to get really sunburnt if you are not careful and apply lots of sunscreen.

It is mild around 22 C, sunny with an easterly (land breeze) making the wind reading difficult.

The range heads north, north west, just slightly, so we are shooting towards the sun.

Yes, it is very glary, coming of the Ocean at this time of year, so the sighting is poor around 2.30 – 4.00 pm

We have not had much rain, so the mounds are dry and they are just coming green. So we have had to deal with lots of sand and dry vegetation getting all through our gear.

Perth Fremantle Rifle Club

Crosses Shoot - Cawdor v West Atholl - 6th May at Cawdor

A convincing win by West Atholl by 91 points. For the first time we had some F/TR shooters as well though there were not enough to make up teams.

Clarification of WARC rules for "Non-TR, Non-F Class" shooting

According to a resolution at the 2010 AGM (delayed until February 2011) the Clubs rules for those wishing to shoot as above at Club shoots for score and trophy are SRA's rules for F/TR, with two exceptions:

(i) Targets used will be standard TR targets;

(ii) a rear bag is mandatory if the trigger pull weight is less than 1.5Kg.

There is nothing in this decision to prevent anyone shooting in F/TR class with a rifle to TR/F specification if they wish to do so.

Keith Baxby

WARC chairman

Second Club Shoot Results - 15th April

West of Scotland Open - Results - 28th/29th April

First adopt the correct position!

Second wear warm clothes

McKerrall vs Pugh 2012 Match

2012 Silverware

Wind speed measured by angle of cord

H.Inglis F' Class LR Agg.

J.Macdonald Scottish XX Bronze Medal

P.Sandie F' Class Grand Agg SRA Medal and Sat Agg.

P.Lucey QII

J.Melling Schools QII

W.Buchanan QI

C.J.Macdonald Schools Col Begg

L.Stewart Schools QI

C.J.Macdonald Schools Grand Agg.

K.Macdonald Grand Agg.

Laura Thompson receives the President's Prize

Second Club Shoot Results - 15th April

Working on the range, “Spring” 2012

One bucketfull going up, 299 to come. James operates his self-built “ Bell’s Aggregate Lifting & Laying System: Ultimate Prototype”.

Des, Kenny, James and Adam starting work on the collapsing barrier. H&S inspector Hogston thinks “ If it collapses now, there will be four membership vacancies.”

Not a “ morning after” picture, but Mark Guest re-establishing the WC water supply.

Richard Scott and Des Parr applying rubber to a newly built target frame: two down, four to go.

This illustrates the work done to reinforce the butt-stop barrier and incidentally shows a mediaeval siege engine, loaded with the body of an unwashed labourer about to be fired over the defences (or “mantlet”) to spread disease and panic.

Steven Duncan is pleased with the work he did to fill in the ruts beyond the cattle grid, where at least two cars have “bottomed”.

In the first 3 weeks of the season 22 man-days of work have been done. As well as the usual mantlet clearing and re-establishment of the sanitary facilities the collapsing butt-stop barrier has been reinforced, the 1000yd firing point quagmire has been drained and a good start has been made on topping up the aggregate in the butt-stop depressions. Many thanks to those who turned out, especially to those who helped with the last three tasks, saving “The Club” -in other words the members - about £3000. As John Potter has subtly hinted below, most of those doing the work are past their prime and the injury tally is impressive. It would be good to see more of the younger and fitter shooting membership helping with the work. The alternative is that we pay contractors and put up subscriptions and range hire charges accordingly

Keith Baxby

WARC chairman

The OLD Reliables

Photo on left shows the result of Iain Connacher's appeal for help. Iain turned up towards the end and did a bit of rope pulling, not bad considering he has been undergoing chemotherapy.

James Bell designed and built the hoist utilising pulley block technology and a WW2 fire bucket modified by the addition of wheels. Seems his great grandpaw was a Roman Engineer who came over with Antonine to build a wall or something. Anyhow, it worked and we filled in 3.5 holes in the back stop. One less person and no work would have been possible.

I estimate the aggregate age of the work force to be at least 190, these younger types just can't handle hard work, only fit for shooting. (Take that how you like)

No doubt, same as last Sunday, the range will be crowded with "shooters" tomorrow, mostly looking the other way when the gazebos need moved.

In cynical mode

John Potter

Glenalmond shooting

Glenalmond have booked 8 afternoons of weekday shooting this season. WARC members are welcome to shoot alongside, to help with coaching if they wish and to help set up and close down the range. Not all these bookings will be used. If Glenalmond do not use a booking the range will not be open. In that case a cancellation notice will be put on the website: please check it 48 hours in advance.

Keith Baxby

WARC chairman

Good news for Reloaders - Powder Storage Limits Increased