Sports Shooting

Jeld-Wen Falcon · 02-09-2006, 08:20 PM

I went for my first shoot at the local gun club on Thursday night, had an absolute blast! Learning to shoot was great, the people were great will definately make this a regular thing.

Anyone else here into sports shooting? And what kind of scores are you shooting?

HLC · 02-09-2006, 08:28 PM

i shoot at the Shooting Academy at Auburn in sydney, i also work there, so go figure.

i am with the Parramatta Pistol club which shoots on a thursday night...

anyway, we have monthy inter-club competitions where ive posted 2nd place a couple of times in different disciplines a 3rd couple of 4ths and stuff so going ok.

now in terms of scores, what are you shooting, distance, a comp or not? etc etc.

im also looking at getting into IPSC with my boss if i can find the time. so yeah.

interested to know where you shot at

Jeld-Wen Falcon · 02-09-2006, 08:40 PM

On the night I went, we did 50m stand, 25m rapid fire (found this hard), 25m meter stand, 2nd 50m stand, and 50m sit

My best score was a 64.1 on the 2nd 50m stand.

flappist · 02-09-2006, 09:30 PM

Guns are bad....mkay

If you even touch a gun you are a dangerous criminal and should be sent to locked up for ever and then sent to councilling and then made to attend "fluffy animal" lectures.

nugget378 · 02-09-2006, 09:37 PM

The only scores I ever get is pork,goat and the ocassional bit of venison..

pertuan · 02-09-2006, 09:41 PM

I've been shooting twice in my life.

9mm 25m prone and standing
5.56mm 300m, 200, and 100m in prone, standing, kneeling and sitting positions.

I prefer 300m prone.

Psycho Chicken · 02-09-2006, 09:43 PM

Buying a Lee Enfield soonish, probably should go for my pistol licence some day.

Steyrs and Minimis are more fun though.

normxb · 02-09-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Buying a Lee Enfield soonish,

Hey Psycho
Got one of them (WW1 model), mate , it was cheaper than buying a .22 at the time . Just as well , when licencing came in I was given a .22 Mag. w/scope for nothing . The old 303 gives the foxes hell.... :sm_headba

Ozfords · 02-09-2006, 09:57 PM

Within shooting itself I was amazed how smoothly I went from the .22 rifle to the Glock .40. It's amazing to see within my class those with a little shooting experience went really well.

Target shooting is fun, I don't care with a loud boomstick or a electrified stapler. It's just a natural step up from the bow and arrow.

Pity it has fallen into the wrong hands at times and used to hurt and kill many innocent people and thanks to Michael Moore Port Arthur I look at firearms in a different light. I'm also glad there is some firearms control out there, or else it would of made work alot harder, theres enough danger with knieves.

HLC · 03-09-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozfords

Within shooting itself I was amazed how smoothly I went from the .22 rifle to the Glock .40. It's amazing to see within my class those with a little shooting experience went really well.

Target shooting is fun, I don't care with a loud boomstick or a electrified stapler. It's just a natural step up from the bow and arrow.

Pity it has fallen into the wrong hands at times and used to hurt and kill many innocent people and thanks to Michael Moore Port Arthur I look at firearms in a different light. I'm also glad there is some firearms control out there, or else it would of made work alot harder, theres enough danger with knieves.

how long ago was this? as .40 cals are banned now. that is unless you are a security guard or copper?

Ozfords · 03-09-2006, 07:08 PM

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how long ago was this? as .40 cals are banned now. that is unless you are a security guard or copper?

The latter and it's .40 Control Expansion Rounds.

HLC · 04-09-2006, 08:39 AM

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The latter and it's .40 Control Expansion Rounds.

oh, i meant .40 cal as in .40 calibre :P cool!

nugget378 · 02-09-2006, 10:02 PM

Whats Michael Moore got to do with port arthur?
were talkin bout the yank doumentary maker right??

Ozfords · 02-09-2006, 10:36 PM

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Whats Michael Moore got to do with port arthur?
were talkin bout the yank doumentary maker right??

Well they are seperate, but one guy shows us how fascinated a nation has become with firearms and the other shows what one guy can do with a firearm.

Then just watch the Chaser's War on Everything when they visit a gun show in America, what a weird fascination.

I guess I'm the only one that finds firearms fun on the range on one hand and on the other an object that should be treated with the utmost respect whilst not pointed down range and at a piece of paper and that such a simple piece of metal/plastic/wood can be so deadly.

normxb · 03-09-2006, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ozfords

I guess I'm the only one that finds firearms fun on the range on one hand and on the other an object that should be treated with the utmost respect whilst not pointed down range and at a piece of paper and that such a simple piece of metal/plastic/wood can be so deadly.

Right on Ozfords
Being raised on a farm , firearms were a part of life , BUT , my father was "just so strict" on gun safety , something I will be forever greatful for . I got my first Air-rifle at 8 and by 10 I was a pretty good shot with a .22 but they were pretty old rifles , so Dad bought me a new .22 for my 13th birthday.

In my early 20's I went shooting with a couple of my city mates & they swore they'd never go shooting with me again because I was "too safety concious", fine by me , they were cowboys . Doesn't matter if it's Target or Game shooting , both are fun as long as safety is a priority (it's always an "unloaded" gun that go's off)

Psycho Chicken · 03-09-2006, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozfords

I guess I'm the only one that finds firearms fun on the range on one hand and on the other an object that should be treated with the utmost respect whilst not pointed down range and at a piece of paper and that such a simple piece of metal/plastic/wood can be so deadly.

Mate, anyone who doesn't think like that shouldn't have a licence.

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Originally Posted by normxb

Hey Psycho
Got one of them (WW1 model), mate , it was cheaper than buying a .22 at the time . Just as well , when licencing came in I was given a .22 Mag. w/scope for nothing . The old 303 gives the foxes hell.... :sm_headba

I'm chasing a No 1 Mk 3, best looking of the lot. Number 4 is plain ugly.

Redrum · 03-09-2006, 11:03 PM

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Mate, anyone who doesn't think like that shouldn't have a licence.

I'm chasing a No 1 Mk 3, best looking of the lot. Number 4 is plain ugly.

Apparently some bloke in Queensland has just purchased 10,000 unused Mk3 and is shipping them to Australia soon from Italy. They were supplied to the Italian government when they went against the Germans in WW2 but were never used, no surprise. May be some good rifles, good prices!!

jimt3te50 · 03-09-2006, 02:16 AM

I started prac pistol (IPSC) back in 92 when I was 12 and shot pistols for 9 years. The bureauocracy is out of control and it ended up taking the fun out of it completely. My Dad and I did it for fun and too many people take the competitive side far too seriously. We gave up the pistols and just stuck to good old shooting on a station we go to a few times a year to help with a bit of vermin control.

It's a great bonding thing for my old man and me, but I was always brought up the right way as far as firearms awareness goes- it's very important. I was actually going to be a gunsmith.......

Held my gun license longer than my driver's license and have been shooting since before I first started school.......

MITCHAY · 03-09-2006, 02:34 AM

Does anyone know if any such centres exist near Canberra? I'm keen to shoot off a big gun. Too much GTA possibly lol!

Gimmers55 · 04-09-2006, 09:12 PM

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Does anyone know if any such centres exist near Canberra? I'm keen to shoot off a big gun. Too much GTA possibly lol!

There's a range and club out on Majura Road near the Federal Hwy

Ghiadude · 03-09-2006, 05:07 AM

none of you blokes from south west sydney? lol

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I had a go on a range up at surfers once. it wasnt for me but i can see the challenge and hence the attraction.

HLC · 03-09-2006, 06:53 PM

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none of you blokes from south west sydney? lol

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I had a go on a range up at surfers once. it wasnt for me but i can see the challenge and hence the attraction.

west. lol.

TURBOTAXI · 03-09-2006, 08:18 AM

We have a great gun club at mendooran, I have a collection of about 13 vastly different firearms (from muzzle loader to really fast .22's) For a challeng I take a mossberg maverick (bolt action 12g goose gun with double choke and rifle sights) up to the club for a shoot - you learn to work a bolt pretty quick!

Redrum · 03-09-2006, 02:01 PM

I enjoy sporting shooting. This Wednesday going up Bendigo way to shoot some skeet, maybe some small game. Saturday going to Lara to shoot some more skeet and muzzle loaders! Challenging sport nearly anyone can enjoy.

In relation to the politics of guns, I find the people who fear them, have never usually even handled one. Guns are a tool, they don't kill someone, people do!

nugget378 · 04-09-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TURBOTAXI

We have a great gun club at mendooran, I have a collection of about 13 vastly different firearms (from muzzle loader to really fast .22's) For a challeng I take a mossberg maverick (bolt action 12g goose gun with double choke and rifle sights) up to the club for a shoot - you learn to work a bolt pretty quick!

Are you from Mendooran Turbotaxi?do you know any of the Broughton's,they have a place there,I have some acres in Coolah..

TURBOTAXI · 04-09-2006, 10:59 PM

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Are you from Mendooran Turbotaxi?do you know any of the Broughton's,they have a place there,I have some acres in Coolah..

Yeah, I moved here about 2.5 years ago from Sydney.

Best move ever!!! I will get back to you on the "Broughton" name

http://home.kooee.com.au/jfmartin/index.htm

This site is pretty good, I know Fran, I bought a house from her a while back.

blownvn · 05-09-2006, 05:34 PM

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Are you from Mendooran Turbotaxi?do you know any of the Broughton's,they have a place there,I have some acres in Coolah..

I grew up around Coolah (actually a little place called Uarbry between Cassilis and Dunedoo) and went to Coolah Central School from year 5 to year 12.

Used to do alot of shooting when I was younger but handed everything in back in '96 during the buyback scheme. Only recently I've decided to get involved again and joined a pistol club in the interests of shooting IPSC.

Ozfords - I'm surprised that you think the gun laws make your job any safer, the criminals didn't hand in their guns, only the law abiding citizens did. Statistics have shown that there has been no decrease in gun crime since the 1996 gun reform.
The recent pistol buyback scheme was even sillier; the government used $180,000,000 of tax payers money to buy back guns that were all registered and perfectly legal until they introduced the .38 caliber and 10 round limits. Most of that money payed for new guns that were bought to replace the confiscated guns so the number of handguns didn't really decrease at all. One guy I heard about got so much money from the pistol buyback that he bought a brand new Harley.

Ozfords · 06-09-2006, 10:41 AM

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Ozfords - I'm surprised that you think the gun laws make your job any safer, the criminals didn't hand in their guns, only the law abiding citizens did. Statistics have shown that there has been no decrease in gun crime since the 1996 gun reform.
The recent pistol buyback scheme was even sillier; the government used $180,000,000 of tax payers money to buy back guns that were all registered and perfectly legal until they introduced the .38 caliber and 10 round limits. Most of that money payed for new guns that were bought to replace the confiscated guns so the number of handguns didn't really decrease at all. One guy I heard about got so much money from the pistol buyback that he bought a brand new Harley.

I never really said the firearm laws were all that great for myself and my colleagues.

I knew a neighbour who gave me the whole story regarding the (relativley) new laws and a mates father who gave me a similar spiel.

Honest citizens suffer alot, they follow the law everyday and yet are surrounded by those who don't.

The point I want to make is why there is a need for those who don't live on a farm with livestock to have their complete firearm and ammunition at home. No matter how much it is protected in safes and reinforced cabinets, they are making themselves a target for organised crime and they cannot load up and take their firearm for a couple of shots in the backyard.

The reforms are all about reducing the amount of high power firearms in the community. Say for example the feds or customs stop a delivery of illegal firearms, this turns their interest to firearms holders in the form of home invasions or elaborate means to freeing firearms at homes. For someone to have their prized firearm stolen can be traumatic to them and a added headache for local law enforcement.

nugget378 · 06-09-2006, 06:47 PM

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I grew up around Coolah (actually a little place called Uarbry between Cassilis and Dunedoo) and went to Coolah Central School from year 5 to year 12.

Im on Neilrex Rd, just out past the airport...

blownvn · 07-09-2006, 12:25 AM

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Im on Neilrex Rd, just out past the airport...

Yeah I know Neilrex Road.

Remember when that C-130 got bogged at the Airport? That was pretty funny at the time, it took them a couple weeks to get it out from memory.

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The point I want to make is why there is a need for those who don't live on a farm with livestock to have their complete firearm and ammunition at home. No matter how much it is protected in safes and reinforced cabinets, they are making themselves a target for organised crime and they cannot load up and take their firearm for a couple of shots in the backyard.

So you think we should hand over firearms to the Government for safekeeping? One repository per town? That doesn't sound like a very good idea... talk about a target for criminals.

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Originally Posted by Ozfords

The reforms are all about reducing the amount of high power firearms in the community. Say for example the feds or customs stop a delivery of illegal firearms, this turns their interest to firearms holders in the form of home invasions or elaborate means to freeing firearms at homes. For someone to have their prized firearm stolen can be traumatic to them and a added headache for local law enforcement.

Isn't the safe supposed to delay criminals long enough for Police to show up and stop the bad guys?
In my area I severely doubt I'm setting myself up for a home invasion. I looked up the registered firearms list (the one that shows how many firearms are register in each postcode) and I certainly wont be alone in my area. Between Wagga and Albury I think we've got the highest concentraion of privately owned firearms in Australia.

In some ways I like the American way of dealing with the problem of crime. Concealed carry permits for honest law abiding citizens exist in 44 American states (some American states are more limited than others) and the right to defend your person and property (pretty much universal across America).

In Australia the only thing you can do is build yourself a fortress (if your council will allow that), Dial 000 and hole up until the cavalry arrives.