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Sports Report – WSMRL Week 2

West Somerset Miniature Rifle League Minehead Rifle Club and Williton Rifle Club have now completed Round 2 of the 18 round West Somerset League, This was the first round where teams shot on each other’s ranges with Williton B team visiting Minehead and Minehead C travelling to Williton. Scores continue to improve with Minehead A […]

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Sports Report – WSMRL Week 1

West Somerset Miniature Rifle League Minehead Rifle Club and Williton Rifle Club have begun their annual shoulder-to-shoulder target shooting match, which has been running for many years. The League takes place over eighteen weeks. There are four cups up for grabs as well as the prestige of being overall winner. The League is shot over […]

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The Progressing Shooter – Series Intro

Welcome to the sport of Smallbore Target Rifle shooting Welcome to a sport that can be enjoyed by everybody – almost everybody that is, because a serious criminal record would make life difficult for you (although minor infringements of the law certainly won’t disbar you). The only physical constraint is that you really need to […]

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Super Summer Shooting

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Rimfire Summer Individual League Results the final results are in: Gold John Leslie and Graham Jones won Divisions 8 and 10 respectively Silver Malcolm Burt took second in Division 7 Bronze Bill Smyth, Ryan Graddon and Andrew Moore placed third in Divisions 2, 5 and 6 Ryan Graddon also placed third in the Juniors Overall […]

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Challenge Accepted

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THE TRISCOMBE CHALLENGE CUP:  A Trophy Re-Purposed Once upon a time there were many more rifle clubs than exist today. Even my village had one and  often businesses supported their own club. This is how I started club shooting, having acquired a taste for the sport in the CCF half a century ago. My club […]

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Scoring (airgun)

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Scoring for all airgun competitions is done ‘inwards’ – the score given is the highest available where a line is cut. Since some airgun targets are quite small, a .177 pellet can cut through multiple lines; this is best seen on a 10m card for air rifle as below: In this image you can see […]

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Scoring (rimfire/smallbore)

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Scoring each shot on a smallbore target is done first by eye; a gauge may be used if the eye cannot distinguish the score, and then only if permitted by the rules of the competition the card is being scored for. 25 yard cards are scored ‘out’ – if the shot hole breaks the line […]

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Getting Started

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When first starting to shoot, the club will provide everything you need; for airgun shooters this may be just the rifle/pistol. For smallbore shooters, at first you may start on a rest, and not have to support the rifle. if you are supporting the rifle, you’ll need a glove and a jacket to fit you. […]

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