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Post by Chris 387 on Sept 5, 2019 16:01:30 GMT
Thanks Paul
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Post by chris387 on Sept 9, 2019 12:10:35 GMT
Attachment Deleted Reports are coming in that on Sunday the 8th of September, the weather at Waulkmill was perfect for shooting, with a respectable turn out by members of the club, throughout the day. Garc Shooters on cloud 9 after passing drugs testing!
In other top stories today, Godmother of Waulkmill verbally attacks & abuses' spring gun shooter in the woods.
2nd outing for AR 20 - performing well after reported set back last week.
Club members Toilet now flushing! Paul S relieved to be back at Waulkmill
Paul the engine has a new gun!...…………..all this and more to be posted later on. stay tuned
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Post by chris387 on Sept 9, 2019 14:45:26 GMT
They seek him here!
They seek him there!
But are you the one...…... to spot...….. Bob the Hare?
Waulkmill Wildlife Park. Open all year round, come and see Freddie the frog, Victor the Giraffe, Brian the snail, Ferdinand the fox, Grace the goose, Roger the rat, Paul the German Shepard, Pinkie the beaver, Quacker's the duck, Nelly the elephant, George the dragon and many other attractions at this knock down event. It's a fun day out for all GARC members.
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Post by chris387 on Sept 23, 2019 14:41:33 GMT
Grampian Air Rifle Club are proud to announce the Waulkmill Open Challenge. Waulkmill Sunday 29th September 2019Attachment Deleted Are you good enough to have a fun shoot against each other? Open sights take on scopes!!! but there are rules. Scoped guns can only shoot standing and kneeling on the standard HFT set up course at Waulkmill. Open sight guns can use prone! Think that this is unfair? Well then its been a long time since you have used open sights. So you hot shots out there, are you an open sight marksman or a scoped sniper ......you decide which to shoot? PCP or Spring, scoped or open sights, it does not matter, Starts 10:30 at the club hut, bring your own food ect, a chance to test your standing and kneeling scoped shooting against those of you who would try open sights. Could a Daystate get beaten by a 1925 BSA model S? Will a Cometa 300 take on the might of a AR20? Attachment Deleted Let's have some shooting fun!! or just shoot as you will as the course will still be open for normal club Sunday shooting. Will the open sight shooter see the target (never mind the 15 mm kill zone at 25 yards), will the scoped shooter be able to steady the aim in the kneeling and standing position, at least you will be able to see the kill zone!! This is a fun event with a small prize added as well. Expect lower scores on the doors and much more banter, booing and cheering. Cheering is compulsory by all for any knock downs by open sight shooters.
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Post by Who? on Sept 23, 2019 22:31:47 GMT
Unsupported scopes?
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Post by chris387 on Oct 1, 2019 20:07:16 GMT
Way Hey what a fantastic day!!! The Waulkmill Open Challenge - Sunday 29th September . Alex Paul Attachment Deleted_Well hot shots of Grampian, this turned out to be far better than we thought possible! with all the club members who entered this contest of David (open sights) and Goliath (Scoped) showing a true spirit of adventure and sportsmanship. The weather was good if not a tad overcast, not as bright as we had wished for when it came to just a few targets that were surrounded by foliage, but no problem for a scoped beastie ...….at least there was no rain, and it was dry and warm. Due to a misunderstanding between Team Waulkmill about work party days, both courses had been prepared for this event instead of the usual Bottom course, what a bonus, two courses fit to shoot and with freshly painted targets ready to be chipped away with our best efforts to get a knock down.
Are you an open sights (hit and hoper) or scoped dragon. To my total surprise and others, we had only one person who entered with a scoped rifle, the rest of us opting for open sights....unbelievable. This was going to be a comp and a half! Now lets not forget the rules, scopes could only shoot standing and kneeling (That's hard on any given day), open sights could shoot in any position they wanted. Targets were standard HFT kills zones set for the standard HFT ranges out to 45 yards.
The day started at the club house with a safety briefing by paulthengine (God bless him) who reminded us, and I quote "that he was only there to show the rest of us how good we are", we had a new shooter and his wife turn up to the grounds for a look around and was dually entered into the score cards and escorted around the course by Chris M and his good lady and almost tame dragon, Teri.
Big surprise of the day was Alex C who entered the comp with a HW77 with open sights, I have only seen this well known hot shot shoot a scoped PCP, I would have thought until today, that if Alex was going to shoot he would be in it to win it and use his styer with a scope. That's the spirit, its is a fun day as well. Paulthengine did however make a small mistake, after zeroing his hot shooting LGV to twenty five yards at home, he allowed Alex to shoot it on the plinking range and it was re-zero to 12 yards. This gave Paul some ranging problems, until we had realised by speaking with Alex what had happen and by target 15 the sights were reset to roughly 25 yards and Paul started hitting the plates.......second Quote of the day by Paul was "I cant see them bloody targets, I am just pointing this rifle at them yellow things out there". Well done Sir! you did not get the wooden spoon
Colin T had a problem with the rear sight on his HW 35, it was loose and I am afraid that it could not be fixed on site, so Colin stuck with it and did against all the odds hit plates and scored one knock down. Well done Sir! Chris M used his Cometa 300 and had by the grace of god 3 knock downs and many plates, last time out Chris did much better than this but I have a feeling that as it was a comp, Teri would have being trying to put him off (bless her, Teri shouts at me when I am doing well) Chris is now talking about turning his AR20 into an open sighter, now that would be a beast to watch.
Steve L, what a superhero to take a 1925 BSA standard around with him, also Steve is only able to shoot standing and kneeling, managing 3 knock downs and many plates and ending the day in 4th position!!!!Fantastic effort Sir. Had Steve used Cher, (HW110) with a scope I wonder if the 1st and 2nd places would have been a contest in its self. Alex C claimed 5 knock downs, many plates and a few zeros, yes readers that is right, zeros! ending the day in 3rd position, well done Sir. Chris W, well I went around with my open sight S200 and managed 8 knock downs and 3 zeros the rest being plates, which I am please to say put me in 2nd position.
The Winner of the 2019 Waulkmill Open Challenge is? Teri .......Done Done Dunnnn. Yes we have a Lady winner, beating all the men and not for the first time too boot. Teri managed a top score of 40, with only two zeros, 12 Knock downs and the rest plated. A Hearty well done My Lady, from all of us who took part. As I am a poor shooter when it comes to standing and kneeling shots, I take my hat off to you. I should add that Teri had just zeroed her BSA on the plinking range this very morning, after it had been out of service for two years, this was its first outing at Waulkmill since then. It's a shame for the rest of us you didn't let Alex have a go first!!!
Well such a good time was had by all, that we all went out again, following are leader Alex C who just couldn't wait to get stuck in again with his HW 77, this time using the top course. Most of us shot with the same weapons which had provided all of us with such marksmanship as performed from our frolic on the bottom course? That's just how much fun we had today. Steve had challenged me to a granny shoot out, so I whip out my 1908 model D and took him on! 5 knock downs I managed to claim, beating Steve and Alex C. I am going to make a point here of this achievement, because when am I ever likely to beat Alex C in a comp again in my life time? and I did it twice in one day! Your a very kind man indeed Alex. Attachment Deleted If points could have been awarded for the best cheering it would have been given to both Chris M and Steve L, I had to turn my hearing aids off when these two joined in to celebrate a knock down cheer. In fact if I had thought about the comp a little better, I would have given all partakers a medal for showing a true spirit of adventure and sportsmanship. I salute you all!! Or as Paul would say "I ake my at off to you all"
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Post by Who? on Oct 1, 2019 21:22:25 GMT
Great write up. Thanks for organising. The best day at Waulkmill I’ve had.
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Post by Bri M on Oct 2, 2019 6:12:13 GMT
Well done to all involved - sounds like a cracking day!
Especially well done to Teri and thanks to Chris for the excellent write up.
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Post by paulthengine on Oct 2, 2019 15:28:58 GMT
Well,I started out with a disadvantage and it got worse! On Friday I took the scope off my Walther LGV and attempted to zero the Tru Glow open sights,I discovered that I could see the red bit, the green bit and the target but not at the same time! I was able to produce a stunning 5 inch group at 16 yards (apart from a few fliers) so, what to do? take the PCP with scope? Nah,Someones got to come last, so in the spirit of things,I took the open sighted springer. Alex turned up with a Venom Feinwerkbau Sport (Chris thinks this was a HW77 cos he can`t spell Feinwerkbau)and showed an interest in the Tru glow sights cos he had a set on order,So I says to im, av a go an see if you can zero it while yer at it. Now,don`t ever bother getting somebody else to zero yer rifle, it don`t work cos their eyes are in a different place to yours (visions of a Picasso).Anyway, off we went and I couldn`t hit the barn never mind the door.About half way round Chris says "Even you can`t be that bad,give us a look at yer gun"the sights were wound down by about 43 mildinglies and suddenly I could plate, well the close ones anyway! I then discovered a REVELATION that everybody else knows and takes for granted. IT MATTERS WHERE YOU PUT YER HEAD! It shouldn`t matter cos yer eye is looking through two fixed points at the target (blob of yellow to me)Anyway,I completed the course without having a hissy fit only to find that poor Colin had a worse score than me (he effectively didn`t have a rear sight!) I took my Ripley Elite for the second shoot,never been so pleased to look through a scope! Couple of points,I was really impressed with everybody for entering into the spirit of the competition,Teri for the unsupported kneeling and standing and Steve with a BSA that is older than God`s Donkey.Thanks Everybody
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Post by chris387 on Oct 2, 2019 23:18:42 GMT
Spell it, I cant even say it...……."Fcukenboldiebasket"...."FFintwankanbowjog" HW77 for short. Blow me down thought it was a 77 you live and learn.
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Post by paulthengine on Oct 3, 2019 9:17:08 GMT
Easy mistake to make Chris,both the HW77 and the Feinwerkbau have a barrel out the front and a stock at the back, Oh and both made in Germany
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Post by Who? on Oct 3, 2019 18:57:16 GMT
Spell it, I cant even say it...……."Fcukenboldiebasket"...."FFintwankanbowjog" HW77 for short. Blow me down thought it was a 77 you live and learn. I thought it was a 77 as well, that makes two of us! Having thought for a few minutes, I’m probably going hang myself by this edit... I didn’t know Feinwerkbau made an underlever.
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Post by chris387 on Oct 4, 2019 10:11:08 GMT
Well I think that the good old boy used a 77 (as written on the score card) on the first round and used his unpronounceable on the second round, hopefully we will find out on Sunday?, complete with a how to speak German lesson from that well known linguist of Waulkmill, paulthengine, ate we Paul? LOL
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Post by paulthengine on Oct 4, 2019 10:53:41 GMT
In your defence Alex does have both 77 and Feinwerkbau and is currently shooting both (not at the same time) he seems to be converting to Springers so see what you started!. As for my prowess in the German, I am currently in negotiations with a German supplier for spares for the Hammerli and it is like a bad day at the dentist,they have the part,at reasonable cost but don`t appear to get my EMail saying OK, something to do with "BITTE LOSCHEN SIE NIE DIE TICKETNUMMER AUF DER BETREFF" which according to google translate means "DON`T YOU DARE REMOVE THE TICKET NUMBER WE GAVE YOU< FROM THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR REPLY" Oh and they don`t answer the phone either, in English or German, they do have a PREMIUM RATE telephone for Tech queries but I am worried I might get Liebchen Helga talks dirty in German, which would be a waste
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Post by Judge Judy on Oct 4, 2019 20:25:02 GMT
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