Scouts – Small Bore Shooting

Our over 12 years old scouts joined 1st Oyster Bay Scouts to enjoy some shooting at the Sutherland Small Bore Rifle Club and we had a great time.

We were taught the key parts of range safety, how to shoot, sight and correct our grouping placement.  We shot from 2 different body positions, “prone” which is when you lie on your front and bench which is when you sit on a seat at a small table (much easier but higher score expectation).

Most of us got to fire off 25 rounds of ammunition while a lucky few got to shoot 50 rounds.

And the top positions were as follows:

Scout Prone Shoot                    Scout Bench Shoot

1st Alex        153pts                         1st Hamish          192.3pts

2nd Cam B    151pts                          2nd Jonathan    192.1pts

3rd Jordan     150pts                          3rd Aaron           189.7pts

4th Jessica    147pts                     4th Jarrad           185.1pts

5th Kara        143pts                          5th Owen            147pts

Adult Prone Shoot                     Adult Bench Shoot

1st Stuart      177pts                          1st Emma        197.5pts

2nd Rod        176pts                          2nd Emannuel  193.9pts

3rd Baggy      173pts                          3rd Ranga        191pts

THANKS goes to the Sutherland Small Bore Club for loaning us their rifles and more importantly for giving us half a day of their time to share their great sport.

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