October 2026 (1) - Flipbook - Page 26
On Target
NEWSLETTER OF THE BUFFALO RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
131 Aug 2026
Wellington-Wintery and Wet
With many replies to the monthly email
we had 15 shooters, the target master
and a super supporter line up for the
heaviest frost of our shooting year.
Dan & Sharon had arrived early Friday
and Dan was on the chainsaw and Sharon on the mower in glorious sunshine
as everyone else arrived during the afternoon.
We fired our first shot at 9am and were
soon in the swing with the two targets.
The poor buffalo was getting hit often,
scoring 3 for the heart and 1 for anywhere else on the body. The only thing
missing was the “clang”.
The standard target was also getting a
workout. Gavin and Peter started strong
in their sighters so saved a few rounds.
Dan was testing a new rifle for Sharon,
again. Kellie was testing a new projectile
for mid-range. There was also a few Vs in
the K3 relay, and our newest member
Mark B hit a few 5s in his first outing
with us. Welcome Mark. After everyone
had shot both targets we returned to the
clubhouse for lunch.
Glorious winter sunshine on Friday
We knew the weather would get cooler as
the sun went down and we gathered
around the fire well into the evening,
catching up and having a laugh over dinner.
It was probably the coldest night we have
had, and the frost was rather thick Saturday morning. We had planned to
shoot from 600y for a quick set up, but it
was still in the shade and evident the
frost wasn’t going to melt for a while, so
we headed down to the 500y as it was in
the sun. With 15 shooters we had
enough to run two targets with three details. We set up one detail on the buffalo
silhouette target and another on the
MLAIC target with the third doing target
and scoring duties. Good practice for the
Nationals!!
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Kellie’s new round
As Mark G was still working on targets,
we couldn’t go behind the clubhouse to
the 900y as planned so we opted for the
600y instead. This time Dan returned to
the Gibbs, Sharon stood down, Con
skipped the buffalo, Paul was finding his
1000y load very accurate and there was
quite a few Vs. Paul hit 4, with 3 in a
row. The afternoon had been lovely and
sunny with just a breeze but was cooling
down. The last relay had very still conditions that made the smoke hang around
and it was getting a bit dark and rather
cold too by the time we finished at 1730.
October, 2026, Issue #4
