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Secretary’s Secretary’s Say
Another awesome turn out this month to
launch lead in beautiful weather.
Thanks everyone for setting up and mowing. Lindsay is having a working bee
next weekend with his group so we might
see some changes to the club house.
pencilled in for November at this stage
pending the outcome of this inspection.
Last chance to enter the Nationals, we
are all but at range and time capacity for
BPCR. Please read the information pack
emailed 30/08/2026 and if you want to
be catered for please return your food
order ASAP as you will not be catered for
without pre-order. If you wish to self
cater that is fine, we just need to know.
We are thinking of those with health issues, we hope you are keeping as best
you can.
If you are shooting a 45.70 could you
please send me your come ups between
the distances. We have some shooters
who haven’t shot this long before and as
we don’t have time for practice at the
event the come ups will give them a
starting point.
Many of you asked about the minimum
safe velocities and the table in the competitor information. For safety we are
looking for a power factor above 550.
This is calculated by the following:
Secretary’s Say
(Bullet weight in grains x muzzle velocity
in fps)/1000 = power factor.
Here is an example.
I hope after the weekend everyone is feeling positive about the Nationals. It is
just a shoot with a fancy name and a few
new faces. Thank you to those who have
offered time and equipment. Your support is appreciated.
This week I was again invited by SSAA
NSW CEO & Executive Director Peter
Szaak to represent BRAA at another
range inspection of the new Orana
Shooting Complex. The Range Standing
Orders and Memorandum of Operations
are being fine tuned and hopefully this
will be the final step. We are still
God Bless Black Powder!
Remember too this is a cast lead, no
coating or gas checks and black powder
only event. See you there.
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