Round Two of the Castlemaine Rifle Club’s Championship was contested on the local range on Saturday.
A good number of shooters turned out for the event which was held in pleasant winter conditions, with the forecasted rain showers holding off leading to some very good scores. The event was shot over the middle distances of 500 and 600 yards.
At the first range in Target Rifle Max Elson started well with 49.4 to lead Chris Jolme with 47.3.
In ‘F Class’ Darren Trevena was the leader scoring 58.5 followed by Sam Swagemakers with 57.2.
In ‘F Open’ the leader was Dan McColl with 57.3 followed by Jamie Griffin with 54.3.
The good marksmanship continued at the 600 yard range. In Target Rifle Max Elson shot superbly scoring a ‘possible’ being 55.3 – the only one for the day. Followed by Richard Ruddick with 53.0.
Greg Brown was the leader in F Class with 62.4 followed by Darren Trevena with 61.2.
In F Open the best score was 61.3 from Phil Smith with Jamie Griffin next with 59.1.
Final results saw Max Elson win Target Rifle with 104.7 and Richard Ruddick second with 100.3. The handicap was won by Richard Ruddick from Chris Jolme.
The winner in F Class was Darren Trevena with 119.7 from Greg Brown with 118.6. Sam Swagemakers won the handicap from Greg Brown.
Phil Smith won F Open with 115.4 by countback from Dan McColl also with 115.4. Dan won the handicap from Jamie Griffin.
This weekend is the third round of the Victorian Precision Service Rifle Championships commencing with a practice on Saturday.
For more on the sport of big bore rifle shooting call the Captain on 5474 2552 or see Max at Castlemaine Fresh.