The worst day shooting is better than the best day working
We will be holding a 3 gun shoot on Sunday 2nd September at 1pm.
The theme is the battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War, so bring along firearms that are consistent with the period such as:
Full list here: Weapons of the Vietnam War
You get style points if you bring out an RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade launcher or M60 Machine Gun.
Greg Hudson at Custom Guns in Invercargill is canvassing interest in setting up a new long range rifle range near Invercargill.
Potential new rifle range in Southland!!!!!Seeking members for a new shooting club in Southland. Are you interested?
Posted by Custom Guns on Sunday, August 5, 2018
Wikipedia article: 7.62x39mm
The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet or formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin that was designed during World War II. Due to the worldwide proliferation of RPD and RPK light machine guns and SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, the cartridge is used by both militaries and civilians alike. 7.62×39mm ammunition is purportedly tested to function well in temperatures ranging from −50 to 50 °C (−58 to 122 °F) cementing its usefulness in cold polar or hot desert conditions.
It is commonly believed that the 7.62×39mm cartridge was influenced by a variety of foreign developments, including the German STG-44, though this has been debated.
Shortly after World War II, the world’s most widespread military-pattern rifle was designed for this cartridge: the AK-47. The cartridge remained the Soviet standard until the 1970s. It was largely replaced in Russian service by the 5.45×39mm cartridge, which is used by the current-issue AK-74M service rifle and its variants. In the 21st century the 7.62×39mm remains a common service rifle chambering, including for newly developed rifles.
Mark’s Loading Data
Disclaimer: cross reference with other sources before using
Brass: Lapua 7.62x39mm
Primer: Federal GM210M Large Rifle Match
Projectile: Hornady 123gr FMJ (.310)
Powder: 25.5gr ADI AR2207 (24.5gr min, 26.5gr max)
Loaded OAL: 55.47mm 2.184″
Cost Loaded: $0.79 (excluding brass)
We’ve ordered an ammo can of Belmont Black .223 55GR FMJ and 9mm 124GR FMJ.
The can contains 500 rounds of .223REM and 500 rounds of 9mm for $445 shipped.
This ammo has been reloaded using once fired brass, hence the designation OFC in the Description on the product page on their website.
This will be available for members to purchase to try out, and if it causes no issues Belmont will be our preferred source for 9mm and .223REM ammo.
The Committee for 2018/2019 is made up of:
It was agreed that subs would remain at $60 for seniors and $30 for juniors/spouse for the year ending 30th June 2019.
A late payment fee of $20 for seniors, and $10 for juniors/spouse, will be added to any unpaid invoices as at 30th September 2018 to encourage prompt payment.
We will be holding a pistol shoot this Sunday at 1pm.
More details here.
We will be holding a long range rifle shoot Sunday 18th August at 1pm.
Same format as previous long range shoots with 5 shots on paper at 100 yards for tightest group, then 5 shots on steel at each of 270, 470, 570, and 610 yards.
More details here.
The August Monthly Meeting will be held in the Real Journeys upstairs meeting room, 70C Town Centre, above Vibrance/The Pharmacy, at 8pm Thursday 9th August.
More details here.
An Events Calendar has been added to the website to make it easy to see when the monthly meetings, AGMs, shoots, and other events are scheduled. Fancy.
Click on the Events link in the Menu above or click here.
Interest in long range rifle shooting is growing year on year. The Ruger Precision Rifle was one of the first affordable factory rifles you could slap a decent scope on and with match grade factory or handloaded ammo reasonably expect to get great results with.
If you’d like something that shoots as well as the Ruger Precision Rifle and other factory long range precision rigs, but is light enough to take out on the odd hunt, the Bergara B-14 HMR (not to be confused with the .17 HMR cartridge) might be worth a look.
The attractive stock is adjustable and has an internal aluminium chassis running the entire length of the stock, to which the barreled action is bolted.
It is factory drilled and tapped to fit Remington 700 style rings and bases, and is currently readily available in 6.5 Creedmoor (1 in 8 twist) and .308 Winchester (1 in 10 twist), with .300 Win Mag (1 in 10 twist) and 22-250 Rem (1 in 9 twist) having been added to the range and hopefully landing in NZ later this year.
Priced around NZ$1700 at the last check it makes a compelling value proposition.
Greg at Custom Guns in Invercargill stocks Bergara rifles, or you might enquire at Fiordland Frontier Supplies in Te Anau.
