Eleven rifle shooters, including two visitors, competed over 400 metres at the Narromine-Dubbo rifle range on Saturday.
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Shooters were kept on their toes during the afternoon with a fast changing breeze that cropped up when least expected.
At the end of the first stage visiting shooter Kerrie Purcell held a one-point lead from Norm Brown in A-grade while Dave Forster had fired a winning 57/60 to lead the F-class shooters.
More wind problems in the second stage saw some scores drop while others gained a few points and when it was all over Kerrie Purcell had the top off-rifle score of 98/100.
Norm Brown won the A-grade badge with a 92/100 and Dave Forster held on to win F-class from a fast-finishing Scott Monaghan on a close count back, both shooters finishing on 113/120.
Locky Simpson won the C-grade badge and the weekly handicap trophy went to Scott Monaghan.
The pin-hole finally fell to Dave Forster with his first sighting shot in the second stage.
Individual scores were:
Arthur Seaman 46/50, F-class total 96/120; Rob Rainbow 49/52, F-class total 101/120; Dave Forster 57/56, F-class total 113/120; Locky Simpson 44/43, off-rifle 87, handicap 14, total 100/100; Cameron Johnston 39/50, F-class total 89/120; Lionel Morrish 51/53, F-class total 104/120; Norm Brown 48/44, o/r 92, hcp 4, total 96/100; Scott Monaghan 56/57, F-class total 113/120; Clive Simpson 55/56, F-class total 111/120; Noel Thompson 34/36, o/r 70, hcp 25, total 95/100; Kerrie Purcell 49/49, visitor total 98/100.
Next Saturday shooting is from 500 yards starting at 12.30pm to be followed by the annual general meeting.