Bright sunlight, plenty of mirage and sudden wind gusts greeted 11 rifle shooters at the Narromine-Dubbo rifle range on Saturday when shooting was from 800 yards.
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While some shooters suffered at the hands of the breeze, others took advantage of the occasional calm periods to rack up a good score.
In A-grade, Norm Brown was on target early in the day to fire a 49/50 first stage, while in F-class, Daniel Galea hit a 59/60 to hold the lead.
Brown went one better in his second run and fired a 50/50 "possible" to win the A-grade Cock O'the Walk badge with an off-rifle total of 99/100.
Rob Rainbow fired a pair of 57s to win F-class by one point from Daniel Galea and Renier Griffin was shooting well in C-grade to win the badge.
The weekly handicap trophy went to Norm Brown who was one of five shooters to break handicap.
The "pin-hole" went to new member Anthony Cahill who hit it in his second stage.
Individual scores were:
Rob Rainbow 57/57, F-class total 114/120; Clive Simpson 54/54, F-class total 108/120; Rod Ballantyne 42/44, off-rifle 86, handicap 9, total 95/100; Norm Brown 49/50, o/r 99, hcp 6, total 100/100; Anthony Cahill 49/47, F-class total 98/120; Lionel Morrish 52/53, F-class total 105/120; Scott Monaghan 54/56, F-class total 110/120; Daniel Galea 59/54, F-class total 113/120; Rob McKay 44/48, o/r 92, hcp 3, Total 95/100; Renier Griffin 46/42, o/r 88, hcp 8, total 96/100; Colin Walsh 45/44, F-class total 89/120.
Next Saturday, shooting is from 900 yards starting at 12.30 pm.
