BENCHREST SHOOTING PROGRAMME

There is a very active benchrest-shooting programme at P.S.A. There are 2 groups, The P.S.A. club and the North Shore Benchrest Shooters Club. The Match Director for the former is Bob Goehring and Ron Davidson for the latter. New shooters are most cordially invited to contact Bob or Ron.

The clubs are associated with the American Rimfire Association (A.R.A.) and abide by their rules and regulations and use their targets.

In 2004, a total of 11 regular 4-target matches, 2 - 6 target tournaments and 2 “Fun” matches (A Polar Bear shoot and a Turkey Shoot). The matches drew a total of 93 shooters, from a cadre of approximately 12 regulars. For 2005, a total of 12 regular matches, 2 tournaments, and 2 fun shoots are scheduled.

The targets each have 25 bulls and 1 shot is fired at each. Unlike conventional target scoring benchrest scoring requires that if a scoring line is cut, the lower score is counted. It is interesting to note that a perfect score of 2500 has only been achieved once! This despite the many hundreds of shooters and thousands of targets shot in the U.S. and Canada.

At our most recent Turkey Match (the author is not sure if turkey refers to the target, the shooters, or the prizes) at which we seek to present ever more tricky targets, all participants managed to hit a playing card at 50 yards! That’s easy you say, but bear in mind it was only the edge of the card that was presented to the marksmen! We are now seeking a more challenging target!