Results – Long Rifle BB OS CF 1

Long Rifle Big Bore Open Sight Club Champs – 26 February 2022

John R-Jones

Our first long rifle big bore open sight club champs for 2022 was held this Saturday 26 February. It was a beautiful day for shooting and the event consisted of shooting at 5 animal print targets with two shots per target from 100 meters (shooting position vary per target) and one shot per target from 50 meters (headshot from standing position).

There were 7 competitors with a good spread of rifles from 2 SMLE Mk III’s, a Portuguese Mauser, a 357 Lever action, a .222 varmint rifle, and the ever-present Dave with his .44 revolver. It was a fun day, a good amount of head shots (7 in total) and a very large amount of talking nonsense.

Reg sponsored a handmade Louis Naude biltong knife for the winner which Dawie Meintjies took with a healthy margin. In the battle of the “pommies” vs the krauts the Portuguese Mauser also kicked sand into the eyes of the two SMLE’s. Not sure if it is the gun or the handloaded mauser ammo vs the military issue ammo but we shall try again next time. If you have an open sight rifle at home come join us again on 23 April at 10h00 for our next shoot.

ShooterScore
Dawie Meintjes61
Reg Ellerbeck47
Berdi Meintjes43
John Rutherfoord-Jones35
Dave Willson34
Jakes Pieterse30
Douglas Esplin16