If you are interested in Rifle Shooting at a club in Auckland,
One of the few Auckland Rifle Ranges and one of NZ's 1st rifle clubs with state of the art electronic targets by Shotmarker. It is a fully integrated WiFi system which you can access from your smart phone and save your target image on it....there is no need for manual labour to mark the targets making the day that much more enjoyable....!
At the Akarana City Rifle Club Inc we shoot center-fire rifles in four classes (Full bore competetitive rifle under NRANZ rules), Target Class (TR), shooting open sighted rifles, self supported off the elbows with the aid of a sling, in 308 or 223 calibre, F-Open which is defined as long-range prone rifle shooting in any calibre up to 8mm (max rifle weight 10kg) F-T/R and "F-T/R Classic" (max rifle weight 8.25kg) class is a .308 (or .223) rifle at ranges from 300 yards to 1000 yards, and hunter class which is any sporting rifle (4.5kg max rifle weight) All three latter classes use scopes and the F-Open class rifle is rested on a tripod at the front and a sandbag at the rear while the F-TR and Hunter class uses a bipod at the front.
Range Limits:
maximum velocity 1000 meters per second (3281 f/ps)
maximum muzzle energy 5160 joules (3806 ft/lbs)
This is a sport where you can remain competitive (or remain active) for many decades.
The shooting season runs from October to June and shoots are on Sundays commencing at 10am. There are 5 ranges 4/5/6/7/800yds, . Ranges shot depend on weather and farming activities.
There are club rifles both left and right hand, ammunition and necessary equipment for visitors, new shooters and those wanting to have a go.
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