Roseville Rifle Club Australia

Belmont Rifle Range 9-10 August 2025.

Dmitri and Tim headed up to Belmont Rifle range early on Friday 8 August 2025 with Dmitri driving Tim’s car.
After settling in and having dinner with some of the locals including HEXTA Electronic targets Guru Bob Cramp we headed off to bed.
Day 1 of the Pacific Meeting was 2 x10 at 600 yards, 2 x10 at 600 yards and after lunch 2 x10 at 500 yards and 2 x 11at 500 yards.
Conditions were blustery frontal wind occasionally fishtailing and sometimes raining.
Scores overall were as follows:
Dmitri: 600y – 45.3, 600y – 49.5 500y – 49.3 and 500y – 54.5. Daily Agg: =197.16. Dmitri had miscalculated the elevation from meters to yards and start his session with disaster wasting sighters and a couple shots to find correct settings.
Tim: 600y – 46.4, 600y – 49.3 500y – 48.5 and 500y – 50.2. Daily Agg = 193.14.
Tim’s 95.7 (Stage 1 and stage 2 at 600y) was good enough for second place in the B Grade 600 yards Aggregate and his 49.3 was good enough for second place at that range.

Day 2 of the Pacific Meeting was 2 x10 at 900 yards, 2 x 15 at 900 yards and 2 x 15 at 1000 yards.
Conditions were similar to Day 1 except the wind was stronger and fishtailing more frequently with the early shooters like Tim and Dmitri copping a bit of rain as well.
Scores overall were as follows:
Dmitri: 900y – 39.1, 900y – 67.4 and 1000y – 59.1. Daily Agg: = 165.6.
Tim: 900y – 40.1, 900y – 67.3 and 1000y – 47.1. Daily Agg: 154.5.
Tim’s only consolation on Day 2 was coming 3rd in B Grade at the second 900 yards.
Total Aggs: Dmitri = 362.22 – 17th in A Grade.
Total Aggs; Tim = 347.19 10th in B Grade.
Sorrows were drowned while cleaning out, at the presentation, and at dinner at a local Pizza Place.
Monday morning was a day off for us and nursing a bit of a hangover Dmitri assisted Bob Cramp in weeding out a small gremlin from the system with Tim watching in total ignorance of the technology.

A trip to the butts was interesting.

Belmont butts – targets are ready for the Big Event

Later, Dmitri and Tim drove to the Cleveland Lighthouse Restaurant for lunch which was very pleasant but overpriced we felt.

The rest of the day was taken up with some shopping and relaxing in our D12 Bunk Room.

Tim Walter