Vic and Jared's Shooting Adventures
At some point last week, I was infected with a coughy, sneezy, goopy type of virus. I was hoping it would be all cleared up for Saturday’s shooting but no such luck. I woke up at 5am drenched in sweat, drowning… (Read more)
For a while, we have been asking around for some ADI brass. We know it isn’t the greatest brass in the world, but it is cheap and this year we would really REALLY like to have enough brass to not… (Read more)
Hurrah for yet another big shooting weekend! I think at least three of the four seasons made an appearance with rain, sun, wind and *shock, horror!* dead calm. We thoroughly enjoyed the NZ Ladies longs (800, 900 and 1000 yards… (Read more)
All blog posts need a starting point and this one starts with a glass of wine, a well deserved armchair and a proud and slightly jealous glance at all of Jared’s SIX new trophies from the weekend. Wellington Spring Meet… (Read more)
Well… it finally happened… after two years of smallbore shooting, Jared finally won a smallbore trophy! We had a great evening at the Upper Hutt Smallbore club end of season BBQ and prizegiving. Good company and a fun novelty shoot… (Read more)
Well… It seems that lately this blog has been all about artwork so here is a post (mostly) about shooting to balance it all out! Saturday – Club Day and Some Troubleshooting. For a while now, my rifle seems to… (Read more)
I would like to say that we woke up this morning to glorious sunshine, low humidity, a dawn chorus and perfect painting conditions. Unfortunately, what we actually woke up to was the melodious music of rain on the roof and some… (Read more)
The saga of the stocks continues with a frantic couple of evening’s work to get Vic’s stock ready for clear-coating on Friday (weather permitting). It is a bit of a mission juggling the painting around work. I manage to g…. (Read more)
What a big weekend! Beautiful shooting weather on Saturday with sunshine and a fairly steady NW wind for a shoot at 300m on decimal targets! We each shot a 20 shot string and then continued with another 40 shots each – partly… (Read more)
Sunday dawned – cold but clear. The rising sun streamed through the window and caressed my slumbering self. I awoke at once, leapt out of bed and declared, “today is the day for painting our stocks!”. (actually… what really happened… (Read more)
