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You
may think that shooting doesn't offer that much variety
other than... "there's a firearm and there's a target;
how much variety can you get?"...
...Actually,
shooting offers a great deal of variety and many different
challenges. |
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from hunting, there are a number of competitive events (disciplines)
to choose from - all of which have additional levels of diversity. |
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small number of SSAA disciplines have been briefly outline (below)
to give you an idea of what type of shooting you might like to try. |
| Benchrest |
| Benchrest
tests the accuracy of the rifle and ammunition and the
shooter's skills particularly with regards to position,
technique and reading the conditions (such as wind).
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are a number of different sections in benchrest - each
designed to cater for different rifles with varying
weight and sight restrictions: |
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| Light
varmint class |
| Heavy
varmint class |
| Rimfire
class |
| Experimental
class |
| Hunter
class |
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| Field
Rifle/Scoped 3-Positional |
| Field
rifle match, broadly, is designed around the four most
commonly used field shooting positions: prone, sitting,
kneeling and offhand. |
| Scoped
3-Positional Rifle Match is the discipline's precision
match, a true test of the shooter's endurance, stamina
and skill. |
| Additional
shooting equipment is allowed for this match to aid
the shooter's comfort and performance. |
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| Military/Service
Rifle and Pistol |
| The
national Military/Service Rifle discipline caters for
either original or faithful reproduction military rifles.
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include manually operated rifles, single shot breech
loading cartridge rifles, muzzle loading and non-cartridge
breech loading rifles and sniping rifles. |
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are nine classes of pistols allowed under the rules;
with a range of various shooting events being provided. |
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| Colonial
Action |
| This
is a revolver, rifle, shotgun competition, developed
within the SSAA, to take advantage of Australian’s pioneering
heritage . The discipline has developed to promote the
colonial period and to re-enact historical events where
exploration, mixing of social cultures, searching for
mineral wealth, mining and early settlement were taking
place. The Colonial period has been defined as the years
between circa 1850 and not later than 1901 the Year
of Federation. The Australian exploration period is
recognized as lasting much longer into the 1920’s with
the opening up of sections of the Northern Territory.
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are a number of different categories in Colonial Action
- each designed to cater for different colonial firearms:
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| Colonial
Percussion Revolver |
| Single
and Double Action |
| Shotgun
and Rifle |
| Open,
Ladies and Junior Only |
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| 5
Stand Shotgun |
| 5
Stand is a 25 target competition where the competitors
are cycled through 5 caged field positions and targets
are thrown from one of up to 8 different traps set out
in the field. At each cage position every competitor
faces the same targets in a random order. One target
release is a pair and this is signaled to the competitor
by a buzzer. |
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Stand includes the following grades: AA, A, B, C, Ladies,
Junior, Senior and Veteran. |
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| Big
Game Rifle |
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charter of the Big Game Rifle Club is to foster the
collection, preservation, and use of classic big game
rifles in competitions that are designed to replicate,
as near as possible, the style of shooting that these
rifles were originally designed for; hunting big game
animals in Africa, India and America. |
| BGR
events include competition for single shot, bolt action,
pump action, lever action and double rifles for calibres
from .22lr through to .700 Nitro Express. |
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Click
on the logo (above) to go to the BGR
NSW website. |
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For
additional information on any SSAA discipline, and to
find out what other disciplines there are, please contact
the NSW office.
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