ACT Queens

ecomeat · Post by **ecomeat** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:06 pm

OK.... who is venturing down to this little backwater politicians town next week ?
Figured if we could make Rod Davies consume enough liquor it might put him off his game a bit but unfortunately the EagleHawk Holiday Villas and Hotel where he is staying are all sold out. That means that Fairbairn and I, and probably others, will be half a K down the road at the Capital Country Holiday Village in a cabin.......so we will have to walk home nightly after doing our best on Davies. :evil:

Fortunately John Peters accepted the massive bribe that i offered him and has managed to "accidently misplace" the couple of hundred 180 gr Berger Hybrids that Roderick was sweating on, so it looks like he will be shooting a /.22 rimfire at all ranges. Thank you, God !
Seems there will be a small contingent of Queenslanders heading down, with Kelvin Bell already packed and ready to go, and Craig McGowan turing up on Friday for the Queens itself.
Any from SA , Tassie or any Mexicans coming up ? I know Paul Deehan is trying to sneak in from Corryong under the radar but the Handicapper is already on to him. :lol:

Craig McGowan · Post by **Craig McGowan** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:14 pm

If it helps Rod, I have some 30 year old 22lr ammo that holds a good waterline at 50 yards.

Matt P · Post by **Matt P** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:14 pm

Tony
Getting Rod sh$%faced won't help, if fact keeping him off the grog might be a better idea, yes we'll be at the eagle hawk pub making sure they don't go broke !!!!

Matt P

Post by **AlanF** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:17 am

Matt P wrote:...yes we'll be at the eagle hawk pub ...

Will you be calling in at the range from time to time?

Sorry to say I'll be missing this year - first year was 2005, and have been every year since. I expect there'll be quite a few Vics there. Sounds like you're going to have ball. Watch out for that Spencer if he shoots Open. He's knows that range very well.

Don't forget to take your camera Tony

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RDavies · Post by **RDavies** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:51 am

Tony, I accept the Eagle Hawk challenge. :twisted:

If John does somehow manage to lose my precious 180gn Bergers, no worries, my 6 Dasher and 6.5 Gertrude are now humming again. :lol:

ratshot · Post by **ratshot** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:43 am

Rod WHO....

Chopper · Post by **Chopper** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:31 pm

Ratman , come and get the STRINGY and clean em up , Chop :lol:

higginsdj · Post by **higginsdj** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:39 am

For those coming down/up for the ACT Queens, be aware that there is major road construction (freeway) being built across Hector McIntosh Grove (the road to the range). There will usually be traffic control in place and possibly some delays crossing the road construction. If there is no traffic control, remember to look both ways when crossing as there may be fast moving heavy construction vehicles.

Cheers

David

ecomeat · Post by **ecomeat** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:22 am

Cold switchy breeze at 300 mtrs. Still a couple to go on each board, but some names you may know:
Rod Davies 60.7
R LE Maitre 60.4
A Berry 60.4
M Fairbairn 59.6
M Halloran 59.5
T Sheedy 59.4
R Mahon 57.2
G Hunt 56.3
G Warrian 56.2
B Ferrara 56.1
M Paroz 54.2
K Bell 53.2

In Std
E Mace 60.3
N Osborn 59.4
S Sharp 58.3

Progress report only, definitely not final
Tony

Post by **AlanF** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:44 pm

The ACT 300m can be the hardest or the easiest 300 in Australia, depending on exactly when and from which end of the mound you shoot! If only we could use smoke to see the wind patterns - it would open a few eyes.

When results are available they will be HERE

ecomeat · Post by **ecomeat** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:12 pm

Just finished a fairly cruel 500 mtrs, and now it's lunch time at the zoo.
In Open, A 59.8 at 500 means that i have got my nose in front by a point in the Agg from local ACT shooter Russel LE Maitre, (58.4 at 500) with Rod Davies a point away in third(57.4 @ 500) followed by David Groves (59-3), Mike Halloran (57.2), Mark Fairbairn (56-05) Peter Merriman (59-05), Spencer Dunstall (57-04) Ben Ferrara (59-01), Terry Sheedy (55-02), Rod Mahon (57-02)), Garry Hunt 56-02), Matt Paroz (57-07) Kelvin Bell (57-01) and Greg Warrian 53-01.

In F Standard, where it seems A and B are combined, Steve Sharp from Bungendore on 115-06 total , is just in front of Ernie Mace from Brisbane on 115-05, with 37 more in the pack chasing them.

John Baxter from Lithgow leads by 2 centers from Brisbane's Peter Schafferius and a further 86 behind them in TR
Now for the 600 to finish the day...

Post by **AlanF** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:15 pm

Nice going Tony!

Brad Y · Post by **Brad Y** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:30 pm

Love your work Tony, go get em tiger!

ecomeat · Post by **ecomeat** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:37 pm

You have heard of horses falling at the last hurdle.............Most of you know "that" experience......pull a shot off and you just KNOW you jerked the bloody thing and you just want to crawl off the mound and quietly cry under your car ? Well I just did that, scored a 4 and it proved fatal, with the ever present Roderick Davies sitting there quietly ready to pounce. AAAAAGGHHHHHH!!!
We are pretty sure that RD is home by a point over Mark Fairbairn and myself on equal points......but the big lizard will get over me coz I finished with a 4.
So Rod with 203/210 and about 17 X's.
Fairbairn and myself on 202 with 15 X's .
Spencer Dunstall on 201-09
Ben Ferrara went back to a 6mm for the last range and just kept improving for 5th.
Anthony Pedersen on top in F Std on 199-09 from Sharp,Mace,Davis and Osborn.

Back again tomorrow at 600, 700 and 800 meters

bartman007 · Post by **bartman007** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:56 pm

Rod.D 203-17
Mark.F 202-16
Anthony.B 202-16
Spencer.D 201-9
Ben.F 200-8
Peter.M 198-?
Rod.M 197-11
Gary.H 196-?

And the list goes on.

Sounds like there was a little fun with the wind direction changes.