Brilliant day in the man cave, round 3 of the winter challenge against Dartmoor marksmen . What started as a relatively calm morning bathed in bright sunshine soon turned into the shoot from hell! Allan Bunce being the only one to master the twitchy, flicky breeze, he had an excellent day taking the prize for […]
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Benchrest – Dartmoor vs West Devon Round 2
Seven travelled up from West Devon to join nine Dartmoor members in shooting round two of our winter series. Weather wise it was bitterly cold with fairly light breezes which constantly switched from right to left. The earlier details generally produced slightly higher scores, although Alistair Teague pulled a wonderful 249:12x out of the hat […]
Ashcombe Winter League – Round 1
Many thanks to everyone able to make it along today for Ashcombe’s first Winter league shoot, hope you had a nice day’s shooting. Despite early forecasts we we’re actually blessed with lovely dry, cool and unusually calm weather , making for a super day with some excellent shooting. The scores are now live FT: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1Fo4d3ShqBnq54K3e8pvjXWA-hk1gA_QlCtmhQYUgQ74%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2QS6qv_I110XgiYOBR-FVm8gAGcGLLSTzmzMUL6VcZBwK3MNpb14Po0Ns_aem_8mBTcVTETl8vljkrnqWyzw&h=AT2bakNSNDjOOufhKptlOAZlqzEdEsB9RAepK04ZJ8LwHHhT4XC2yXdbja__ANqUPw6fCJSshO73UGI1a360tApPgwrNUkLi8XgWfMPVHDXMbxMXwDTbNEiklOWy_Hb93WS57sbuew&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1evs5cw88_OoZ61wiVs4XWdVuX2CAzOuzQCMj221tk7gwQdOV2isfcKWyK_5TxioXSeLLFMjADPxwbD_VgQtZqriQA__Wn7woBDApQZYRYdrk1V7t_8v83BlsFH7G4kzp0rnPCuCSKlB7C91RoueaQ615aj6KIzVlnkV9k6lsiF_cqls-B4Tnq-3anE4k8rWp0dqbfl3W5AU8go7JULjvpJty-XCQivPxBL4wvGQHfXYZ6RuRNyIfx0UGq […]
Benchrest – Dartmoor vs West Devon Round 1
Another interesting day at West Devon Airgun club. Today we welcomed our friends from Dartmoor marksmen to the the first round of our winter BR challenge, as you can see from the score board they gave us another hiding. Although it won’t be long before it’ll be the other way round. Thanks everyone for helping […]
SWEFTA Benchrest – November
Dartmoor. The weather for our final round looked promising and everybody was predicting high scores. The first detail of the day appeared to confirm this with three excellent cards produced. Then things took a turn for the worse, the non-existent breeze became a combination of light, almost undetectable, air currents featuring some weird thermals which caused […]
SWEFTA Benchrest Final 2024
19/10/2024 There were 22 keen benchrest competitors at the 2024 SWEFTA Benchrest Final, held this year on the new East Devon BR range. At the start of the day, I could be found wandering around like a bunny caught in headlights, never having attended a BR shoot this big, let alone run it. Fortunately for […]
SWEFTA Benchrest – October 2024
Dartmoor Although West Devon and Purbeck have each chosen to shoot 7 rounds in their club competitions, Dartmoor have decided to remain with our traditional 9. This number, combined with our series of informal winter ‘home and away’ matches against WD, ensures that our dedicated benchrest shooters are provided with a full calendar of competitive sport. Our penultimate match attracted just […]
Benchrest Scoring Tutorial
With more SWEFTA clubs becoming involved in regional BR, this information from one of the most experienced shooters in the region might prove helpful. I would like to proffer a few hints on scoring. Most clubs have one or two members who exclusively undertake this duty on match days, so many new BR shooters have never […]
SWEFTA Benchrest – September 2024
West Devon. Final round of our summer BR comp, and I just managed a hatrick taking the win for the third month in a row but only just with Slippy chippy just one point behind. Laser Liam the lucky half of the chuckle brothers took best card with a 246 9x beating me by 1x. […]
SWEFTA Benchrest – August Results
East Devon Three hardy souls took part in the very first benchrest competition at East Devon. The equipment was varied. I was using my 9015 with a lab-lift front rest and a cheap as chips rear bag. Alan Burnham was using a trusty Air Arms S400, snuggled in a bean bag on the bench. Alan […]