Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
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Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
The Shandon RPC had a Service Rifle Shoot at Blairadam Range in Fife yesterday...Shot at 200x
Our Club Members seem to favour the wood and steel type guns although there are a few plastic types as well. :roll:
As I've mentioned before in order not to disturb recent residents, we have to shoot through barrels to help keep the noise down, got to watch the Coal Burners don't set fire to the foam lining though.
The line up on our new covered firing point...
Nice wee selection of real guns....
Some sheep being nosey....They ran away though when the Mad Minute started. :lol:
A motley crew with one thing in common....We love shooting,,
Our Club Members seem to favour the wood and steel type guns although there are a few plastic types as well. :roll:
As I've mentioned before in order not to disturb recent residents, we have to shoot through barrels to help keep the noise down, got to watch the Coal Burners don't set fire to the foam lining though.
The line up on our new covered firing point...
Nice wee selection of real guns....
Some sheep being nosey....They ran away though when the Mad Minute started. :lol:
A motley crew with one thing in common....We love shooting,,
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
Aye - BSA is a very good venue
Was supposed to be there last week but the rain here was too bad
Looking forward to the 500m point getting the same treatment as the 200m one
I also like Blairadam as it dates back to the days of the Volunteer Rilfe Associations!
Was supposed to be there last week but the rain here was too bad
Looking forward to the 500m point getting the same treatment as the 200m one
I also like Blairadam as it dates back to the days of the Volunteer Rilfe Associations!
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
What's with the barrels? Looks like the range is in the middle of nowhere so I'm presuming not noise. But that said, surely the noise and pressure is increased for the shooter...... a lot!
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
Nope - NOISESim G wrote:What's with the barrels? Looks like the range is in the middle of nowhere so I'm presuming not noise. But that said, surely the noise and pressure is increased for the shooter...... a lot!
There is a small cross-roads about half a mile away
A newer resident is kicking off about the fact that the range is next to their "new" house !
...the range dates to the 1860's - so it's BEEN there for 150 years
They'll have more of a noise pollution issue from the adjacent M90 motorway - fookin muppets
The barrels are only used when the shooter has no moderator on his rifle - so MOST classic guns.
The BIGGEST problem with the barrels is that the sheep have recently started eating the foam liners - which both kills the noise reduction as the foam is not too healthy a snack for the sheep
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Last edited by saddler on Sun Jul 29, 2012 1:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
But shooting through a barrel, does that not amplify the noise, like a mega-phone?
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
Standing outside the firing point, the noise just seems the same as on a normal range. Don't know if they ever tried sound measurement in the past, would be interesting to get hold of a sound level meter.Sim G wrote:But shooting through a barrel, does that not amplify the noise, like a mega-phone?
Re: Service Rifle Shoot Blairadam
Saddler....Yes! It would be nice if they covered the 500x point. Our club just hire the range, do you know if there ar any plans to cover the 500x point?saddler wrote:Aye - BSA is a very good venue
Was supposed to be there last week but the rain here was too bad
Looking forward to the 500m point getting the same treatment as the 200m one
I also like Blairadam as it dates back to the days of the Volunteer Rilfe Associations!
Would also be nice if they had some method of automatically raising the top flag instead of having to send a small boy up the 250 feet hill to raise it manually. :lol:
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