Colchester Rifle Club
See also: the progression of our new benchrest team's equipment from its first season onward.
Benchrest shooting has been made available at the club since 2023
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The Colchester R.C. annual championships included a Benchrest event,
added to the various disciplines for the first time in 2023.
The competition was run, as were they all,
under the relevant rules of the National Small-bore Rifle Association.
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CRC Champs - 2023
Anschutz Precise with home adapted butt arrangement
Prone alongside
The 50mtr range
Anschutz 1913 with butt-plate moved to under-hand position,
and Vector Minotaur 45mm x 60mm telescope.
Benchrest and Prone disciplines shot on same detail.
R.O.
Most senior competitior
Not quite most junior competitor
Preparations
Senior prone entrant
Anschutz 1813 BR Rifle
Deliberations
Catering chief
Stats officers
BR Scorer
The 50mtr/100yd prone range
Clubroom gathering
One of the CRC benchrest team members.
Stats praying for an end to it all
Further deliberations
R.O. reading out results
Below: our longest-serving still shooting club member receiving the fine trophy awarded for the new club Benchrest Championship - won against determined opposition. The "King's Cup" will doubtless prove to be the perfect means of encouraging club shooters to not take a competition challenge lying down.
With the exception of the club captain on the right, the winner and the cup are the two tallest features in the photograph.
See also: The progression of a new benchrest team's equipment from its first season onward.
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