2017 National champs

I reckon you'd do fine with whatever scope you are comfortable with. If you can figure out the range and know your holdover or hold under no reason why you won't drop the targets. Brett turned up with a fixed power scope, high power, vape powered pcp, and did well.
Really the big scopes are to be able to range accurately.
If you used your cattle slayer you'd make your own kill zone.

Some more photos from scotty. he having problems uploading so he sent to me and ill post them up for him..


Cheers Scott!!

Nice one Ian. I had a great time, and welcomed the challenge of learning to hold off for the breeze.

2017 Nationals Day 2 Report.  

Day 2 dawned sunny and warm. #%#W@& No it didn't, it dawned cloudy, windy and with rain clouds threatening to dump on us at any moment.   

PCP Competitors started arriving, and the clouds grew ever more menacing.   The breeze also started picking up, and ended up being a constant factor all day.   A few km's an hour stronger than day 1.   Although at times, shooting area 3 had little to no wind.   

Just before the briefing started the clouds decided this was a good time to send down the rain.   So it was on with the wet weather gear, and time to get started.  

15 shooters for the day, all lined up at their respective starting lanes, and began to shoot in windy and rainy conditions.  (* We love it * )

Sunday saw Brett Nixon making his first appearance in a while.  Good to see the shoulder is recovering.   Raewyn also braved the conditions and was out amongst it, completing the 50 target course in good time.   

Rob Dyer shot PCP on Sunday, having been lent a spare off Paul Blades, a HFT500 sporting a T50 Scope.   Paul had brought a small arsenal with him, so Rob took the offer to shoot it.    (There wasn't a click chart to accompany the scope, as Paul hasn't had it for long, so Rob spent a few minutes on the sighting in range, obtaining 3 different ranges, before running out of time).    Rob shot extremely well with no click chart, and first time using the rifle in windy conditions. I was partnered with Rob, and I scored him after my rifle malfunctioned. It was a great display of shooting technique, and I'm sure his score would have been higher if he had had a complete and accurate click chart. Well shot Rob. 

Only a couple of stoppages for day 2.  And these were resolved in quick time.   All competitors were finished and off the course by early afternoon, which was fortuitous, as we ended up with 2 Shoot Offs to conduct.  1 to determine the winner of PCP 12ft Class, and the other to determine 2nd place for PCP HP.  

Rob Cawood and Carl Robinson faced off for the 12ft class.    Both getting their sitting shots down.   Kneelers next.   Rob C put on a fantastic display of position hold, and trigger discipline as the wind was buffeting him around for a few minutes, however he held the rifle up in position like it was glued there.   Nailing the shot, to a round of applause from the spectators gathered behind.   Carl up next to face the kneelers, and unlucky to not strike the killzone on his.   Rob C taking out the win.   Well shot to both, and a well deserved win for Rob.   (Carl able to ride in Rob's car for the ride home to Auckland)

Next up was Brian Andrews and Brandon Symes, for the shoot off to decide 2nd place for PCP HP.      Again both gentlemen scoring 1 apiece on the sitters, and moving onto the kneelers.     Brian shot, and again was another masterful display of control in the buffeting wind.  Brian getting both of kneelers down.    Onto Brandon's turn, and Brandon usually has to take his kneeling positionals standing, due to surgery on his knee, but he grinned (well grimaced really), and got himself into a kneeling position.   We could all see the pain in your face Brandon, so well done on getting into position.   Would have been an extremely challenging shot standing. Brandon squeezed off his shots, connecting with one killzone but was unlucky to not connect with the second, so Brian was the victor in the shootoff, taking 2nd place for the HP class.    Well shot and congratulations to both.   

So we all headed back to the pavillion (shed), for some hot food and prize giving. And of course the AGM

Again a big thank you to PIAKO for hosting the Nationals.   And to everyone for helping to pack down the course afterwards.   

The results.  

PCP High Power 

1st - Brett Nixon  - 39
2nd - Brian Andrews (after shootoff) - 36
3rd - Brandon Symes (after shootoff) - 36
4th - Earle Hawkes - 30

PCP 12ft Class 

1st - Rob Cawood (after shootoff) - 40
2nd - Carl Robinson (after shootoff) - 40 
3rd - Rob Dyer - 37
4th - Dave Johnston - 33
5th - Paul Blades - 32
6th - Maurice Hedger - 30
7th - Scott Townsend - 29
8th - Artie Felton - 23
9th - Raewyn Magon - 20  Taking out the Top Lady Shooter's Trophy
10th - Andrew Collins - Withdrawn due to mechanical failure

End of Nationals 2017.   Again thanks to Piako for the great weekend.

I will post photo's soon.   Credit to Scott Townsend for taking photo's of some of the action for us.

No problem, got your emails and registration..see you in a few weeks bro!