Disciplines
Club members shoot a variety of different disciplines.
Air Rifle
Air rifles can be used on either the indoor air weapons range or on the outdoor 50m range. The club has a number of qualified coaches and club members shoot in numerous competitions throughout the year.
Air Pistol
Air pistol competitions are shot over a distance of 10 meters on the indoor air weapons range. The club has a number of qualified coaches and club members shoot in numerous competitions throughout the year.
Small-bore Target Rifle
Smallbore target rifle competitions are shot over distances of 25m, 50m and 100yd at the club range.
The club can help with equipment for new members before they buy their own and we also have a county coach and a number of club coaches who will be happy to help newcomers to the sport.
The club can help with equipment for new members before they buy their own and we also have a county coach and a number of club coaches who will be happy to help newcomers to the sport.
Carbine Rifle
Carbines are broken down into 2 areas
- .22" rimfire, otherwise known as lightweight sporting rifle
- pistol calibre centre fire often referred to as full bore
- Maximum calibre .455"
- Maximum velocity 1675 fps
- Maximum muzzle energy 1496 ft/lbs
Black Powder
The black powder section shoots rifles and pistols within the following limits;
- Maximum velocity 1675 fps
- Maximum muzzle energy 1496 ft/lbs
Disabled Shooting
The club has 3 firing points for visually impaired shooters. In 1994 the National Small-bore Rifle Association obtained a sighting system made by an Austrian Company called Swarovski Optik which enables visually impaired shooters to achieve a level of accuracy very close to that of sighted shooters.
To the casual observer the sight, which is designed for use on an air rifle at a range of 10m, looks like a conventional telescope sight and is mounted on the rifle in the same way. However, that is where the similarity ends. The sight is designed to collect and measure the level of light reflected from the target using a photo-electric cell which is then converted into sound. The centre of the target is brilliant white and then moving outwards from the centre increasingly darker levels of grey are encountered until off the target is matt black. The closer to the centre of the target you are aiming the greater the level of light reflected and hence the higher the frequency of sound which is heard by the shooter via a pair of headphones. The sights are adjustable in the normal way to alter the mean point of impact.
For more information please visit the Disabled Shooting Project website.
To the casual observer the sight, which is designed for use on an air rifle at a range of 10m, looks like a conventional telescope sight and is mounted on the rifle in the same way. However, that is where the similarity ends. The sight is designed to collect and measure the level of light reflected from the target using a photo-electric cell which is then converted into sound. The centre of the target is brilliant white and then moving outwards from the centre increasingly darker levels of grey are encountered until off the target is matt black. The closer to the centre of the target you are aiming the greater the level of light reflected and hence the higher the frequency of sound which is heard by the shooter via a pair of headphones. The sights are adjustable in the normal way to alter the mean point of impact.
For more information please visit the Disabled Shooting Project website.
Full-bore and other disciplines
Perhaps the rest of the site hasn't got the answers you are looking for? A few members shoot full-bore target rifle at the West Suffolk Rifle Club and others successfully compete in F Class.
Whatever shooting you are thinking of, it is likely that someone in the club either does it, or can introduce you to people who do.
Whatever shooting you are thinking of, it is likely that someone in the club either does it, or can introduce you to people who do.