Beginners:    Page 3. Second Stage, Pack up, debriefing and return visit.

Go to your shooting spot: The R/O will say when it is safe to approach the rifles.
Adjust rifle: The coach may make adjustments to the sights, to centre the group.
Lie down behind your rifle: 
Fill your magazine:
Place rifle on stand: 
Put the bolt in the rifle:
Put the magazine in the rifle:
Wait: until you are sure that the R/O has given the order to commence fire.
Lift the rifle to your shoulder: 
Check your target number:
Aim at the centre black circle:
Pull the rifle into your shoulder.
Close the bolt:
Breathe: Relax. Check target number. Breathe in and out, stop breathing.
Fire the rifle: Slowly increase the pressure on the trigger until the rifle fires.
Stay: No flinch, no reaction at all.
Open the bolt:
Close the bolt and repeat, to fire the other 4 bullets: 
Open the bolt, remove the magazine: 
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Reload the magazine: Fire 5 bullets into the upper left black dot.
Reload the magazine: Fire 5 bullets into the upper right black dot.
Reload the magazine: Fire 5 bullets into the lower right black dot.
Reload the magazine: Fire 5 bullets into the lower left black dot.

No rush: Take your time.
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Remove the bolt from the rifle:
Remove the magazine from the rifle:
Take the rifle out of the sock of sand: Put the rifle, magazine and bolt on the mat. 

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Put the blue Safety Flag back in the rifle.  
Collect empty cases: We also recycle the white plastic "sieves" that the bullets come in, and the cardboard. There is a bin for each of them.

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Wait: Wait behind the red line. If you want to talk, go inside. Eventually the R/O will say "Time is up, stop shooting!", and will check that all firearms are safe.

Collect second target: When the Range Officer says "Safe to change targets!", bring the second target back. You may need to take a new target down, if there is someone about to shoot in your place, in the next detail. Write your name on the target and leave it on the table in the Clubhouse, so the Scorer can score it. At the end of the night it is yours to take home.
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Remove rifle from the range: Ask the R/O if it is safe to remove rifles. Under supervision, check that there is no one in the target area. Then lift the rifle and show the breech to the R/O. They will look through the empty breech, through the empty barrel, to check that the rifle is "clear". They will loudly call out "CLEAR TO REMOVE". Now pick up the bolt and the magazine. Take them back to the cashier. 


Ensure that the cashier knows who you are, and that you have returned your firearm ... do not just leave it lying around ... you are responsible for it. 


Pack up: Pick up the last few empty cases. If you are lucky, someone else will need the equipment. Otherwise, take the sock of sand, wood stand and mat back to their cupboard. 

Talk to people: Discuss problems you had, methods to improve technique. Have a cup of tea, spend money on food and drink. Watch the TV. The key to the toilet block hangs behind the R/O desk. The Clubhouse is a TFZ (twitter free zone). You have been handling products containing lead, best wash your hands. Various web addys and contact numbers are available. Debrief with your coach.

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Collect your two targets:  Highly competitive groups look like this:

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Your group, as a starter, should look like these:

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Thanks for attending:  You have just been involved in a very unique experience. There are very few places in the world where you would have been able to obtain access to firearms and used them in such pleasant surroundings, as a safe, secure, pure sporting adventure.

 
North Sydney Small Bore & Air Rifle Club, Hornsby Rifle Range, Sydney, Australia 2077,   50 metres,  .22  prone Target Shooting Club.   Jul09 - Jul2011
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