The Small Bore Rifle is what it says, a rifle with a .22inch bore and into that bore we insert a small cartridge, containing powder and a bullet.

When we fire one of these weapons we describe what happens with Newton ‘s laws of motion. You all know these so they will not be repeated but if you induce something to move fast away from you then there will be movement both ways. When we fire a rifle the bullet leaves the gun very fast but the gun is very heavy so there is very little movement back away from the bullet. Remember the Laws, same pressure both ways in a straight line and only changes by force. The bullet has air pressure, wind, gravity and rain to effect it and the rifle can be moved out of line by trigger finger, forward hand, sling, face pressure and many more. Controlling all this to make the bullet hit the same spot time after time is Rifle Shooting.

For Years the Small Bore Rifle Section has been the same. From the 1930’s we have had a very big rifle section shooting prone at targets and tiles. From 10 members we built up to over 50 in the 40’s & 50’s, and dropped to over 40 in the 60’s & 70’s. Since that time we have had between 20 & 30 members. But there have been changes in what we shoot, tiles have been dropped but may come back again, 3P came in 1981/3 with 3 members shooting but 1983/4 there was only 1 member shooting and this stopped in 1986. Now it came back in 2002/3 with 3 members shooting and this year we have 4 members shooting. What is 3P, it is a competition where the shooter fires at one target standing and one kneeling and one prone.