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2021 Event Calendar released

09/12/202009/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

2021 is booked and locked in. Print off the dates, put them on the fridge, put them on your family calendar and begin your preparations 2021 Event Calendar here Shoot notices will be published before each event along with electronic […]

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Shoot Report: Rankin Springs Slaters Knoll Milsurp shoot, 19/20th July 2020

31/08/202013/11/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

Thank you Darren B for this great shoot report So, the daughter and I load up the car in Bathurst and head for the red soil country. “How far is it?” she says. “A way” I reply. We get to […]

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Ian Skennerton: Copper blocks

20/08/202001/02/2021 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

Just had a query about the copper blocks fitted on Aussie fore-ends… thought you all might be interested. Early Lithgow furniture did not have copper recoil blocks fitted. We had quite a lot of parts and some unfinished, from Enfield […]

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Woodwork finishing

08/08/202008/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

Just a little guide to wood finishing, lots of theories going on about this but hopefully this will be a simple and easy refinishing method of bringing back your stock and markings for those who are looking at doing a […]

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The shooting optician, Jim Sweet

05/08/202008/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

Courier Mail 19th August 1948 Jim Sweet, Gosford optometrist, led the King’s field after the first two stages at the Enoggera rifle range yesterday. Sweet has changed the lenses in the peep sights of 30 of his opponents’ rifles since […]

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All-round Champion Harry ‘Motty’ Motton

04/08/202008/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

Riflemen Harry Motton and C.J. O’Neill , New South Wales, ca. 1930 By Marker 31st October 1936 The Australasian RIFLE SHOOTING During my recent visit to Anzac range (Liverpool, N.S.W.) for the King’s Prize, which was so ably won by […]

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Lithgow No1MkIII* HT rifle box

15/06/202024/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

The Lithgow Snipers were boxed in pairs and sent to store from the factory. If issued, the rifles were delivered in the boxes, then issued out of it. The boxes were returned. They were for storage only. Not as part […]

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The SMLE Magazine

15/06/202008/12/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

The SMLE had 4 types of mags: Type 1 had a link loop at the front to attach it to the rifle just as the earlier Long Lees, none of the parts were numbered. Type 2 was made deeper at […]

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The Lee Enfield Model Line

14/05/202013/11/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

The history and development of these rifles since the late 1880’s. When governments around the world began to embrace magazine feed rifles for their military use, Great Britain and the expanses of the British Commonwealth had to get into step. […]

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Central Aperture Sight by SAF Lithgow

13/05/202011/11/2020 Roberto RastapopoulosArticles

The Central aperture sight has been a staple of the Australian target scene since the 1930’s. Whilst Parker Hale owned the British scene, Central, owned by the Dunn family of Victoria produced many target shooting tools for the Australian target […]

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  • Ian Skennerton: Copper blocks
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