Bullshooter #232-December 2014
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Bullshooter #232-December 2014
The OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PISTOL NEW ZEALAND ISSUE# 232 DECEMBER 2014 2014 IPSC WORLD SHOOT 2014 AUSTRALIAN COWBOY NATIONALS 2014 IPSC NATIONALS PISTOL NEW ZEALAND WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST FOR 2015 Office Hours 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday-Friday Executive Officer/Bullshooter Editor, Online Shop and Targets: Phill Brown P.O.Box 391, Hastings, 4156 Phone: (06) 870 7575 Fax: (06) 870 7574 E-mail: exec@pistolnz.org.nz Ƈ Closing dates for inclusion of copy are the 20th of January, March, May, July, September and November. Ƈ Subscription to the magazine within N.Z. is NZ$40 for six issues. Payment and postal address to Pistol NZ, Box 391, Hastings. The International airmail cost is NZ$50 for six issues. Ƈ Circulation is to the entire senior financial membership of Pistol N.Z., plus kindred sporting groups in N.Z. and overseas, selected libraries and members of the New Zealand Parliament. 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Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Pistol New Zealand. steve.welsh@pistolnz.org.nz Cut-off for next Issue 20th January Action: CAS: HMS: IPSC: ISSF: Muzzle Loading: Service: Speed: Three Gun: Junior Dev: Ian Coates Ron Finlayson Steve Courtney Wally Cole Peter Werder Hugh Bullmore Phill Brown (Temporary) Phill Brown (Temporary) Bruce Harvey Phill Brown E-mail: action@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: cowboy@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: hms@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: ipsc@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: ISSF@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: muzzle@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: service@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: speed@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: 3gun@pistolnz.org.nz E-mail: exec@pistolnz.org.nz Non Council: Range Committee: Range Committee: Peter Miles Wally Cole E-mail: pmiles@xtra.co.nz E-mail: wcole@xtra.co.nz Holster/Safety Admin: Daryl Sleeman E-mail: xenon@xnet.co.nz (All Holster and Safety Test paperwork to be sent to the Executive Officer) Online Trading Post All financial, Pistol New Zealand members are welcome to advertise to BUY, SELL or SWAP firearms and related firearms goods on the Pistol New Zealand ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͛ƐKŶůŝŶĞdƌĂĚŝŶŐWŽƐƚ. THE ONLINE TRADING POST ADVERTISING DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON THE PNZ WEBSITE Or contact exec@pistolnz.org.nz No commercial advertisements may be placed in the Trading Post column. Page Gun Supplies Ltd S & M Arms Euroarms Pty Ltd GUNSNZ.Com Opel Distributors NZ Firearms Ltd Competition Guns Target Sports Ltd NZ Guns and Hunting Sport and Exercise Sciences- Coaching Pistol New Zealand Shop IPSC Mini Targets Out of Sight Shooting Accessories Pacific Pistol Serious Shooters Ltd Gun City Ltd Taieri Arms Ltd Inside Front Cover Page 7 Page 8 Page 13 Page 17 Page 17 Page 18 Page 18 Page 19 Page 22 Page 22 Page 22 Page 22 Page 22 Inside Back Cover Back Cover Back Cover Joseph Maligro with the IPSC Production National Championship Shield At 15 Joseph is the youngest Winner of an IPSC National Title and the youngest ever NZ Grand Master! &ƌŽŵƚŚĞWƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͛ƐĞƐŬ Extracts from the XO COLFO News ʹ P Clark 3 Gun News- B Harvey Practically Speaking - W Cole Kilwell IPSC Nationals - T Taylor Florida Memories - D Wakker Ramblings- S Courtney Service News- B Halley Action Update- I Coates Speed Shooting News ʹ P Brown ISSF Update- P Werder In the Black- H Bullmore Packing Iron- Tuscon Chisholm Trail 2014 - Myskal Vale - Russell Stuart Coming Events 4 5 5 6 6 9 10 12 12 14 14 14 15 16 20 21 22 From The Presidents Desk dŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůŽďũĞĐƟǀĞŝƐƚŽŚĂǀĞĂŵŽƌĞĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůĞǀĞůŽĨ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ dK͛Ɛ ŝŶ their role as trainer. by Pistol New Zealand President Debbie Wakker /Ĩ LJŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ Ă ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ KZ LJŽƵ would like to be considered to host a regional workshop ƚŚĞŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ŽƵƌ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ KĸĐĞƌ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ϯϭst /ƚ͛ƐƚŚĂƚƟŵĞŽĨLJĞĂƌĂŐĂŝŶʹďƵƐLJďƵƐLJĂŶĚƉƌĞƉƉŝŶŐĨŽƌ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƵƉ ʹ ŵLJ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞĨĞƐƟǀĞƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂƌĞƌƵŶǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŚĂůĨŽĨϮϬϭϱ͘ New members Once again I would like to thank all the clubs for the work that they do with new members. Just a reminder in this busy season that if you have recently had new members join your club, please ensure ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƉŝƐƚŽů ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĂƐ ŝĨ they had joined in the not so busy part of the year. World Shoot It would be remiss of me ŶŽƚƚŽŵĞŶƟŽŶƚŚŝƐĂƐ/ had the opportunity to ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ /W^ tŽƌůĚ Shoot in Florida during October. It was a great experience and yes, ǁŚŝůƐƚƚŚĞƚƌŝŐŐĞƌĮŶŐĞƌ ŝƚĐŚĞĚƚŽĂĐƚƵĂůůLJƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ͕ŝƚǁĂƐĂŶŚŽŶŽƵƌƚŽĂƩĞŶĚ ĂƐ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ʹ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁŽƌƌLJŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ͘&ŽƌƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞĂũƵŶŝŽƌĂƩĞŶĚĞĚƚŚŝƐ tŽƌůĚ ^ŚŽŽƚ ʹ :ŽƐĞƉŚ DĂůŝŐƌŽ ŚĂŶĚůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚĂǀŝŶŐƚŚĞtŽƌůĚŚĂŵƉŝŽŶŝŶŚŝƐƐƋƵĂĚĂŶĚƐŚŽƚǁĞůů͘/ ǁĂƐƉƌĞƩLJƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚŚĞůĞĂƌŶƚĂůŽƚʹĂŶĚƚŚŝƐǁĂƐƉƌŽǀĞŶ ǁŚĞŶƚŚƌĞĞǁĞĞŬƐůĂƚĞƌĂƚƚŚĞE/W^EĂƟŽŶĂůƐ:ŽƐĞƉŚ New members should receive from clubs a welcome ǁŽŶWƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŐƌĂĚĞ͘ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ:ŽƐĞƉŚʹ/ůŽŽŬ ůĞƩĞƌͬĞŵĂŝů ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵďƐ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĞůĚ ŽĨ /W^ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞŶƟŽŶƐ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͘ ǁŚĞŶŝƐƚŚĞďĞƐƚƟŵĞĨŽƌƚŚĞŵƚŽĐŽŵĞŽƵƚĂŶĚƐƚĂƌƚƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌŝŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͘/ƚŵĂLJďĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞǁĞĞŬůLJĐůƵďŵĂƚĐŚ dŚĞƌĞŝƐĂŶĂƌƟĐůĞĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐŚŽŽƚůĂƚĞƌŝŶƚŚĞƵůůƐŚŽŽƚĞƌ͕ ƟŵĞŝƐŶŽƚƚŚĞďĞƐƚƟŵĞʹĂůůŽǁƟŵĞĨŽƌLJŽƵƌŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ but I will say if you ever get the opportunity either as a ŽƌĐůƵďƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͘dŚĞŶĞǁ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌŽƌĂƐƉĞĐƚĂƚŽƌŽƌŵĂŶĂŐĞƌƚŚĞŶŐŽĨŽƌŝƚ͊͊͊ member might arrive towards the end of the club match ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ PNZ Trading Post then have there own turn. Just a quick The training of new members is important to ensure that reminder to check they start with the correct habits as well as ensuring that ƚŚŝƐŽƵƚʹǁĞŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞLJŚĂǀĞĂŵƉůĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽůĞĂƌŶĂŶĚĂƐŬƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ had a great success dŽƚŚŝƐĞŶĚ/ĂŵƉůĞĂƐĞĚƚŽůĂƵŶĐŚƚŽĐůƵďƐƚŚĞWEůƵď rate in the selling dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ KĸĐĞƌƐ DĂŶƵĂů ʹ Žƌ dK DĂŶƵĂů͘ ůů ĐůƵďƐ ŽƌďƵLJŝŶŐŽĨĮƌĞĂƌŵƐƵƐŝŶŐƚŚŝƐƉĂƌƚŽĨŽƵƌǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͘dŚĞƌĞ will receive a hard copy of this manual in an upcoming ŝƐŶŽĐŽƐƚƚŽLJŽƵƚŚĞŵĞŵďĞƌƐʹŝƚŝƐũƵƐƚĂƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƚŚĂƚ mail out. Please use this and have it accessible in your PNZ provides. So check it out if you want to buy or sell a ĐůƵďƌŽŽŵƐ͘ůƵďƐĐĂŶĂůƐŽĂĐĐĞƐƐƚŚŝƐǀŝĂƚŚĞWEǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͘ ĮƌĞĂƌŵ͘ I wish to acknowledge all the work that Jack Sims has done ŝŶƚŚĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŽĨƚŚŝƐŵĂŶƵĂů͘DĂŶLJŽĨLJŽƵǁŝůůŬŶŽǁ Jack from the Holster Training series that he conducted for PNZ, throughout NZ over the last 2 years. Whilst some clubs have a very structured and organized new members ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ŵĂŶLJĚŽŶŽƚ͘ŽƵŶĐŝůĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚ:ĂĐŬ utlising his experience to produce a manual that would ďĞ͚ƐƚĂŶĚĂůŽŶĞ͛ʹƚŚĂƚǁŽƵůĚďĞƐĞůĨͲĞdžƉůĂŶĂƚŽƌLJŝŶŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚdK͛ƐĐŽƵůĚŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƚŚĞŵĂŶƵĂůǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞŝƌĐůƵď͘ tĞĂƌĞĂůƐŽŽīĞƌŝŶŐĐůƵďƐƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJƚŽĂƩĞŶĚĂŽŶĞͲ day workshop to facilitate the material within the manual ʹƚŚĞƐĞǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐǁŝůůďĞĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚĂŶĚŽīĞƌĞĚŝŶƐŵĂůů ŐƌŽƵƉƐǁŝƚŚĂŶĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͚ůŽĐĂů͛ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƟŶŐ͘ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ Last but certainly not least thank you to all the clubs who have run events in 2014. Happy holidays to you all ĞŶũŽLJĂůůƚŚĂƚEŚĂƐƚŽŽīĞƌ͕ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͕ ŚƵŶƟŶŐ͕ ƐĐĞŶĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ most importantly family. ^ƚĂLJƐĂĨĞ͕ŝĨLJŽƵĂƌĞŐŽŝŶŐĂǁĂLJŵĂŬĞƐƵƌĞLJŽƵƌĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ are all locked away, and make the most of the summer break. The hope is that clubs within a region would be able to call God Bless ŽŶƚŚŝƐ͚ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚŽƌ͛ƚŽĂƐƐŝƐƚƚŚĞŵĂŌĞƌƚŚĞǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉʹďLJ having a regional ‘help desk’ clubs will be able to access Debbie regional experience more readily. 4 www.pistolnz.org.nz Bullshooter #232 Extracts From the XO by Pistol New Zealand džĞĐƵƟǀĞKĸĐĞƌWŚŝůůƌŽǁŶ ^ĞĂƐŽŶƐŐƌĞĞƟŶŐƚŽĂůů͊ It’s been a busy year......membership numbers are at ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ůĞǀĞůƐ͕ ϲ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďƌŽŬĞŶ͕ ĚŽnjĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ ƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ ŝŶ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů events, with excellent personal results....let’s look forward ƚŽĂŶŽƚŚĞƌƌĞĐŽƌĚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐLJĞĂƌŝŶϮϬϭϱ͊ In the last 4 months alone.......their have been 160 ŵĞŵďĞƌƐǁŚŽŚĂǀĞŽďƚĂŝŶĞĚĂ,ŽůƐƚĞƌYƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ϮϬϵ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĂƐ ůƵď ZĂŶŐĞ KĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ϰϯ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚĂƐ>ĞǀĞůϭůƵďZĂŶŐĞKĸĐĞƌƐ͘dŚŝƐŵĂŬĞƐ 412 members who have undertaken training in some form or other toward a safer sport. Thanks must go to the club ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐĂŶĚĂƌLJů^ůĞĞŵĂŶĨŽƌƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐƚŚĞƐĞŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͊ DĐDŝůůĂŶƵƉ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ / ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ WĂƉĂŶƵŝͬĂƌĮĞůĚ was second and Hamilton Boys High was third. This in fact should have read Hamilton Boys High Second and Greymouth High School third. Whangarei Place winners dŽƉƚŚƌĞĞƐĐŽƌĞƐŽǀĞƌĂůů>ͲZdŽŵdƵƌŶĞƌϮŶĚ͕ĂŶŝĞůŚĞƵŶŐ ϭƐƚ͕^Ăŵ^ŬŽǀůƵŶĚϯƌĚ ůƵďdƌĂŝŶŝŶŐDĂŶƵĂůͲ;DƵůƟͲĐƟŽŶ^ƚLJůĞŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐͿ dŚŝƐ DĂŶƵĂů ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ Ăůů ĐůƵďƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶǀŝƚĂƟŽŶĨŽƌĐůƵďƐƚŽƐĞŶĚƚŚĞŝƌƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐƚŽůŽĐĂůƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ workshops. If your club would like extra copies of the manual, please contact me for more details. /ŚĂǀĞŶŽƚĚŽŶĞŵƵĐŚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ͘͘͘͘͘͘ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůLJ/ĐĂŶ up the numbers next year.........more importantly I wish all ŵĞŵďĞƌƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛ƐŐƌĞĞƟŶŐƐĂŶĚĂƐĂĨĞ and prosperous new year. ;DĂLJďĞĂŶĞǁƉŝƐƚŽůƵŶĚĞƌƚŚĞƚƌĞĞĂƐǁĞůůͿ dŽƉ /ŶƚĞƌŵŝĚŝĂƚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ >ͲZ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ŚĞƵŶŐ ϮŶĚ͕ ^Ăŵ ^ŬŽǀůƵŶĚϭƐƚ͕ĞůŝŶĚĂDĂLJϯƌĚ Phill DĐDŝůůĂŶƵƉϮϬϭϰ tŚĂŶŐĂƌĞŝ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ŚĞůĚ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďLJWĂƵůůĂƌŬͲŚĂŝƌŵĂŶK>&K DĐDŝůůĂŶĐƵƉƉůĂĐĞŐĞƩĞƌƐͲŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐƚŽĂůů͊ ĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ / ŵĞĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ D&d ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ƚŚĞ ;dŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐƉŚŽƚŽƐǁĞƌĞƚĂŬĞŶďLJ'EŽďĞƐͿ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞdd͘dŚŝƐǁŝůůĐŽŵĞŝŶƚŽĨŽƌĐĞŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŶĞdžƚLJĞĂƌŽƌƐŽ͘WŽƚĞŶƟĂůůLJŝƚĐŽƵůĚŚĂǀĞƐŽŵĞƐŵĂůů ĞīĞĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŵŵƵŶŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ EĞǁ ĞĂůĂŶĚ͘ Ƶƚ ĂƐ K>&K ŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ŝƚ should be possible to minimise any inconvenience to ĮƌĞĂƌŵŽǁŶĞƌƐ͘ / ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŝŶ tĞůůŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽůĨŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ͘ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŬ Ă ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ůŽĐĂůŵĞŵďĞƌŽĨWĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚƚŽĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĂŶLJĮƌĞĂƌŵŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚĐŽŶĐĞƌŶLJŽƵ͘ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌƚŽŚĂǀĞĂĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐĨŽƌŵ of government, you have to take part in it. Democracy is ĂďŽƵƚƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ͘ Hot barrels. ĂŶŝĞůŚĞƵŶŐ,ŝŐŚ/ŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐĐŽƌĞ͕,ĂŶŶĂŚŚĞƵŶŐĞƐƚ New Shooter and Top Rookie Intermidiate Bullshooter #232 Paul Pistol NZ 5 PRACTICALLY SPEAKING By Wally Cole. IPSC Regional Director dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ,ĂŶĚŐƵŶ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŶĞ͕ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϲϬ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌƐ ŵĂƚĐŚ and although the weather had given the organisers a few headaches and stage rebuilds days beofre the match, Hi All Not much happening in 3gun at the moment so this is a ĐŽŵĞƚŚĞƐƚĂƌƚƟŵĞĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐǁĂƐƌĞĂĚLJĨŽƌƚŚƌĞĞĚĂLJƐŽĨ ŐŽŽĚƟŵĞƚŽŐĞƚƚŽƚŚĞƌĂŶŐĞĂŶĚƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐŚŽƚŐƵŶĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĨƵŶ͘YƵŝƚĞĂĨĞǁŶĞǁĨĂĐĞƐŝŶƚŚĞŵŝdžĂůŽŶŐ ƌŝŇĞĚƌŝůůƐ͘dŚĞƌĞƉůĞŶƚLJŽĨ/W^ƉŝƐƚŽůŵĂƚĐŚĞƐŽŶŝŶƚŚĞ ǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵĂŶLJǁŚŽŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶŝŶĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞĂƚEĂƟŽŶĂů ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŚƵŐĞ ƚŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ coming months to keep your handgun skills up as well. organisers who once again put on an excellent event. A /͛ŵůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂƚƌƵŶŶŝŶŐĂƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůƐŚŽƚŐƵŶŵĂƚĐŚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ match report follows in this issue. thought of encouraging unregistered A cat shooters as I hope everyone had the opportunity to follow the ǁĞůůĂƐϯŐƵŶƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐƚŽŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞϯ'ƵŶƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ͘ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞŽĨŽƵƌĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞ/W^tŽƌůĚ Here is some of my ideas but I’m looking for yours as well. ^ŚŽŽƚŝŶ&ůŽƌŝĚĂ͕h^͘ƌĞƉŽƌƚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞdĞĂŵDĂŶĂŐĞƌ Debbie Wakker is in the issue. ϯĐůĂƐƐĞƐ EŽǁ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ KƉĞŶ͕^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͕ĐĂƚϳƌŽƵŶĚŵĂŐƐ͕DĂŶƵĂůŽƌƵƚŽ ƋƵŝĞƚ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ /W^ DĂƚĐŚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ >ĞǀĞů ϯ ZŝǀĞƌ ŝƚLJ KƉĞŶ ŝŶ tĂŶŐĂŶƵŝ͘ dŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĂŶĚ / Ăŵ ƐƵƌĞ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ƐĞĞ ƐŽŵĞ ^ƚĂŐĞƐĐŽƵůĚďĞĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŐƌĞĂƚĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐƐƚĂŐĞƐŽŶŽīĞƌ͘dŚĞĞŶƚƌLJĨŽƌŵĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ ĮĞůĚĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ƐůƵŐƐ͕ďƵĐŬƐŚŽƚ͕ĂƌŽƵŶĚŽĨƐƉŽƌƟŶŐĐůĂLJƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶƚŝƐŽŶƚŚĞWEtĞďͲ^ŝƚĞĂŶĚĚŽĞƐŽīĞƌĂŶĞĂƌůLJďŝƌĚ ƐƉĞĞĚƐƚĞĞů͕ĂŵŝdžŽĨĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͘ entry fee. WŝƐƚŽů͕ZŝŇĞ͕^ŚŽƚŐƵŶŵĂƚĐŚĞƐƐŚŽƚƚŽ/W^ƌƵůĞƐ ďLJƌƵĐĞ,ĂƌǀĞLJͲ^ĞĐƟŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ To make this work we will need a huge prize table so I will be looking for sponsorship, anything and everything will do. We could look at a naming sponsor?. Where is the best place to run a match like this? This is only a idea at the moment so I want as much comment as I can get . Send any ideas or thoughts about this match or a match you would like to run to 3gun@pistolnz.org.nz DĂũŽƌĞǀĞŶƚƐϮϬϭϱ͗ ͻ ZŝǀĞƌ ŝƚLJ KƉĞŶ ʹ tĂŶŐĂŶƵŝ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď͘ (February ϮϬϭϱͿ;>ĞǀĞůϯͿ ͻ tĂŶŐĂŶƵŝůĂƐƐŝĐͲtĂŶŐĂŶƵŝWŝƐƚŽůůƵď;ƉƌŝůϮϬϭϱͿ ͻ /W^,ĂŶĚŐƵŶE/ŚĂŵƉƐʹ,ĂŵŝůƚŽŶWŝƐƚŽůůƵď(Last ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚŝŶ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌͿ ͻ ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŚĂŵƉƐ ʹ KƚĂŐŽ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď (Early DƵůƟŐƵŶ^ƵƌǀĞLJ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϱĂŶĚĂŐĂŝŶĂ>ĞǀĞůϯĞǀĞŶƚͿ The results for the scoring rules (current or grand ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƌƵůĞƐͿ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ϱϱйͲϰϱй ƐŽ / think we should let host clubs choose which format they ͻ /W^ ,ĂŶĚŐƵŶ EĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͘ ʹ tĂŶŐĂŶƵŝ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ;>ĂƐƚǁĞĞŬŝŶEŽǀĞŵďĞƌͿ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŝƚ ǁŝůůů ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ƚŽ decide. WZĂĐŬΘZŽůůĂŶĚŽƵďůĞƚĂƉĚĂƚĞƐLJĞƚƚŽďĞĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ dŚĞWEŽƵŶĐŝůǁŝůůĚŝƐĐƵƐƐƚŚŝƐŽŶƚŚĞϭϯƚŚŽĨĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚZĞŐŝŽŶĂůŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͗ ĂůŽŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ/W^ϯ'ƵŶĚƌĂŌŐƵŝĚĞůŝŶĞƐ͘KŶĐĞ/ŚĂǀĞƚŚĞ I have also taken the opportunity to work with Aleks ƌĞƐƵůƚƐŽĨƚŚĞŵĞĞƟŶŐ/ǁŝůůůĞƚLJŽƵŬŶŽǁ͘ Fajner to develop a package to make it easier for clubs ƐŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚŝŶƚŚĞůĂƐƚŝƐƐƵĞ͕ŵŽƐƚǁĂŶƚϯĚĂLJƐĨŽƌƚŚĞ ƚŽ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƐƚ >ĞǀĞů ϭ ĂŶĚ >ĞǀĞů Ϯ /W^ DĂƚĐŚĞƐ͘ EĂƟŽŶĂůƐĂŶĚϮĚĂLJƐĨŽƌ/ƐůĂŶĚŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐĂŶĚǁŽƵůĚ To assist with this development Aleks has been appointed pay a bit more for more graded and separate gun medals. as Assistant Regional Director and he will take over responsibility for working with clubs and encouraging tĞƐƟůůŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚŚĞĂƌĚĨƌŽŵĂŶLJĐůƵďƐůŽŽŬŝŶŐƚŽŚŽƐƚŶĞdžƚ ƚŚĞŵƚŽŚŽƐƚĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐĂƚĂůůůĞǀĞůƐ͘ LJĞĂƌ͛ƐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉŵĂƚĐŚĞƐLJĞƚ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƐƚ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ /ĨLJŽƵĂƌĞŬĞĞŶƚŽŚŽůĚĂŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉŵĂƚĐŚŶĞdžƚLJĞĂƌ͕ being organised and run by about six clubs and the same ŽƌǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞŚĞůƉŝŶƌƵŶŶŝŶŐĂϯŐƵŶŽƌDƵůƟͲŐƵŶŵĂƚĐŚ͕ organisers. To ensure the future of our sport we need to get more clubs and individuals involved in organising and let me know and we can help make it happen. ŚŽůĚŝŶŐŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ͘;ŽŶƟŶƵĞĚƉĂŐĞϵͿ DĞƌƌLJŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐƚŽĂůů͘͘͘ƐĞĞLJŽƵŶĞdžƚLJĞĂƌ͘ƌƵĐĞ 6 www.pistolnz.org.nz Bullshooter #232 S & M ARMS LIMITED Introduces MechTech Carbine conversions (Pistol Carbine upper) for your Glock or 1911 Stock arriving December Price: $1150.00 including GST BASE MODEL ONLY – as pictured below www.mechtechsys.com MGI - the most advanced modular AR-15 on the planet. This system can adapt to multiple calibres without the use of any tools in under two minutes per calibre www.mgi-military.com MGI Hydra AK47 7.62 x 39 Price: $2300.00 including GST – In stock now The ultimate 3-Gun system: 4 Guns in 1 Calibres: 9mm, 7.62x39, 300 Blackout, 223 $ 5460.00 incl GST – In stock now For enquiriers please contact Steve or Mike email sandmarmsltd@gmail.com Carbine conversions due December – NOTE: All rifles are sold as “A” cat , can be converted to”E” by providing hand in or applying to NZ Police using form POL-67X Bullshooter #231 Pistol NZ 7 8 www.pistolnz.org.nz Bullshooter #231 dĞĂŵǀĞŶƚƐĂƚƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂů,ĂŶĚŐƵŶŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ 'ƵŶ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚĞĂŵ Supplies new shop. I would have to say that this was a ĞǀĞŶƚƐĂƚŽƵƌEĂƟŽŶĂůŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ Śŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďƌŽǁƐĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ register. / ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ŝƐ͕ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞdĞĂŵǀĞŶƚƐĂƚƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͍ If the teams were Island or Regional how would you see these teams being selected? There would need to be a minimum of three teams of four ŝŶĂĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶƚŽŵĂŬĞŝƚĂǀŝĂďůĞŽƉƟŽŶ͘ If you think we should have team events what should the makeup of the Teams be; ϭ͘ůƵďdĞĂŵƐ Ϯ͘ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůdĞĂŵƐ ϯ͘/ƐůĂŶĚdĞĂŵƐ ϰ͘ŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƚĞĂŵƐ To introduce Team events there would obviously be a dĞĂŵĞŶƚƌLJĨĞĞƚŽĐŽǀĞƌƚŚĞĐŽƐƚƐŽĨƐƵƉƉůLJŝŶŐDĞĚĂůƐĞƚĐ͘ I would be interested in your feedback on whether we ƐŚŽƵůĚƐƚĂƌƚŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐƚĞĂŵĞǀĞŶƚƐĂƚƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͘ We have organised a simple survey which will also help us determine the interest in teams...the results will be posted in the next issue. tĂůůLJŽůĞ /W^ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ Kilwell CZ 2014 PNZ IPSC ,ĂŶĚŐƵŶEĂƟŽŶĂůƐ ƚǁŽ ĚĂLJ ƉƌĞͲƐŚŽŽƚ ĨŽƌ KĸĐŝĂůƐ ǁĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĮůůĞĚ ĚĂLJƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ͕ ĐŽůŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĮŶĞ evening at the Rotorua Novatel Hotel for the prize giving. ƚŽƚĂůŽĨϭϴƐƚĂŐĞƐĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚďLJŽŶWĞƌƌLJĂŶĚŽůŝŶĞůů had many shooters scratching their heads in deciding ƚŚĞďĞƐƚƚĂĐƟĐĂůĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚƚŽƚŚĞĞǀĞŶƚ͘tŝƚŚĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůLJ ŶĂŵĞĚ ͞dance ŇŽŽƌ͟ƐƚĂŐĞϴ͕͞ƚŚĞŚLJƉŶŽƟƐĞƌ͟ƐƚĂŐĞϭϳƚŚĞ͞ƚŚĞŽĸĐĞ” ƐƚĂŐĞϭϱĂŶĚŽĨĐŽƵƌƐĞ͞ƚŚĞũƵŶŐůĞƌƵŶ” stage 18. ŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ added advantage of ĞĂƌůLJ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ͕ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐƐŽŵĞĚŽǁŶƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ZŽƚŽƌƵĂŝƚLJŽƌƚŽŚĂǀĞĂ quiet bevvy with friends. The weather gods were extremely kind with only ĂůŝƩůĞƌĂŝŶ͕ǁŚŝĐŚƉƌŽǀĞĚƚŽƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĂŶŽƚŚĞƌĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƚŽ dŚĞ ZŽƚŽƌƵĂ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ƚŚĞǁĂLJĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚƚŚĞƐƚĂŐĞƐ͘ proudly hosted the <ŝůǁĞůů ϮϬϭϰWE/W^,ĂŶĚŐƵŶ ƐŝŶĐĞƌĞƚŚĂŶŬLJŽƵƚŽƚŚĞZŽƚŽƌƵĂWŝƐƚŽůůƵďŵĞŵďĞƌƐ who spent many, many hours preparing the ranges and Ed/KE>^͘ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƌĞůĞƐƐ ǁŽƌŬ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďLJ A total of 170 keen shooters converged on the Rotorua ĐůƵďŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕DĂƚĐŚKĸĐŝĂůƐĂŶĚZĂŶŐĞKĸĐĞƌƐ͘ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ Ϯϱth ʹ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ Ϯϵth November ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ ƐŚŽŽƚ ŝŶ KĐƚ ϮϬϭϰ Finally, a special thanks to the sponsors ;'ƵŶ ^ƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƵƐƵĂůĨĂŝƚŚĨƵůEĐŽŶƟŶŐĞŶƚǁŚŽǁĞƌĞƚƌĞĂƚĞĚƚŽ <ŝůǁĞůů͕ 'ƵŶ ĂŶĚ Ğůů ƵƐƚŽŵ͕ ĞůŵŽŶƚ ŵŵƵŶŝƟŽŶ͕ ĂĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨĐŽƵƌƐĞƐŽĨĮƌĞ͘/ƚǁĂƐĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ,ĞŶŶĞƐƐLJƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƉŽƌƚ <ŝŶŐƐ DŽƚĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐͿ ƉůĞĂƐŝŶŐƚŽĮĞůĚŵĂŶLJŶĞǁƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐǁŚŝĐŚďŽĚĞƐǁĞůůĨŽƌ ĂŶĚĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐƚŽĂůůŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐǁŚŽƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ<ŝůǁĞůů2014 PNZ IPSC Pistol NATIONALS the future of the sport. ǁŚŽŵǁŝƚŚŽƵƚLJŽƵƌĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ƚŚŝƐĞǀĞŶƚǁŽƵůĚ ZŽƚŽƌƵĂǁĂƐĂůƐŽƉůĞĂƐĞĚƚŽŚŽƐƚϯϰ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůsŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ not have been THE BEST EVER. Ϯϵ ĨƌŽŵ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ϱ EĞǁ ĂůĞĚŽŶŝĂŶ regulars. By Tiny Taylor Bullshooter #232 Pistol NZ 9 &>KZ/DDKZ/^͊ By Debbie Wakker I always knew this trip would be memorable. And it proved to be so. From ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞĂƌůLJ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ moment at Auckland airport where the winds blew us into the bus (yes, Ă ďƵƐ͊Ϳ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞ͘dŚĞWŽůŝĐĞŵĞƚƵƐĂƚϰ͘ϯϬĂŵƚŽĐŚĞĐŬŽƵƌĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ ĂŶĚŽŶƚŽĐŚĞĐŬͲŝŶ͘EŽƚƐŽůƵĐŬLJŚĞƌĞͲǁĞŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽƐƚŽƉ ƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞĂŝƌƉŽƌƚĐŚĞĐŬͲŝŶĨŽƌϰϱŵŝŶƵƚĞƐʹ/ƉƌĞŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚYĂŶƚĂƐƚŽďŽŽŬƵƐŝŶĂƐĂŐƌŽƵƉǁŝƚŚŵĂLJďĞƚǁŽ^ƚĂī ƚŚĂƚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐǁŝƚŚĮƌĞĂƌŵƐʹŚŽǁĞǀĞƌŽŶƚŚĞ day the supervisor decided we could check in separately ǁŝƚŚ ϭϬ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂī ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ do with us. However 45 minutes later we were on our ǁĂLJʹ/͛ŵƐƵƌĞĂƐŝŐŚŽĨƌĞůŝĞĨǁĂƐďƌĞĂƚŚĞĚďLJƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌ travellers. dŚĞŇŝŐŚƚƐǁĞƌĞŐŽŽĚʹϯƉůĂŶĞƐ͕Ϯϯ͘ϱŚŽƵƌƐŝŶƚŚĞĂŝƌʹ ϯϮŚŽƵƌƐŽĨƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ͘tŚĞǁ͊͊͊/ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚĂĨĞǁŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ ƐůĞƉƚĂŶĚǁĂůŬĞĚĂƌŽƵŶĚƚŚĞĐĂďŝŶĂĨĞǁƟŵĞƐ͘dŚĞϯϴϬ ŝƐĂŶĂŵĂnjŝŶŐƉůĂŶĞʹĚĞĐĞŶƚƌŽŽŵ͕ƚŚĞĨŽŽĚǁĂƐŽŬĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ^ƚĂīǁĞƌĞŐƌĞĂƚ͘DLJĮƌƐƚƐŵĞůůŽĨŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĨŽŽĚǁĂƐ between Sydney and Dallas (we were asked not to go ǀŝĂ >y͊͊ LJ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞƌƐͿ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ͚ƐůŝĚĞƌƐ͛ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ͘ŐƌĞĂƐLJĐŽŶĐŽĐƟŽŶŽĨĐŚĞĞƐĞĂŶĚĂŵĞĂƚƉĂƫĞ͘ /ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚƚŽƉĂƐƐĂŶĚǁĂŝƚĨŽƌƚŚĞƌĞĂůƚŚŝŶŐ͊͊ >ĂŶĚŝŶŐŽŶh^ƐŽŝůʹǁĞĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚĐƵƐƚŽŵƐ͘dŚĞŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶĂůůĂƐǁĞƌĞĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐʹƐƚƌŝĐƚĂŶĚƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚďƵƚĂůƐŽǀĞƌLJ ŚĞůƉĨƵůĂŶĚƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJƋƵŝĐŬ͘dŚĞŶŽŶƚŽƚŚĞŵŽŶŽƌĂŝůƚŚĂƚ serves the terminals within the Dallas airport. Great fun. ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŇŝŐŚƚ ;/ ǁĂƐ ŬŝŶĚŽĨ ŽǀĞƌ ŇLJŝŶŐ ďLJ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŐĞͿƚŽKƌůĂŶĚŽ͕ůĂŶĚŝŶŐĂƚϭϬƉŵ͕ĐŽůůĞĐƚƚŚĞƌĞŶƚĂůǀĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵs/^;ƚŽŽŬĨŽƌĞǀĞƌʹĂŶĚŶŽƚĞƚŽƐĞůĨ͖ĐŚĞĐŬĞǀĞƌLJůĂƐƚ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ʹ ǁŚĂƚ you booked might not ďĞ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŐĞ͊Ϳ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůLJ around midnight an hour drive to Lakeland ʹŚŽŵĞĨŽƌƚŚĞŶĞdžƚϮϬ nights. We stayed at an extended stay hotel (meaning room ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƚǁŝĐĞƉĞƌǁĞĞŬƌĂƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶĞǀĞƌLJĚĂLJͿĂŶĚǁĞƌĞ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞƚŽŚĂǀĞĂŐƌĞĂƚůŝƩůĞƉƵďͬĚŝŶĞƌĂĐƌŽƐƐƚŚĞƌŽĂĚ͘ ‘Applebys’ became our local and we became well known ƚŽƚŚĞ^ƚĂī͘dŚĞĨŽŽĚǁĂƐƉƌĞƩLJŐŽŽĚǁŝƚŚŐƌĞĂƚǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ʹĞǀĞŶŝƚĞŵƐǁŝƚŚŽƵƚƚŚĞĚƌĞĂĚĞĚŽƌĂŶŐĞůŝƋƵŝĚh^ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨĐŚĞĞƐĞ͊͊͊͊ dŚĞĮƌƐƚĚĂLJŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚŐŽŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƌĂŶŐĞĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐŽƵƚŚ͘ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ůĞĂĚ ďLJ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ŐĞŶƚůĞŵĞŶ͘ƚĮƌƐƚƚŚĞZKƐĂŝĚƚŽŵĞ͚ǁĞŶĞĞĚƚŽĐŚĞĐŬ that these boys can hit the paper (40cm2Ϳ Ăƚ ϭϱŵ͛͘ dŚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŵLJŵŝŶĚǁĂƐ͚/ďΨййΛŚŽƉĞƐŽʹǁĞ͛ǀĞ ũƵƐƚĐŽŵĞŚĂůĨǁĂLJĂĐƌŽƐƐƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚ͊͛͘ĨĞǁƐŚŽƚƐůĂƚĞƌŚĞ was suitably impressed ‘oh, so not just hits on the paper, but within the centre ring as well’ he allowed us to have a ůŝƩůĞŵŽƌĞĨƌĞĞĚŽŵƚŽƐŽƌƚŽƵƚƚŚĞũĞƚůĂŐĂŶĚƚŚĞŵĂƚĐŚ ammo. On the way home we stopped by Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ŐƵŶ shop in the middle ŽĨ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ ʹ saw some great ĚĞƌƌŝŶŐĞƌƐ͊ dŚĞ rest of the week we checked out the match range ʹ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ away (some checked this out ĞǀĞƌLJ ĚĂLJ͊Ϳ͕ ĂŶĚ took in the sights including an airboat ride and ƋƵĂůŝƚLJƟŵĞǁŝƚŚĂ baby alligator and ŝƐŶĞLJ tŽƌůĚ Ͳʹ however for me (a ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ 'ĞĞŬͿ ƚŚĞ highlight was the Kennedy Space ĞŶƚƌĞ͘tŽǁ͕ǁŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŽǁ͊͊ ;dŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŇĂŐ on the building behind the rocket is 24 stories high ʹ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨƚŚĞƐƉĂĐĞƐŚƵƩůĞŐĂƌĂŐĞʹϱϳƐƚŽƌŝĞƐŚŝŐŚǁŝƚŚĂƌŽůůĞƌ ĚŽŽƌƚŚĂƚĂůůŽǁƐƚŚĞƐŚƵƩůĞŝŶĂŶĚŽƵƚͿ &ŝŶĂůůLJ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƟŵĞ ʹ ƚŚĞ KƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ʹ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐůŽƐĞĚ Žī͕ ϯ marching bands, vintage cars, hot rods and 1500 shooters ŵĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŇĂŐƐ ʹ ǁĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŽƵƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ town lake where we had the mandatory speeches and Ă ǁĂƚĞƌ ƐŬŝŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJ ŽĨ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ͘:ŽƐĞƉŚDĂůŝŐƌŽ;ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚE:ƵŶŝŽƌĂƚĂŶ/W^ tŽƌůĚ^ŚŽŽƚͿĚŝĚĂŐƌĞĂƚũŽďŽĨĐĂƌƌLJŝŶŐƚŚĞŇĂŐ͘ Whilst Lakeland is ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚƐŵĂůůĂŶĚƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJƐƉĂƌƐĞ;ďLJƚŚĞůŽĐĂůƐͿʹǁĞ ĨŽƵŶĚŝƚƚŽďĞŚĂǀĞĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐǁĞŶĞĞĚĞĚʹĮƌƐƚůLJʹŐƵŶ The next morning a 4.45am start (we stayed just over ĂŶŚŽƵƌĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƌĂŶŐĞ͕ĂŶĚŚĂĚƚŽďĞƚŚĞƌĞďLJϲ͘ϯϬĂŵͿ shops, gun shops and more gun shops. 10 www.pistolnz.org.nz Bullshooter #232 with the Open ĂŶĚ ůĂƐƐŝĐ ƚĞĂŵƐ ďĞŝŶŐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚEƌƐ on the range. The ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ƐŚŝŌ saw the Standard ĂŶĚ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ teams begin. ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟǀĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞŶƐƵƐ ;ĂŌĞƌƐŽŵĞŐŽŽĚĚĞďĂƚĞͿĨŽƌƐŽŵĞŶĞǁƌƵůĞƐ͘ I want to express my thanks to the supporters who accompanied the team and also thank the team themselves. They did us and NZ proud. The results were: The stages were ŐƌĞĂƚ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐĂƌƚǁŽƌŬʹĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͘dŚĞĐůĂŵ ƐŚĞůů ʹ Ă ƐŚŽŽƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ƉŽƉƐ ƵƉ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂĐƟǀĂƚĞĚ ďLJ a steel target, then a second later a penalty target pops ƵƉ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚͿ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ the standard swingers, penalty targets, drop turners, Open: Aaron 56th ϴϯ͘ϳй͕ ZLJĂŶ ϱϳth ϴϯ͘ϲϳй͕ ZĂŵĞů ϳϰth ϴϭ͘ϴй͕ƌŝĂŶϮϬϰthϳϬй;ϯϲϳƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐͿ ůĂƐƐŝĐ͗ <ĞǀŝŶ ϲϲth͕ ϲϮ͘ϲй͕ ^ƚĞǀĞ ϳϬth ϱϵ͘ϳй͕ WĞƚĞƌϳϳƚŚ͕ ϱϲ͘ϴй;ϵϳƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐͿ ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͗^ĞĂŶϵϬthϳϰ͘ϱй͕:ĂŵĞƐϭϰϬthϲϳ͘ϵй͕ĞĂŶϭϵϱth ϲϯ͘Ϭй;ϯϰϴƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐͿ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͗ĂǀŝĚϭϭϴthϲϴ͘ϳй͕:ƵůŝĂŶϭϳϲthϲϯ͘ϴй͕:ŽƐĞƉŚ 187thϲϮ͘ϲй;ϯϳϵƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐͿ dŚĞŶĞdžƚ/W^tŽƌůĚ Shoot is in France and if you get the opportunity then ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ʹ ŝƚƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ years away and if you are inclined you could make the team. ŵŽǀĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƟĐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ͘ ŽƵƌƐĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌŽƉĞ͕ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ a boat on chains (so it ƐǁƵŶŐͿ͕ ƚŽ ĂĐƟǀĂƟŶŐ ƉŽƌƚƐ ĂŶĚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŽŶƚŚĞŵŽǀĞ͘ A huge advantage was that ƚŚĞƐƚĂŐĞƐǁĞƌĞƐĞƚƵƉŝŶƐƵĐŚĂǁĂLJĂƐƚŽďĞĚŝĸĐƵůƚLJĞƚ very easy to patch and reset. This meant that the stages ŇŽǁĞĚǁĞůůĂŶĚǁĞƌĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚŝŶĂƟŵĞůLJĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͘dŚĞ ĚĂLJƐ ǁĞƌĞ ůŽŶŐ ʹ ϭϲ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ / ǁĂůŬĞĚ ŵŝůĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŶŬ large amounts of water in 30 degrees yet enjoyed every ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘/ƚǁĂƐĂŵĂnjŝŶŐƚŽǁĂƚĐŚŽƵƌŐƵLJƐŝŶĂĐƟŽŶ͕ĞǀĞŶ more amazing to watch the world champion (and the copious cameras that seemed to come out of nowhere ƚŽ Įůŵ Śŝŵ͊Ϳ ĂŶĚ his entourage. W a t c h i n g Johnny Lim the gunsmith was also a highlight. Watching Johnny >ŝŵ Ăƚ ǁŽƌŬ ʹ unfortunately on ŽŶĞŽĨŽƵƌŐƵŶƐ͊͊ dĞĂŵĞďƌŝĞĨ͊ dŚĞĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶŽĨĂ dĞĂŵ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ͊͊͊ ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŽŶĞĂŶĚ ŽŶůLJ ƐůŝŐŚƚůLJ ǁĞƚ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͘;>ĞŌͿ dŚĞ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ matches for this will be on the PNZ website. In the interim the next Australasians are in DĂůĂLJƐŝĂŝŶϮϬϭϲ͘ ^ŽŵĂŬĞƚŚĞŵŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚƚŽLJŽƵ ʹ/͛ǀĞďĞĞŶƚŽĂĨĞǁƐŚŽŽƚƐŶŽǁďƵƚƚŽĚĂƚĞƚŚŝƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶ one of the best. ͲĞďďŝĞ͖dĞĂŵDĂŶĂŐĞƌ /W^tŽƌůĚŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐϮϬϭϰ /ĂůƐŽĞŶũŽLJĞĚĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞ'ĞŶĞƌĂůƐƐĞŵďůLJʹĚĞůĞŐĂƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ϲϴ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ /W^ ;DĂŶLJƚŚĂŶŬƐƚŽƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽƚŽŽŬƚŚĞƉŚŽƚŽƐĂďŽǀĞͿ backgrounds. I was impressed that the rulebook is as Bullshooter #232 Pistol NZ 11 RAMBLINGS By Steve Courtney - HMS Section Director ŶŝŵĂů^ŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞƐƐŚŽƚĂƚĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ between 18 and 200 meters It was good to see some old faces compete again and ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ;ĂƌƌLJ >ŽǀĞƌŝĚŐĞͿ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ tŚĂŶŐĂƌĞŝ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ WŝƐƚŽů DĂƚĐŚ ǁĂLJ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϰ͘ Yes members, it is our 30th Birthday this year and to ĐŽŵŵĞŵŽƌĂƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů LJĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ dĂƵƉŽ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚĂůůĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐǁŝƚŚĂϯϬth Anniversary Badge ƚŚĂƚǁĞĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůLJĨŽƌƚŚŝƐĞǀĞŶƚ͘ tĞůůƚŚĞŶĂƟŽŶĂůƐŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĂŶĚŐŽŶĞ^ŚŽŽƚĞƌŶƵŵďĞƌƐ For the most part the scores were not up to our usual were down this year a bit this year. ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚďƵƚǁĞǁŝůůĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŽƚŚĞƵŶŬŝŶĚǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ Peter Sloane shot the only 40 The weather was a bit on the BUT, Jason Wakeling went against the trend and recorded ƌĂƉƐŝĚĞŽŶ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJƵƚĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞŚĂĚĂŐŽŽĚǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĂEĞǁEĂƟŽŶĂůŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉZĞĐŽƌĚ^ĐŽƌĞŽĨϴϱϱŝŶƚŚĞ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ϮϮĞǀĞŶƚ͕ǀĞƌLJǁĞůůĚŽŶĞ:ĂƐŽŶ͕LJŽƵƌĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ Hannah Templar shot well to win top lady shooter for this event will be with you asap. I have just looked at the South Island and the North Island ĐŚĂŵƉƐŶŽƚŵƵĐŚƟŵĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶƚŚĞƚǁŽ/͛ůůůĞƚLJŽƵůŽŽŬ DĂŶLJ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ /ĂŶ 'ƌŝĸŶ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƟŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů coaching session on Friday evening for our newer them up on the PNZ website ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ Ăůů ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƐŬŝůůƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞLJ Not much else to say see you at the range in December will put to good use. Steve ^Zs/Et^ LJŝůů,ĂůůĞLJͲ^ĞĐƚŝŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ϵϬƐŚŽƚĐƟŽŶŵĂƚĐŚƚĞƐƟŶŐLJŽƵƌĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ It is with some regret that owing to some health issues that ƚŚŝƐǁŝůůďĞŵLJůĂƐƚƵůůƐŚŽŽƚĞƌŶĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌĨŽƌĂƟŵĞ͕ďƵƚ͕ I may try again in the future when my health improves so LJŽƵŵĂLJŶŽƚŚĂǀĞŐŽƩĞŶƌŝĚŽĨŵĞĨŽƌŐŽŽĚ͘ŶLJ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĞŶƋƵŝƌŝĞƐƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚƚŽƚŚĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞKĸĐĞƌƟůů ĂŶĞǁ^ĞĐƟŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘/ĨLJŽƵǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌƚŚĞƌŽůĞŽĨ^ĞĐƟŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚƚŚĞ džĞĐƵƟǀĞKĸĐĞƌĨŽƌĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͘ NATIONALS So much for global warming as the weather during the ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶǁĂƐĂƚƌŽĐŝŽƵƐ͕ǀĞƌLJŚĞĂǀLJƌĂŝŶĂŶĚŐĂůĞĨŽƌĐĞ ǁŝŶĚƐĂŶĚĐŽůĚ͕ďƵƚǁĞĂůůŚĂĚĂŐŽŽĚƟŵĞĂŶĚĞŶũŽLJĞĚ ƚŚĞĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŵĂƚĞƐŚŝƉ͘ All scores can be found in the PNZ website along with some great photos taken with a remote camera so you ĐĂŶ ŶŽǁ ƐĞĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŐƵĞƐƐŝŶŐ ǁŚŽ the shooter is from behind. ^W/>EEKhEDEd dŚĞEŽƌƚŚ/ƐůĂŶĚ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞWŝƐƚŽůŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐǁŝůůƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞŝŶDĂLJϮϬϭϱŝŶZŽƚŽƌƵĂ;ĂƚĞƚŽďĞĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚͿ dŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂů^ĞƌǀŝĐĞWŝƐƚŽůŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐǁŝůůƚĂŬĞƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶEŽǀĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϱĂůƐŽŝŶZŽƚŽƌƵĂ;ĂƚĞƚŽďĞĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚͿ DĂŶLJ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝnjĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽ occur. dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ WŝƐƚŽů ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽďĂďůLJƚĂŬĞƉůĂĐĞŝŶ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϱ;ĂƚĞdͿ DĂŶLJ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ZŽǁĂŶ tŚLJƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨƚŚĞKƚĂŐŽWŝƐƚŽůůƵďĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬŝŶŐ of this event. October Postal Match tĞ ŚĂĚ ŐŽŽĚ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ WŽƐƚĂů KĐƚŽďĞƌDĂƚĐŚ͕ǁŝƚŚƚŽƉƐĐŽƌĞƐƐŚŽƚŝŶĞĂĐŚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ůů the Service Pistol postal scores can be found on the PNZ website YƵŽƚĞƐŽĨƚŚĞDŽŶƚŚ dŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ͕ hd͕ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ determine what you get. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but, in rising every ƟŵĞǁĞĨĂůůͲŽŶĨƵĐŝƵƐ͘ dŝůůŶĞdžƚƟŵĞ͕ZDDZ͕^&dzd>>d/D^ Bill Halley Photos by T Denson and Shelly Whitley 12 www.pistolnz.org.nz Bullshooter #232 COM GUNSNZ 5% sD Xma isco unt Use ‘Xma at ch ecko s’ ut 15!,)4902/$5#43!4'2%!402)#%3 We stock a humongous range of holsters for all guns sold in NZ Blackhawk, Bladetech, CED, CR Speed, DAA 0ROLI¹CRANGEOFPROJECTILESINACOMPILATIONOFCALIBRES Extreme, Frontier, Spartan (lead), Zero 3UPERBRANGEOFSCOPESANDSIGHTS !IMPOINT"USHNELL%/4ECH4RIJICON6ORTEX 2IºESANDPISTOLSTOOMANYTOMENTIONBUTHERE±SATASTER "UL&.('LOCK'RAND0OWER(++IMBER-OSSBERG 2EMINGTON37-03IG 6)3)4/527%"3)4%4/$!99/57/.±4"%$)3!00/).4%$Ý R TM R IF YOU CAN’T SEE WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR... LET US KNOW!! WWW.GUNSNZ.COM Bullshooter #232 OR .COM EMAIL:SALES@GUNSNZ Pistol NZϭϯ ACTION UPDATE By Ian Coates Action Section Director EZĐƟŽŶ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐƚŚĞLJĞĂƌĚƌĂǁƐƚŽĂĐůŽƐĞ͕ŝƚŝƐƟŵĞƚŽůŽŽŬďĂĐŬĂŶĚ see what has been and what we can draw from it to make ŶĞdžƚLJĞĂƌďĞƩĞƌ͘ 2014 was a year of highs and lows; we had great results in ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĞǀĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŚŝŐŚƉůĂĐŝŶŐƐĂŶĚŶĞǁƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ set but then we only have 11 Open shooters and 16 DĞƚĂůůŝĐƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐĂƚŽƵƌŽǁŶEĂƟŽŶĂůŚĂŵƉƐ͘dŚĞƐŚŽŽƚ was run very well, as all our shoots have been this year, with two new records shot and a superb dinner but very ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ͘ tŚĂŶŐĂƌĞŝWŝƐƚŽůůƵďŚĞůĚƚŚĞEŽƌƚŚ/ƐůĂŶĚŚĂŵƉƐƚŚŝƐ year and it was once again a great weekend. Once again a low turnout of shooters but very good scores shot by ƚŚŽƐĞĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ͘ ƌĞŶƚDŝůůĂƌĚŽŶĐĞĂŐĂŝŶƐĂǁŽīƚŚĞŽƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĂŶĚƚŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ KƉĞŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁůĞLJƵƉ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ůůĞŶ ůůĞLJƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘<ĂƌůWŝƉĞƌŽŶĐĞĂŐĂŝŶƚŽŽŬŽƵƚƚŚĞDĞƚĂůůŝĐ ŚĂŵƉƐ͕ǁŝƚŚĂǀĞƌLJĐƌĞĚŝƚĂďůĞϭϴϴϬ͘ Well, that’s it for the year and I would like to thank all those who have helped and supported me in the last ϭϮ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͕ Ă sĞƌLJ DĞƌƌLJ yŵĂƐ ĂŶĚ Ă Prosperous New Year. ^ƉĞĞĚ^ŚŽŽƚŝŶŐ EĞǁƐ ͞dŚĞƵůƚŝŵĂƚĞĚŝƐƉůĂLJŽĨƐƉĞĞĚĂŶĚĂĐĐƵƌĂĐLJ͟ ^ƚĞĞůŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐͲďLJ/ŶƚĞƌŝŵ^ĞĐƟŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌWŚŝůůƌŽǁŶ ŐŵŽŶƚ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ŚĂĚ ũƵƐƚ ƌƵŶ ŝƚƐ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ^ƉĞĞĚ match as this issue went to print, Well done to Daniel Buckton who shot an excellent 122.87 seconds to win ŽƉĞŶĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͊ ϮϬϭϱĐƟŽŶWŝƐƚŽůEĂƟŽŶĂůƐtŝŶŶĞƌƐ dŚĞϮϬϭϱEĂƟŽŶĂůƐǁŝůůďĞŚĞůĚĂƚƚŚĞZŽƚŽƌƵĂWŝƐƚŽůůƵď ŝŶƉƌŝů͘tĂŶŐĂŶƵŝǁŝůůŚŽůĚƚŚĞEŽƌƚŚ/ƐůĂŶĚŚĂŵƉƐĂŶĚ we will soon have a venue for the South island champs. ;ĂƚĞƐƚŽďĞĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚͿ͘ ƚƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕dŚĞ^ƉĞĞĚdžƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶnjĂŚĂƐŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ ƚŽ DĂƌĐŚ͘͘͘͘͘͘ĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ͘ dŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂůƐ ǁŝůů ƐĞĞ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŚĞůĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞŬĞĞŶƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚƚŚĞdžĞĐƵƟǀĞKĸĐĞƌĨŽƌĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͘ ϮϬϭϱEĂƟŽŶĂůDĞƚĂůůŝĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ<ĂƌůWŝƉĞƌ All Photos by I Coates You will have received a discussion document by now so if you haven’t replied yet, give it some thought and press the send ďƵƩŽŶĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŵĞ͘ Ɛ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĂŵƉƐ were held at Hamilton WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ĂŶĚ ƌƵŶ ďLJ ƵĐŬůĂŶĚ ůƵď͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ a great weekend with some very good scores ϮϬϭϱEĂƟŽŶĂůKƉĞŶŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ shot and two new ƌĞŶƚDŝůůĂƌĚĂŶĚdŝīĂŶLJWŝƉĞƌ EĂƟŽŶĂůZĞĐŽƌĚƐƐĞƚ͘ ƌĞŶƚ DŝůůĂƌĚ ŝƐ ŽŶĐĞ again our Open ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ĐƌĞĚŝƚĂďůĞ ϭϵϭϴ ĂŶĚ <Ăƌů WŝƉĞƌ ŽƵƌDĞƚĂůůŝĐ ŚĂŵƉ ǁŝƚŚϭϴϲϲ͘ ŚƌŝƐ ^ŬĞǁĞƐ ƐĞƚĂ ŶĞǁ DĞƚĂůůŝĐŵŽǀĞƌƌĞĐŽƌĚǁŝƚŚĂϰϳϭͲϯϭdžĂŶĚ,ŝƐĂLJĂ/ƐŚŝŝĂ ϰϴϬͲϯϳdžKƉĞŶŵŽǀĞƌƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ 14 www.pistolnz.org.nz UPDATE U LJWĞƚĞƌtĞƌĚĞƌ/^^&^ĞĐƚŝŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ W KůLJŵƉŝĐĂŶĚŽŵŵŽŶǁĞĂůƚŚ'ĂŵĞƐ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐŚŽƚĂƚϭϬƚŽϱϬŵĞƚĞƌƐ Just before leaving home for the North Islands in tŚĂŶŐĂƌĞŝ͕/ƐĞŶƚĂĚƌĂŌEĂƟŽŶĂůŽĂĐŚŝŶŐWƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ;EW ĨŽƌ ƐŚŽƌƚͿ ƚŽ WE džĞĐƵƟǀĞ KĸĐĞƌ͘ ŽƵŶĐŝů ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ ZĞŐƌĞƚƐ͕ƚŚĞƌĞǁĂƐŶŽƟŵĞƚŽĐŝƌĐƵůĂƚĞŝƚƚŽLJŽƵĂůůĮƌƐƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ͛ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͕ ũƵŶŝŽƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ͕ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ /^^& ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĐ ŐŽĂůƐ͕ &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ KůLJŵƉŝĐ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ͙͘ / ƚŚĂŶŬ ĞǀĞƌLJďŽĚLJ ǁŚŽ ƐĞŶƚ ŵĞ ƐƚƵī ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ͘^ŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŝĚĞĂƐĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶƚŚĞĚƌĂŌ͘ ůůƚŚĞŝĚĞĂƐǁĞƌĞƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ͘DLJĚƌĂŌĂŶĚƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌLJͬĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŽƵŶĐŝů ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ϲͲϳ ƉĂŐĞƐ which can’t be reproduced in this update, so what you ƌĞĂĚŚĞƌĞŝƐĂ͞ƐŶĂƉƐŚŽƚ͘͟ Bullshooter #232 dŚĞƌĞǁŽŶ͛ƚďĞĂ͞ŚĂůůĞůƵũĂŚ͟ĨĂĐƚŽƌ͘tŚĂƚĞǀĞƌŽƵŶĐŝů decides on in December, there will be no easy road anywhere we want to be. In the end, everything worthwhile we do comes down to intent, commitment ĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ĂŶĚΨΨΨΨΨΨΨΨ͘/͛ŵƚƌLJŝŶŐƚŽ͞ŵĂŬĞŝƚ so”. ,QWKH%ODFN DƵnjnjůĞ>ŽĂĚŝŶŐEĞǁƐ LJ^ĞĐƚŝŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ,ƵŐŚƵůůŵŽƌĞ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ ZĞĚƵĐĞĚƚŽƚŚĞĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůƐ͕ƚŚĞŵĂŝŶEWƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐŝŶƚŚĞ WEůĂĐŬWŽǁĚĞƌEĂƟŽŶĂůŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐĂŶĚƚŚĞEͬ/ ůĂĐŬWŽǁĚĞƌ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ&ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶEŽƌƚŚŝƐůĂŶĚŚĂŵƉƐ ĚƌĂŌƚŽŽƵŶĐŝůĂƌĞƚŚĞƐĞ͗ • • • • • • ŶĂƟŽŶͲǁŝĚĞ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞů ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ͕ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶ͕ dĞƌƌLJtĂƌĚĂŶĚŚŝƐƚĞĂŵŚŽƐƚĞĚƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌƐEĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͘dŚĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĂŶĚŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ/^^&ƉŝƐƚŽůƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ event was very well run, the kitchen ladies kept us well fed which was appreciated by all. A huge thank you to the juniors and senior members; EĞǁWůLJŵŽƵƚŚůƵď͘/ƐƉŽŬĞƚŽŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĐůƵďǀŽůĞŶƚĞĞƌƐ KƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ǁŚŽŶŽƌŵĂůůLJƐŚŽƚĂĐƟŽŶŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŶŐĂŐƌĞĂƚĐůƵďƐƉŝƌŝƚ͊ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ƉŝƐƚŽů ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŵĞĞƚ /ƚŝƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƐĂŶĚEŽƌƚŚ/ƐůĂŶĚĐŚĂŵƉƐĂƌĞ Ă ďŝƚ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂ͖ couple of extra months gap........we may also look at a The same for our juniors; ƚŚƌĞĞĚĂLJǁĞĞŬĞŶĚĨŽƌƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͍>ĞƚŵĞŬŶŽǁLJŽƵƌ thoughts on these subjects. To facilitate these proposals, to create categories ŽĨ ,ŝŐŚ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ^ƋƵĂĚͲůŝƚĞ͕ Ă :ƵŶŝŽƌ ,W^͕ dŚĞ ůĂĐŬ WŽǁĚĞƌ ^ĞĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŐŝǀĞŶ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ and a new Kiwi Squad for those shooters who seek ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƐŚŽƚ ŵƵnjnjůĞ ůŽĂĚŝŶŐ ƉŝƐƚŽů͕ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚďƵƚŚĂǀĞŶŽĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐƚŽ ĮŶĚĂĨĂŝƌǁĂLJŽĨĂǁĂƌĚŝŶŐƚŚŝƐƉŝƐƚŽůĂŶĚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐŐĞĂƌ ĞŶƚĞƌƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĂƌĞŶĂ͖ to one lucky shooter......more to come. A huge thank you ƚŽƚŚĞƉĞƌƐŽŶǁŚŽĚŽŶĂƚĞĚƚŚŝƐ͘͘͘͘LJŽƵŬŶŽǁǁŚŽLJŽƵĂƌĞ͊ Ŷ/^^&ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ;ŽƌƐƵďͲĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞͿƚŽŝŶŝƟĂƚĞĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞůŽŶŐƚĞƌŵƚŚĞEW͖ EŽǁŝƐƚŚĞƟŵĞƚŽƐƚĂƌƚƚĂůŬŝŶŐƚŽLJŽƵƌĐůƵďĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚƉŽƐƐŝďůLJŚŽƐƟŶŐĂEĂƟŽŶĂůŽƌ/ƐůĂŶĚŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ Where we can, there will be varying degrees of Let me know what your club may be looking to do next funding. year. dŚĞ EW ŝƐ ĂŝŵĞĚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůLJ Ăƚ ŝƌ WŝƐƚŽů͕ ďƵƚ ĐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ůůƚŚĞďĞƐƚĨŽƌƚŚĞũŽůůLJĨĞƐƟǀĞƐĞĂƐŽŶZĞŐĂƌĚƐ,ƵŐŚ expand to all other ISSF pistol events. It is intended ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ DĐDŝůůĂŶ ƵƉ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞ ŝƚ Žƌ change it. WĂƌƚƐƚǁŽ͕ƚŚƌĞĞĂŶĚĨŽƵƌ;ĂďŽǀĞͿƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĂƚŚůĞƚĞƐ ǁŚŽ ƉĂƌƚĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EW ŚĂǀĞ ŽĸĐŝĂůůLJ ĚĞĐůĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƐƚŽƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĂƚĂŬĞLJŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĞǀĞŶƚ;ĞŐ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͕ t'͕ KĐĞĂŶŝĂƐ͕ ĞƚĐͿ E ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂĐƟǀĞůLJ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚƚŽĂŶĂŐƌĞĞĚĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞƚŽŵĞĞƚƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶĐƌŝƚĞƌŝĂ͘KŶĞƚŚŝŶŐƚŚĂƚŚĂƐďĞĐŽŵĞ apparent is that to prepare adequately, athletes cannot leave things to the last minute; plans have to be made at least a couple of years ahead. džĐĞůůĞŶƚƐŚŽŽƟŶŐďLJdŽŶLJƌƵĐĞ You can see here two main goals, to develop juniors and to build an elite corps who is performing creditably at ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͘͞ƌĞĚŝƚĂďůLJ͟ŵĞĂŶƐŵĞĚĂůͲ winnable. This is the last update for the year. With reduced pistol ĞǀĞŶƚƐĂƚƚŚĞ'ůĂƐŐŽǁt'͕ƉŝƐƚŽůƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĚŝĚŶŽƚŐĞƚƚŽ contribute much this year but I do see future prospects, ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJĨƌŽŵŽƵƌũƵŶŝŽƌƐ͘Ɛ/ŚĞĂĚŽīƚŽtŚĂŶŐĂƌĞŝ͕ / ǁŝƐŚ LJŽƵ Ăůů Ă DĞƌƌLJ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͕ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ God willing, a safe and happy 2015. Peter Werder Bullshooter #231 WŝƐƚŽů^ŚŽŽƟŶŐĐĂƚĞƌƐĨŽƌĂůůĂŐĞƐ͊ ĂĐWĞƌƌŝƩϭϯĂŶĚŝůůWĞƉƉĞƌϵϭƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƚŚĞDͬ>EĂƟŽŶĂůƐ EĞǁWůLJŵŽƵƚŚƐŶĞǁĐůƵďƌŽŽŵƐĂŌĞƌƚŚĞĮƌĞŝŶ:ƵŶĞƚŚŝƐLJĞĂƌ Pistol NZ 15 ¶ · CAS Section news by Tuscon ,ŝŐŚEŽŽŶ͚ϭϰͲWE^EĂƟŽŶĂůƐͬ^^^EZĞŐŝŽŶĂůƐ As we arrived to help the Ashburton guys put up the marquee on Tuesday evening, the clouds were already threatening. By the next morning, there had been some showers and it would steadily worsen as the day progressed. But that didn’t dampen the spirits of the 31 shooters gathered to shoot the 6 Wild Bunch stages. ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐƚŚĞdĞdžĂƐ^ƚĂƌǁŝƚŚƚŚĞϭϵϭϭƉƌŽǀĞĚƚŽďĞŽŶĞ ŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƌĞĚŝĸĐƵůƚƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽƐĂŵŽŶŐƵŵďůĞƐ͞ŶŝĐĞĞĂƐLJ ŵĂƚĐŚ͘͟ŌĞƌƐŽŵĞĨƵŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ǁĞǁĞƌĞĂůůůŽŽŬŝŶŐĂďŝƚ bedraggled by day’s end. Witch Doctor = 1stDŽĚĞƌŶ͕ZƵďLJ Redsmoke = 1st>ĂĚLJDŽĚĞƌŶ͕ŽŝƚĂŝůLJсϭstdƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů͘ >ŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐ:ĂĐŬ͘Z^ŚŽƚǁĂƐĂůƐŽƚŚĞĞǀĞŶƚƵĂů,ŝŐŚEŽŽŶ DĂƚĐŚtŝŶŶĞƌKǀĞƌĂůů͘ ŌĞƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ ŐŽƚ ƵŶĚĞƌǁĂLJ͘ KŶĞ notable award was ‘Spirit of the Game’. This went to ƵŵďůĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐůLJ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŽĨ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů holster rig from the USA to the youngest ‘wanna be’ ĐŽǁďŽLJŽŶƚŚĞƌĂŶŐĞ͘>ŽƌĂĚŽ<ŝĚŝƐZŽŽƐƚĞƌ͛ƐůŝƩůĞďƌŽƚŚĞƌ and he worked hard all weekend picking up brass. He’s good and really keen and when he gets old enough to ďĞŐŝŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ũƵƐƚǁĂƚĐŚŽƵƚ͘tŝƚŚƚŚŝƐŇĂƐŚŚŽůƐƚĞƌƌŝŐ he’ll have the makings of a champ. ŌĞƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĨĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ZƵďLJ ZĞĚƐŵŽŬĞ ĂŶĚ dƌŝŶŝƚLJ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƟƚůĞƐ ŽĨ ^^^EZĞŐŝŽŶĂůĂŶĚWE>ĂĚŝĞƐĂŶĚDĞŶ͛ƐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵ ďŽƚŚ͕ ǁĞůů ĚŽŶĞ͘ ůƐŽ ĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ǁŽŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ during ‘High Noon’. ĂLJϮ͘tĞǁĞƌĞŽīƚŽƚŚĞůŽŶŐƌĂŶŐĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŬŝŶĚĞƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞƚͲƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐǁŝƚŚŝŶϭϱϬŵĞƚĞƌƐĂŶĚŐƌĞĂƚĨŽƌƐƉĞĐƚĂƟŶŐ͘^ŽŵĞ ŽĨƚŚĞĐŽǁďŽLJƐĂŶĚĐŽǁŐŝƌůƐƐŚŽǁĞĚƵƐƐŽŵĞŵŝŐŚƚLJĮŶĞ ůŽŶŐƌĂŶŐĞƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĚŝƐƉůĂLJƐ͘ƵƚǁŚĞŶŝƚĐĂŵĞƚŽĐŽǁďŽLJ clays, a couple of the Aussies were given a couple of loud ͚Yh< Yh< Yh<͛^ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ͚ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ďŝƌĚ͛ ĐĂůů ǁĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ǁĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŝƐƚŽů range for the speed matches and Blazing Irons. ĂLJ ϯ͘ DŽƐƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƵƉ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĞLJĞĚ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŚLJ ƚĂŝůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚLJĨŽƌ,ŝŐŚEŽŽŶ͘ƚŽƚĂůŽĨϳϳƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐǁŽƵůĚďĂƩůĞ it out for SASS Winners Buckles, PNZ medals and other awards. It was good to see 8 shooters cross the ditch from Australia to join us for High Noon. This year the shoot was based on ‘The Lone Ranger’ and this theme would ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŽƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐĂƚƚŚĞ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͘ƚƚŚĞ^ŵĞĞƟŶŐƚŚĂƚĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ĂŌĞƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵŝŶŐƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐŽĨƵƉͲĐŽŵŝŶŐƐŚŽŽƚƐ͕tŝĐŬĞĚtŝůůǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă WE DĞƌŝƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ǁĂƌĚ ĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ all the background, under the radar, work and assistance ŚĞŚĂƐŐŝǀĞŶĐŽǁďŽLJĂĐƟŽŶƐŚŽŽƟŶŐĂŶĚƚŚĞ^^ĞĐƟŽŶ over the years. Thank you Wicked Will. ĂLJ ϰ͘ DŽƌĞ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚĞƐƚ ŽƵƌ Ăŝŵ͕ ŽƵƌ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ thinking. Stage 11 was a real test for those who just ǁĞŶƚƚŽƐĐŚŽŽůƚŽĞĂƚƚŚĞŝƌůƵŶĐŚ͘DĂŶLJǁŝƐŚĞĚƚŚĞLJŚĂĚ listened to their teacher a bit more when the stage asked ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐƚŽĞŶŐĂŐĞƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚƐŝŶĂŶDƐŚĂƉĞ͕ƚŚĞŶĂt ƐŚĂƉĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ƐƚĂī ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚƚŽĨĞĞĚƚŚĞƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐǁĞůů͘ Scoring was done with the Aces scoring programme along ǁŝƚŚĂŚĂƌĚĐŽƉLJďĂĐŬͲƵƉ͘dŚĂƚĞǀĞŶŝŶŐƚŚĞǀĞŶƵĞĨŽƌƚŚĞ ĂŶƋƵĞƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞƌŽǀŝĞǁ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ;ďĞƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚŽĨĐŽƵƌƐĞͿ͘dǁŽ>ŽŶĞZĂŶŐĞƌƐ͕ƚǁŽdŽŶƚŽƐ͕ĂďŽdž ŽĨĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐĂŶĚƚŚĞůĂƚĞƐƚ>ŽŶĞZĂŶŐĞƌĮůŵŝŶƚŚĞŵŽǀŝĞ theatre were some of the entertainment for the evening. 'ŽůĚĞŶƵīĂůŽĞƐǁĞƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚƚŽŝŐĂĚ:ŽŚŶ͕ƵƐƚLJ Trails, Goldie, Howdy, Shiny, Trinity, and Young Phil. ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐƚŽƚŚŽƐĞĐŽǁďŽLJƐ͘ ZƵďLJĂŶĚdƌŝŶŝƚLJ WE^EĂƟŽŶĂůͬ^^^ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůtŝŶŶĞƌƐϮϬϭϰ Of course these big shoots don’t happen without the help of some sponsors. The major sponsors for this shoot were ,ĂLJĞƐΘƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞƐ͕tĂŝŬĂƚŽDŝůŬŝŶŐƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͕ŐƚĞĐŚ͕:: >ƚĚ͕ ZĂǀĞŶƐĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ &ŝƚ <ŝƚĐŚĞŶƐ͘ dŚĂŶŬ LJŽƵ ƚŽ all sponsors who support our sport.It was a great shoot and a big thank you to all those who organized and helped. Trophies dŚĂŶŬLJŽƵƚŽƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽŐŽƚƚŚĞŝƌ^ƚƌŽƉŚŝĞƐĞŶŐƌĂǀĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ presented at the shoot. ^ƉŽƩĞƌƐ You are reminded that you must watch the targets as ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Śŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐƉŽƩĞƌƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ spread out if possible so that each one has a slightly ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ ůƐŽ ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ and safest place to be for across range movement as well as downrange movement by the shooter. If in doubt, just ask the RO. TV Good to see yet another young shooter appearing on ŽƵƌdsƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘^ƵƌĞůLJǁŝƚŚƚŚĞůŝŬĞƐŽĨdŝīĂŶLJWŝƉĞƌĂŶĚ >ŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐ :ĂĐŬ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ăŝƌ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂLJϱ͘dŚĞƐƚĂŐĞǁĂƐƐĞƚĨŽƌDĂƐƚĞƌ'ƵŶĮŐŚƚĞƌ͘>ĞĂƚŚĞƌ new young shooters into our ranks in PNZ. 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WŚŽƚŽƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞϮϬϭϰŽǁďŽLJEĂƟŽŶĂůƐďLJdƵƐĐŽŶ Chisholm Trail ZƵďLJ͕ dƌŝŶŝƚLJ͕ DLJƐŬĂů͕ Bigun and Dolly all travelled over to Queensland to shoot ŚŝƐŚŽůŵ dƌĂŝů͘ ZĞĂĚ the trip report. dŽƉƚŚƌĞĞůĂĚŝĞƐDLJƐŬĂů͕ZƵďLJĂŶĚWĂƟĞŶĐĞ dŽƉdŚƌĞĞKǀĞƌĂůů>ŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐ:ĂĐŬ͕Z^ŚŽƚĂŶĚdƌŝŶŝƚLJ ƵĞůŽǁŶhŶĚĞƌ Z ^ŚŽƚ gave us all a good rundown at High Noon of what to expect at next year’s ‘Duel Down Under’. This will be the 16thƟŵĞǁĞ͛ǀĞĨĂĐĞĚ ŽīŝŶƚŚŝƐŽŶŐŽŝŶŐďĂƩůĞĨŽƌƐƵƉƌĞŵĂĐLJ͘ŶĚŽƵƌĐŽǁďŽLJƐ ĚŽŚĂǀĞĂďĞƩĞƌǁŝŶŶŝŶŐƌĞĐŽƌĚƚŚĂŶƚŚĞůĂĐŬĂƉƐ͊>Ğƚ͛Ɛ keep it that way. Held in Dalby, Queensland from 1stʹϱth Ɖƌŝů;ĂƐƚĞƌͿ͕ŝƚ͛ƐƐŚĂƉŝŶŐƵƉƚŽďĞĞƉŝĐ͘dŚĞƵƐƐŝĞƐǁŝůů ůŽŽŬĂŌĞƌLJŽƵƐŽŐĞƚŇŝŐŚƚƐŬĞĚĂƐĂƉ͘ Entry forms on the PNZ website. ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ŚĂŵƉƐ The Westland Raiders ĂƚůƵĞ^ƉƵƌŝŶ,ŽŬŝƟŬĂ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϱ ^ŽƵƚŚ /ƐůĂŶĚ ^ ŚĂŵƉƐŽŶϭϵthʹϮϮŶĚ DĂƌĐŚ͘ ŝŵĂƌƌŽŶ :ĂĐŬ has been busy with ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĮŶĞ props. It’ll be a great fun shoot so get your entries in and book LJŽƵƌƟŵĞŽīǁŽƌŬ͘ KŶĞŚĂƉƉLJ^ĞĐƟŽŶŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͊ Bullshooter #232 SAS Cowboy Chronicle The November issue ŚĂƐ ĞdžƉĂŶƐŝǀĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ of EOT. Pictures Ruby, Lightning Jack and yours truly adorn the pages but there’s also some great reading. It gives ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƟŶŐ a trip to EOT in the future a good idea of what happens over the 10 days. Jan/Feb 2015 Issue on sale 18 Dec .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge Windham .308 AR review Tracer Stingray hi-tech spotlight Practice your bush hunting Best grade Scottish shotguns Sika in the Kaipo %XGJHWKXQWLQJULÁHFRPSDULVRQ Hunting with a T/C Contender Plus much more! Plus all our regular columns, including free listings of guns wanted & for sale www.nzgunsandhunting.co.nz NZ Guns & Hunting Magazine, RD 2 Waihi 3682 Ph: 07 863 6909. Email: nzguns@clear.net.nz Pistol NZ 19 Chisholm Trail 2014 by Myskal ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶEĂƟŽŶĂůƐĂŶĚ^^^ ZĞŐŝŽŶĂůŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ Six kiwis, Trinity ;ĂŬĂ ĂƌLJů ĂůůͿ͕ Ruby Redsmoke ;ĂŬĂ dƌĂĐĞLJ ĂůůͿ͕ ŚƌŝƐƚĂů ;ĂŬĂ 'ŝŶĂ ŽůĞ͕ dƌĂĐĞLJ͛Ɛ DƵŵͿ͕ ĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ Dolly (aka Shonetlle DŝůŶĞͿ͕ /ŵĂ ŝŐ͛hŶ ;ĂŬĂĂǀĞ'ƌŝĸƚŚͿĂŶĚDLJƐŬĂů;ĂŬĂ<ŝƌƐƚLJ'ƌŝĸƚŚͿŚĞĂĚĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƚĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ŚŝƐŚŽůŵ dƌĂŝů ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ĂƉƟĂŶ͛Ɛ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ DŝůůŵĞƌƌĂŶ͘ ĐŽǁďŽLJƐƚĂŐĞƐďƵƚĂĚĚŝŶŐŝŶĂƌŝŇĞŝŶĂůĂƌŐĞƌĐĂůŝďƌĞĞŐ͗ ϯϬͲϯϬ͕ ϯϴͲϱϱ͕ ϰϱͲϳϬ ĞƚĐ͘ dŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƐŚŽƚ Žƌ ůĞǀĞƌ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ DLJƐŬĂů ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ladies in the single shot category (thanks for the loan of ƚŚĞƌŝŇĞZͿ͘dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJƚŚĞƌĞǁĂƐĂǁĂƌŵƵƉŵĂƚĐŚŽĨϰ stages, golly gosh some of them Aussies can shoot damn ĨĂƐƚ͊͊͊tĞĂůƐŽ ŚĂĚ ĂŐŽ ĂƚƚŚĞdĞdžĂƐ^ƚĂƌǁŚŝĐŚ ƌŽƚĂƚĞƐ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ LJŽƵ Śŝƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮǀĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ Žī͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ also a tombstone which had to be shot from front to back, ŚŝƫŶŐĞĂĐŚƚĂƌŐĞƚďĞĨŽƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐŽŶƚŽƚŚĞŶĞdžƚ͘ WƌŝŽƌƚŽƚŚŝƐĞǀĞŶƚǁĞĂůůƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚĂƚĂǁĂƌŵƵƉŵĂƚĐŚ at Dalby which consisted of 86 shooters. This was a great way to meet some of the locals and others who have ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚĂŶĚǁĞƌĞŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞĂƚŚŝƐŚůŽŵƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ǁĞĞŬ͘tĞǁĞƌĞĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞƚŽŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶŚŽƐƚĞĚďLJZĂŶĚ ŚŝƐĨĂŵŝůLJĨŽƌĞǀĞŶŝŶŐYƐĂŶĚĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ͕ǁĞƐƚĂLJĞĚ at Grizzly Wright’s motels and had venison from Wrangler ĂŶĚƐƉŝŶ&ŝůůLJ;h^ͿǁŚŽŚĂĚďĞĞŶŚĞƌĞĂǁĞĞŬĞĂƌůŝĞƌŽŶ Ă ŚƵŶƟŶŐ ƐĂĨĂƌŝ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĂƵƐĂŐĞƐ and went down a treat. On Friday morning we all converged into the main hall for a welcome from the local mayor. We were on the range ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďLJ ϴ͗ϯϬ͘ tĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϲ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ stages with close targets and good use of props. Each scenario made you think carefully and with the added KŶDŽŶĚĂLJǁĞƚƌĂǀĞůůĞĚƚŽĂƉƚĂŝŶ͛ƐDŽƵŶƚĂŝŶǁŚĞƌĞǁĞ stayed in clean comfortable units at the range, just across from the main entertainment hall. We had a BBQ to use so cooked our own meals, venison sausages among other ŐŽŽĚŝĞƐ͊LJƚŚŝƐƟŵĞŽĨĚĂLJƚŚĞƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞǁĂƐĂůŝƩůĞ more pleasant so remaining outside was a great choice. At about 5:30 each evening we were joined by a Kangaroo ĂŶĚŚĞƌ:ŽĞLJǁŚŽŚĂĚĐŽŵĞŝŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƐƟĐŬƐƚŽĞŶũŽLJƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƐƐLJƉůĂŝŶƐ͘ďŽƵƚƚŚŝƐƟŵĞŽĨĚĂLJƚŚĞƐŽƵŶĚƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ bird life is amazing. ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ On Tuesday there were a variety of long range events, the ŐŝƌůƐŚĞĂĚĞĚƚŽdŽŽǁŽŽŵďĂĨŽƌĂůŝƩůĞƌĞƚĂŝůƚŚĞƌĂƉLJǁŚŝůĞ /ŵĂŝŐ͛ƵŶŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽŚŝƚƚŚĞďƵīĂůŽĂƚϭϬϬϬŵ͘ĂĐŚĚĂLJ ƚŚĞƌĞǁĞƌĞĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨƐŝĚĞĞǀĞŶƚƐǁĞĐŽƵůĚƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ in. On Wednesday we had a go at cowboy clays, missing a ĨĞǁĂŶĚŚŝƫŶŐŽŶĞŽƌƚǁŽ͊/ŵĂŝŐ͛ƵŶĂŶĚDLJƐŬĂůďŽƚŚ ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞWĂƚ'ĂƌƌĞƩŵĂƚĐŚǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐůŝŬĞŶŽƌŵĂů 20 www.pistolnz.org.nz issue of heat, we really had to concentrate on the task at hand. It was a welcome change not having to be an RO, ďƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ ĐŽǁďŽLJ ǁĂLJ ǁĞ Ăůů ŐŽƚ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƐƉŽƩĞĚ ĂŶĚĚŝĚŽƵƌďŝƚ͘KƵƌƉŽƐƐĞǁĂƐĂůůĮŶŝƐŚĞĚďLJϮƉŵĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŵƉ Śŝƚ ϯϯ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ƐŽ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂďŝŶǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĂŝƌĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƵƐ͊͊dŚĞŽƌŽŶĂƐĂŶĚ ĐŝĚĞƌƐůĞŌŽŶŝĐĞǁĞƌĞůŝĨĞƐĂǀĞƌƐŵŽƐƚĚĂLJƐ͘dŚĞǁĂƐŚƵƉ Bullshooter #232 from day one saw both dƌŝŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ DLJƐŬĂů ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĐůĞĂŶ ĂŌĞƌ ϲ stages. Day two dawned clear with the temp ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ Đůŝŵď early. Once again the targets were close and personal which allowed everybody to go fast but at their peril. Another 6 stages ǁĞƌĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚǁŝƚŚdƌŝŶŝƚLJĂŶĚDLJƐŬĂůƐƟůůĐůĞĂŶ͘ŐƌĞĂƚ achievement as only 7 out of the 204 shooters managed this. Saturday night saw everyone dressed in glamorous ĂƫƌĞ ĂǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͛ƐĨĞƐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘ This began with a ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐŵĞĂů͕ƚŚĞŶ the announcements of the top 16 men and top 8 lady shooters who were to compete in the master ŐƵŶĮŐŚƚĞƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ on Sunday. Trinity and Ruby Redsmoke were both ŶĂŵĞĚ͊͊͊ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞƚŽĞŶũŽLJ͘ŌĞƌĂƌĂƚŚĞƌůŽŶŐĞǀĞŶŝŶŐǁŝƚŚĂ ĨĞǁďĞǀǀŝĞƐĂŶĚůŽƚƐŽĨĚĂŶĐŝŶŐĂŶĚĂŶƟĐƐŝƚǁĂƐƟŵĞƚŽ ƌĞƟƌĞƚŽŽƵƌĐĂďŝŶƐŽŶĐĞĂŐĂŝŶ͘ On Sunday morning everyone headed back out to the range to ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ Žƌ ŽďƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ŐƵŶĮŐŚƚĞƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ Unfortunately Ruby Redsmoke’s shoulder was giving her trouble so she pulled out. Trinity was ŬŶŽĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚĞŵĞŶ͛ƐĞǀĞŶƚǁĂƐǁŽŶďLJZ Shot and the ladies by Jazzy Jess. dŚŽƐĞƚǁŽƚŚĞŶŚĂĚŽŶĞĮŶĂůŐŽ with Jazzy Jess coming out on ƚŽƉ͊͊ dŚĞ ƉƌŝnjĞŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ with the Kiwis all achieving well in their categories. Bullshooter #232 ĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐŽůůLJ ϱƚŚŽǁŐŝƌů DLJƐŬĂů ϯƌĚ>ĂĚLJtƌĂŶŐůĞƌ ZƵďLJZĞĚƐŵŽŬĞ ϭƐƚ>ĂĚLJͲtĞƐƚĞƌŶ dƌŝŶŝƚLJ /ŵĂŝŐ͛hŶ ϱƚŚŽǁďŽLJ ϰƚŚƵĞůŝƐƚ /ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƌĂĚĞƌLJ͘ / would highly recommend it to everyone. It’s an awesome experience to shoot among so many other great shooters. If you’re keen to travel over the ditch you’ll be welcomed ǁŝƚŚŽƉĞŶĂƌŵƐĂŶĚůŽƚƐŽĨŇŝĞƐ͕ůŝĞƐĂŶĚďůƵĞƐŬŝĞƐ͊͊͊͊ ZKhEƚŚĞ>h^͊ ůƵďĂŶĚDĞŵďĞƌƌƟĐůĞƐ ZƵƐƐĞůů^ƚƵĂƌƚ DĂLJϭϵϯϳͲKĐƚŽďĞƌϮϬϭϰ ZƵƐƐĞůů ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĮdžƚƵƌĞ Ăƚ tĞůůŝŶŐƚŽŶ WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ĨŽƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ϰϬ LJĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ǀĞƌLJ ŵĂŶLJ^ƵŶĚĂLJƐŝŶƚŚĂƚƟŵĞƚŚĂƚŚĞǁĂƐŶ͛ƚĞŝƚŚĞƌƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ training new shooters, or lugging the club guns from his vehicle to the clubrooms as one of our armourers. Very few people manage to make their presence felt as strongly as Russell did within a club environment. The ŶĂŵĞ ͞Z͘^ƚƵĂƌƚ͟ ŝƐ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŶĞdžƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ĨŽƌ various matches and disciplines over the years and there are many club members who have Russell to thank for ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐƚŚĞŵƚŽƚŚĞƐƉŽƌƚĂŶĚƉĞƌŚĂƉƐĮdžŝŶŐƵƉƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌĞĂƌŵǁŝƚŚŚŝƐŵŝdžƚƵƌĞŽĨ engineering, physics and chemistry knowledge. I’m sure there were others who decided that Wgtn WŝƐƚŽů ůƵď ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ place for them due to ŚĞĂĚƐƚƌŽŶŐ ͚ƌĂŶƟŶŐƐ͛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ZƵƐƐĞůů ^ƚƵĂƌƚ Ͳ he managed to polarise people with some of his opinions and his stories ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ Ă tĂůƚĞƌ DŝƩLJ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƚŽƚŚĞŵ͘ ůŽŶŐͲƟŵĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů teacher based in Wellington who also made notable impressions on his students with his love of the sciences ;ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƌĂŶƟŶŐƐͿ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ͕ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞdžͲƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ Russell’s join the club. ZƵƐƐĞůů͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƌ LJĞĂƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŚĂƌĞĚ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĐĂŶŝŶĞĐŽŵƉĂŶŝŽŶƐͲďŽƚŚŶĂŵĞĚ>ĞŶŶLJŝŶƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶŽĨ ƚŚĞƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐƚ͕sůĂĚŝŵŝƌ>ĞŶŝŶ͘ Pistol NZ 21 COMING EVENTS 2014 Dates: Contact exec@pistolnz.org.nz to add an event to the PNZ website More events are available on the PNZ website Event: Contact: E-mail: Club: 30th Jan- 1st February 2015 2015 Spring Roundup Flint fast@enviroblast.co.nz Taupo 24th-26th -January 2015 22nd ISSF Auckland Anniversary lian Shooters.of.auckland@gmail.com Hamilton Taupo th st 2015 CAS Spring Roundup Flint fast@enviroblast.co.nz 30 Jan - 1 February 2015 th st 2015 N/I HMS Championships Dave tefox@xtra.co.nz Awakeri 6th Feb ʹ 7th Feb 2015 2015 S/I HMS Championships Steve hms@pistolnz.org.nz Nelson 18th February 2015 2015 Action Thames Valley Super League Ian action@pistolnz.org.nz Thames Valley 21st- 22nd February 2015 2015 IPSC River City Open (Level 3) Duncan wanganuipistolclub@hotmail.com Wanganui 7th ʹ 8th March 2015 2015 Action Far North Super League Bob robertbanks@clear.net.nz Far North 30 Jan - 1 February 2015 'R\RXORYH\RXUVKRRWLQJ" Happy with where you’re at? 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