Marrakai
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EVENT CANCELLED
Will the real International Big Game Rifle/Dangerous Game Shoot please stand up! 
Its been a long time coming, following 3 years of covid postponement, but the World Titles are finally here!
Our modest NT Big Game Rifle Club in Darwin is still the venue, with the event hosted by SSAA Darwin Branch and the BGR National Discipline.
An outline of the event with shoot program can be viewed
HERE.
A pdf with details including courses of fire and shoot rules can be downloaded
HERE.
This would be a great opportunity for any of our international members planning post-covid overseas travel to visit Australia
and include a great weekend of friendly competition with the firearms we love,
including the chance to meet a bunch of good blokes (and shealaghs )
and perhaps organize a hunt or two.
We are a relatively small club on the global stage but pride ourselves on hosting enjoyable well-run shoots with plenty of local character.
It would be our very great pleasure to host as many forum members as could make their way "down under" in August.
I am personally looking forward to renewing old acquaintances and making a few new ones.
Hope to see you there!
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Marrakai
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Edited by NitroX (17/06/23 12:46 AM)
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NitroX
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Discussion thread
August 25.
International Big Game Rifle Championship
25 Aug 2023 - Micket Chreek Shooting Complex Darwin
Event Program
Events will comprise:
1. Special Snap Stalking Rifle 8 shots at 25 meters all shots offhand
2. Lion Target Stalking Rifle 4 shots at 25 meters all shots offhand
3. Boar Target Stalking Rifle 9 shots at 75, 50 & 25 meters 3 shots sitting/kneeling, the ballance offhand
4. Stopping Rifle Stopping Rifle 12 shots at 100, 50 & 25 meters, 2 shots sitting/kneeling, the balance offhand
5. Plains Rifle (Supplementary event) Plains Rifle 20 shots at 200, 100 & 50 meters
Shooting positions: – shooting sticks, standing post, sitting post, offhand
6. Charging Buffalo. (Supplementary event) Stalking Rifle 6 shots at 75, 50 & 25 meters
Shooting Positions:- all shots offhand, and moving between bases
7. Hayley’s Hop Stalking Rifle 6 shots at 50 & 25 meters all shots offhand
8. Stopping Double Rifle. Stopping Rifle. Double barrel rifles only. 10 shots at 50 & 25 meters, all shots offhand
9. Nitro Stopper Group 3 claibre Rifles 6 shots 25 meters all shots offhand
10. Buffalo Target Stopping Rifle 6 shots at 50 & 25 meters all shots offhand
Practice is on Friday 25th August. The above events willl be shot on Satiurday and Sunday 26th & 27th August.
Event Nominations
A Nomination Form is provided as part fo the event Flyer. Nomination as to be submitted by Friday 30th June 2023.
Rules
Event Rules are provided as part of the event Flyer
Prizes
Sponsors are still finalising their offers, but SSAA Darwin have always provided prizes that have been highly valued by competitors in the past, and it is expected this tradition will continue.
Event Facilities
As per the event Flyer
Event Downloads
Big Game Rifle International Shoot 2023 Ver1.4
https://www.ssaa.org.au/?ss_discipline_event=international-big-game-rifle-championship
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NitroX
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Copied for Marrakai.
Although its mentioned in the pdf, I will reiterate here that club guns are available at no charge for the use of competitors
who are unable to travel to the NT with their own hardware.
These include:
a Ruger M77 Mk.II (blued, walnut) .338 Win Mag topped with a Leupold VX3;
a Sabatti SxS double rifle in .450 NE (unscoped);
and a Sako Brown Bear (blued, laminated stock, unscoped) in .500 Jeffery.
Our only request is that competitors wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity use factory ammunition,
or full-length sized reloads with a recommended load (Woodleigh reloading manual).
Factory loads could be brought-in or pre-ordered through one of the local gunshops.
Some reloaded ammo may be available through the NT BGRC at cost but we would need plenty of prior notice to get additional cases, projies etc.
Hopefully this helps to dispel any excuses for not coming!
We would like to see as many Aussies as possible at this shoot to put on a good show for our international visitors.
Hope you can all make it!
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John aka NitroX
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Marrakai
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Well, the best-laid plans of mice and men...!
It falls to me as President of the host club to announce with considerable disappointment that the National Discipline Committee has cancelled the International Big Game Rifle/Dangerous Game Shoot this year. We are told it had become apparent that international support from the usual players would be far less than expected, for a number of reasons, and understandably it wouldn't be much of an international shoot without international attendance.
Our local club has put in a lot of work already securing one major sponsor and several others, organizing targets and trophies, merchandise, banners, catering etc, all the usual stuff as well as support staff, and I know several of you have already booked air-fares and accommodation (and hunts!). Very unfortunate situation all round.
So about all I can do now is apologize to everyone, and thank those of you who were intending to participate for your support. Hopefully there will be more international interest next year should the National BGR Discipline decide to stand this up again.
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NitroX
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Disappointing. Alas.
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Edited by NitroX (10/05/23 11:29 PM)
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NitroX
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Where's the National Shoot this year?
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Waidmannsheil
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Unfortunatley the cost of flying to Darwin has doubled compared to when we were all going before Covid. And accommodation etc. even then was pretty steep and hire cars where astronomical in price. So all of us who were going before have decided not to for those reasons. We were all booked and paid for and then the lock-downs came. It's just to expensive now especially if you are wanting to take your son as well which I was.
The Nationals are in Melbourne this year in October.
Matt.
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mchughcb
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Well after discussion with Matt today I'll be putting in my nomination form next week and hope to meet like minded people for my first National. Normally I'm too busy hunting but the hunt season has finished early and I'm going to make some time for practice.
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Well after discussion with Matt today I'll be putting in my nomination form next week and hope to meet like minded people for my first National. Normally I'm too busy hunting but the hunt season has finished early and I'm going to make some time for practice.
Good show.
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John aka NitroX
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"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
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