S22 Adelaide Target Shooters
Location:
Monarto Shooting Complex, Mountian View Road Monarto.
Contact:
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Club |
39 Nickel Drive Aberfoyle Park 5159 |
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0400282394 |
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Background:
Adelaide Target Shooters began back in 1970, when a small group of keen shooters sought to establish a range on the southern side of Adelaide. The original members included such Adelaide notables as Jack Conquest, Jack Mansfield, Syd Miller, Bob Sharrard and Ray Stone. Ray was a keen shooter with a pilotís licence, so he hired a Cessna and flew up and down the coast looking for a suitable area.
One was located in a stone quarry at Reynella, and the rent was set at one bottle of scotch whisky for the landowner. ATS was formed and grew to a membership capped at 20 shooters.
Time marched on and a freeway was built through the area close to the range. It was time to move, and in May of 2004 the ATS became a SSAA branch at the Monarto Range complex, south-east of Adelaide. As most of the shooters at ATS were already SSAA members, it was an easy decision for the club to make.
Monthly shoots are conducted on Saturday mornings, with the emphasis on a variety of firearms and events. There are no serious competitions here as the club was always aimed at the social and family side of shooting and firearms use. Events are held for both rimfire and centrefire rifles, shooting for both group and score. They also have simulated field shooting and offhand events. The ATS has a popular run what you brungí day, which means that shooters have a chance to compete and do some tuning-up as well.
We cater for the shooter who is sighting in, load developing or just practicing. We have small friendly club competitions from time to time with anything from hunting rifles to all out competition grade benchrest rifles. We also have a Christmas shoot which we try to make a little different, i.e. a novelty shoot.
Our members form a broad cross section of shooters, from those who like to put couple of rounds thru their favourite firearm and enjoy some camaraderie to those who are tuning their benchrest rifle to peak performance.
What do we shoot?
- Rimfire Rifle
- Centrefire Rifle
When do we shoot?
- The club has programmed shoots one Saturday per month
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