Innholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2021 i On Target Africa

It starts with you, so get involved! Everyone has a role to play. Whether you are a newcomer to the scene, a very accomplished shooter or a seasoned event host, we can all do more to grow the sport we love! But how can you lend a helping hand? At the most basic level, enter matches – as many as possible! Your entry serves as a basis for growing the sheer number of match participants taking part in the sport, while developing and improving your own shooting capabilities. Match directors across the country invest substantial time and financial resources to set up numerous events. Do your part to support these events and invite your friends and family along to enjoy the day, all the while also exposing them to the…

Top of Form Bottom of Form 30mm Monotube, Fully-Multi Coated, Etched MOA Reticle, ¼ MOA Turret Zero-Stop Adjustment, Min Focus 10Y, Flip-up Caps, Honeycomb Sunshade, MOA Reticle Magnification: 6-24x Objective Lens: 50mm Ocular Lens Dia.: 38mm Ocular Lens Length: 58mm Exit Pupil: 8.3-2.1mm Optics Coating: Fully multi coated Field of View: 18.3-4.6 feet @ 100 yards Eye Relief: 4.13-3.93” 105-100mm Length: 365mm (14.3”) Weight: 745g 26.3(oz) Tube Dia.: 30mm Click Value: ¼ MOA Elevation Range: 50MOA Windage Range: 50MOA Parallax Adjustment: 10 yds to infinite Reticle: VML-1 Illumination: 6 levels R Finish: Black matte Compact, lightweight and durable Middle turret part: 38mm (1.5”) Middle turret part to power ring: 55mm (2.2”) Middle turret part to objective lens: 60mm (2.4”) Shock tested to 750g and water resistant Fully nitrogen purged to…

Blackbeard, the most famous and feared pirate of the Caribbean in the early 18th century, has risen again, this time in a different form. Time will tell if his legend continues to live on stronger than ever. The folks from Ultimate Marksman asked if I would be interested to look at the latest training tools from Mantis, which bring about a complete change to the routine world of ‘dry fire’ practice. I am not a fan of this and find it repetitive. If done incorrectly, it may compound problems that you are trying to resolve. When the word ‘Blackbeard’ was mentioned in the discussion, my fantasy mind went on a journey into the world of pirates. Although I missed some of the conversation, I luckily regained enough of my senses…

Precision rifle shooting was introduced into South Africa by Rob Ramsden and Steven Cox. Through their tremendous efforts, the sport has gone from strength to strength. It has now gained national recognition as well as membership of the International Precision Rifle Federation, the governing body for the sport worldwide. Locally, competitors are busy practicing and competing to get their ranking up so as to be able to compete in the first international competition due to be hosted in Hungary, Europe in 2022. Back in 2019, Rob introduced the PR22 series. Not all ranges can accommodate the long distances required for a full centre-fire shoot This, coupled with the ever-increasing cost of ammunition and the current disarray at the Central Firearms Registry, making it nearly impossible to change out a worn…

Crime is all over the news worldwide, and has become worse for many nations, including South Africa. Maybe it’s economics and opportunities, perhaps it is the Coronavirus, a political divide or racism, or maybe it’s some combination of all of these variables. At the end of the day, however, what matters is that crime is here, it’s increasing, and it can and often is accompanied by violence, and even murder. All said and done, what matters when it comes to family, home and personal defence is, in a nutshell, preservation by right. We all have a right to breathe, and the truth is that, most often, police are not going to respond in time to prevent it or protect innocent people. The people then, however disappointing it may be from…

Although we help one another out and the support listed above is available, for the most part you are on your own. You are your own coach. These resources can give you ideas of what to practice and what you need to work on, and you can get diagnoses from a coach, but it’s up to you as an individual to put in the work. What is the best way to coach yourself? To begin with, here are some pitfalls of self-coaching to avoid. Coaching had to start somewhere, but these techniques are no longer valid in most cases and have changed significantly. Each section is followed by the recommended training method that has replaced it. Bad: Block Practice The old style of coaching used block practice, and has been…

We are always happy to report on our attendance at sports-shooting events where possible. In other provinces, legal gun owners and sports-shooters report on the action and drama for us. This is part of our mandate to promote sports-shooting and, in our own small way, contribute to legal firearm ownership and encourage ongoing training. Excitement is building for the third KO1M SA and KO2M SA near Hanover in the Northern Cape from 27 to 30 October. In 2020, Brendan Fike not only succeeded in having Impact Xtreme Shooting as the official host, but South Africa as the official host country. Due to the growing passion for extreme long-range (ELR) shooting, more and more of these kinds of distances are being achieved at local ranges and matches. Shooters make huge efforts…

WHAT IS VELDT MARKSMAN? It was never meant to be an ordinary gun-cleaning product, but had to be a complete gun-care solution. It had to be locally manufactured and with a no-nonsense take on getting down to caring for your rifle. It had to appeal to the market, and it had to bring back the fun of just having an easy, all-around solution for both licenced professional and new firearm owners. Each product in this range is carefully engineered to keep South Africa’s rich history of rifling moving forward. Veldt Marksman had one additional goal in mind … it had to smell good. The quality of the product is even down to the detail of bringing back nostalgic memories from your childhood as a young marksman with unique smells of…

A pet peeve of mine when it comes to optical equipment is modern advertising. An internet search will inundate you with terms such as HD glass, fully multicoated, low dispersion, colour fidelity and a myriad of other terms that really offer no guarantee as to the quality of the product being advertised. I have been burnt a number of times in my younger days when buying optics advertised as being ‘superior’ and which turned out to be total rubbish, so that now I have a healthy scepticism for advertising claims. Product reviews have also been of limited use, as there is always a degree of opinion and preference, which are hard to quantify. Maybe I am being unfair as, in reality, how does a person quantify quality? There does not…