Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2024 i On Target Africa

On 20 January 2024, we kicked off the ELR (Extreme Long Range) season with the newly formulated Send IT, ELR Shooting Cutting Edge 2-Mile Challenge series – proudly supported by Boomsticks, a local importer of Cutting Edge bullets. The series consists of four 2-Mile Challenge qualifying matches, from which an individual shooter’s two best scores are used to calculate a year-to-date ranking table. The final 2-Mile Challenge event will be held exclusively for the top 15 shooters as per the table. The range was laid out with five targets set at 1 718 m (1 879 yd), 2 012 m (2 200 yd), 2 485 m (2 718 yd), 2 682 m (2 933 yd) and 3 270 m (3 576 yd). All targets measure 1.7 to 1.8 MOA at…

Send IT’s 15th ELR match at Darling Steel Valley was on 10 February. Its inaugural event was held on a cold, wet and windy 6 July 2019. With the picturesque Table Mountain in the southerly direction, Darling Steel Valley is located at sea level next to the West Coast, within an hour’s drive from Cape Town. The range is well-known for tricky weather conditions, with shooters regularly contending with aggressive fishtail winds. However, winds of change were upon us. SEND IT - Score Input RANKED Venue: Darling Steel Valley Date: 10 February 2024 Match Day We asked for a sunny day and got it – with a sizzling hot 35°C. Uninvited, the Cape Doctor (the local name for strong, often persistent and dry south easterly winds) arrived in full force…

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After the IPRF world shoot in Italy during September 2023, there has been a huge spike in interest in PR22 shooting. Gun dealers have been doing a swift trade in 22LR rifles and, with licences now coming through, there is a lot of excitement around the SA Precision Rifle Federation (SAPRF) shooting calendar. I believe that the relatively low cost of the ammunition and the low sound signature makes it attractive to shooters. Also, the total lack of recoil makes it a great entry into the sport of precision rifle shooting. Once the big dogs in the sport realised just how difficult shooting that tiny 40 gr low ballistic coefficient bullet is, the old mindset of 22s are for kids evaporated fast. With the new competitiveness in the sport driving…

Introduction 11 February 2024 Match Type: PR22 Provincial and Club Venue: Marksman’s Nest Firearms Training Centre & Shooting Range, Abbotsdale, Malmesbury. The Precision Rifle 22LR (known as PR22) shooting discipline has taken off worldwide, and we are certainly seeing the same trend here in South Africa. The cost implications of reloading components in the form of bullets, propellant, primers and cases for the centrefire equivalent of the sport has seen many a seasoned shooter, as well as newcomers, now direct their attention to the more pocket-friendly PR22 format. As we have come to learn, anything 22LR related is fast becoming the feeder path into the high paced sport of precision rifle competitions. Adding to the appeal of PR22 is the International Precision Rifle Federation World Championship 22 (IPRF WC 22).…

Then relatively unknown in South Africa, along came maverick inventor Gaston Glock, whose first foray into firearms, the GLOCK 17, had started to become somewhat of a phenomenon in the US. Slowly but surely the ground-breaking design was introduced into South Africa and gained a strong foothold in a very short time. Its radical, ‘striker fired’ mechanism with no external safety catch and polymer framed design was lightweight and had a larger than normal capacity and unequalled reliability for a pistol, setting the future standard for all other defensive pistols. Loved by some and hated by others, its benefits could not be denied. Revolvers are still a viable option for everyday carry, particularly models such as the .38 Special. The upside of such revolvers is their compact size and unequalled…

A two-mile (3 200 m) shoot was hosted at Fort Mistake on 10 and 11 February. The history of the event was that in 2019 we were approached by Jaco Heyns on behalf of Truvelo to host an Extreme Long Range (ELR) shoot at Fort Mistake. We then found a site close to Fort Mistake Country Lodge where it was possible to host an event where we could shoot out to 2 000 m. Fort Mistake Country Lodge is situated just off the N11, 35 km from Dundee between Ladysmith and Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Six competitors competed in Minor Class and eight in Major Class. Ideas were then thrown around. The aim was to make the event accessible to anybody with an interest in ELR shooting. This led to the idea…

Go all the way down to the end of the road and on your right-hand side press the relevant intercom button and drive around the building to the rear entrance. Walking in to the retail area, I did not see anything different, but I did notice that the training classroom adjacent to the retail area was cleared out of all the desks for trainees. Darryl Larsen, or Dee as he prefers to be called, was expecting me. I was welcomed with a warm smile and firm handshake and began my tour with him. The first order of business was to find out what had happened to the training room. Dee explained that it was planned to reuse that as part of the retail area as a specialist ‘GLOCK Lounge’ where…

DEON launched the 5-42x56 Genll at Shot Show and will exhibit at the upcoming IWA as well. March-FX 5-42x56 mm FFP scope was developed for long-range shooters and hunters who demand the highest mechanical/optical performance. Large elevation travel amount of 130 MOA / 40MIL is perfect for long-range shooting. The incorporated High Master lens system (2 Super ED lenses) suppress chromatic aberration even more than with ED lenses and thus produce a sharper image with greater contrast, while still having a strong scope. It also features a Temperature Anti-Drift Lens System that naturally adapts to temperature changes and maintains focus and clarity under a variety of conditions. The wide 26 degrees FOV (a 30% increase over our standard model) allows the shooter to find the target faster and prevent misfires.…