Saturday 6th November - Wing Shooting Competition

After an early start and a quick breakfast at McDonalds we arrived at RAF Halton at 7:30. We had all renewed our weapon handling tests on the Thursday, so we were ready to shoot. The four of us, Howe D, Howe M, Dairy and Winlow, were split between detail one and two for the No. 8 rifle competition and we began just after 8:00. The competition consisted of a Wing marksman practice, with five rounds deliberate fired at the left hand target, followed by five rounds snap, rapid and a further five rounds deliberate, all fired at the right hand target. After collecting the targets, we were confident we had done well and we went back to the waiting detail hut before heading over to the air rifle range. For the air rifle competition, each of us was required to fire twenty rounds deliberate at a five target card, five rounds in each corner target. We finished this swiftly and although we had not done as well as the previous competition, we were still pleased with the results. The only competition left was the D.C.C.T., in which electronic rifles are fired at a target which appears on a screen. This allows the type of practice and the range of the practice to be controlled very easily. Only Howe D. and Howe M. were able to take part in this competition as they were the only ones with valid L98 A2 WHTs. Once that competition was finished, all we had to do was head back to the No. 8 range to await the results. In the end, we placed 3rd in the No.8 competition and 6th overall, a very good result.