Sunday 7th November 2010 - Battle of Britain Postal Shoot

We arrived in Aylesbury just after 10.00, ready to take part in the Battle of Britain shooting competition. Flight Lieutenant Gilson allowed us onto the range and we were each given a No.8 rifle for the day. We were instructed to clean the rifles before beginning and we then set up our targets at the end of the 25m range. We started by fireing two by five round groups to check the sights on the rifles and we were then instructed on how to improve our shooting with position and breathing technique. After a short break, we returned to the range to fire two more five round groups in order to apply what we had learnt. Next, we did a practice competition shoot with ten rounds fired at a five target card, two rounds fired at each target. Howe D. did extremely well in practice, scoting a total of 91 out of 100. We then made any final changes to the sights before having a break. We then returned, we were ready to shoot the competition cards. Howe D dropped a few points compared to his practice however Howe M made up for the loss. Winlow and Dairy went next, scoring reasonably. Overall a very good result considering it was the first time our squadron had taken part in this competition.