Shooting at the RB Nationals As noted in an earlier blog post, I decided to have a go at shooting a benchrest discipline called RBA. This is similar to the discipline being shot by TRA. However, the RBA discipline is harder, as the RBA 10 ring is roughly the same size as the TRA X-ring. [...]
I discovered today that an interim report has been released by the ATSB on the recent Canley Vale plane crash. I witnessed the plane fly over Rooty Hill train station just after 8am on Tuesday 15 June. A few minutes later, the plane crashed into the front yard of a house, next to the Canley [...]
I went back through some video footage taken during Day 1 of the RBA Nationals last year, and took a snapshot of one frame in particular. It highlights how hard reading the wind can be. As you can see, according to the flags, the wind is roaring in from the top left corner of the [...]
I started target rifle shooting back in October last year, starting off with the club’s Anschutz 1807′s and such with 54′series actions, but quickly acquiring my own Feinwerkbau custom bench rifle. Shooting at St Marys Indoor Rifle Range, being indoor, there was little breeze (or so I’d thought), but at Sutherland, the range is open [...]
About a week ago, I was discussing with a colleague the pain of not finding any Apple iPads for sale in Sydney. It’d been around 4 weeks since they were released into the Aussie market, yet I couldn’t find one anywhere. I wanted to turn up to a store, plop down the plastic, and walk [...]
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