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Witney Rifle Club
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Witney Rifle Club

SMALL BORE  -  FULL BORE  -  PRACTICAL RIFLE -  PRACTICAL SHOTGUN

The Witney Rifle Club (founded approx. 1927, originally Witney British Legion Miniature Rifle Club) (more club history) is one of the two founding clubs of the Witney Projectile Range.  Despite our name, we shoot almost anything that requires a propellant to send a projectile down a barrel, including black powder, long barrel pistols, rifles (small bore at the range and full bore at Bisley or another suitable range) and Section 1 Shotgun.  Practical Shotgun requires a Section 1 shotgun (i.e. something which will hold more than 2+1 cartridges).  We compete in local and national competitions and receive medals from most competitions we enter.  If you have an interest in target shooting, practical shooting (shotgun or mini-rifle) or just want to do a bit of polinking why not come and see us - send a message from [HERE].  We meet at the range on Thursday evenings (also Thursday afternoons but can’t take visitors at that time). 

 

    

 

Practical Shooting (also called Tactical Shooting) which is a competitive sport focusing on real-world shooting scenarios. Participants employ rifles in stages mimicking various situations. They move through courses of fire, engaging multiple targets while emphasising speed and accuracy. Governing bodies like the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) oversee this sport, categorizing shooters by skill level and firearm type. Practical shooting fosters firearm safety and marksmanship skills. It's a popular sport that combines precision shooting with time pressure, attracting firearm enthusiasts and competitive shooters globally, providing an exhilarating and challenging experience.  See [HERE] for more details.

 

Practical score card

 

 

Full Bore shooting has toe be done at a suitable range.  The club can arrange the necessary training for full members to obtain the Safe Shooter Card (which is required to shoot on military ranges (Bisley is a military range, though run by civilians and does require the Safe Shooter Card).  Distances we will shoot will be between 100 yards to 1000 yards.  The further away the target is the more you have to consider and understand the balistics of the projectile.

 

Witney Rifle Club are affilliated with Oxfordshire Rifle Association, NRA and NSRA.

Witney Rifle Club are also affilliated with Oxford Shooting Academy.  Members are able to rent a range of rifles from OSA, which is an ideal chance to try before you buy.  For further details on the range of rifles available, see https://oxsa.uk/our-guns. Speak to Mark or Joe for more information on OSA.

 

 

CLUB NEWS
Things For Sale

There are a couple of rifles for sale.

Any shooting related items members have for sale can be added to the club site FOR SALE ... [CLICK FOR MORE]


Xmas Comp Winners
BLIND DARTBOARD

In a heart-pounding face-off between Paul S and Mitch W, an intense rematch was called to settle the score. The tension reached its peak as Mitch notched an impressive 49 points, but the ultimate victor emerged as Paul, sei... [CLICK FOR MORE]


Xmas Drinks 2023

Join us for a festive gathering at the 'Spoons on December 20th at 8:00 PM for some delightful Christmas drinks! Everyone is welcome to share in the holiday cheer. See y... [CLICK FOR MORE]


Robert Courts Visit
Robert Courts Visit On 19th October 2023 Robert Courts (MP for Witney) and his PA Annabel Dixon visited the Witney Rifle Club

The Practical Shooting session on the second Sunday of the month is on!  13:00-1... [CLICK FOR MORE]


Open Day

The Witney Rifle Club will be holding an open day at the Witney Projectile Range, Burford Road, Witney, OX290NB on Thursday 13th April 2023 (during Easter Holidays).

If you are interested in taking up shooting as a sport, please fee... [CLICK FOR MORE]


AGM 2023

Our AGM this year will be at the range at 20:00 on 30th April 2023.  Please be there, it is an important meeting.

The agenda can be downloaded from:

https://wrc.wpr.org.uk/downloads/AGM-2023-Agenda.pdf

 ... [CLICK FOR MORE]


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