20140330 Club Rifle

Wasn't impress with the results.

1) The plank keep shaking. (Movement by other shooters)
2) I suck. (Can't deny, sometimes just suck at aiming and triggering correctly)
3) The Rifle suck. (Keep failing to extract -_-")

20140327 - Nori #4

Nori #4


Ha! Finally someone gave me a good tip. After every shoot. flip the target back and count every bullet that actually hit the target! to my surprise, not every shots hits! so many bullets Missing!! Whhhaattt?! (Oh, and u can see bullet grouping clearly too with this). good tip~!

Instead of the usual 50 shots. This time I got 100 . kekeke. took a long time to finish them. :P. but I get to practice trigger pulls and sight picture~. (50 shots is not enough la~~~)

20140309 - NORI #3

Gotta do 3 NORI quick, so that u are eligible to join club membership~~!!

Nothing special, just a Nori #3, u all know I love shooting, no point to make u yawn and ranting on the obvious.

Here is my Nori #3

No bulls eye today :(

20140306 - NORI # 2

~~~ MY NORI #2 ~~~

To those who don't know what Nori is, Well its a kind of Japanese Seaweed (see photo below~) that we wrap our sushi with~ ^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nori


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Ok, just kidding, for Shooting. Shooting a NORI means.

Notice of Receiving Instructions (N.O.R.I)
It is a 2 page form/document from the police where u have to fill out everytime you handle a firearm without a firearm license. A person is only allowed 10 nori shoots in his/her life. After you finish 10 Nori sessions, you just cannot touch a handgun anymore. It does not regenerate, or get refreshed, once 10 is used, u just cannot ... that's it.

You don't have to print or your own nori form, all range normally have heaps of NORI forms lying around, u just need to ask for one.

@Tip@: Its good if you can fill out one NORI, leave the signature and Instructor collum empty, and photo copy a few, so u don't have to fill them out every time you visit the range. pre-photo copied NORI is accepted as long as the signature and instructor part is not photocopy. 

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Here is my Nori#2.

Very good I think session (Never shot this good before~).  One of the guys there couldn't believe I shot that. and jokingly said, "If u keep shooting like that I am gonna have to break ur arm". LOLs~.

 I keep thinking that I miss the target completely, but they went into the black part of the target, (hard to see from 25m away). Next time maybe need to bring a binoculars.. -_-"

20140304 - The Introduction to Handguns Course (AKA NORI #1)

Preety Fun for my first shoot of my life ~ :)

The aspect I didn't anticipate is the sound. Watching so many action movies makes me think that shots fired are 'reasonably loud'. In-fact it is 'Friggin damn loud', hard to explain the sheer 'loudness' when it goes BANG!!. Even with earmuff my ears suffers T_T. But fun times~

Tried .22 beretta
Tried .38 S&W
Tried .38 special
Tried 9mm (CZ75)
Tried 9mm (Glock)
Tried .45(1911)


Most of the time I was using my instructor's gun because there aren't enough 9mm club guns to go around. The trigger pull was so much different from normal club guns (which we all had to try out too). Good Thing to know how to differentiate from what a shitty trigger is; and a smooth crisp trigger feels.


Finish all my allocated ammo too quickly, so the instructor got me more~~ Woohoo~
(Ammo is included in the course)



Here is the result. (Looks like a shotgun hit it, :P. big holes small holes, everywhere~.)

When using CZ75 a primer fell out of a bullet and jammed up the whole magazine. Everyone took turns and took some time to clear it. :P

Hi All, First post to start off my blog

Hello Everyone.

First post~

Purpose of this blog is to document my Shooting progress. If anyone even reads this, feel free to give comments. This blog is also to document my progress. and hopefully be informative for some new shooters who is also interested in this hobby.

Before I start I'll like to say: A firearm IS and always will be a dangerous object. Just like a car, if your drive very carefully, you and the people around you is safe. If you drive recklessly, you may injure yourself and also innocent pedestrians. Like a knife wont decide to stab you out of the blue when u get close to it. A gun will not fire if your finger is not on the trigger. So, please, Safety first. If not sure. Don't shoot.

As many may knows, Australia is a very 'Gun Paranoia' country (atleast the way I see it.), however, despite that one can still Legally own, carry and shoot a real handgun, if you have a 'genuine reason' to do so. (BTW home protection/self defense is NOT a genuine reason to own a gun. which personally I think is good thing.). Thankfully, Sports Shooting is a genuine reason. Halleluiah~!

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Since Mar 2014, I have started This Sports Shooting Hobby. I wanted to take it slow, and work on the techniques. Make it as a weekly thinggy. All good skills and mastery takes time. So I am currenty just taking it slow. Learn and practice, learn and practice.


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Before you put up your hand "YES YES, I WANT TO SHOOT TOO!!" here is some self-checking points for you to see if Shooting is really the right hobby for you or not:


1) It takes abloody long time to get your license. (Long waiting time is part of the package, this is good to see who is serious and committed to this hobby and who is not.)
2) It cost bloody lots of money before you even get your foot in the door. (I haven't got my probational license yet, and already spent $900.)
3) Its not a Teddybear building sport, guns are essentially weapons. and there is always a risk of getting injured (getting shot) if careless, or being injured by other's careless shooters standing beside you. 

Think of it as a long term commitment. If your answer is still yes, then welcome aboard.

Summary of Progress and Costs in 2014.

(Last update 20 Sept 2014)

(Started Hobby around Mar 2014)

Money Spent on Handguns

Introduction to Handguns  ($75)

NORI #2 ($35)

NORI #3 ($35)

Handgun Safety Course ($75)

NORI #4 ($35)

SSAA Membership ($85)

SSPC Membership ($250)

NORI #5 ($35 + $15)

NORI #6 ($35)

NORI #7 ($35)

NORI #8 ($35)

Finger Printing & Name Check ($165)
Handgun Licensing Fee ($50)
Jun Shoot ($200)
Ammunition ($105)
Jul Shoot ($40)
Aug Shoot ($60)
Sept Shoot ($90)
 

Total Cost so far:  $1,420

(Others: Howard Light Headphones $70)
(Others: Ammo Box and ETC $35)

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Cost Spent on Rifle Shoots

 (Errr... didn't keep track)


 Aug Shoot ($100)
Rifle Cat A&B License ($250)