A guide to success with Full Bore and Small Bore rifles. Jim Sweet Author's Competition Record Over 400 wins at Open Meetings (including matches) 1976 W.A Queens Prize and Grand Champion 1973 National Queen's No 1 Badge 1957 S.A Queens Prize 1948 N.S.W Jamieson (Tie 1949, 1957) 1957 N.S.W Grand Champion 1968 Vic. Syme (Tie 1962) 1971 Vic. Grand Champion (Queen's Tie 1969, 1971, 1977) 1971 Qld. Duncan, 1949 Weinholt (Tie 1958) Four Champion of Champion Titles (Militia, .303 and .22 Asscns) 28 Daily Stages at State Meetings. 66 King's / Queen's Place Badges (N.S.W , record 1983) Member (Adjutant)...
The Riflemen A History of the National Rifle Association of Australia 1888-1988 In this frank and detailed history of the development of the rifle club movement and its national councils, historian Andrew Kilsby has unravelled the realist behind the traditional ties through war and peace between the movement and Australia’s defence. With their origins deep in Volunteer and Militia soldiering, the first colonial rifle associations were established from 1860, and the first national council in 1888, making it the oldest national sporting body in Australia. This was a paradox which bedevilled the movement from the beginning – was it...