Shooting Comps Sydney

[CAVEMAN]

Morning,

In the new year I will be relocating from South East Queensland to South West Sydney and be looking for new clubs to shoot at.

The list bellows details the competitions that i currently compete in. If anyone could help me identify clubs in the Sydney region that run these comps it would be greatly appreciated.

Rifle Comps
*Rimfire Metalic Silhouete - Hunter Class
*3P Field Rifle - CF & RF
*Service Rifle
*Black Powder Rifle
*Gallery Rifle

Pistol Comps (CF only)
*Tyro
*Service Pistol
*Black Powder Pistol

Any sugestions for Clubs and Comps in general would be appreciated. The comps i currently shoot are based on whats avaialable locally. And im open to trying new disciplines.

[Bugman]

Have alook at the Pistol NSW website, Sydney Shooting centre and SSAA to get some more info on what you are looking for.

[Fester]

You will be disappointed as Sydney has nothing but F-class and SSAA.
There may be a few small rimfire ranges left, hidden around the place.

I gave up on the SSAA ranges when the only decent outdoor range went bad and they made it clear that there will be no more casual shooting on the "all-purpose" pistol range due to needing more ROs.
They had push-button rimfire silhouettes but they have prob rusted up now if not used at all. Converting them to pneumatic must have been the second biggest waste of money they ever did. The first was building the huge reloading shed for a bench rest comp lol.
I did find the last friendly run SSAA .22 range in the western Sydney suburbs but it just had the range fees increased by over 300% so it may not be worth it anymore for a quick .22 target shoot on a Friday or Sunday evening.
Silverdale did let the 22 PRS shooters start shooting again, but restricted them to 50m for some strange reason.

The Sydney International Shooting Center is a great facility and a huge under-utilized electronic Olympic type .22 rifle range as well as heaps of pistol ranges for bigger cals.
A great clay shooting set-up out the back with many diff fields also.

The best outdoor bench range by far is also run by SISC but govt want it off their hands so will likely give it to SSAA to destroy.
It's a fair drive to Hilltop Southern Highlands Shooting Center and only open Friday to Sunday.
Clubs get priority but it's huge so everyone can get a bench and it's 500m with sets of steel plates out on the 500 line.
No shedding in type baffling like Silverdale, but also no muzzle break protection at all.
It was great when it was quiet but now it seems that half of the SSAA Silverdale casual shooters are there now so no more quiet days and muzzle blasters are the norm.

A new range has just opened at Colo Heights after battling the FAR for about 5 years.
It's a 300m benchrest range with full baffling and more, a frame to not let the barrel point anywhere but the targets by the looks.
Not likeing the $45 range fee but worth it if they also don't like muzzle blasting the normal shooters that don't need breaks.
Not yet been there but keen to see what it's like and how quiet it is, Sat-Sun only.

Country NSW is where the good ranges are.
This side of Mudgee is a huge facility on gov leased land with a handfull of ranges on it.
This side of Canberra is another great range 500m and SSAA but normal low range fees back when I went a few times.
I just shot the rams at 500 from the bench, easy until the wind hit on the second visit.
Hilltop is also funny as it can be dead calm until you get within 5km, then the wind hits, cold as well.

[Bugman]

Also, contact 18th Battalion at the Hornsby range. They seem to offer various rifle comps etc.

[Fester]

Service rifle and maybe the field rifle is still going.
SSAA are let shoot on the shorter service rifle ranges at Hornsby and Malabar.

Driving to the East side of Sydney is not always easy now with traffic and who knows how many tolls.
It can be a $30-$40 each way for some cross-town car park trips.
I can use back roads for Hornsby and Malabar, but still avoid it apart from about twice a year to the RA shop for essential supplies.

Hilltop also built a new fancy pistol range with swinging targets and s**t next to the newish 500m rifle range.
There are still some pistol clubs around including the big facility out near Mount Druit, "Blactown Pistol Club"

I tried looking up the disciplines and calendars but SSAA are next to useless at publishing the basic info.
Gave up after several attempts.

[CAVEMAN]

Theres some leads, thankyou for the points.

Ill keep the research going and start reaching out to pistol clubs to take on my membership when i move.