Bullshooter #239 - Pistol New Zealand

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From the President’s Desk
Firearms Advisory Forum Update
Firearms Advisory Forum Meeting Minutes
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From The Presidents Desk
by Pistol New Zealand
President Debbie Wakker
Welcome to 2016!!!
I hope that the year has started well for
you with lots of shooting occurring!!
My calendar for the next few months is already full of
shooting events. New years are supposedly about setting
goals, and while I don’t really subscribe to this I have made
some for this year. On a personal note it is to increase my
shooting skill level and try out more styles. In my role on
Council there are two things I wish to accomplish:
1) Ensure that the PNZ videos are completed: this
includes a Holster Training video and a video that
promotes our sport. It will include all disciplines and
highlight what we enjoy about the sport.
2) Firearms Advisory Forum: a group has been formed
called the National Multiagency Firearms Working
Group (NMFWG). This group will investigate all the
issues facing us as shooters and involve intensive
consultation with representatives of the firearms
groups such as Pistol NZ. So if there is something that
impacts on you that you believe could be improved
upon then please email me – import permits, B
endorsement applications are just a few of the items
that have been mentioned.
At the end of my article is both the Summary from the
Firearms Advisory group meeting in December and also
the quarterly update of the NMFWG – the first update.
I want to acknowledge and thank Joe Green who retired
from the Police in January this year. A number of you will
know Joe from his many many years as the Manager of
Firearms Licencing and Vetting. Joe was a pleasure to
work with on your behalf and I wish him all the best for
this next stage of his life.
Garth den Hayen has also moved on from his time with
the Firearms group. We thank him for his contribution
and wish him all the best.
More medals for Island and National
events
After member feedback Council has decided to increase
the number of medals given at NI and National events.
If a division or grade has three or less entries then a gold
medal is awarded, if four or more then Gold, Silver and
Bronze are awarded, rather than 5 entries being required.
New National Holster Co-ordinator
The ‘new’ holster regime is not so new anymore having
been in use for over 5 years. Council wishes to thank Jack
Sims for all the work that he has done over the years.
His selfless attitude and willingness to keep refining the
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holster document and being readily available to clubs has
ensured the success of the new training regime. Now that
5 years have passed Council has reviewed the process and
updated the policy to reflect what has been happening.
We have also implemented a 2-year appointment policy
to the role of National Holster Co-ordinator. For 2016 Jack
Sims will work with Peter Nield to share his expertise with
Peter taking on the role for his 2 year tenure from the
2016 AGM.
As previously mentioned with 5 years under our belt we
now begin the process of going around the clubs to update
them regarding the Holster Training process and ensuring
that the high level of training and consistency remains
throughout our member clubs. Jack and Peter will begin
this process this year with the clubs in the Northland
region. Club Secretaries will be contacted by the PNZ XO
regarding possible dates for these training workshops.
A member sent me an email upon the passing of a long
standing member who did a huge amount for his club:
What we should not forget is people may grow old and
in some cases die – but so many established and leave a
heritage for others to follow and enjoy. I found it quite
poignant as none of us are growing any younger. We
have established a strong organisation and managed
to maintain and add to our sport, in spite of a growing
number of negative events involving firearms on the world
stage. This is due to the work, commitment and passion of
many of our members and it is up to us to now continue
with this and ensure that generations to come are able
to enjoy firearms in a safe and competitive environment.
Thank you to all that you as individuals do for shooting in
NZ. Regards and Happy Shooting!!
Debbie
Firearms Community Advisory Forum
Quarterly Update February 2016
Background
In August 2015 development of a multistream project was initiated as a result
of a number of reviews and subject matter
expert advice.
(The project is still being developed and issues identified
as part of an ongoing business analysis)
Analyses of the reviews found that the current
management and administration for firearms has
numerous opportunities to promote more efficient
processes and identified areas for improvement in quality
management and assurance. There is further opportunity
to improve the use of technology, to promote a high
quality service delivery model both internally and for the
public.
These improvements will enable performance reporting
and cost analysis to be performed easily, efficiently and
quickly, which is not possible within the current framework.
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The current decentralised firearms management structure
is spread between the Districts and PNHQ and does not
provide entirely consistent advice to the public in regard
to issues pertaining to firearms.
The current processes do not adequately monitor
completeness or authenticity under s43A of the Arms
Act 1983 (online sales) or the appropriate firearms
categorisations around restricted airguns.
Workload analysis is not available and as such it is difficult
to determine correct numbers of Firearms staff, and while
firearms’ training is undertaken, no approved nationally
moderated training is in place, and there has been no
agreement regarding specific performance measures.
Improvements are required to provide measurement and
benchmark monitoring for the 176 Firearms vetting staff.
Further areas that can be improved and reviewed have
arisen in regard to the Arms Act 1983. For example
there are three principle problems which are part of a
wider issue about whether or not the distinction between
MSSAs and other semi-automatic firearms (rifles and
shotguns) is sustainable or enforceable.
Robust monitoring can help Police understand more about
the extent to which the requirement to have a Police
issued import permit, is being ignored by individuals,
and what checks are available within Customs to identify
non-compliant items. Police has identified evidence gaps
within data entry, data structure, tariff data, completion of
import permits, sporterised MSSAs, online sales, seizure
of firearms, recorded stolen firearms (burglary), and
succession planning for staff with firearms expertise.
(A briefing to the Minister of Police is currently being
finalised detailing potential legislative changes through
an Arms Amendment Bill 2016 which will impact some
of these issues) These will be part of the wider review of
management processes.
This multi-stream project will deliver one of the largest
reviews, development and implementation of policy,
standards, training and technology in the firearms arena
ever attempted by Police.
The deliverables of this work will:
• impact police personnel through policies and
processes either directly or indirectly,
• include the wider community and commercial
businesses and traders,
• impact our partner agencies (MFAT, Customs, DIA)
through the sharing of information and joint
initiatives combining resources and expertise,
• contribute to reducing officers and police
personnel administrative tasks through smart
technology,
• position New Zealand as a leader within the
firearms administration and management functions,
and
• provide the foundation for greater investigative and intelligence based development.
The future
The strategic vision of Firearms Management and
Administration will align with effective efficient policing
and service to the community and partner agencies.
To that end each work-stream needs to provide the
structure, process, guidance, management, training,
support, investigative capability and technology to take
Police through 2016 and beyond. Planning will focus
on providing Police with access to appropriate tools and
information to perform their jobs to the highest standard.
Progress - The first step to be completed is the engagement
of a Business Analyst (BA) to understand and document
the required process, policies and responsibilities
within the firearms area. Recruitment of this position
is underway in-conjunction with the Police Enterprise
Portfolio Management Office (EPMO).
National Multi-Agency Firearms Working
Group (NMFWG)
Work-streams
A National Multi-Agency Firearms Working Group
(NMFWG) has been formed (since November 2015). The
group is made up of representatives from MFAT, DIA,
Customs and Police. This group is tasked with informing the
strategic direction of the administration and management
of firearms and other weapons, promoting a collaborative
connected New Zealand Inc.
The NMFWG will ensure the purpose of the Arms
Act is being achieved, promoting “Safe people and
environments” and “Safe firearms and use of firearms and
other weapons”.
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Due the complexity of firearms management and
administration, a multi-stream project with five sections
has been developed, described below.
1. Alignment- A Strategic Direction
Development of clear documented strategic direction,
establishing an agreed approach to firearms administration
and management, to ensure long term success.
Progress - An initial draft of the strategic framework
is currently being developed and consulted. An initial
meeting of the sub working group was held on the 2151
of December 2015, and one workshop (Cont Page 6)
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involving key personnel on the 23rd of December 2015.
Further workshops are planned prior to finalising a draft
for presentation at the next NMFWG meeting.
2. Systems - changes to ICT and other business systems,
changes to technology, platform, infrastructure, methods,
and procedures. (These changes will be aligned with
BPS utilising existing systems and applications suitable
for service delivery i.e. iGovt {Rea/me), LTSA Driver
Licensing, query-me).
Development of an end to end full online licensing
application and processing service i.e.:
• Applications (new, dealer, import, visitor), Renewals,
Change of address, Logging of personal information
(email, contact information), Notification of deceased
persons, Notification of proposed revocation,
Management of expiration follow-up and processing;
• Integration with NIA case management processes,
including review of the relationship between alerts
for burglary and firearms notation;
• Aligned electronic reporting (internal and partner
agencies); including a national and district report
for stolen firearms as a result of burglary both
metropolitan and rural.
• Alignment to the national vetting and validation
processes (National Communications Centres), with
the ability for a service call to NIA for a Firearms
Licence Query aligned to the iGovt agreement.
Progress - once a BA is established within the overall
project their work will inform and direct those processes
and systems that will be ultimately automated and
potentially self validated. The BA will engage with the
Police ICT group, including the correct subject matter
experts and wider stakeholders to develop a set of
requirements suitable for transition to ICT and training
and development documents.
3. People - (changes to capacity, role, terms and
conditions, location, organisational structure, skills,
knowledge, behaviour)
The organisational structure and service delivery model
have not been changed for over a decade, resulting
in varied supervisory guidance and monitoring across
Districts. This workstream will:
• Review workload parity and distribution;
• Establish agreed, moderated national training for
internal staff;
• Create national standardised induction training;
Create a consistent standard position description(s);
• Ensure conditions and remuneration are consistent
and appropriate for all functions;
• Establish quality, performance and assurance
measures.
Progress - Basic analysis is underway looking at
standardising a position description for each of the key
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roles. No further change will be undertaken until the
introduction of a BA and mapping.
4. Environment - (changes to legislation, regulations,
culture, stakeholder perception,organisational reputation,
community relationships)
The Arms Act 1983 and Arms Regulations 1992 have not
ke pace with technology or increased demand for services;
a review is required of the current policing environment.
In particular review of;
• Use of online services, sales and uncorroborated
access to firearms;
• Incorporation of import and export permit cost
recovery (including importation of firearms and
firearm parts);
• Review of firearms licence endorsement categories in
relation to restricted firearms and air-pistols;
• Updated costing of a firearms licence application,
(new, renewal, expired,visitor, dealer);
• Review of prescribed fees vs. levies within the
legislation and regulations;
• Regulation of forms, online presentation of, and
information data capture.
Progress - The last significant review of the Arms Act
was in 1997. Some work around an Arms Amendment
Bill is underway and this contains a significant tidy up of a
number of concerns already raised. Further discussion of
other key aspects of the project will require consideration
as part of this process.
5. Processes - (changes to information, business processes,
budgets/revenue, operating model, policies)
Current processes and operating models are paper based,
duplicating effort and resulting in an inefficient longwinded service delivery. These require change to:
• Reflect technology advancements, for example use
of web based forms, query-me, iGovt, (Realme) and
online solutions for paper based processes currently
undertaken throughout the Districts;
• Enhance statutory, performance, and assurance
reporting; Provide statistics for use in standard OIA
response processes; Ensure suitable training, training
support and monitoring is available to staff;
• Provide financial analysis and monitoring on a
monthly automated basis;
• Provide strong agreement between Police and online
traders around assurance checkpoints and validation
of firearms licence details.
Progress - One of the key deliverables of the BA will be
to determine where a technology solution will operate
within the process and where changes to our business
and operating model are required. Once this is complete,
analysis of the time taken vs. the deliverable will be used
to inform the financial modelling process and determine
costs and required revenues moving forward.
Firearms Management and Administration- NZ Police
February 2016
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Summary of the Firearms
Community Advisory Forum Meeting
3rd December 2015
The minutes of the
previous meeting were
confirmed
National
multiagency
firearms working group
(NMFWG): Police, Customs, MFAT and Internal Affairs
have established a working group to look at promoting
consistent decision making and delivery of connected,
cost effective firearms administration and management
of services across government. There will be stakeholder
engagement. The five workstreams are: people, processes,
systems, environment and alignment.
Discussion document on firearm issues:
the majority of the issues covered in the discussion
document tabled were covered in the previous discussion
and will be looked at under various workstreams of the
nmfwg. The revenue collected from firearms licences and
endorsements for the 2012/13 year was $3,103,723 and
for 2014/15 was $4,226, 946. Spending distribution is to
be analysed as part of the NMFWG.
Internet firearms sales:
Police has created a
simple and effective change by making it a requirement
that the signed 43a form that is filled out by the purchaser
and countersigned by police is to be sent directly from
Police to the seller.
Update on Mountain Safety Council
review: the msc undertook a comprehensive review
of its operations focused on increasing effectiveness and
relevance in relation to outdoor safety. MSC confirmed
that they are still delivering firearms safety training (as per
agreement with police) and their commitment to firearms
and hunter safety has not wavered. MSC confirmed that it
was committed to resolving the current concerns.
Firearms outdoor safety review (Minister
Dunne): the terms of reference for the review have
been consulted with stakeholder groups. Part of the Police
submission was that the review should be concentrated
on ‘safe practices with firearms for hunters and illegal
hunting with firearms’.
Update on firearms legislation: Police will be
requesting the Minister’s decision in the new year on
how she wants the legislative process to occur, either a
cabinet paper or a public discussion document. Firearm
prohibition orders are to be progressed through a separate
bill.
Communications plan: chair reminded everyone
of chatham house rules and confirmed that clarification of
anything should be directed to police in the first instance.
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Other Business:
any concerns regarding how
endorsement applications on the pol67x form are
being handled should be directed to the firearms group
at Police National Headquarters Wellington. How to get
information out on stolen guns was discussed and it was
decided that a generic email address be set up with Police
through the police website. The process for surrending
firearms and knowledge around this process in the event
of a death of a firearms licence holder will be looked at by
the NMFWG. The wildlife (powers) Amendment bill was
introduced on 2 December and police has undertaken to
clarify whether there is an issue
Of DOC rangers seizing firearms when they do not hold
a firearms licence. A further discussion document was
tabled and will be discussed at the next meeting.
by Paul Clark- Chairman COLFO
2015 was an important year for COLFO.
The biggest highlight was the signing
of a memorandum of Cooperation and
Understanding with SSAA in Lower Hutt
over Waitangi weekend.
Geoff Jones president of Sporting Shooters of Australia
(SSAA) and 3 SSAA executive members flew to Wellington
on the Friday afternoon, then came out to Lower Hutt for
the weekend. The Colfo executive flew in from around NZ
and then we all got together over the weekend to cover
off a number of firearm issues common to both countries
and formally sign the document. This was a great event,
and only reinforced the fact that most of the problems
firearm owners face are global and often need to be dealt
with in that context.
That brings me to another important event that will
happen in NZ later in the year. COLFO is currently upgrading
its membership of WFSA to full voting membership, not
associate, which is the current position. I expect that
this will be ratified at the next WFSA meeting which is
scheduled for the 3rd of March in Nuremburg. WFSA have
strongly indicated that their next international meeting in
2017 will most likely be held here in NZ, most likely this
coming September. This meeting will really put NZ on the
world stage as a global leader in the personal possession
of firearms. We know we currently have one of the best
systems in the world, it will be good for other people to
see how well it works at first hand.
In addition I have meet with MFAT several times in respect
of the Arms Trade Treaty, too make sure NZ firearm owners
are not disadvantaged by it, and through our status as an
NGO at the United Nations that we get to speak at UN
meetings in support of the private possession of firearms.
COLFO has a very good working relationship with MFAT.
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I have also recorded with Radio NZ insight program on
firearm matters, and briefly with TV3. Being handy to
Wellington has enabled me to meet personally with a
number of politicians privately to discuss firearm matters
in a positive context. Approximately about a dozen of
these discussions took place last year. I also flew down to
Queenstown, then on to Wanaka in June, for the 2015 NZ
Deerstalkers conference to present on Colfo matters.
Another important milestone was the start of a COLFO
firearms legal database. We paid a legal researcher to
study firearm court cases going back to the early eighties.
This has certainly thrown up some interesting cases, that
are currently being reviewed by a lawyer prior to putting
them on our website so that they are available for all to
study and learn from. This could be very valuable if you
as a firearms owner end up disputing with police some
aspect of your firearms ownership. Remember the police
only enforce the law, it is up to the courts to adjudicate
on any disputes that may arise. Most importantly please
remember that the best way to ensure sensible and
effective firearms legislation is for ALL of you to make sure
that you personally interact with your local member of
Parliament several times a year on firearm issues. Politics
is a numbers game, make sure you are both heard and
seen.
Rachael Dean a member
of the COLFO executive
attended
the
The
Sustainable Use of Lead
Ammunition in Hunting
and Sports Shooting:
Facts and Emotions. This
was sponsored by AFEMS
and WFA, and was held
in Brussels on 20-21st
October 2015.
Extracts From the XO
by Pistol New Zealand
Executive Officer Phill Brown
2016.......New Year, New Challenges!
The start of this year has been one of the
busiest in recent times!
New matches are beginning to fill the once empty January
and February shooting months as clubs around the
country look to develop their own club events. Council
have a number of projects underway involving dedicated
volunteers around the country, further developing the
sport we all love.
Loveridge Cup
I have sent to every club, information about our newest
Secondary Schools shooting postal match, the Loveridge
Cup. The match itself will be held on Saturday the 23rd of
April, if you are intested in being part of this new match,
check out the PNZ website under ‘Junior Pistol Shooting’
or contact me for details.
ISSF Section Director Election
The ISSF Section Director election is now underway,
details are on the ISSF page of the PNZ website.
Phill
Hot barrels to you all.
Paul
Above: The signing of the memorandum of cooperation
and understanding with SSAA . Simon Gibson from Rod &
Rifle took the photo. Myself and Geoff Jones from SSAA
Below: The COLFO and SSAA team after the signing.
Texas Star Targets
For details and ordering information
contact Carl at [email protected]
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Hawkes Bay IPSC
Summer Challenge
By Phill Brown
A big thank you to Guns NZ for their generous prizes at the
prizegiving as well.
The Hawkes Bay Pistol Club IPSC team had fun putting
on the match and we thank this years shooters and look
forward to building the Summer Challenge each year into
one of the best IPSC matches on the yearly calendar.
SERVICE NEWS
Shooters from the North Island travelled
Service Match Shooting - by Section Director Aaron Thomason
to Hawkes Bay on the 23/24th of January
90 shot Action match testing your accuracy skills
for the first IPSC match of the new year!
Happy New Year to all the Service Pistol
12 stages requiring 240 rounds greeted 40 shooters Shooters out there.
looking to drive out some of the rust gained over the
last 2 months and kick start 2016. Stages required weak
and stong hand shooting, running backwards (on one
stage twice!) as well as
the obligatory cooper
tunnel (also twice!) The
shooters loved the fun
stages and the relaxed
atmosphere not to
mention the freindly
locals!
In fact the biggest
issue all weekend was
the heat, which was
well into the 30’s both
days.....a regular supply
of cold chilled water
for the shooters was
appreciated along with
the excellent lunches!
The first postal match of the 2016 calendar year is
underway, you can shoot this match anytime between
the 6th of February and the 5th of March. At $10.00 to
enter it’s the cheapest shoot you will ever enter and there
are medals up for grabs. Enter and see how you stack up
against the rest of New Zealand.
For those of you watching the PNZ website you will be
aware that the Nationals will this year be held in Rotorua
in May on the 14th & 15th.
This was in keeping with the wishes of the competitors
at last years Nationals and will see a switch to have the
Nationals at the end of the good weather instead as
of it being the first match after the winter break. New
Plymouth Pistol Club will be hosting the North Islands
later in the year probably around October-November.
In keeping with my theory that you should shoot different
disciplines from time to time, I’d like to thank Rob King
and the team from Warkworth Pistol Club for running
their second Man V Man Multi Gun competition, what a
great fun shoot. Great to see it so well attended. I’ll be
back next year for sure.
Division winners were
Aaron Manson-Open,
Sam Estall-Production
Kevin Maurer- Classic
and Graeme JensenStandard. Full match
results are on the PNZ
website.
The Summer Challenge
is in its second year and
has grown in size from
9 to 12 stages and this
year added another 18
shooters to the match.
A HUGE thank you
must go to the tireless
Hawkes Bay Club members who spent many hours putting
together this years event, along with the many helpers
during the match including two familiar match scorers
who had all the results out and ready for prizegiving well
within an hour!
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Well the holidays are over and the new years resolutions
have been forgotten so its time to get back into some
serious shooting.
OK team enough chit chat, time to get to the range and get
some practice in and dont forget to check out Facebook
page for Service Pistol.
Regards
Aaron
IPSCavailable
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TARGETS
the
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In the Black
Muzzle Loading News
By Section Director Hugh Bullmore
Precision shooting, shooting historic firearms
We have added 2 matches to our Island and
National Muzzle Loading Championships!
The PNZ Championships now offer the following events:
• Tanzutsu (smooth bore match lock)
• Cominazzo (smooth bore flint lock)
• Kuchenreuter (percussion single shot)
• Mariette (percussion revolver)
• Modern percussion revolver
• BP Cartridge (13 shot frontier)
• BP Cartridge Aggregate
• M/L Percussion Revolver Aggregate
• 50 Metre Precision
• 50 Metre Revolver (mariette)
• Donald Malson-Vetterli M/L Rifle (NEW)
• Off Hand Round Ball (13 Shots) (NEW)
For more details refer to the M/L page on the PNZ website.
Coming events..........
The Rotorua Black Powder Club Inc. is holding the NZPBSF
National Championships for Rifle and Pistol on Friday 18th
Sat 19th Sunday 20th of March, For more information go
to “www.nzblackpowder.com” PNZ members are welcome
to join these guys for a great weekend of shooting.
The Nelson and New Plymouth Pistol Clubs will be
applying to host the South Island Champs on August 27th
and 28th and the North Island Champs on the 18th and
19th of June, so keep an eye out for entry forms online. As
yet the PNZ National Champs have not been applied for.
Coming events............
Both the North and South Island Champs will have homes
for 2016, keep an eye on the coming events page of the
PNZ website for details soon.
Does your club want set up speed plates?
Clubs have recently been asking me how to go about
setting up all 8 Steel Challenge courses of fire but on just
ONE range. In short, you only need a total of 13 plates
(which my club recently costed at about $900 for high
quality bisaloy 400) as well as some way of mounting the
plates onto a pole or timber upright and a base.
This will allow you to shoot each of the 8 courses of fire
on one 35-40 meter range. As your interest grows and you
look to hold larger speed events, you can buy extra steel
for individual ranges.If you want a breakdown of what you
need to set up speed at your club, contact me for more
details.
ACTION UPDATE
NRA Action Shooting - by Section Director Peter Hansen
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and
New Years break.
Things have been very quiet since the last Bullshooter with
just one relaxing wind down shoot put on by Hamilton
that attracted 21 shooters at the end of November.
Anyone interested in Black Powder shooting please send
your email address to [email protected] as we
need to update our rather old contact list!
Speed Shooting
News
“The ultimate display of speed and accuracy”
Steel Challenge Shooting - by Interim Section Director Phill Brown
2016 ‘Steel Challenge’ Speed Nationals
With the addition of the ‘Steel Master’ award this year,
shooters will be able to enter three firearm divisions, all
for individual championships as well as the title of NZ Steel
Master. PLUS if shooting three firearms and up to 600
rounds is not enough, Speed Shotgun has now returned as
well! Make sure you get your entries into what is turning
out to be one of the best Speed Nationals in Years!
Training with Damien Curtis
After requests from the 2015 speed survey, last year’s NZ
Nationals Open winner, Damien Curtis, agreed to hold
a one day training session one day before this year’s
Nationals. 15 Lucky shooters have taken up this offer to
fast-track their understanding of speed shooting.
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Planning for the WAPC is ticking along at Whangarei. A
nice new wall and backstop has been put up behind the
Plates Range and a little work on the mover range.
I have had a few questions regarding the WAPC so will
answer just a few here.
• Yes any individual can enter the match; you do not
need to be part of the official team.
• Revolvers compete with semi autos in the appropriate
divisions, Production, Metallic and Open.
• Trigger weights in production are 3.5lb single action
for semi’s and 3.5lb double action for revolvers
with double action pull required for every shot with
revolvers.
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
By the time this issue goes to print Thames Valley should
have run the first WAPC qualifying match for 2016.
Whangarei are hosting the next match being the North
Islands on 19-20th March.
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turnout, lots of fun and relatively good weather.
RAMBLINGS
by Section Director Octavian Talpos
Animal Silhouettes shot at distance
between 18 and 200 meters
Happy New Year to all shooters.
With the Holidays now over, we are looking at a brand
new year that will bring us the resurrected South Island
Championship, being held at the Nelson Pistol Club in
the first weekend of February and then the North Island
Championship a month later starting on the 4th of March
at the Awakeri Shooting Federation range.
This year I hope we can replicate it, I encourage you to
show up and have a good time.
At the Nationals last year I was pleased to see new
dedicated shooters all the way from Christchurch and I
hope that this year will bring additional new HMS shooters
to our sport.
I wish you all good luck shooting at the champs and I hope
to see some of you soon.
Best Regards. Octavian
Last year at the South Island Champs we had an excellent
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AROUND THE CLUBS
Club and Member Articles
was a good selection of various coloured aliens, zombies,
spider webs and other patterns on view!
They all enjoyed the afternoon and took on board the
necessary safety procedures when handling guns. We, the
club members, enjoyed it too and felt it was a particularly
useful introduction to safe firearm handling in this rural
area where firearm ownership is common and encourage
other clubs to try this as well. (Photos by S Budgen)
Gaddums Hill CAS Shoot
By Simon Benge
Motueka Pistol Club
Student Open Day
By Chris and Sheila Budgen
The Motueka Pistol club hosted 16 Motueka
High school students for an end-of-year
activity last December.
The local Gun Shop owner
Neil had organised a
session in the shop in the
morning on types of guns
and gun safety and then
they came up to the range
in the afternoon with
teachers and helpers.
After a welcome from Chris
(Budgen) and re-enforcing
safety talk, the group were
divided into groups of 4.
We had four firing points
organised, with club range
officers and members
controlling each station, so
they had a chance to fire
.22 rifle, .22 pistol, 9mm pistol and shotgun – some also
got a shot with a revolver at the end.
There were some good shooters amongst the youngsters.
They had made their own targets at school for the rifle
shooting. Told they were not to draw humans – but there
Last December the Gisborne Pistol Club
held the Gaddums Hill CAS Shoot which
incorporated the North Eastern Regional
CAS competition.
This annual event continues to go from strength to
strength with an increase in the number of competitors
each year which may be attributed to the hospitable East
Coast welcome, or more likely the excellent grub on offer
for Saturday night’s dinner. Wild pork and venison were
on offer but unfortunately the crayfish missed the boat
this year!
The shoot was held over a very hot weekend with some
very hot shooting on display as well. The Gisborne club had
two new members Hoboy and Silver Gal, completing their
first full match with Silver Gal winning in her category. It
was also nice to see some new faces at this event who had
travelled from far and wide to attend. We know Gisborne
is a bit far off the beaten track and that’s why we work so
hard to make this an event to remember.
The Gisborne Pistol Club would like to thanks its sponsors;
HRC Limited Gunsmithing & Repairs, New Zealand Ammo,
Steve’s Wholesalers, Belmont Ammo, Sweet House
Engineering, Fenns Refrigeration and BOC Gases. The Club
would also like to thank the organisers and many helpers
who make this two day competition such a well-supported
and smoothly run event.We look forward to seeing you all
again, next time you’re out East.
Footnote: At time of writing we have heard of Goldie’s
(Graham Golding) untimely passing. The Club would like
to pass our condolences to family and friends. Goldie was
a gentleman on and off the range and he will be sadly
missed.
Shooters at the Gaddums Hill CAS Shoot- Photo S Benge
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UPDATE
By Peter Werder ISSF Section Director
Olympic and Commonwealth Games
shooting shot at 10 to 50 meters
This is the first UPDATE of the year, so it’s
“Happy New Year!” I hope everybody is
well.
in the one year. As PNZ delegate to the New Zealand
Shooting Federation, I missed just one Federation
executive meeting out of eighteen.
I took over as a stop gap measure to keep things ticking
over, so there was no preparation, no briefing, no files
or manuals, and no hand over, just one piece of paper
explaining what was expected of the role; that was it! I
had to learn as I went. Everything was done in “catch-up
mode” or responding to PNZ requirements from the ever
helpful, ever present and ever patient PNZ Exec Officer
Phill Brown.
On behalf of the ISSF Section I take this opportunity to
extend our commiserations to the family and many
friends of John Finch who died in Christchurch in October
last year; and my apologies for not covering this in the
previous UPDATE. In his many years, John did a huge
amount of work for ISSF pistol shooting in Christchurch
and nationally. Personally I appreciated his advice as an
ISSF judge. John’s irrepressible good cheer will be sorely
missed.
It has been a lot of fun, I have actually enjoyed it and
it’s certainly had its challenges. I do have regrets on two
points, first I never had enough time to do the Section
justice, to make a real difference, and improve or develop
the things we need in the Section; and second because I
don’t live where most active ISSF shooters live I was not
able to maintain regular and personal contact. It took a
while to realise how important this second item is. I’m
confident my successor will be better placed in time and
space to move the Section forward.
Since September 2010 when Council appointed me ISSF
Section Director to succeed Phil Murphy, I’ve managed
to produce thirty UPDATES, missing just one deadline, for
Edition No 219 in October 2012. This UPDATE is No 30; it
is also my last. At the ISSF Nationals in March at Bayview
I will be stepping down as ISSF Section Director, and you
will have opportunity to elect a successor. I will have
served five and half years. As Section Director I got to all
the Nationals, five of the North Island Championships and
two South Islands. Only twice, in 2013 and last year did
I managed to attend all three of these key competitions
What I hope I have achieved is fostered the ISSF Section’s
identity, and fostered pride in being an ISSF shooter, at
all levels of our sport. I note in particular two items.
One was the determination people showed to develop
new Finals formats to adapt the electronic-based format
to conventional targets. The second item is the growth,
development and rising performances of our juniors.
I take this opportunity to thank all those people who
contributed to both of these, especially coaches at all
levels.In fact, I take the opportunity to thank everybody
who has contributed to the ISSF Section in the past five
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plus years, especially those participating in the “core”
activity of shooting ISSF competitions at club level. I
include here also PNZ Council who have been actively
supportive of our Section, especially President Debbie
Wakker and XO Phill Brown.
What now? I’m hoping to spend a lot more time on the
firing line at my club in Wellington, and a bit more time
helping out at ISSF competitions as judge and range
officer, so I’ll still be around, keeping in touch. And doing
what I can to help my successor help you and the Section
moving along.
Finally, I wish my successor every success in what is a very
interesting directorship. Have a great New Year. Peter
13th Norfolk Island Pistol
Shooting Championships
By Maria Jefferis
Four keen New Zealanders made their
way from various parts of the country to
Auckland Airport to catch the once a week
Sunday flight to Norfolk Island.
Barry O’Neale, Hugh Bullmore and Trevor and Maria
Jefferis were setting off to take part in the 13th Norfolk
Island Pistol Champs. Once we arrived on the Island two of
the boys set out to collect our bags. For some reason the
gun bags failed to appear with the rest of the bags. What
we were met with instead was the local Senior Sergeant
who had not only collected our gun bags for us but created
our own special check out aisle, signposted and all! She
had just come from the range where she had fired the first
opening shot for the week. With all the official permits
and guff having been dealt with by the club, getting our
pistols on to and off the Island was a breeze.
We were met at the airport by the club President Kevin
and another established member, Cocky. Then it was on
to the local buses to be driven to our accommodation. We
quickly settled in then grabbed gun bags, rental cars and
hit the road as we were all due at the range to shoot our
first event, Standard Pistol.
ranges altogether. The 25M range has 15 firing positions
and turning targets, the 50M range has 10 and the 10M
air range has 6. The clubroom area is at the back of the
10M range and a large tent with bar, food and plenty of
places to sit and talk was a welcome sight. You left your
guns in the clubroom area and they were taken away each
evening. I did ask Kevin if he was interested in cleaning
them as well as storing them….he thought I was joking?
The club was established in 1992, has a total membership
of 12 (5 of whom are active shooters) and a level of
hospitality that is amazing. We arrived a day later than
most of the other visiting shooters from Australia so Jill
and her team had delayed the Welcome Fish Fry dinner
for the evening of our arrival.
On the final day most of us took part in a fun shoot that
was made even more challenging because we all had
to use Club guns. Lots of laughs and some impressive
shooting, especially at the tennis balls. Trevor’s team
took out the overall prize though the Kiwi’s did not do
too badly overall. That evening we all attending the prize
giving dinner held at a local restaurant. All four of us took
away little trophies made from the local pine.
A social hands-on, “patch your own targets” event, the
tournament consists of standard pistol, air pistol, sports
pistol (men’s and woman’s), center fire, rapid fire (for the
1st time), 50M pistol and a FUN shoot all held at the club,
situated on the cliff top of beautiful Anson Bay. The bulk
of the shooters heralded from Australia and included A
to D graders from ISSF, Service Pistol, Black Powder and
IPSC backgrounds. Yes we had a couple of judges there
but their key role was to compete. Gun testing was carried
out and once your pistol passed it was presented with a
nice green cow sticker.
No world records shot and lots of trips taken around
the island. So many site seeing activities and night time
dinners and shows available. All of a great standard though
you can choose to just cruise around yourself. Maria’s only
complaint was the shops shut much too early – especially
on the weekend! Great people, great weather, plenty of
laughs.
And here is the promotional blurb “Combine this unique
tournament with plenty of time to immerse yourself
in the beauty of Norfolk Island’s beaches, stroll or bike
through our magnificent rainforests chill out on our
pristine beaches or just enjoy a break away from it all.
Norfolk Island has all the makings for a wonderful holiday
and start to this summer.” This is a trip I will definitely do
again.
Now Norfolk Island is pretty small and does not have a
lot of roads so the Pistol Club, sited towards the top of
the Island is not hard to find. Factor in the speed limit of
40kms/hr in town, 50 out of town and the key road rule
being to give way to livestock it still did not take long to
get to the range. Regarding road protocol – always wave
to oncoming drivers, it’s expected!
We arrived at a range with a sea view you would pay a
fortune for in NZ. Three National flags were flying above
the club area – Norfolk, Australia and NZ. There are three
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Trevor, Maria, Barry & Hugh in front of
some of the “fun shoot” targets
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Oceania Championships 2015
A Junior Perspective
by Stephanie Nobes and Connor Longmire
Oceania seems so long ago, last year even.
A group of twenty nine went, combination of new
shooters, some who have been before and supporters.
It’s always fun taking juniors, seven with us this time all
turned out nicely in their shooting T shirts. Five from
Whangarei, Shanae from Hibiscus and Connor from
Hamilton.
Dinners were good, as it was the one meal in the day that
we could get together, talk about the day gone and what
was happening the next day, go over what we learned at
training camps, and why it worked and why did we forget.
Mind you it wasn’t all business dinners and we did manage
a Pizza night by the pool with the Tahitian team. Dress
code was essential, Shirt – loud and bright.
About the pool, essential as the temperature got up to 40
degrees C, so well used and another meeting place to go
over the days events. Mind you it wasn’t until later that
I found out the Hotel management had to have a snake
removed from the garden surrounding the pool, not sure
if I’m peeved or relieved that I didn’t get to see it, but I did
get to see a Red Back spider. I then assured the gentleman
in the armoury and Lucy, I wouldn’t pick them up.
Out of the twenty two shooters we came away with 33
medals maybe for some not the right colour or as many
that we would have liked, but on the whole I think
everyone tried/worked hard and enjoyed the competition.
Stephanie
For many of us juniors, this trip was our first international
competition so it was an entirely new experience. The
junior women’s team shot well in air pistol with Shanae
Carter placing second in qualifying and Colleen O’Brien
winning a gold medal in the Grand Prix event.
Although we secured several spots in the finals, the team
just missed out on a podium finish. I placed 3rd in the
men’s junior air pistol finals, taking home a bronze medal.
A special thanks to all those who helped with coaching
and also Pistol New Zealand with their support. Connor
(Photos by Gerald Nobes)
PRACTICALLY
SPEAKING
By Wally Cole. IPSC Regional Director
The end of January now upon us, with the first match
of the year now over. There were 40 competitors at the
Hawkes Bay Level 2, held over 2 days and with support
we may see a Hawkes Bay Level 2 event at this time each
year. Results are on the PNZ web-site if you want to check
these out.
We have also been advised that we are likely to get as many
slots as we want for the Australasian Champs in Indonesia.
If you want to attend this event please let us know as
planning is underway for travel and accommodation etc.
The first selection match for the 2017 World Champs in
France starts with the River City Open in Wanganui 27th &
28th February 2016. Construction of props and stages for
this event are underway and will be completed well ahead
of time. This is a level 3 match with the pre-match being
held on Friday 26th February. Range Master for the event
is Craig Clark. The call has gone out for Range Officers
interested in working the event. If you are interested
in being an RO please send in an entry form so that the
organisers know you are going to be there, even if you do
not want to shoot the pre-match.
The dates for the Nationals this year have been finalised
and are on the PNZ web-site, entry form to follow. Dates
for the SI Champs are being finalised and we are still
looking for a club to hold the NI Champs this year. If you
are interested give me a call so we can discuss what you
will need to provide.
2016 Events
• 2016 River City Open, Wanganui PC (L3) main match
27th & 28th February 2016
• 2016 Wanganui Classic. (All Divisions) (L2) 23rd &
24th April 2016
• 2016 Kaimai Winter Warm-up (L2) 20th August 2016
Match organisers please remember that to have a Level
2 event used for grading purposes you need to have the
stages approved prior to the event.
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CAS Section news by Tuscon
I hope all cowboys & cowgirls had a great
Xmas and New Year. There is plenty of
cowboy action shooting coming up in the
next few months.
SASS Convention –Las Vegas 2015. A number of rule
changes went through at the convention and they are
effective immediately.
1/. Buckaroos/Buckarettes – inclusion of sub gauge
shotguns approved.
2/. MSV for retrieval of dropped or ejected ammo has
been deleted.
3/. Gunfighter category now allows ‘butt forward/
Cavalry twist’ style (BUT no double cross-draw).
4/. Penalty for not holstering pistols during a stage has
changed from MSV to Procedural.
5/. Willful failure to comply with a ‘ceasefire’ or ‘stop’
command given by, and while under the control of the
RO, shall result in a Match DQ.
All RO’s are urged to keep themselves up to date with the
new rules.
The Duel Down Under. This shoot will be underway as you
read this. I hope the Kiwi team do well.
The South Island Champs
The Galloway Gang from Alexandra have been putting
the work in to get everything ship-shape for the South
Island CAS Champs to be held on 17th – 20th March.
Nightshooter informs me that Long Range Single Shot will
be shot at 200m + 400m. Long Range Lever Action (rifle
cal) will be shot at 50m + 100m + 150m, and pistol cal
will be shot at 25m + 50m + 75m. Entry forms on the PNZ
website and the Cowboy Action FB page.
Missing trophies
We were short of a few perpetual trophies at the CAS
Nationals in Palmerston North in November. I was sure
these trophies were taken back to the North Island after
the Nationals in Ashburton back in 2014. They weren’t
awarded in Ashburton as there was nobody shooting in
those categories. So I’m asking those who drove to the
South Island to shoot the CAS Nationals in Ashburton
in 2014 to check their garage cupboards for boxes of
trophies. And also those cowboys in Ashburton as well.
Maybe there has been a tidy up at the club and those
boxes moved elsewhere. We need all hands on deck to try
to locate these trophies. Thank you.
Bullshooter #239
RIP
As most of would have heard, we recently lost an old
cowboy mate in tragic circumstances. Goldie is no longer
with us. His efforts at long range, his help in the kitchen at
shoots throughout the country, and his quest for another
silver or gold buffalo, will be missed.
Pistol, Rifle,Shotgun Matches shot to
IPSC and Multigun Rules
by Dean Albiston- Section Director
HI all.........
Well one month down of 2016 and we
have had a great time shooting at the
Warkworth Man V Man match for the
second year in a row.
44 Shooters, shooting 76 matches with 2 winners. Rob
King taking out standard and Christen Naubauar taking
out Open with a Standard pistol.
There were also three side line matches for shotgun and
rifle stages. Thanks to Rob and all the crew for running
this again we will be back for next year.
(Check out the article in this issue)
Nationals date for 3 gun has now been set for the
28/29/30 April 2016 in Carterton. Phil Dunlop has been
working hard getting this set up. 18 Stages 6 of each over
the 3 days.
Hokitika have put their hand up to run the South Islands
and are looking at a date mid-July. The Calendar is clear
for this and so we are looking at locking that in soon.
Multigun rules are nearly done and I will get that out ASAP.
It has been a hard slog with this so thanks for waiting.
Some shooters have asked if it is possible to go to the
Worlds IPSC rifle match in Russia 2017. If you are interest
in this then please email me your details. If there are
enough people wanting to go then we could get a team
together. If there are more than enough we will have
to run some selection matches to sort out who can go.
Please Contact me ASAP so we can get this underway.
This is the IPSC link http://www.ipsc.org/results/
matchDetails.php?ref=D73481659.
We are also still looking for a venue to host the North
Islands 3 gun so if you are keen then please email me. We
will help you with this so please don’t think you will be on
your own with it. If it is your first time running things we
will come down and build and do stages for you.
Keep the barrels hot......Dean
Pistol NZ 19
Multigun
Man vs Man - Warkworth
By Robert Mrkusich
Sunday the 24th January saw Warkworth
Pistol Club hold their second Man vs Man
Shootoff competition.
Even with the event competitor numbers expanded,
spots were still snapped up faster than free brass, with
close to 50 competitors attending to try their chances at
surviving the sudden elimination format and claim one of
the coveted top spots!
The sun came to play as well, heating things up early in
the morning, and testing competitor’s endurance and
concentration levels as they battled for almost 7 hours,
over the 76 individual matches in the main tournament.
The clubs new purpose built rifle plate racks held up to the
abuse, as thousands of rounds rained down upon them,
with Rob King steamrolling his way to win the Standard
division (assisted by his trusty spectacles) and Christian
Neubauer edging out the ever-plump Richard Mrkusich in
the Open finals.
For those that were eliminated early, many gained some
redemption on the 50m rifle/pistol grudge match range,
and the mountain of empty shotgun cases on the third
range was testament to the entertainment and skill
factor of the brand new Death Star and Polish Plate Rack
challenges!
In between shooting, people perused the Guns NZ table,
enjoyed the complimentary BBQ, or found a cool spot
under one of the marquees to spectate the unfolding
tournament. Big thanks to the people involved with
setting it up, and also the competitors who helped make
the tournament another great success.
As well as a special shout out to Guns NZ, and Serious
Shooters for reaching into their pockets and providing
prizes at the end of the day! Guns NZ had a sleuth of
spot prizes, and Serious put up 2 great prize packs for the
respective winners of the shotgun challenges!
Watch this space, as you can bet this will become a regular
event, which will only expand and improve as the sport
grows!
Robert Mrkusich
(All photos by Greg and Tina De Suza)
20 www.pistolnz.org.nz
Bullshooter #239
Bullshooter #239
Pistol NZ 21
Coming Events 2016
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More events and details are on the PNZ website
3rd-6th March PNZ 44th ISSF National Championships- Hawkes Bay
(Contact Julian at [email protected])
4th-6th March PNZ North Island HMS Championships- Awakeri
(Contact Dave at [email protected])
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(Contact John at [email protected])
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(Contact Wayne at [email protected])
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(Contact Judge at [email protected])
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(Contact Ray or Pauline at [email protected])
16th-17th April PNZ 29th Speed Nationals- Rotorua
(Contact Don at [email protected])
17th April 2016 Action Kiwi Cup- Hamilton
(Contact Peter at [email protected])
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