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Club FeatureHavant Rifle and Pistol ClubDuring the last three years the butts in bothindoor ranges have been moved back to 25metres, making more room at the firing point forchangeovers. As part of the new guidelines onrange construction we are installing air extraction togive the required number of air changes per hour.landscape view of the ranges from the topof the buttsThe foundations of Havant Rifle and Pistol Clubwere laid when, in 1943, Havant & HorndeanHome Guard asked for evenings to be set aside attheir Drill Hall range solely for their own shootingpractice. Havant Home Guard Rifle Club wasaffiliated to the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs(now the National Smallbore Rifle Association) in1944, and the first match, against Southern RailwayRifle Club, was held on 13th November in that year.In 1947 the club was renamed Havant Rifle Club.The early seventies saw the club move to itscurrent location at Southleigh Forest. The sitewas cleared, a club room and indoor ranges built,and outdoor ranges laid out and equipped. Theoutdoor ranges were officially opened at the end ofSeptember 1978, with an invitation team event,still known as the ‘Final Fling’. Double Olympicchampion, Malcolm Cooper was Club President1988 - 2001.The Club’s facilities include a large clubroomwith kitchen and two indoor ranges with eightlanes; outdoors there is a fifty metre rangewith ten lanes, and a hundred yard range (alsousable at 50 metres) with twelve lanes, bothoutdoor ranges having covered firing points.New target frames have been constructed for the100-yard range out of corrugated plastic sheets,allowing use of all twelve firing points at either distance.Following a few quotes from local companies, itwas discovered that one of our own membersdesigned air extraction systems, and had designedone for a large rifle range in Dubai. Constructionis well under way, utilising a method known as a‘plenum chamber’, where the air pressure is evenacross the width of the chamber. It is expelledacross a grid of holes, resulting in the requiredair flow without a cold draught! Alterations to thesmaller range have also enabled us to enlarge theclubroom, whilst future plans also involveenlarging and improving the layout of our kitchen area.Members can choose from:• .22 prone rifle at 25 yards, 50 metres and 100yards, including 3-position• target air rifles at six yards and ten metres• target air pistols at six yards, ten metres andtwenty yards,• including ‘Police Pistol’ at ten metres with tenturning targets• light sporting rifle at twenty yards and fifty• metres, both prone and standing• underlever pistol calibre rifleThe clubhouse and indoor rangesTarget Shooter 103