249 / 13X target at a Light Varmint Club match


shooters are using Anschutz rifles, Leupold and Weaver scopes and Varide Cicognani rests, sandbags and semi-custom rifle stocks. Ammunition selection tends to be either Eley Tenex or Lapua Center-X.


Individually owned wind flags are not very common - only a couple of shooters have them (USA semi-custom made imports, such as the ones made by Carbon River). The basic ribbon that most shooting ranges already have in place are what most competitors rely on for wind reading. However, many of the top Portuguese shooters


have their own adjustable stool from the music drum industry, with brands such as Gibraltar, Roc ‘n’ Soc and Pearl showing up regularly on range.


Typical match A typical national match in Portugal attracts about 50 entries (a very good number when a national ISSF match has the same or, on many occasions, less) and is held over one day of the weekend - usually Sunday. It takes three or four volunteers to assemble and disassemble all the logistics (the shooting benches are portable, with heavy laminated tops and metal legs) and


J. G. ANSCHÜTZ custom rifle by P. Mateus & R. Vilhena with 45X Leupold scope


Target Shooter


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