On Target Africa

On Target Africa is a leisure read for the growing precision rifle, long-range and ELR competition sports-shooting market. Our pride and joy are our in-depth rifle, firearm and accessory reviews, which allow our readers to make smart purchase decisions. From the outdoors to legal issues and club news, we are your #1 resource. Purchase single online issues at www.ontargetafrica.zinioapps.com/shop or email distribute@ontargetafrica.co.za for subscription details.

On Target Africa

from the editor’s desk

Breaking Barriers: Liezel Foot, SA’s First Qualified Female Gunsmith

PERPC Women’s Day • The Port Elizabeth Rifle & Pistol Club (PERPC) hosted its second women’s day on 25 May. A total of 16 ladies attended the day, which covered a presentation on situational awareness, self-defence, and a shooter introduction on the range.

Cold Zero Course at Renanda Farm • Dullstroom in Mpumalanga is the most famous of all the Highlands Meander towns. It is a tourist mecca that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year and is commonly referred to as ‘Scotland’s Only Outpost in Africa’. It is also known as the ‘sleepy town in the mist belt’, with good reason.

Biography: Brenton Tyrrell

SAPRF PR22 National at Atlantis • They say that there are only two things in life that you can be sure of, namely death and taxes. Well, living in the Western Cape you can also rest assured that the wind will blow. With this certainty in mind, I designed the SAPRF PR22 National at Atlantis on 25 May to have slightly larger gongs sizes. These were still on the small size compared to what we have been used to shooting in our provincial and club matches. My rationale was that when the wind picked up, it would make the competition very challenging.

Send IT Cutting Edge 2-Mile Series Match 4 of a Four-Part Series Plus a Grand Finale

SAPSA Level III Handgun National Championship

Shukokai Sport Shooting Club • hosts six shooting platforms on another of their many shooting experience Open Days, 8th June 2024.

WHAT ARE THE LOUDEST GUNS? • The short answer is that all guns are loud. Anything starting from a .22 long rifle produces enough noise to cause permanent hearing damage. In this article, we are going to specifically look at some of the loudest guns and the noise levels they generate.

Why silence is golden

WARBIRD Intrepid BT ear protection

SHOOTERS GEAR

What Causes Lithium-ion Battery Fires? • Where There’s a Spark, There’s a Flame

To Clean Or Not To Clean: A Hot Rimfire Debate