Central Coast Small B bore and Air Rifle Club is situated within the Kariong Regional Shooting Complex on the Central Coast and has a long history of smallbore and air rifle shooting in the region. Our main shooting days are Saturday PM and Sunday AM (benchrest), Wednesday AM (air rifle) Thursday AM (benchrest) and other days by arrangement.

Saturday shooting usually starts about 1.30 pm and finishes about 4 pm. Sunday and Thursday shooting usually starts about 7:30 am and finishes around 10:00 am. Wednesday shooting usually starts about 8.30 am and finishes about 10 am.

There is parking on site as well as enclosed toilets.

We shoot in a social setting and our members come from all different walks of life across all different ages – young, old and in between. We keep scores, but as the saying goes, "we're not shooting for cattle stations" so most of our shoots are relaxed and having fun is important, but monthly competitions are run.

Thinking of trying out our sport? We’re more than happy for you to attend one of our orientation days to get a feel for how it all works. We welcome new members.

The Kariong Complex is also home to other shooting clubs on the Coast such as:

Gosford District Rifle Club
Gosford District Pistol Club
 Central Coast Muzzle Loading, Hunting & Sport Shooting Club

Our club is affiliated with New South Wales Smallbore and Air Rifle Association Inc.
and Target Rifle Australia.

Target Benchrest requires a shooter to hit 20 individual targets on the same card (paper target), as close to or in the centre of the target as possible. To do this, the shooter’s rifle is supported on a bench with a front rest to hold the front part of the stock of the rifle and rear bag to hold the butt of the rifle. Scopes are required and are usually hi-powered, anywhere from 24x-60x magnification is common for a target rifle.

Once all 20 targets are completed, a score is given to each target, with a maximum score of 10 each target depending on the placement of the bullet. If the shooter hits the inner ring of the target, known as a centre this is also recorded as .1 centre.
A perfect score in benchrest with a target rifle on a NSWSARAI scorecard is therefore 200.20

Sporter Benchrest is shot much the same as Target benchrest except it is shot with a lighter, less expensive rifle and scope using a maximum scope power of 12x.

Hunter Precision is another class also shot at our club. In this class you can use the same sporting rifle with a bipod instead of a front rest, but you can use a scope power up to 24x in this class. This class uses the same targets as Target and Sporting class but the brands of ammunition that can be use is restricted to the less expensive brands.

Sporting rifles are a great way to get started with target shooting as the rifle is versatile enough to be used in other ways such as hunting. Whilst accuracy is harder to maintain because of the limitations of sporting rifles, and they are not as precise as target rifles, they are a cheaper option for beginners. 

Air Rifle is shot using a (.177 or .22cal) air propelled rifle, with many modern rifles using compressed air in a refillable gas chamber.  At our club, air rilfe is shot from a seated position at 10 metres and 50 metres. It is scored similarly to the benchrest and sporting disciplines.