Leatherhead Rifle Club is fortunate in that it has several aspects of rifle shooting.
Small bore target shooting being just one. To shoot small bore rifle doe not need strength or stamina so it is a sport that is suitable for male and female.
It is one of the safest of all sports by its very nature, it has to be. It is not the rifle that is dangerous or the ammunition.
The basic rule is that no weapon should be loaded until the shooter is in position and the firearm pointing down range.
Cost is relatively low compared to some other sports.

Most Rifle Clubs have club rifles, and at Leatherhead we have some good club rifles, jackets, slings, ear defenders and telescopes. Ammunition is available to buy, reasonable quality only three pounds for fifty rounds but there are cheaper boxes. It is worth paying a little more for better ammunition as some cheaper ammunition will not hold a tight group, and the object of target shooting is to put one shot after another through the centre of the target consistently.
The target is a white card on which is printed a black disc, the aiming mark. The innermost ring scores 10 and then following in descending numerical order 9, 8, 7, etc.  Most 25yd competitions are shot on ten bull cards. The shooter has five sighting shots and ten scoring shots on a ten bull card, one shot on each black disc.
At Leatherhead we shoot The Surrey County Small Bore Leagues, these are postal competitions for teams and individuals, the cards are shot at the range and sent by post to stats  officers who collect the cards from all the clubs, score them and send the results back to the clubs.
Small-bore rifles are of two different types, the Martini Action Rifle, which has an operating lever, that when pressed forward opens the breech to load, by placing the cartridge into the groove and pushing fully home, raising the lever back, closes the chamber ready for firing. After firing the lever is pressed forward again and will eject the cartridge.
The bolt Action Rifle breech is opened by lifting the knob of the bolt and raising, drawing the bolt back, which extracts the spent cartridge and the rifle is loaded by placing the cartridge on to the receiver platform and pushed home by the bolt.
A good Rifle treated with affection will last many years.