SHOOTING: Twenty shooters are expected at the Southern Downs Rifle Club Anzac Memorial Shoot on Sunday.

The club shoots at Risdon Range each Sunday but this week's event will be a special one in memory of the many young men and women who volunteered for the armed services down the years.

The shoot on Sunday will be over 300 yards and anyone keen to have a shot is welcome.

Club secretary Margaret Taylor said all firearms brought to the shoot on Sunday had to be registered.

"Prospective new members are welcome and can sign a form to allow them to shoot on the day even if they haven't a firearms licence,” she said.

"Shooters on Sunday will compete with a .303, any other military rifles or any rifle up to .30 calibre. The idea of the Anzac Memorial Shoot is for many of the members and visitors to shoot with the old style rifles like were used in the world wars.”

Risdon Range was established by the Americans as a training facility in 1942 and was used by American and Australian troops for the last three years of the Second World War.

Some of the hoists built by the Americans were replaced last year after a lot of work by club president David Norman. Many of the American hoists are still in existence.

Sign on is 8.30am Sunday for a 9am start on the range at 196 Connolly Dam Rd, Risdon. A free barbecue will follow the morning of shooting on the range.

More information from Taylor on 46661018.