SMOKIN' GUN: Australian and Queensland number-two-ranked shooter Linda Blowers was impressed with the facilities. Competition continues today and finishes this afternoon.

SMOKIN' GUN: Australian and Queensland number-two-ranked shooter Linda Blowers was impressed with the facilities. Competition continues today and finishes this afternoon. Matt Taylor GLA050518SHOOT

SHOOTING: There was plenty of action as triggers were pulled at Raglan yesterday.

Shooting action at Raglan:

And the competitive juices flowed as shooters from north and south of the Queensland coastline descended on the Raglan Target Sports Association range to compete in the Gladstone Grand Slam International Practical Shooting Confederation event.

Competition finishes later today and it has attracted some class shooters such as Linda Blowers who is ranked number two in Australia and Queensland.

Her and husband and fellow shooter Alain Blowers are the parents of 2011, 2014 and 2017 world champion Karla Blowers.

The lay-out at the club's first event of such type drew praise from Blowers and other fellow competitors.

"It's a really good course design and is challenging and interesting," she said in between shoots.

"It's something different and you have to think on your feet where you have to find the best solution in the quickest possible way."

Shooters were required to compete a set of eight exercises over the weekend where scores are based on their ability to shoot most accurately in the quickest amount of time.

The better shooters are able to do both in a sport where there is a fine balance between accuracy and the time used.

Magazines need to be emptied in seconds as competitors strived to combine speed and accuracy.

Results are decided by dividing the total number of points by the time taken by the shooter to complete the course.

Even organiser Tony Bryce said there was a total of 45 shooters and we had Jeniene Butcher and she's our section co-ordinator in the International Practical Shooting Confederation here," he said. "She's as high as she goes for us and she was here to give us a bit of support and to make sure that everything had run smoothly for us."

Butcher said the positive feedback from shooters could auger well for future events. "For their very first level two match, it is an absolutely amazing set-up and they had all the correct charge lines, they had everything to keep shooters safe and that's what we mainly look for," she said.

"It shows that they're putting their mind to do it properly and they have taken on board all of the rules." Butcher did not rule out the Raglan club to host a nationals event.

"We're already talking IPSC Australian people of a nationals event here, but will be probably another couple of years away," she said.