The Basildon Event

Its back, its bigger and better – and John is still running the BBQ and camp fire.

God help us…. 🙂 But its a slickly run shoot (slickly mind!) run by skilled and no nonsense ROs who know what they are doing and know how to operate their kit. One individual even reported shooting 12 shorts in less that three quarters of  day in 2014. John was still running the BBQ!

Plenty of space to camp over and lunch thrown in for both days make this shoot  one worth a visit.

As to the infamous Basildon shower – well – the less said the better.

 Entry Forms Here

The NRA Handgun League

Sunday 12th April saw the launch of the NRA Handgun League at Shield Shooting Centre in Dorset.

The League got off to a super start on Sunday with yet another great practical match from Steve Pike at Shield Shooting Centre, total match entries were over 60 with the pistol shooters making up a healthy proportion of them.

As with the NRA Shotgun League Edgar Brothers have very generously agreed to sponsor it to encourage participation and support grass roots shooting, by donating a number of the GSG 1911 .22 pistols which they have recently started to import .

These great little handguns make superb entry level equipment and can be modified and upgraded using the host of aftermarket parts available for the 1911. Red dots are the main upgrade and Neil Brooklyn utilised his to great effect to win the Open class pistol division where the speed and target acquisition benefits of these sights were brought to the fore by a host of moving or distant targets. Shot over 9 great stages and requiring approximately 180 rounds there were stages to challenge every aspect of shooting ability from outright speed to precision. The next match will be at the Phoenix Meeting on 24th May and there will be classes to suit all manner of LBP and LBR.

Entry forms are available from shooting division or the NRA website.

Remember all entrants will be eligible for the free prize draw so come along and have fun as well as the opportunity to win!

For more details contact league director James Harris

Congratulations to all participants for making it a well-attended event and to the winners in each class.

The 2015 ATSC Open Meeting

Gallery Rifle, ISSF Pistol and Black powder pistol Open Matches

The next event in the Competitive Gallery Rifle calendar is the  most Excellent Army Target Shooting Club (ATSC) Gallery Rifle Open match now has dates finalized and entry forms ready to download.

The weekend event, this year held over the weekend of the 11-12 April (and clashing with Trim’s wedding!), contains a mixture of ISSF style pistol events in black powder and air pistol as well as a full complement of the most popular Gallery Rifle events including 1500, T&P1 and Multi-Target for all gun types.

For 2015 Advancing Target is on offer again –  just for rifles in GRSB and GRCF – its enough! The whole of Melville is booked for the entire weekend and pistol marksmanship is easilly sought elsewhere.  All we need is a Classic section here and this meeting will be competing with the best on the circuit for variety and challenge.

The 10m Air events will be held at Lord Roberts Centre (LRC), but those of you who would like to shoot Freepistol you will have to be very brave and rough it on the advancing targets of Bay A, on Melville. There will be Tea, Coffee and Hot Chocolate etc. available on the range throughout the weekend.

As usual, the ATSC clubhouse dining room will be open for breakfast and lunch, and there will be tea and coffee facilities available at all times in the TV room. Reception will be in the Verandah Room, but with the changes in Equipment Control (EC) Rules for the ISSF competitors, EC will be on the range. Our very popular Prize Giving Tea will be held in the ATSC Dining Room after the last match has been shot on Sunday afternoon.

Entry Forms  – ATSC Entry Form 2015

Phoenix 2015

Entry forms and calls for volunteers for the 2015 Phoenix meeting are now available.

This multi-discipline meeting is a must for your shooting diary and has its roots in pistol calibre shooting but there are also plenty of competitions for Black Powder & Muzzle Loading, Air and Fullbore Rifle  – from 15 yards right up to 1000 yards.

This Meeting has over 75 well attended competitions to enter, giving you enough chances to earn yourself one of the much sought after Grandmaster Medals.

An additional all-day event for 2015 is a practical pistol match which will be held on Sunday on Butt Zero. Full details of the event are available via this downloadable PDF.

To volunteer as a Range Officer

To enter the Phoenix Meeting

Also throughout the weekend there are international matches being run and competitors from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, South Africa and Germany have supplied teams who will be taking part in numerous events.

On Monday morning Melville ranges will host the annual IGRF International match which in this World Cup year will again witness teams from Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa and Germany compete in head to head 1500 matches for first class honours in this prestigious and very competitive morning’s shooting.

See you all there.