The 2014 Concorde Haggis Match

Sunday afternoon 2nd November 2014 on Melville Range, Bisley

We’re nearly into the Haggis season, again. And this year we’re ready for some gallery rifle pals who might light to join us for this light-hearted match – so anybody who’s not a ‘Nots’ member yet, can shoot as a guest and be provided with one-to-one supervision if needed.

Some of the Aldershot crowd came for an ‘Advancing Haggis’ last weekend (you know who you are) after the BSRC Interclub Match.

So it it with great pleasure we confirm that the 2014 Concorde Haggis Match will be held on Sunday 2nd November 2014 in the afternoon on Melville Range commencing at 13.30 with prizegiving back at the Old Sergeants Mess Clubhouse from 16.00 hrs with Pipe Major Graham Waller + Haggis Address by Neil Macfarlane + Haggis, neaps and tatties, as previously.

Course of fire will include

Advancing Targets – style  25 yds rimfire semi-auto Charging Haggis (1 x 10 shot match)
50 yds standing unsupported / single stick / sitting Haggi (3 x 5 shot matches)

Range Fee of £25 per person includes shooting, prize, food and first drink at O.S.M.
(Loan of rifles / sticks / available – ammunition at cost)

Please pay your inclusive range fee of £25 by bank transfer to

Metrobank, Hounslow Account : The Nots SCA
Sort-code : 23-05-80  Account Number : 12504497
Reference : Your initials + Haggis

by Friday 31st October 2014  –  See you there.

Primum Amicitia

Simon

The Trafalgar Meeting

The biggest Classic and Historic Arms event in the Bisley calendar, The Trafalgar Meeting (18-19 October), is fast approaching.  This is an enjoyable weekend and the opportunity for all levels of shooter to come along and have some competitive fun.  Some ranges are filling up so do get your entries in soonest – click here for more details and to enter.

We would like to thank those of you who have kindly offered your time to RO at the Meeting and we are currently allocating all who have responded across the ranges.  However, we are still very much in need of more ROs as some ranges have minimal cover and others none as yet.  We would ideally like to be in a position to offer competitions across all ranges – so would welcome this extra support.

If you are able to help, would you please fill in this online form soonest please.  We will be confirming all the detail to the RO team very early next week.

There are a few spaces available for the annual Trafalgar Dinner on Saturday 18 October, from 8 pm at the ATSC, Bisley.  This is very much part of the celebration and tradition of the Meeting and, after a full day’s shooting, is a fine way to spend your evening with your comrades.  The cost is £16.50 pp for a three course meal, coffee and mints.  More details and the booking form are available here.

Very many thanks, and we look forward to seeing many of you next week.

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STEEL PLATE SHOOTING AT BISLEY
25 OCTOBER 2014
Gallery Rifle Action Weekend
75 ROUNDS MINIMUM

£ 8.00

Steel Challenge Flyer Oct 2014

(Download and Distribute to your clubs)

LBR, LBP, 22rf. U/lever, L/release. Enter with as many gun types as you like.

Re-enter as often as you like, £4.00 (with same gun type), all entries to count.

Five stages, Three runs per stage, Five targets per stage, drop your slowest run on each stage. LBR’s LBP’s start holstered hands on ears, Rifles at 45 degrees

No holster / not confident ? start at 45 degrees, 10 seconds added to overall time

Target diameters 10, 12, and 18 inches and 18 x 24 inch rectangles, possibly 10 to 45 yards in distance, and from 1’to 5′ in height. . Circa 30 minutes per match.

Also available as “pay and play” (note you must register for the meet at reception) 22 only

Duelling / swingball tree, this can be shot either as an individual or as a couple shooting against each other, 8*4 inch dia steels at 15 metres distance. When hit the steel transits from one side of the tree to the other.

Shot as an individual : three runs per entry, shoot all the steels from one side to the other then back again. Shot against the clock. £4.00 per entry.

As a couple : three runs per entry, £5.00 per entry for each couple. 10 rounds per mag, as many mags as you think you will need. On the beep shoot all targets to opposite side of tree
First person with no steels his side of tree wins, max time allowed is between 15 and 25 seconds, only the RO knows

Snooker. £4.00 per entry
6 red steels and 6 colour steels at 15 metres. 12 rounds only per run, 3 runs per entry.
Pot a red. Pot a colour, your choice of colour but reducing size according to value of colour,
Value of steel as per snooker. Highest point score wins. Max time allowed 3 min per run.

We are a friendly group and all Ro’ing is one to one, so is like having your own personal trainer, Novice or experienced ALL WELCOME.

To enter go on to the NRA website then, Autumn GRAW
Any questions ? I would welcome feed back so I can get an idea of how many people we are catering for , please contact me on pappasmooth@hotmail.co.uk or 07402804007

Man v Man

OK guys – Me again – Slky Smooth of the Steels fame.

Firstly I need some sort of response re: Man v Man at lunch time as I need to gain permission and have time to make some additional steels. I have no official position within the NRA other than being a member so please contact to me with either a yes or no ASAFP.

Man V Man, as the name suggests is shot against another person, a “J” ladder is used to match competitors, winners of each stage compete against other winners, losers compete against other losers. A little movement and a tin can are involved.

On the beep step forward, place can on post and engage your steels, in the prescribed order, then compulsory reload and engage stop plate. Best of three runs. £ 5.00 per head. LBPs and rifles will compete in same comp against each other. 22 only. In my experience this is the biggest adrenalin rush in shooting, bar none.

With reguard to steels in october. Given that I do not have to consider persons on either flank I intend to set up 4 possibly 3 stages, to allow one really wide stage and 2 or 3 narrower stages.

One or two of the narrower stages will have to be shot twice, in different orders, to maintain the round count but, I think, given that the opportunity has arisen it is worth doing.

SLG and Mattersey

This weekend sees a couple of registered competitions running and its just about possible to get to the them both even though they are ~300 miles apart!

Saturday hosts the SLG Bisley 1500 and shorts open meeting. Competitions in 1500, T&P1, Multi Target and Advancing Target for all gun types. Just about still time to enter – entry forms here.

On Sunday Mattersey is running a full set of Bianchi matches with T&P1 and Multi Target matches filling the gaps. Entry forms downloadable now.