Imperial Gallery Rifle & Pistol The 2013 Imperial Gallery Rifle and Pistol section of the Bisley Bible is now in final draft The section is available in PDF Format. There have been some fairly minor changes this year: Muzzle Loading Pistol America Match has been dropped Muzzle Loading Pistol Grand Aggregate reduced to 5 events Universities Team Grand Aggregate […]
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Aug
28
Fri
all-day
JSPC Autumn 2026 Open Championships
@ Galashiels
JSPC Autumn 2026 Open Championships
@ Galashiels
Aug 28 – Aug 30 all-day
JSPC 2026 Autumn Open Shorts Championships Fully classified Matches for Timed & Precision 1 Multi – Target Phoenix A CentreFire and Small Bore Gallery Rifle and Long Barrelled Revolver and Pistol matches available Details and[...]
Sep
5
Sat
all-day
The 2026 SLG Bisley 1500 and Shorts
@ Melville Ranges, Bisley
The 2026 SLG Bisley 1500 and Shorts
@ Melville Ranges, Bisley
Sep 5 all-day
The SLG Bisley 1500 and Shorts A return to Melville in late September for some 1500 and shorts matches organized by SLG Bisley. Just a one day event but cheap accommodation should be easily available[...]
Sep
18
Fri
all-day
The 2026 GR National OPEN Champi...
@ The NSC, Bisley
The 2026 GR National OPEN Champi...
@ The NSC, Bisley
Sep 18 – Sep 20 all-day
The 2026 Gallery Rifle National OPEN Championships Slightly later in the month than the traditional slot – a weekend to compete and be crowned a National Champion. This event is predominantly for Gallery Rifles, (Centrefire[...]
Oct
2
Fri
all-day
The 2026 Cornish Open
@ Duchy Shooting Association
The 2026 Cornish Open
@ Duchy Shooting Association
Oct 2 – Oct 4 all-day
The 2026 Cornish Open We will roll again for 2026: Following the success of our inaugural 2024 meeting and our follow up 2025 meeting the Duchy Shooting Association is, again, proud to present the Cornish[...]
Oct
3
Sat
all-day
Autumn 2025 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Autumn 2025 Target Shotgun Festival
@ Butt Zero, Bisley
Oct 3 – Oct 4 all-day
The 2026 Autumn Target Shotgun Festival @ Bisley The format for this increasingly popular weekend competition is: Saturday morning – T&P1 and Multi-Target (all classes), NRA Embassy Cup. Sunday, all day – Practical Shotgun. To[...]
Oct
10
Sat
all-day
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival
@ Budleigh Farm Target Shooting Club
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival
@ Budleigh Farm Target Shooting Club
Oct 10 – Oct 11 all-day
Budleigh Farm Rimfire Festival Falling plate target shooting competitions held at the Budleigh Farm Shooting ground in the glorious rolling hills of the Dartmoor National park in Devon. Designed to be both fun and challenging it[...]
Oct
17
Sat
all-day
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting
@ The NRA, Bisley Camp
Oct 17 – Oct 18 all-day
The 2026 Trafalgar Meeting Shooters with a historical inclination will turn towards the Trafalgar Meeting as memories of the Imperial fade. “Spirit of the Original” is the ethos of the meeting so don’t be fooled[...]
Oct
25
Sun
all-day
The FDPC Handgun Challenge
@ Frome & District Pistol Club
The FDPC Handgun Challenge
@ Frome & District Pistol Club
Oct 25 all-day
The FDPC Handgun Challenge A late season Handgun match for LBPs and LBRs to be held at FDPC’s Shepton Mallet range complex. Five proposed matches – T&P1, T&P3, America Match, 1020 and WA48 (although subject[...]
Nov
6
Fri
all-day
The BDMP German Open Gallery Rif...
@ Leitmar Ranges, Germany
The BDMP German Open Gallery Rif...
@ Leitmar Ranges, Germany
Nov 6 – Nov 8 all-day
The BDMP Gallery Rifle Championships (and 2026 IGRF/German Open) Held at the Leitmar Range Complex in Germany. Also including Shorts and 1500 matches.
Nov
14
Sat
all-day
British Young Shooters (BYSA) No...
@ The NRA
British Young Shooters (BYSA) No...
@ The NRA
Nov 14 – Nov 15 all-day
British Young Shooters (BYSA) November Bonfire Bonanza event One of two weekend events aimed to offer BYSA members the opportunity to shoot on the NRA’s ranges in Bisley and to introduce a number of shooting[...]
Nov
28
Sat
all-day
The Dave Stanley Open
@ Bishop Auckland Gun Club
The Dave Stanley Open
@ Bishop Auckland Gun Club
Nov 28 – Nov 29 all-day
The Dave Stanley Open A new title for 2026 – the same venue…. At Bishop Auckland Gun Club The team look forward to seeing you all Entry Forms MS Doc | PDF
Jul
30
Fri
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The 2027 Welsh Gallery Rifle Ope...
@ Haverfordwest Shooting Ground
The 2027 Welsh Gallery Rifle Ope...
@ Haverfordwest Shooting Ground
Jul 30 – Aug 1 all-day
The Welsh Open 1500 and Shorts Championships To be held at Haverfordwest Target Shooting Club – Pembrokeshire’s finest shooting ground. Provisional 30th July – 1st August 2027 This year we’ll hopefully host a home countries[...]
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The Multi Target Match A fair bit of feedback on the Multi-Target walkdown proposal. Most of it in favour of at least having the option. Even if your friendly match director does not take the opportunity of the potential flexibility this offers you can only lead a horse to water…. However flexibility does bring complexity […]
303 Rifle Events At the Phoenix Meeting there are events specifically for the .303 rifle. The .303 Rifle class is at present ‘Any .303 Rifle’. Its probably hard to justify the fact that it is fair to have people shooting ‘As issued Rifles‘ competing alongside shooters who have fitted telescopic sights and bipods. In fact it […]
Phoenix 200M Rifle Events For the following Events shot at the Phoenix and some of the the GRAW weekends. 200 yds RIFLE – event numbers 6380, 6381, 6382, 6391 6380: Any fullbore rifle with any sights. 6381: Pre 1950 .303 military rifle with iron sights as issued. 6382: Any pre 1980 military rifle with iron sights as […]
ILRPSA Rule Revisions There will be some rule changes which will apply to the long range events at the Phoenix meeting for next season. These are constrained to event timings and slight revisions of some definitions. The Phoenix Booklet will be updated to reflect these changes Event 5321: 100/200 LBP – Practice 2 (200 yds) : sitting, […]
Malfunction Allowances About 4 years ago we decided to migrate a few events into the GR&P event portfolio from other similar meetings. These were more ISSF oriented events and the conditions and standards associated with these events were different. The events were imported without modification and the special conditions associated with the appropriate courses of […]
Modifications to the Los Alamitos Match Although Los Alamitos isn’t often shot at Bisley it has been an alternative match that has been used if the Mover is not available. Its also shot at Mattersey and was actually offered as a stand alone event in 2012 The current COF has evolved from the pistol days, but not […]
Round the Barricade More on barricades……. It may seem we are obsessed with barricades and shooting around them (hopefully not through them) but they do form a fairly major part in events such as Bianchi, 1500 and the T&P2 and 3 matches. On the range (any range) we generally use posts, mainly for pragmatic reasons […]
Bianchi Firing Areas In a couple of the matches in the Bianchi competition the rules define designated firing areas. In the Moving Target match this is a 3 foot square firing area at each distance of the 60 foot run of the target. In the barricades match it is a 2 foot wide firing area extending […]
T&P3 Loading – The Rules The loading rules for T&P3 state: Loading: All ammunition must be carried on the competitor’s person in a pocket (i.e. belt loops, pouches, etc. cannot be used). Please note the highlighting above which is mine. The unique point of this particular event is that reloading is done from a standard […]
In T&P2 and T&P3 anyway…. Rule A3.3.2 in the GR&P Rulebook states: A3.3.2 During a course of fire a round or magazine may be retrieved from the ground if dropped, or taken from the competitor’s equipment if on the ground, only if they have unloaded their firearm, locked it open and it is kept pointing […]
Use of Barricades – Support and Foot Fault lines? One area of clarification which is often asked of your friendly RO on the line is whether the barricade can be used for support – to lean on. In some cases it can but a related question usually follows regarding where the foot fault line is […]
The Multi-Target Match Procedure for Shooting It has been proposed that event organisers and match directors should have the option of running the Multi-Target match as a ‘walkdown’. This meaning each of the four 6 shot practices should be shot back to back and the whole match scored just once at the end of the process. Recall the course of […]
Standing Unsupported – Rule B6.6.1 Rule B6.6.1 in the Gallery Rifle & Pistol Handbook relates to the standing unsupported position. B6.6.1 Standing with gun held by one or both hands. All portions of the shooter’s clothing, body and gun must be clear of artificial support. It is true to say a competitor complies with the […]
Target Shotgun Rules
August 5, 2012
Neil
Target Shotgun The Target Shotgun Discipline Representative, James Harris, has asked for the following clarifications of the rules to be published in the absence of a TSG rule book. Scoring and procedures for the TS events will be in line with the GR&P rule book. When not under the direction of an RO on the […]
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