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Autumn 2015 – Volume XCV No NATIONAL RIFLE JOURNAL ASSOCIATION Autumn 2015 – Volume XCV No. 3 £4.25£4.25 PAGES OF IMPERIAL CALVERT’S 15 COVERAGE ST GEORGE’S GRAND AGGREGATE SECOND TEAM MATCHES DISCIPLINE ROUND-UP QUEEN’S QUEEN’S PRIZE – 60 YEARS AGO MATCH REPORTS IRISH OPEN SHOTGUN LEAGUE NRA HANDGUN LEAGUE SHIELD SUMMER CHAllENGE BISLEY HISTORY BIANCHI reVIVAL CLUB Focus MeeT your reP 001 FC_Option 2_REV5.indd 1 LEUPOLD GOES F C09/09/2015LASS 17:09 VX-6 7X42 REVIEWED 2 www.nra.org.uk 002.indd 2 28/08/2015 15:58 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Autumn 2015 – Volume XCV No. 3 NATIONAL RIFLE JOURNAL 4 INTRODUCTION ASSOCIATION Chief executive Andrew Mercer reports on Autumn 2015 – Volume XCV No. 3 £4.25£4.25 the latest from Bisley PAGES OF IMPERIAL CALVERT’S 15 COVERAGE 6 NEWS ST GEORGE’S GRAND AGGREGATE SECOND Team GB’s success at the Palma, a new TEAM MATCHES DISCIPLINE ROUND-UP QUEEN’S firearms consultation and more NRA news QUEEN’S PRIZE – 60 YEARS AGO 8 LETTERS Your views – email correspondence to [email protected] 10 MATCH REPORTS 10 QUEEN’S PRIZE IRISH OPEN SHOTGUN LEAGUE A report from the Queen’s at this year’s 37 BISLEY AT 125 NRA HANDGUN LEAGUE SHIELD SUMMER CHALLENGE Imperial – plus interview with David Calvert Ted Molyneux follows the history of the BISLEY HISTORY BIANCHI REVIVAL CLUB FOCUS MEET YOUR REP NRA at Bisley after the second world war 001 FC_Option 2_REV4.indd 1 02/09/2015 13:46 LEUPOLD GOES F CLASS 14 ST GEORGe’s Front cover: David Calvert VX-6 7X42 REVIEWED All the action from the St George’s match 40 THE liFE OF A MARKER Cover photo by James Marchington at the Imperial Go behind the scenes at the Managing editor: Colin Fallon Imperial Meeting Assistant editor: Jessica Hanson 15 GRAND AggREGATE Graphic design: Jess Riley Glyn Barnett proves consistency is key 42 MEET YOUR REPS Ad design: Matt Smith Newly appointed and re-elected discipline Advertising sales: Callum Madden Operations director: James Folkard 16 TEAM MATCHES representatives introduce themselves Assistant publisher: Ruth Burgess A selection of photos from the various Publisher: Wes Stanton team matches at the Imperial 45 BIANCHI SHOOTING Contributors: David Caddick, Brian Cambray, George Cann, Martyn Dickinson, Ted George walks us through the Simon Fenwick, Ted George, George 19 DISCipliNES AT THE IMPERIAL components of Bianchi Granycome, Jodie Gray-Piazza, James A round-up of events across disciplines at Harris, Silke Lohmann, Katia Malcaus the Imperial Meeting 49 TR BARRELS Cooper, John Morgan-Hosey, John Pullen, John Rossiter, Trevor Steele, Josh Wade David Crispin looks at Target Rifle barrels Stock photography by Lee Bowditch, Paul 27 QUEEN’S PRIZE HISTORY SPECIAL Deach, Matt Limb and James Marchington Simon Fenwick remembers his father’s 52 ClUB CALL victory at the 1955 Imperial Cawdor Rifle and Gun Club, BSRC and NRA chief executive: Andrew Mercer Chairman: John Webster Exonia & Tiverton RC are all looking for Address: National Rifle Association, 31 REPORTS new members Bisley, Brookwood, Surrey GU24 0PB All the latest competitions held across the T: 01483 797777 F: 01483 797285 country this summer 56 NOTICES AND OBITUARIES W: www.nra.org.uk Important announcements from the The NRA Journal is published on behalf Association; and remembering the life of of the National Rifle Association by Blaze John Winter Publishing Limited. Address: Lawrence House, Morrell Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, 58 RESULTS CV32 5SZ. Catch up with the latest competition results T: 01926 339808 F: 01926 470400 E: [email protected] 62 MARKSMAN’S CALENDAR Plan your shooting for the rest of the year © Blaze Publishing Limited, 2015 All rights reserved. Editorial matter, pictures and text may not be reproduced 64 TRADE MEMBERS without permission. Views expressed are A list of NRA-affiliated trade members not necessarily those of the National Rifle 66 MESSAGE 10 Association. 19 We talk to seasoned shooter John Wright National Rifle Association 3 003 Contents_REV3.indd 3 03/09/2015 12:22 WELCOME | Chief Executive Number crunching Andrew Mercer reviews Imperial entry numbers and the interim results of the regional ranges survey, as he reports on the latest from the NRA utumn is but a few days away and I had cheerfully assumed that more and we are making progress TR shooters would compete. Perhaps A with the programme of works there is considerably less sensitivity to that will take us through to spring 2016. entry fees in the TR community than has Increasing demand for the Bisley ranges long been asserted. is welcome, but we are having to work Away from Bisley, Nic Couldrey, our harder to maintain the fabric of the Camp; regional ranges manager, has been busy some of the grass ring points are looking getting to grips with the reality of shooting tired and we need to execute repairs while on MoD and private ranges. All secretaries maximising range availability. of our a liated clubs were invited to e excitement of the Imperial has given share their experiences using an online way to a sober analysis of the statistics survey; to date some 45 per cent or so have and nancial performance. Overall there responded. It is worth asking your own were some 4,000 competitors over four secretary whether they have completed weeks of competition; not surprisingly the survey; we cannot take your views into some sections did better than others account if you do not share them with us. but the largest single contingent, Target An early analysis of the survey suggests Ri e, yielded a small reduction in entries at least 150 fullbore ranges are in regular securing my £5 bet. e support for this (1,051 compared to 1,122 last year). e use in the UK, many of them privately new development has been pleasing and major reason for the decrease in these owned and managed. Around half of the we are now working on plans to extend entries was the loss of 44 overseas and 56 clubs regularly shoot on MoD ranges, and the provision of services to other sites young (U25, U21 and cadet) competitors the majority shoot once a month, with around Camp. compared to 2014. between 10 to 20 shooters attending a Our GB touring teams excelled in Camp ere was an increase from 124 to half-day event. Over half the club shooters Perry USA; the GB U25 Team won the 138 rst-time competitors. To be frank travel up to 50 miles to attend a shoot. gold and silver prizes for the International this was disappointing; we have secured One rather startling statistic suggests over Long Range Championship as well as a £45,000 savings in the cost of issued half of all civilian fullbore shooting takes gold, silver and bronze in the individuals; ammunition and had distributed this to place at Bisley. the Veteran Team won the Loughnan competitors by reducing entry fees and I was pleased to see the sale of the last Memorial and Jane Messer’s Palma Team signi cantly increasing youth subsidies, Spencer site caravan in July, thereby delivered a record score to retain the Palma Trophy and World Long Range Ri e Team Championships. Licensing matters continue to challenge our members. At any one time there are half a dozen or so cases we are actively engaged with. Dialogue with the police is our preferred option; occasionally we agree to disagree and defer to the courts to resolve our di erences. e current Law Commission review of rearms legislation presents us with both opportunity and risk. We are working with other shooting organisations through the good o ces of the British The 2015 Imperial Meeting saw a Shooting Sports Council to coordinate small increase in fi rst-time entrants our responses and proposals. 4 www.nra.org.uk 004 Chief exec intro_REV3.indd 4 28/08/2015 15:56 National Rifle Association 5 005.indd 5 28/08/2015 16:13 HBSA MEETING A SUCCESS The historic Winans range was once again the venue for the HBSA Miniature Rifle meeting on the weekend of the REPORTS 15-16 August, coinciding with the first weekend of the NSRA National NEWS Smallbore meeting. Some 45 shooters, HBSA members and non-members, had two splendid days shooting with a great variety of FIREARMS CONSULTATION .22 rifles, sporting and target, military NEEDS RESPONSES trainers and rook rifles. The NRA is encouraging members “The law must strike the right balance to give important feedback on a new between protecting the public from consultation document regarding an firearms misuse and the needs of update to firearms laws, which backs the licensed firearms users. creation of a Firearms Code. “The present law on firearms is Releasing the document, the found in over 30 pieces of legislation. Law Commission said the current It contains numerous illogicalities and law is “deeply problematic and in inconsistencies, and can be difficult to need of reform,” and outlined its use. The Law Commission believes there recommendations to make it more is a strong case for bringing all firearms comprehensible and accessible. The legislation under a single Act, to clarify Commission identified a number of the law, make it easier to use and problems with the existing law, including future-proof it against technological poorly defined terms such as “weapon”, change. We are asking for evidence to “lethal”, “antique” and “component part”. support this case from all those who The paper also suggests that the legitimately own and use firearms, and document – either via www.nra.org. law could be tightened with regard to those who investigate and prosecute uk or on the Law Commission official imitation firearms and makes the case their criminal use.” website, www.lawcom.gov.uk – and for more widespread changes to the law.
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