Scottish Multi-discipline Shooting Championship 2013

Results

Club Results for 12^th May

British Shooting Sports Council

EU Public Consultation on Firearms (April 2013)

Consultation document

West of Scotland Open 2013 Results

C.Halloran, Scottish XX silver medal

C.J.MacDonald Schools Sat. Agg.

J.Bell, FTR, QI,QII & Sat. Agg.

K.MacDonald, Championship winner

L.McKerrell, Schools QII + QIII Agg. and Under 23 QII

M.Montgomery, Schools QI

P.Burbridge, FTR Grand Agg & QIII

T.Kidner, Q11 & Sat Agg.

W.Buchanan, Sottish XX Bronze Medal

NRA - Changes to Safety Procedures and some other rules

Along with the latest edition of the NRA Handbook, a revised version of Bisley Range Safety Regulations has been issued. While some changes are purely administrative or to remove anomalies, there are others that directly affect conduct on the range. This note is an informal explanation of the more important changes. ...

Target Damage

After the shoot on Sunday 21^st April a new shot hole was found in the top cross-member of Target 6. There is no excuse for a shot one metre above the centre. Only a very few holes in this area are needed for the integrity and safety of the target to be compromised, needing a time-consuming and expensive rebuild. Whoever did this will know they are responsible as their shot will have come up as a miss or as a 0.0 or 1.0 with an arrow pointing upwards. That person needs to consider their responsibilities and take the appropriate steps to avoid doing it again. Repair and maintenance of the targets uses time and other resources to an extent which calls into question the viability of the whole system.

Keith Baxby

WARC chairman

New Flagpole at 500yds

The tall flagpole at 500 yds, which had been out of action for most of last season, was reinstated on 12^th April with the help of Gordon Learmonth and staff of the Home Farm and a large tractor, assisted by James and Des. The job was summed up as “a bit more tricky than it first seemed”. Many thanks to Gordon, and to our new sponsor House of Bruar who generously funded the materials.

Some (but by no means all) of us benefitted from this additional help at the LR shoot 9 days later.

James supervises placement of the pole between the uprights.

Just shift it a quarter inch to the right.

Now all we need is a flag

Working on the range, "Spring!" 30th March 2013

Sixteen members turned out on the first fine day of the year to do a great deal of work on the range. The targets are rigged, the buttstop is re-filled, the mantlet has been cleared and the toilet works. Many thanks to those listed below, especially to gangmaster Paul Crosbie, to Richard Scott for fixing target problems and in particular to those members whose commitments allow them to shoot very rarely but who still turned up to work.

Workers: James Bell, Mike Barton, Douglas Keiller, Paul Crosbie, Hugh Inglis, John Potter, Peter Burbridge, Kevin Nangle, Richard Scott, Jackie Maclean, Daoud Rhouma, Paul Sandie, Jim Kettle, John Macdonald and Robert Thomson.

Jackie and Jim put out heat shields while some of the rest of the squad refill the backstop.

Nicely renovated backstop. Seems a pity to spoil it with bullet impact.

Before the targets could be remounted the shot holes in the top-caps had to be smoothed out by...

..... James (“Hammer of the Scots”) Bell.

Why do we have shot holes one metre above the centres?

It is not easy to manoeuvre 85kg of target through a space with two inches to spare!!

Chief Sanitary Inspector Potter restores the toilet’s VERY cold water supply.

No sighters and one to count. Richard Scott scores the first V bull of the season while testing the target system! Ah! If only all shoots were as easy as this! Just need to allow for wind, air density and coriolis effect.

AGM Minutes Jan 2013 now available

Members area web page

Important!

Please make sure your subscription has been paid before your first shoot this season.
You may not be covered by insurance if you have not renewed membership!

WARC Start of 2013 Season Chairman's Letter (members only area)

WARC Start of 2013 Season Membership Renewal Form(members only area)

'Prone and Long Range Rifle Shooting'

A new book by Nancy Tompkins

Topics include:

• The Prone Position
• Shooting Fundamentals
• Goal Setting
• Mental & Physical Training
• Reading Wind & Mirage
• International Competitions & Travel
• Loading for Long Range
• Building a Palma Rifle
• Coaching & Team Matches
• Plus Much More....

Signed copies available

Nancy was Head Coach of the USA F/TR Class Team visiting us in 2011 for a Match against the SRA.

The Club is very pleased that Nancy chose images of our range for inclusion in her web site and publication (front page).

WARC web site front page as at end 2012

UK firearms: Licence applicants may need partners' approval

BBC News Story