Monthly Archives: July 2019

NRA Team to the Channel Islands 2020 – Call for Applications

Dear All,   I have been honoured by the NRA Council with the Captaincy of the NRA team to the Channel Islands in 2020.  I am delighted to announce that Jack Alexander has agreed to be my Vice-Captain.   I would like to assemble a team with a mixture of experienced and developing shooters, of all ages and home nationalities. 

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Congratulations to Glynn Barnett. Winner of the 150th Queens Prize

“After a photograph of the 150th Queen’s Hundred, the competitors set about their 900 yard shoots at 14:30. The quality of the 2015 GGG ammunition that had been specially supplied for the event quickly became apparent. This correspondent was fortunate enough to be manning the scoreboard for target 19, both of whose firers scored 75.14

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150th Imperial 2019 Issued Ammunition (GGG)

I can confirm that Pressure tests of GGG 2019 conducted by both the manufacturer and Birmingham Proof House Laboratory confirmed the pressures are below the permitted limits for Ptmax. Whilst there have been an unacceptable number of incidents related to extractors during the Meeting, the GGG 2019 issued ammunition has, since first sale in April

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Commemorate the 150th Imperial Meeting

We believe this historic 150th Imperial Meeting is worth commemorating! If you are a collector, competitor or visitor to the event and wish to take away a stunning memento capturing the very essence of Bisley, do visit NRA Reception to buy one of our one-time Limited Edition prints of the 1911 King’s Prize Meeting or

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Auction Sale – West Raynham Range – Norfolk

NRA Chief Executive Andrew Mercer and committee members of the King’s Lynn St. Michael’s Rifle & Pistol Club (KLSM) attended the Norwich auction of West Raynham range today. To our considerable frustration the auctioneer announced the former airfield lots had been sold just as the auction was due to start. The club has been developing

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Andrew (Andy) Pearse

Sadly, Andrew (Andy) Pearse passed away on the 11th of July   His family would like to invite you to his Funeral Monday 29th July at 3pm at Woking Crematorium   Family Flowers only, but donations to Frimley Park Intensive Care Unit Afterwards, we will be celebrating his life at The Artists RC from 4pm If

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Gehmann Optics

Gehmann Optics Trials of the Gehmann ‘zero magnification’ diopter (Pt No. 50300-0 and combined derivatives with iris / optically flat filters etc.) indicate that this device (i) contains multiple lenses and (ii) if used in conjunction with a foresight lens (eagle eye) forms a Galilean telescope. This is currently not permitted under NRA Rules 150

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Rule changes for the 150th Imperial Meeting

Shooting Committee has authorised a number of rule changes for the Imperial Meeting. These have the effect of: Enabling the use of a separate procedure to deal with extractor or extraction failures and their consequences. In issued ammunition competitions, allowing the Ammunition Officer to take all of a competitor’s  issued ammunition for checking (in exchange

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