The Imperial Meeting

  • Target Rifle Imperial Meeting

    The 154th HM Prize Winner

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  • Gallery Rifle

  • Target Shotgun

  • Historic Service Rifle

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The Imperial Meeting

History:

The first Imperial Meeting was contested on Wimbledon Common, in south-west London, in 1860 when Queen Victoria fired the first shot and gave a prize of £250 to the best individual marksman. Originally the Meeting was only available to Volunteers (regular and reserve military personnel) using the issued service rifle of the day.

Today the National Rifle Association hold the Imperial Meeting as an open competition with the aim to promote and encourage marksmanship throughout the King’s (or Queen’s) dominions, and has grown to include many different disciplines. The largest entry is for Target Rifle, which dominates the final week of the Meeting and culminates with the final of the King’s Prize.
The King’s Prize remains the premier award for the Meeting’s top shot, with the £250 prize still given to the winner.

Host to the competition is The National Shooting Centre – Bisley, the world renowned ranges complex covering virtually all forms of shooting from air rifle to 1200 yards full-bore shooting. Set in 3000 acres of heathland; Bisley is as unique in character as it is in the variety of ranges it offers.
The atmosphere at Bisley is second to none, with friendships made and renewed on the firing points every year, but the event does not end with the shooting: the famous Bisley clubs take over and, between shoots and at the end of each day, competitors enjoy the Bisley hospitality at its best.


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Dowager Duchess of Argyll

We are sad to report that Iona, Dowager Duchess of Argyll died on 22nd February aged 78.   She shot with NRCofS for several years in the 1980s and shot in the Elcho for Scotland in 1983.

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Competitions

Entries are open to the 155 Imperial Meeting

🎉 Entries are now open to all parts of the 155th Imperial Meeting!   Please follow the links below to our online booking website. To make an entry you can either log in and submit your booking online, or you can download the entry form from the bottom of each event page.   NOTE: if

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Competitions

1 day till Imperial 155

⏰ 1 Day till entries open   The Target Rifle Imperial   Featuring an unchanged programme from 2023, our 155th Imperial Meeting will conclude on Saturday 27th July with the crowning of the next King’s prize winner.   Thursday 18th: Opening Shot, Schools Veterans Friday 19th: Admiral Hutton, Century, Astor County Finals, Cadet International, United

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