The 2011
NRA Imperial Meeting
Phase 1 at 100 yards is shot around the cover of a barricade, there are five exposures of a Figure 11 target where two shots are fired each exposure. This is followed by Phase 2, a kneeling rapid stage at 75 yards where you are given two fifteen-second exposures to fire ten rounds, five each exposure at a Figure 11. Phase 3 is a snap shooting practice at 50 yards, each competitor receives five exposures of six
On completion of this match most competitors returned to Bisley for a short break before regrouping on the Falling Plate Range in the MoD Pirbright Range Complex adjacent to the NSC. The Falling Plates Team Match is the first of two team matches that also form part of the week’s shooting. Two Teams of four shoot in a knockout contest that consists of a 100 yard dash from 300 yards to 200 yards where ten 12 inch square plates have to be engaged. Each shooter has ten rounds and the team that knocks all plates down first, or the most plates with the fewest rounds in the shortest time moves onto the next round. Great fun to watch, this match is becoming a traditional contest between North and South where the two top teams appear to be the Highpower Rifle Association and the Diggle Dogs, for the second year running the guys from Diggle have walked away with the Challenge Cup and four NRA Gold Medals.
The other Team competition is the Methuen Cup that takes place on the last day of the CSR Matches and is a team Short Range Rural Contact Match where teams of six compete for the Mauser
seconds of a Figure 14 Window target, one round is fired from the standing position the next from the squatting or kneeling position during each exposure. The final Phase 4 is shot at 25 yards and consists of three, seven-second exposures of a Figure 14 Window target where ten shots have to be fired from the standing position - no mean feat for a heavy recoiling 7.62mm bolt-action rifle.
Friday saw two matches take place, the Short Range and Long Range Rural Contact Matches. These are the staple diet of the CSR Shooter and are an amalgamation of some of the practices already shot at 100, 200 and 300 yards, plus rundown stages and shoots at 400 and 500 yards.
The final day of individual competition took place on Saturday 2 July 2011 with the Rural Contact Match. This match is probably the most difficult for the shooter and consists of six practices at 100 to 500 yards. Unlike the other matches that were shot at the National Shooting Centre, this match was shot at the MoD Stoney Castle Range which offers excellent facilities and is located only a few miles from Bisley.
Trophy in Practical Class and the Mons Trophy in Historic Class. Eleven teams entered including a team from France.
Another hotly contested match the Mauser Trophy was won by the London Practical Shooting Club A Team with the Highpower Rifle Association A Team coming second. The Mons Trophy was won by the Lee Enfield Association A Team followed by the Mars and Minerva Shooting Club Team.
This was again a very successful year, with 47 competitors shooting in the overall Championship and up to 66 in the team events. There were a few more in individual events as not everyone could make the full five days.
“It is interesting to note that there is not much between the scores achieved in Service Optic Class and Practical Optic Class”.
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