encourage as many people as possible to enter gave me the idea of running it in aid of the Royal British Legion. However, we were limited to a maximum of forty-eight competitors due to the range space and time available. I had already roughed out a course of fire and now had the task of making it happen - with one thing clear in the back of my mind.
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Having read lots of posts on many of the popular UK shooting forums, it seemed that everyone had a rifle capable of half MOA accuracy and many claimed to have quarter MOA rifles. Even ‘out of the box’ factory rifles were usually considered to be capable of one MOA. A Minute of Angle equates to approximately one-inch at 100 yards and 2 inches at 200 yards etc. If a rifle/ammunition combination is capable of shooting one MOA, then a two-inch target at 200 yards should be no problem!
The course of fire that resulted from my deliberations resulted in some very small targets, designed to challenge both the shooter and his equipment. It may have been a little too challenging as there were not many regular quarter MOA forum posters queuing up to enter! Those who did enter approached it in the spirit of the event with the primary focus being to raise money for a worthy cause and to have some fun with like-minded people.
At this point I decided that as it was a charity event I should try to seek as much sponsorship as I could, so approached a variety of precision rifle and
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Precision Sharp and Snap Shooting Match By John Morgan-Hosey
equipment suppliers, wholesalers and riflesmiths to see if they could offer anything in the way of support to encourage shooters to enter. I was lucky enough to gain very generous offers from the following companies:
Third Eye Tactical, Aim Field Sports, Anglo Custom Rifle, HMB Ballistics, Bench Grade Brands (DTA SRS UK Wholesaler), Valkyrie Rifles, Lanner Tactical, Bradley Arms, Sporting Services & Low Mill Ranges.
Next on the list was to organize trophies, T-shirts and match pamphlets. Not being a graphic designer I asked for help on one of the forums I frequent and was delighted to be able to enlist the help of a very patient member who provided some proofs, changed them a few times and put them in a format I could give to the trophy engravers and embroiderers.
It was now that I started to think “What have I taken on here?” There is an immense amount of work required to get a shoot like this together and hopefully make it run smoothly. Collecting entry fees, publishing the course of fire, taking T-shirt orders, purchasing special target materials and consumables, producing scorecards, confirming range bookings and requirements, reconfirming range bookings and requirements - it was almost a full time job for at least a week. Thankfully, my wife was very understanding and helped with a lot of the administration.
Having successfully filled all the available places, I travelled to Bisley on the Friday before the match to check zero my rifle and prepare the targets for the following day. The NSC provided three plain white four-foot square backers per lane and thirty-six two- metre wooden battens for hand-held targets. The majority of targets for the day were already pasted on lining paper so only had to be stapled to the backers and the hand-held Corex backers were also pasted in advance. Whilst we were preparing the targets, we found evidence in the butts that shooters had already been practicing, so the competition was likely to be hard fought and taken seriously by some.
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