GB F Class 2012 APRIL 2012


New season starts The Long View by Les Holgate


Well here we go ago again - time to blow the winter cobwebs off your F Class rifle and equipment and try to put into action your New Year’s resolution of “Must do better at League shoots.” (or was that just mine!)


If you were one of the 30 or so who went to Bisley for the annual GBFCA Training Weekend in February, then hopefully, you are raring to go. The GB F-class Association strives to give something back to shooting and one way of doing this is through shooter education. This was our third training weekend and the course is intended to give attendees a basic introduction to wind-plotting, reloading, range etiquette and target shooting at long-range.


By the end of the course, all attendees will hopefully have acquired a basic knowledge of what F Class and long-range shooting entails and can decide if it something that they wish to pursue.


This year, the course attracted students from all over the UK, plus Germany, Holland and France. Experienced F-class shooters acted as course instructors, with Mik Maksimovic delivering a lecture on correct way to wind-plot, World Champion Russell Simmonds gave an introductory talk on the principles of reloading accurate ammunition and Peter Wilson, David Lloyd and Tony Marsh assisted students with wind coaching and establishing 1000 yard zeroes etc.


Unfortunately, this year, the weather was rather unkind to us; wind conditions were strong and quite choppy and it was also rather cold and wet. Overall though, the students seemed to express satisfaction with the course content and the feedback received will be ploughed back into making next year’s course even better.


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