GB F Class 2012 APRIL 2012
New season starts
Hopefully, all this has whetted your appetite – if so, take the plunge, check out the GBFCA web site www.
gbfclass.co.uk and download the entry forms now.
time in the butts – good news for everyone. Again, if you are wanting to go to this shoot, don’t hang about too long before sending in your entry as the places will be limited.
We also have the first of the year’s Bisley shoots at the end of June with a GB team shoot the day before. Historically this long-range shoot has also included shooting out to 1200 yards! If you fancy something different, don’t miss this one (even though you could miss the target !)
We get a breather for July - unless of course you are going to attend the Imperial F Class at Bisley - with the next League shoot going back to Diggle, for the last time for the year, in August and again this will be another 800 - 1000 yard shoot.
No League shoot in September but then in October, it’s back up to Blair for their final shoot of the year. The season then climaxes with the ‘Europeans’ at Bisley - if you only go to one shoot this year, this is the one to do! The shooter numbers are increasing every year and, who knows, maybe this year it could even top the 200 mark with we Brits outnumbered by our foreign F Class friends.
World F Class Championship 2013 – Raton USA Jumping ahead to 2013 – the year of the F Class World Championships - we need to start to practice ‘string’ shooting. In other words, rather than shooting in pairs, you shoot solo. This obviously speeds up the rate of fire - which has advantages and disadvantages but, until we try it, we won’t know what they are.
Hopefully, we can try string shooting in some of this year’s League shoots to get some practice for all those who are hoping to go to the ‘Worlds’. I first encountered string-shooting when I shot in the US Nationals at Camp Butner in 2004 and it certainly makes you think differently about how you approach your shoot.
Finally, please don’t get wound-up about equipment – F/TR is a great place to start your F Class career and any decent heavy-barrelled 308 will do the job – especially at the Diggle short-range comp. I guarantee you a great weekend, shooting with some great folk and a bit off-range entertainment thrown in.
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