International Shooting

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Most of my shooting is with the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain (MLAGB) and a club, the Long Range Rifles (LRR), who are also a Branch of the MLAGB. Each have their own programme of shoots. Besides many short range events of the MLAGB, the Association also has National Rifle Championship matches at 200, 300, 500, 600, 900 & 1000 yards. The LRR programme starts at 600 yards, includes comps. for Whitworth rifles at 600 yards, Enfield rifles at 600 & 800 yards, and a match rifle aggregate at 1000, 1100 & 1200 yards - all muzzle loaders. The MLAGB and LRR generally run programmes together to create a full weekend of shooting. For example in August there was the LRR Metford Trophy with shooting Fri/Sat at 1000, 1100 & 1200 yards; on the Sunday was the MLAGB National 900 & 1000 yard Rifle Championships. This made for a good three days of long range shooting. We have quite a few members from Holland and France who cross the Channel and shoot with us. In the past we have had competitors from the USA join us, notably the late Joe Hepsworth was a regular visitor. All these events however require membership of the MLAGB.

The MLAGB have a police liaison officer who can arrange for visitors permits. The matches are held at Bisley Camp, in the county of Surrey. There is plenty of basic accommodation on Camp in huts that can be booked through the NRA(GB), plus there are other various club houses through which accommodation can be booked.

The Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association (HBSA) also have long range shoots which include black powder military and sporting rifles. The biggest historic arms meeting is the Trafalgar Meeting, held in October and run by the NRA(GB). This has datelined matches for a huge amount of military and sporting rifles and muzzle loading pistols & revolvers. The NRA should be able to arrange visitor permits, as there are already quite a few shooters attend from Continental Europe.

I'm not sure what's done about reloading for breech loaders, and traveling with lots of brass and lead eats into baggage allowances!

I shot in the USA a couple of times, plus France, Italy, Germany and Finland and never had any problems with security/customs entering or leaving the destinations.

www.mlagb.com
www.longrangerifles.co.uk
www.nra.org.uk
www.hbsa-uk.isonlinehere.com/home.php

David