Winter 2002 - National Rifle Association

so that net range charges will remain at the same levelas for 2002.You will remember that Council agreed that bookingsof targets for the purpose of running corporate days forcommercial reasons, rather than the promotion of thesport, will be charged a per capita fee for those attendingthe corporate day. This has been set at £25 per guest.This will not apply to bookings made for the sole purposeof promoting the sport of shooting. Club secretaries, orindividuals making such bookings, will be asked toindicate, when making a booking for a corporate day,for what purpose the targets are being booked.Firearms and AmmunitionAmmunition PricesThe purchase price from Royal Ordnance Radway GreenTarget Ammunition for 2003 has not yet beenannounced. It is therefore not possible to give the revisedammunition prices for sale to members for 2003 in thisedition of the Journal. These will be ascertained as soonas possible and details will be made available toindividual members and to affiliated Clubs.Use of Breech FlagsIt has been found possible to insert a breech flag in acertain type of modern target rifle while, at the sametime, a live round was retained by the flag in the rear ofthe action. A possible consequence could be that, whenthe breech flag is removed and the bolt closed, a liveround could unknowingly be fed into the chamber withthe obvious safety implications. You are advised to checkwhether this is possible with your rifle, and if so, to takethe most stringent precautions to ensure that this isprevented.However, this matter will be considered by the ShootingCommittee and may be referred to in the Spring Journal.Range Office Target (ROT)You may be aware that the Range Office has beenarranging for a ROT to be available at as many rangesas possible as often as possible. This target is availableby the hour and may be booked in the Range Office at arate of £6 per hour. This is ideal if you are testingammunition or running in a barrel. Since this is oftenprovided due to the cancellation of an existing booking,the distance cannot be guaranteed in advance.Imperial MeetingPrize ListsHeavy involvement in the Commonwealth Gamesdelayed work on producing the Prize List book.However this has now been sent to the printers andshould be ready for distribution, along with your medals,bars and prize money, by late October or earlyNovember.Web SiteThose who surf the web will have noticed that not allresults were displayed on the web site this year. Thiswas due to the fact that the results come from a varietyof sources, some produced by the main computerprogram, some from a PC, some are word processed etc.8It would have taken an inordinate amount of time toproduce them all in HTML format so these particularones were not put on the web site.It is planned to computerise more events in 2003, whichwill make it very much easier to put more results on theweb site. This process will be completed in 2004 whenit is hoped to put all results on the web site the day theygo final.Dates for 2003The 134th Imperial Meeting will be held a week laterthan this year, and will run from 5 July to 19 July. Theseevents will be preceded by the Services and CadetsMeetings which will start on 22 June. The WorldVeterans, Under 21 and Under 25 Team Matches will beheld on Sunday 20 July and the World Individual LongRange Championships will then follow from Monday21 to Wednesday 23 July inclusive. The Palma PracticeDay will be on Thursday 24 July; the Palma World LongRange Championships will be held on Friday 25 andSaturday 26 July 2003.ProgrammeThe programme of events for 2003 will be similar to 2002,but an Australia Match and a Junior Australia Matchwill also be held, probably on Second Tuesday.Entry FormsEntry forms will be included in the Spring Journal, duefor publication at the end of February 2003.Service RifleThere will be some changes in individual matchconditions next year. Practice 1 of Match 4 (The ARAAssociation or NRA Queen Mary) will now be fired ona Triple Figure 11, the central Figure 11 scoring five andfour as usual but the two flank targets, which will becovered with ochre coloured paper only, will score twopoints. In addition Practice 4 will revert to ten exposuresof three seconds only, and the no shoot exposures havebeen dispensed with. The match conditions for the Inter-Services FIBUA have been modified in line with theproposed changes to Match 17 which will be publishedin due course.Target Rifle, Match Rifle and F ClassThere are no known changes to date, but I will give anupdate in the Spring Journal.Gallery Rifle and Muzzle Loading PistolThere will be some changes to make the Gallery Rifleand Pistol Meeting more popular and relevant, and thesewill be notified in the Spring Journal.Historic ArmsIt is possible that some changes will be made to theprogramme of this meeting but the sub-committee hasnot yet met to confirm any changes. Again I will givean update in the Spring Journal.Trade StandsIf you plan to set up a Trade Stand during the ImperialMeeting please contact Doug Glaister as soon as possible.A standard space will be £30 plus VAT per day, withlarger sites in the region of £60 plus VAT. Space islimited, and early application is advisable.