Pre-War BSA range markings as fitted to rear sights

[Josie & John]

I would be interested in attending such an event. I have shot often at Bisley, on the long ranges with 7.62s and .303s, etc, and have fond memories. However, HFT would be a new experience for me.

Could you very kindly let me have details of competitions, ranges and, not least the dates of such events? What categories are there and what are the ages of the rifles to qualify? Presumably, only open sights are permitted.

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Hi Andrew,

These are invitation shoots for non Bisley members but the club has always been kind enough to allow me to extend an invitation to BBS members in the past. Many collectors from this forum have attended and enjoyed themselves in the past.

Not sure of when the next one will be held but I'll post a link on here when a date has been set. Usually, the criteria are pre 1939 open / peep sights on recoiling springers.

Kind regards,

John

[andrewM]

Most kind of you John. In case I do not see it, could you send me a PM, as I do not visit this site daily and sometimes not even weekly

On another and unrelated matter, I happened to be looking at Airgun Collector - https://airgunwarriors.com/resources...e_Issue_02.pdf - and noted on page 33, in an article you wrote, a reference to the Field magazine's article of 5th Nov 1932, on the Webley Service Air Rifle. I recall, somewhere on the internet, reading the original piece from the Field and it might have been as a result of a reference somewhere or other, perhaps on this site. Do you have that original article? Is there a link somewhere? It might have been on the Vintage BSA website. It provided a most interesting insight about shooting this rifle and its quirks. I should have kept it.

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[Josie & John]

Most kind of you John. In case I do not see it, could you send me a PM, as I do not visit this site daily and sometimes not even weekly

On another and unrelated matter, I happened to be looking at Airgun Collector - https://airgunwarriors.com/resources...e_Issue_02.pdf - and noted on page 33, in an article you wrote, a reference to the Field magazine's article of 5th Nov 1932, on the Webley Service Air Rifle. I recall, somewhere on the internet, reading the original piece from the Field and it might have been as a result of a reference somewhere or other, perhaps on this site. Do you have that original article? Is there a link somewhere? It might have been on the Vintage BSA website. It provided a most interesting insight about shooting this rifle and its quirks. I should have kept it.

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Hi Andrew,

As per PM, there should be a copy of the Field review in Troubledshooter's excellent signature sight - I think under Webley catalogues.

Kind regards,

John

[andrewM]

Thanks for your response John, along with the PM.

I found what I was looking for. It appeared here:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ated-articles/

It was, in fact, an article by AG Banks on air rifle shooting, dated 1940 and it was most informative. I had mistakenly believed that I had read it elsewhere, probably in the Field, although it is possible AG Banks produced his article elsewhere, too, with variations.

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