Who are the better shots – FT or HFT shooters? It’s a simple enough question but not one that is easily answered, as these two branches of air rifle shooting are very different kettles of fish.

Sunday 9th July 2017 will see the inaugural British Air Rifle Championships taking place at Maldon & District Air Rifle Club (aka M.A.D.), with competitors shooting both a Field Target course to BFTA rules and an HFT course to UKAHFT rules. The winner will be the shooter with the highest
combined scores from both courses.

It will also give competitors the chance to see who can produce the goods on the day, rather than over a season-long series with the chance to drop their lowest-scoring rounds. Shooters will go head-to-head in a straight fight with the very best in both Field Target and HFT today, with no chance to make up for “an average round on Day 1” or costly errors. There’ll be 3 competitions running on the day – one for HFT, one for FT, as well as the overall championship that will be decided by the best combined score from both of these classes.

That’s not to say that the competition is only for “the elite” in both sports; the day is all about bringing shooters of all abilities from the worlds FT and HFT together, and to enable them to experience both disciplines (if they wish). Whether its FT or HFT that you usually shoot, the day is all about having fun and all safe shooters with sub-12 ft. lbs. guns are welcome.

Entries are limited to 150 shooters, so do download your entry form HERE and send it off nice and early in order to avoid missing out on what will be a unique competition with some top rate sport to be enjoyed.