The Long Range Rifles (LRR) Branch of the MLAGB had their final competitions of the year at Bisley on 25/26 October 2024. A good day shooting was finished off nicely with the Annual Dinner and Prize Giving. Friday was a practice day shooting at 300 and 500 yards. Saturday there were two 600 yard matches, the Rigby Cup and the Whitworth Cup – the former is for muzzle loading target rifles, and the latter only open to hexagonally bored Whitworth rifles.
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Long Range Muzzle Loading, Bisley, June 2024
A splendid weekend of long range muzzle loading at Bisley, with the MLAGB and the Long Range Rifles Branch! Shooting at 600, 900 and 1,000 yards. Long range shooting with the muzzle loading rifle is a challenge – there’s a lot that a changeable wind can do to deflect the heavy lead bullet from the centre of the target!
Long Range Rifles, Bisley, May 2024
Friday 3 May – Sunday 5 May saw three days of training and competition shooting at Bisley with the Long Range Rifles Branch of the MLAGB. Ranges booked were 500, 600, 900 and 1000 yards. Shooting was mostly with muzzle loading rifle, but there were also a handful of black powder breech loaders used at some distances.
MLAGB at Bisley, April 2024
Shooting with the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain at Bisley, 6/7 April 2024. Muzzle loading rifle at 300 and 500 yards; Enfield rifle and match rifle.
2024 Dick Hoff Memorial Match
The 2024 Dick Hoff Memorial Target Rifle Mid-Range Match will be held on 11 May 2024, at Miami Rifle and Pistol Club, Cincinnati, OH.
Creedmoor 150, Oak Ridge, TN – Oct. 2024
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Ireland vs USA long range rifle match at Creedmoor.
Traditional Creedmoor Match, 2024
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the 1874 Match. Traditional Creedmoor Match: August 30 – September 2, 2024
2023 Joe Hepsworth Long Range Match
The 2023 Joe Hepsworth Long Range Black Powder Rifle Match will be held at at Camp Atterbury, IN., November 4th & 5th, 2023. Shooting is at 1000, 1100 and 1200 yards. Permitted rifles: Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading or cartridge style firearm in the mid to late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches shooting black powder.
NRA(UK) Trafalgar Meeting 2023
Trafalgar Meeting, Bisley, Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd October 2023. This is the premier UK event for historical firearms.
2023 NMLRA All 1000 yard
NMLRA September 2023 Black Powder Target Rifle Match, Camp Atterbury, 1000 yards.
2023 BPTRA Creedmoor Nationals
This is the premiere longrange BPTR match in the Black Powder Target Rifle Association. 2 days of shooting 800, 900 and 1000 yards. Then we finish on Sunday with 2, 15 shot strings at 1000 yards. Look for the best BPTR competitors in the country to attend this event.
2023 NMLRA’s Terpstra/Swallow Long Range Match
NMLRA June 2023 Long Range Match, Camp Atterbury, IN. 800, 900, 1000 yards. Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading or cartridge style firearm in the mid to late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches shooting black powder.