| Vintage Rifle shooting at the
BFTO took off in 2005, when an already established group
headed up by Ted Housego, started impromptu competitions.
We defined ‘Vintage Rifles’, as being of pre-1945
production, and most now shoot the trusty BSA underleaver.
The pace quickly gathered and in 2006 we started our first
organised competitions.
We shoot at traditionally styled ‘boiler plate’,
steel targets at 6 & 8 yards, the centre of which
is a ½ inch hole. Held over the last 3 years
the competition has gone from strength to strength with
the number of shooters rising from around 10 to over
30. Shot on a monthly basis with the best 6 scores to
count, the competition consists of 3 rounds of 5 shots
at each range (6&8 yds), with a maximum of 25 available.
A top score (5) per shot is denoted by the audible ‘ding’
of our hand crafted targets kindly made by our own Michael
Turner.
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