F Class F/TR Shooting

The European Championships - Bisley - 4th, 5th & 6th of November 2011.

With 180 entries, organiser Mik Maksimovic can confidently claim that this was the world’s largest F Class competition. It was a true international event, worthy of the ‘European’ title, with almost half the entry from overseas. As last year, we will divide our report into three sections – Mik’s take on things (the event was so big this year that Mik had to sacrifice his own shoot and concentrate on running the event), Laurie’s version of the F/TR section of the competition and, as I shot Open Class for a change, I’ll cover that part.

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6th Round Blair Atholl - Two contingents from continental Europe were welcome additions with no fewer than nine German competitors

Plenty of long-range shooting was promised with three 20-round matches scheduled on Saturday and two 15-round stages on Sunday, all at 1000 yards.

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The fifth round of the GB F Class League was held at Diggle ranges on the 17/18th September where all the competitors baked in the glorious sunshine...

...well that was how I hoped to start this article but it was actually more like the underwater F Class, for the Saturday at least!

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Round 4 of the 2011 GB F Class League was held at Diggle Ranges in August and surely that meant at least we could rely on the weather!

But then again, this is England and summer can be a hit and miss affair! This was the first long-range shoot at Diggle this year and the course of fire was 2 sighters plus 20 to count at 800 yards and 1000 yards on the Saturday...

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F/TR spoils went to the vastly experienced George Barnard, a hot favorite and always someone to watch at Bisley and long-range.

When the GB F Class Association started to include the Long Range Challenge in the annual League back in 2007 there were barely 20 souls brave - or foolish - enough to take on the small F Class target at 1200 yards.

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Most of the field fell within a 65-68 point bracket - No runaway leaders in Blair Athol at the start...

We’d no sooner got the season’s opening clash at Diggle out of the way when GB F Class League Round Two was upon us, only three weeks between them.
There seemed barely enough time to handload more ammunition, repack the suitcase and arrange for a second mortgage needed refill the tank with fuel at today’s prices before taking the High Road north for Blair Atholl in Perthshire. A 1000 mile round trip for those in the south and even 500 to 600 for those of us in the north of England.

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Capacity entries at the 1st round at Diggle ranges...

It’s the same every year as the new shooting season comes around isn’t it? You know what I mean – after ‘The Europeans’ the previous November, there’s all the time in the world to sort out your handloads, sight a new scope in, get a new rifle or barrel run-in and suddenly it’s the end of March and it’s only days away to the first round of the season at Diggle and everything becomes a great rush.

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GBFCA European Championships at Bisley 2011

The European Championships - Bisley - 4th, 5th & 6th of November 2011. A comprehensive write up by the top shooting scribes at Target Shooter Magazine will be published here in early December. Until then have a look at all the results from the championships including the team events held on Sunday the 6th. Have a look at over 150 photos from the 3 day event and also on the site are the top shooters rifle builds. Click the links below to find out more...

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See the top shooters rifle specs - Click here...

The fifth round of the GB F Class League was held at Diggle ranges on the 17/18th September where all the competitors baked in the glorious sunshine... Well that was how I hoped to start this article but it was actually more like the underwater F Class, for the Saturday at least!

Round 4 of the 2011 GB F Class League was held at Diggle Ranges in August and surely that meant at least we could rely on the weather! But then again, this is England and summer can be a hit and miss affair! This was the first long-range shoot at Diggle this year and the course of fire was 2 sighters plus 20 to count at 800 yards and 1000 yards on the Saturday...

GBFCA Round 3 Bisley 2/3rd July 2011

When the GB F Class Association started to include the Long Range Challenge in the annual League back in 2007 there were barely 20 souls brave - or foolish - enough to take on the small F Class target at 1200 yards. Today, that has all changed and the entry list was full at 72 shooters well before the event, such is its popularity now. It also attracts a good few European shooters with competitors from Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine & Spain in attendance.

We’d no sooner got the season’s opening clash at Diggle out of the way when GB F Class League Round Two was upon us, only three weeks between them. There seemed barely enough time to handload more ammunition, repack the suitcase and arrange for a second mortgage needed refill the tank with fuel at today’s prices before taking the High Road north for Blair Atholl in Perthshire. A 1000 mile round trip for those in the south and even 500 to 600 for those of us in the north of England.

F Class Website - 2012 Training Weekend	December 06, 2011
GB F CLASS TRAINING WEEKEND. 18 & 19 FEB 2012

Aim - To explain and demonstrate F Open and F/TR to new and inexperienced members. To increase the general Knowledge of inexperienced members and those interested in participating in Competitive F Class.

Outline Course -To have 3 concurrent activities run over 2 days, to include range and class room work at Bisley.

F Class Website - News	November 07, 2011
GBFCA European Championships at Bisley 2011

The European Championships - Bisley - 4th, 5th & 6th of November 2011. With 180 entries, organiser Mik Maksimovic can confidently claim that this was the world’s largest F Class competition. It was a true international event, worthy of the ‘European’ title, with almost half the entry from overseas. As last year, we will divide our report into three sections – Mik’s take on things (the event was so big this year that Mik had to sacrifice his own shoot and concentrate on running the event), Laurie’s version of the F/TR section of the competition and, as I shot Open Class for a change, I’ll cover that part.

F Class Website - News	June 05, 2011
GBFCA Round 6 Blair Atholl 1/2nd October 2011

THE LONG VIEW by Les Holgate. As I was unable to go up to Blair Atholl for round 6 of the GB F Class Association League series, I’m very grateful to Target Shooter’s other LH – namely Laurie Holland - who did make it but says maybe he shouldn’t have! Take it away Laurie... Les was one of several regulars missing that weekend but we still had a healthy entry that translated into 43 warm bodies on the Saturday morning, with a small preponderance of ‘Open’ shooters which is unusual nowadays.

F Class Website - News	September 09, 2011
GBFCA Round 5 Diggle 17th & 18th September 2011

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GB F Class 2012 Training Weekend

Outline Course -To have 3 concurrent activities run over 2 days, to include range and class room work at Bisley.

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Top shooters rifle builds.

Listed here are the top F Class shooters from Europe. Check out who uses what actions, stocks, scopes, barrels, brass, powder, bullets and calibres. Also see which gunsmiths build the rifles for these top shooters....

Official GB F Class Shooting Records for both F Open & F/TR

Now that we have settled on the Palma type target with the half MOA V bull, I thought it might be a good idea to establish some GB F Class records before we get too far down the road and scores are lost in time. Also, the Americans are keen on records and it might be interesting to see how we compare.

The categories would be distances of 800, 900 and 1000 yards. We would have to have separate records for 15 and 20 shots to count. Only records set in official GB League comps. would count of course. We can include records for the Open Class and F/TR.