McQueen Sniper Cup-Imperial Meeting Bisley 2014

[Emouse]

View attachment Jan Berry competes in McQueen competition with Orsis T.pdf

 

[Spot-on]

This is interesting. DO you know how large the targets within the windows and the windows themselves were? Where they 12x12 at 300 yards, or ??

 

[Lateo1]

This is interesting. DO you know how large the targets within the windows and the windows themselves were? Where they 12x12 at 300 yards, or ??

The target in common use is the Figure 14. This measures 11 inches high by 7 inches wide and is often referred to as a Huns Head - in reference the original purpose of the competition, which was to train WW1 Snipers to kill Germans

The castle windows are only just wider than the target... Typically engaged at 200 & 300 yards but often extending up to 600yards for snap shooting competitions

 

[Lateo1]

 

[bunsen27]

I'd love to give this a try sometime and have seen video of the rimfire version. It's probably my Sporting Clays background, but I'd love to see more moving and limited exposure (limited time) targets in precision rifle competitions.

 

[Lateo1]

There's a lot of variety - though the formal versions are covered here:

http://www.nra.org.uk/common/files/FactSheets/McQueen.pdf

There's also versions shot around barricades and at much longer distances

(All easy to replicate if you're in the States - though you do need someone in the range butts / trench to move the 'head')

 

[MarinePMI]

Thanks for posting this! I have some very fond memories of Bisley; good friends and great shooting.

And something about getting a beer at the pub across the street from the NRA museum, after shooting all day, just seemed right.

 

[Lateo1]

At the last count we've got something like 33 bars within 200meters of the 600yard range!

(And thats before you've left the Camp!)

 

[MarinePMI]

Just for open disclosure, I didn't compete there in the McQueens Competition. I was there for the Trafalgar Meeting, so it was more for fun and camaraderie than anything else. Still, some very fond memories. (I don't think I've ever seen that many Enfields, in one location, in my entire life.)