The annual HBSA Miniature Rifle Matches are a welcome opportunity for competitors to bring out a wide variety of historic miniature rifles from their collections. With most competitors booking a dedicated firing point for unlimited (well 6 or 7) details in half a day, it is a popular and inexpensive opportunity.

This year was fine and sunny, in contrast to memories of last year’s downpour. There were 20% more entrants than last year, and we welcomed some new faces.

The 14 matches fall into three groups:

• Standing Rapids for repeating rifles, shot on the rook, rabbit and rat targets

• Standing Unsupported, 2 cards in 30 minutes, best 10 from 12 on each

• Standing Supported, same course of fire, but competitors may steady their hand on a support

The match results may be viewed here >>>>

The single most common rifle were the 310 Cadets (BSA & Greener), but there was an impressively wide range of other rifles in use:

• Army & Navy
• Brno #1
• Browning
• BSA Bolt-action
• BSA Martini
• BSA Ralock
• BSA WOPM
• Carr Bros
• Greener Cadet
• Greener MH Conv.
• LSA No2 Mk IV
• Marlin #39
• Marlin U/L
• Monk R+R
• Mossberg B/A
• Quackenbush STR
• Rigby
• Savage #29
• Schmidt-Rubin IG11KK
• Stephen Grant
• Vickers Martini
• Winchester 1890
• Winchester 1894

We are grateful to Geoff Ormerod, Stu Burden, Jah Duffy and Tony Cattermole as range officers.