Bisley Live

Bisley Live starts tomorrow. This is the first show of it's kind to be held at Bisley (about time too). It's going to be a bit like the game fairs but on a smaller scale I would imagine. With more emphasis on shooting and less on arts and crafts (as most "game fairs" seem to doing these days) it should appeal to shooters more despite being smaller.

It will be the first game fair where people will be able to try different rifles etc too, and with fairly reasonable entry fees it should be a good show.

Gate open at 7am and the show starts at 9:30am.

E-Petitions

The government has launched it's new e-petitions website on which anyone in the UK can create and/or sign a petition. If any petitions get more than 100,000 signatures they have to be debated in Parliament. Here are a couple of shooting related one that you may be interested in looking at:

PETITION TO REPEAL THE 1997 AND 1988 FIREARMS ACTS

Reclassify .22 pistols as Section 1

YouTube based Shooting Blog

This looks like a worthwhile blog to follow. Would be better with commentary but being Norwegian I probably wouldn't be able to understand it anyway. There's a bit of a review from 6mm-BR here.

This is another good blog from YouTube that's worth following. Covers the basics of F-Class and rifle accuracy.

September Long Range Hunting Articles

Long Range Hunting's September articles are available online now. For some reason they missed August.

Particularly interesting wind evaluation article for those who are mathematically minded.

The VLD Experiment

Interesting article about Berger VLD bullet performance.

Sako's New Rifle

Sako has brought out a new version of their TRG, the M10. Looks like a copy of the Remington MSR or Barrett MRAD if you ask me.

I wonder though if being from Sako it will be made available in the UK eventually?

More picture here.

November's Guns Magazine

November's Guns Magazine is available online now.

What's in Your Brass

Interesting article on 6mm-BR this morning about the different brass alloys used in different makes of brass and what effects these might have on your reloading:

Cartridge Brass Alloys Revealed by X-Ray Spectrometers

Coriolis Effect and Spin Drift

Here is an article that briefly explains Coriolis ad Spin Drift and more importantly their applicability to small arms fire.

It includes the equations for the two components of the coriolis effect and a worked example:

Horizontle component

Vertical component

Case Prep

Here's two quite comprehensive case prep articles I've found describing 2 different methods. That's not to say either are the best. There are probably as many case prep methods as shooters.

http://home.comcast.net/~jesse99/caseprep.html

http://www.6mmbr.com/JGcaseprep.html

American Handgunner Online Magazine

The November/December edition of American Handgunner is available online now.

New Rangefinder Binoculars from Swarovski

Swarovski have launched a new rangefinder binocular the EL Range.

New Products in Target Shooter

Finally got round to reading this August's Target Shooter. I'm still not sure about the new layout. This one might be cleaner but I don't think it's as easy to read. Anyway there are a couple of interesting new products in there.

First is the Lenspen Hunter Pro Kit. A small kit for keeping your lenses clean. I don't know about you but I always find the cloths supplied with scopes attract grip faster than anything. These pens a great, and at £15 from Tim Hannams I think I'll be investing in one.

The other is a rain cover for an Aim Field Sports Drag bag. Whilst they are fairly water resistant they do soak it up after a while. Mine got drenched at the fly shoot. I wonder if they'll bring one out for the 60" bag? Currently it's only for the 50".

September's Rifleman's Journal

This months Rifleman's Journal is out now.

This Weeks Sharpshooter

This weeks Sharpshooter is available online now.

There oes seem to be an error in accessing the older ones at the moment though.

September Edition of SSUSA

The September edition of SSUSA is available online now.

Reclassify .22 pistols as Section 1

Please sign this Petition to get .22 pistols re-classified.

September Issue of Target Shooter

The September Issue of Target Shooter is available online now.