aam Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Do you travel to a prize meeting? Just wondering how many of you chaps travel to a fullbore or f/class shoots? What would be the farthest? either in km/miles or hours. I normally travel 45 min from my house to my club. I've done a few open prize meets, and they have been about 1hr to 1½ hrs away. Four of the clubs are close by. Should mention that these opm's are held on a Sunday. The longest I've travelled was approx. 230 km to an opm. Would you travel 230 km for a day shoot? One of the good things I like about going to opm's is seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcampbellsmith Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I went to Cornwall for the Spring RRC this year, which was just over 500 miles. Great shoot, great guys, great learning experience. Regards JCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 523.3 miles, from the Sarf coast to Blair Atholl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Regular 220 miles each way to Bisley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aam Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 523.3 miles, from the Sarf coast to Blair Atholl. Regular 220 miles each way to Bisley. Crikey! You blokes clock up a fair few miles, and here I'm thinking 306km/190 miles was a crook old drive. I tip my hat off to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 To make the first CSR of the seasin I rearranged my travel and meetings so ended up doing approx 10850 air miles from Alaska to LHR then driving 26 miles to Bisley, shot the comps and drove above 200 miles home on Sunday evening to Cornwall. To cover materials for the comp I shipped my rifle and shooting clothes to a very Helpful RFD who also was shooting the match and arranged ammo via another RFD, which I met with at Bisley 500 miles - pah! light weights Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Live in Kent traveled 6 times to Diggle for FTR/ bench rest, 3 times to Bodmin for RRC so far this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY T Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I do lincoln to bisley a few times a year. A round trip of 350 miles. We could do with a good 300 600 range in centre of country some where. Getting to shoot long range means traveling some distance of me. I just hope our range owner dose build the 300/500 meter indoor range he has been taking about this passed year. As well as the travailing cost what do you pay to shoot for the day. It cost me around £120 one night stay over. What would you pay to shoot at 300/500 fully enclosed indoor range at Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6mmBR Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yep heading to Blair Atholl tomorrow for the weekends league shoot. It's 586 miles from Swansea!! I regularly do the 360 mile round trip to Bisley for practice and comps. Cheers Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Dave you live at Bisley, you go to Swansea for a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 the silver surfer and i regulay do a day return trip to diggle and back cica 400 miles from narspiral staircase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6mmBR Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Dave you live at Bisley, you go to Swansea for a break. There's a bit too much truth in that statement Ian!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattnall Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 In the PR League days I used to travel regularly all over the country as did most of the other participants, matches stretched from Colchester to Bodmin, East Holme to Altcar and Diggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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terryh Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 ............................................ ........................................... Fell asleep on the keyboard then Mark?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biathlonjimmy Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I do lincoln to bisley a few times a year. A round trip of 350 miles. We could do with a good 300 600 range in centre of country some where. Getting to shoot long range means traveling some distance of me. I just hope our range owner dose build the 300/500 meter indoor range he has been taking about this passed year. As well as the travailing cost what do you pay to shoot for the day. It cost me around £120 one night stay over. What would you pay to shoot at 300/500 fully enclosed indoor range at Lincoln. As someone who lives north of Lincoln (if only by 12 miles) and travels to Bisley 8-9 times a year for club comps and practices a 300m/500m range would be worth a lot to me. Waking up at 0430 to be on the firing point at 0830 is not great, especially when it's just a morning practice. So to answer your question Andy, I'd be willing to pay up to £20/hr for range use. Let's hope Mr S gets building!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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