![]() ![]() The UK full-bore hunting rifle market dominated by Accuracy International (Portsmouth, Hampshire). 338 are popular but its a tiny market compared to say, the US.50 is likely to be banned in the near future. The Stickledown range at Bisley (in Surrey) offers 1200 yards and the Orion range in the Cambrian Hills of Wales I believe goes out to 3000 metres.308 &. Being a rather densely-packed island there are few places to shoot long-distance above 300m. Of the larger calibers, the costs for full-bore rifle competition shooting becomes a bit excessive and so reloading equipment is-a-must. It's highly-regulated, with safety being absolutely paramount (a range officer actually follows the shooter around the range) but it's enjoyed some TV coverage. 'Mini-rifle' is a relatively new sport, often seeing competitors purchase the S&W M&P. ![]() 22lr competition pistol shooting is banned (since 1997). In the UK firearms sports are highly-regulated, and auto-fire rifles and pistols are absolutely verboten. Going down the grade (well for smallbore match use) CCI, Federal and Winchester are always easy to find in stock. I'd likely be shooting RWS R50 if it wasn't for the precarious stock acquisition problems. In the UK a firm called Bisley Wholesale imports Lapua and RWS. SK is regularly on the shelves, and Lapua is sort of in-between. RWS is quite hard to come by unless ordered-in. Some will stock Tenex, though not batch-testing it against your barrel seems daft. Indeed every retailer I know will stock much of the Eley range, invariably from Club to Match. Being in the UK (still geographically in Europe, if not in the EU) getting hold of the European-made. ![]()
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