• Competitions,  NTSA

    Bianchi competition

    The Bianchi competition is a well established handgun discipline. It has now been developed to include other firearms such as Semi Auto and Lever Action Rifles. The NTSA have also taken on the discipline and run an annual Championships which combines all three ammunition types. The annual NTSA Bianchi Championships took place at North Cotes Butts in early October. The match consisted of the Practical Match, requiring 24 rounds of slug. The Buckshot match requiring 12 rounds and the Plates Match, using 24 rounds of birdshot. There are a number of other competitions which can be used in a Bianchi match, check out the NTSA Approved Courses of fire. The…

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    NTSA Club Championships 2023 – North Cotes Triumph Again!

    The Club championships has been a feature of the NTSA Match Calendar for some years now. Held at the back end of the shooting year in October, it is an opportunity for NTSA affiliated Clubs to pitch their Target Shotgun skills against each other. The Championships take the individual scores from two slug competitions, T&P and Multi Target. Teams are made up of three members and their scores combined. Since the Club Championships were introduced 5 years ago the standout club to beat is North Cotes Butts, having won on four occasions, only beaten by Reepham a couple of years back.  NCB did not disappoint this year and were in…

  • Competitions,  NTSA

    NTSA English Birdshot Championships 2023

    New venue for our latest great Target Shotgun competition. The NTSA English Birdshot Championships takes place on Saturday 9th September at Cambridge Gun Club. The Championships will consist of two NTSA birdshot competitions – Standards and Speed Steels. Combined scores will determine the overall Champion. Even better, the top 16 placed competitors will take part in an additional competition of Man V Man. Enter via https://shootnscoreit.com/event/120/80/

  • Competitions,  NTSA

    NTSA Scottish Birdshot Championships

    Next NTSA event is the Scottish Birdshot Championships on 5th August Hosted by Recoil Scotland at their ranges near Shotts, North Lanarkshire. The match is open to all shooters and will require a minimum of 120 rounds of birdshot ammunition. There are two matches making up the Championships – NTSA Birdshot Standards and NTSA Speed Steels. Enter via SSI Scottish Birdshot Championships (shootnscoreit.com)