Marksmanship Development courses, South Lake District, 2023

[BDS - Charity Account]

The BDS North West England Branch and Forestry Commission are hosting two one day Marksmanship Development courses to cover rifle proficiency training and safety. The first day is Saturday 12th August and the second Sunday 13th August. The venue is on the Grayhthwaite estate in the South Lakes.

The courses are delivered by Bradley Bourner, a professional deer manager and former Royal Marines Commando sniper. They will include morning instruction in the classroom and a chance to put learnings into practice on the range in the afternoon.

Cost is £120 per person for the day. The course is open to all. To secure a place please email northwestengland@bds.org.uk quote ‘Marksmanship’ in the title and give your preferred day

 

[VSS]

Bradley delivers a very good course.
Recommended.

 

[finnbear270]

Enjoyed the Whitby area one immensely.

 

[BDS - Charity Account]

One, possibly two spaces still available on the Sunday

 

[finnbear270]

Please pm joining details for Saturdays course.

 

[BDS - Charity Account]

Please pm joining details for Saturdays course.

I will do, they were emailed to you last week

 

[finnbear270]

Quite an eye opener as to how many riflescopes are out of focus, and or, out of optimum position on the action, With a demonstration of instant improvements through repositioning whilst on the mat, with shooter in the aim position.
Immensely enjoyed my second visit to a Bradley Bourner training event.
Great to see a few new faces.
Good to bump into you again Simon.
Alastair, Hope you don't have too many paper cuts counting all those notes!!

 

[Selous]

What can I say about yesterday…It was a truly great day out and I am sure that everyone who attended learnt a lot from the excellent instruction from Brad and Charles. It’s amazing how much difference a tiny tweak makes to consistency. One delegate asked the question “how many rifles/scopes are not set up properly” and by the end of the session it was apparent that almost everyone benefitted from the setup being tweaked. The session at the gongs was as always great fun and I will attach a video link of the one and only @finnbear270 strutting his stuff with the 6.5 PRC and walloping the Muntjac off trigger stick at 200m - great shot Steve!. The brief 400m gong session in aid of charity (@£5 per miss) added a bit of amusing incentive for a good cause and rounded off an excellent day nicely.
Many thanks to those that organised this excellent event, @Alastair Boston, @nick J, John C and of course many thanks to the Sandy family who were our kind hosts. Especially a massive thanks to Bradley Bourner and Charles whose knowledge of being there and doing it made the day so relevant.
For those who have not attended one of these events, I can only recommend that you do.

 

[finnbear270]

Good job I was unaware of your videoing Simon!!

 

[Ronin]

Good job I was unaware of your videoing Simon!!

Nice to see the old girl performs adequately

 

[NickJ]

Quite an eye opener as to how many riflescopes are out of focus, and or, out of optimum position on the action, With a demonstration of instant improvements through repositioning whilst on the mat, with shooter in the aim position.
Immensely enjoyed my second visit to a Bradley Bourner training event.
Great to see a few new faces.
Good to bump into you again Simon.
Alastair, Hope you don't have too many paper cuts counting all those notes!!

Glad you enjoyed it Steve

 

[Marrajack1]

Great course delivered by two fantastic tutors
My long range shooting was very poor on the day - but I know why from the feedback received - which is what it’s all about.
If you haven’t been - really recommend the day,

Well done to all involved

 

[finnbear270]

Nice to see the old girl performs adequately

Just proves the results of high quality Gunsmithing skills, when applied to the jig saw box of parts I saddled you with,

 

[finnbear270]

Great course delivered by two fantastic tutors
My long range shooting was very poor on the day - but I know why from the feedback received - which is what it’s all about.
If you haven’t been - really recommend the day,

Well done to all involved

PM'd you regards spotter.

 

[Griggo06]

I'd be interested in doing something like this in the south or South Wales.

Do they come this far south?

 

[bobt]

I enjoyed the day, even if my dodgy hip stopped me taking part,
Chris is now hooked,

 

[Alastair Boston]

Thanks to all those who attended over the weekend,hope all you learned something and enjoyed it.Looking at holding another event possibly down in the west midlands next year,all information will be posted on here.Just to say we could not of held the event without the tremendous support of Graythwaite Estate.

 

[NickJ]

I'd be interested in doing something like this in the south or South Wales.

Do they come this far south?

 

[NickJ]

I enjoyed the day, even if my dodgy hip stopped me taking part,
Chris is now hooked,

Chris did very well, progressed well

 

[Alastair Boston]

Quite an eye opener as to how many riflescopes are out of focus, and or, out of optimum position on the action, With a demonstration of instant improvements through repositioning whilst on the mat, with shooter in the aim position.
Immensely enjoyed my second visit to a Bradley Bourner training event.
Great to see a few new faces.
Good to bump into you again Simon.
Alastair, Hope you don't have too many paper cuts counting all those notes!!

Manna House

Please see the above link as this is where I donated the money to.We raised £240.00 thanks to you all for being so generous over the weekend.