I need mine for Bisley SRHB on 2nd March
I wait in hope and anticipation
I wait in hope and anticipation
NRA Handloading Course
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Well, I completed the form on 30th October but no sign of mine.
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I was re assessed last year but for some reason only issued with a 12 month card. Anyway got sent the 4 year card a couple of weeks ago from BSRC
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Bavarianbrit
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Here the originator speaks from a different forum.
I had never heard of it before.
Jan 26, 2020
I've been making the Targetmaster trickler for many years, in fact, since the mid 1980's. I made the first crude version for my own use when I was shooting UIT Centrefire precision pistol competitions. I was using a Walther GSP and a Pardini, both in .32 S&W Long, these were typical of their type, being straight blowback action and designed to shoot full wadcutters. To maintain the required accuracy and 100% reliability the powder charges were quite critical. A typical charge for the 98gn swaged hollow based bullet was around 1.5 grains of Bullseye with very little leeway.
Although I tried various measures, none really performed to my satisfaction - the only sure way was to weigh each charge, needing to load a couple of hundred a week was tedious work. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, the first Targetmaster was born.
I've been making them ever since, all by hand, in very small numbers, from my little workshop at the bottom of my garden, more as a hobby that helps pay for my shooting than anything else, I've always had an unconnected full time job so enjoy tinkering in the workshop when I get chance.
I never pay for any advertising but have now sold Targetmasters to 30 different countries. (Sent one to Flagstaff, AZ yesterday)
All new (last 2-3 years) Targetmasters now have the facility to use an extension start button which saves needing to reach across the scale to press the button. I can also retro-fit the required socket and supply the correct button to older machines.
Also I have designed dedicated sensors for several popular scales - the new sensors are smaller and actually clip on the scale so always in a consistent position.
I have dedicated sensors for the RCBS M500, M1000, 502, 505, 10/10 and Lyman M5. All sensors are compatible with all machines.
Stalker62
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The reality is, that there is insufficient time to conduct proper PMs.
I suspect, he was just more 'anal' in his prep.
Kudos to him.
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Alan is a really lovely guy, I was a customer before I met him at the Long Range Rimfire Club, the Target Master is the elusive obvious, a beam of light is broken by the beam of the scale, that shuts off the motorised trickler. Done, nothing more or less. simplicity is the true elegance.
I'd get on the phone or drop them an email - I sent the form in about the same time as you & got my new card well before Xmas.Well, I completed the form on 30th October but no sign of mine.
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I filled in my disclaimer
My club failed to include it !!
Not a happy bunny !
My club failed to include it !!
Not a happy bunny !
I may be confused. If my competency card hasn’t expired, I won’t get an updated one with handloading on it until it does?
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Stalker62
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My 'old' NRA SCC was due to expire 31/12/2024.
I completed the Handload Course last week - my 'new' amended NRA SCC card arrived today, and is due to expire 31/12/2024.
I suspect if you have just completed the disclaimer, then your card will be updated at its renewal.
kenbro
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Technically full…half liquid, half air.
They will add 'Handloaded ammunition' to your existing card & issue a new one with the same expiry date, that's what they did on mine.
Should have read the small print:
“NRA SCC’s that expire in 2023 will be produced (with the Handloaded Ammunition qualification/declaration) and distributed from 01/11/23 to 28/02/24. Any NRA member who’s SCC expires in 2024/5/6/7 will have new SCC’s produced (with the Handloaded Ammunition qualification/declaration) between 01/03/24 and 01/06/24.”
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“NRA SCC’s that expire in 2023 will be produced (with the Handloaded Ammunition qualification/declaration) and distributed from 01/11/23 to 28/02/24. Any NRA member who’s SCC expires in 2024/5/6/7 will have new SCC’s produced (with the Handloaded Ammunition qualification/declaration) between 01/03/24 and 01/06/24.”
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Heym SR20
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A decent reloading course is a I think a very good way to get from zero knowledge up to a reasonable level of competency. We can all learn from a text book or a video course, but and it is a very big but there is so much more to be gained from a good and experienced teacher in any subject.
With in person teaching and the ability to ask and answer questions and compare notes with others is what a proper education is all about.
Something we have forgotten given rise in online teaching.
With in person teaching and the ability to ask and answer questions and compare notes with others is what a proper education is all about.
Something we have forgotten given rise in online teaching.
Someone must be listening to this site:
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trickie
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I’d never heard of them before. A very reasonable price for such accuracy. I use Lyman Gen 6 and achieve 9.?? Sad for my 6.5, a little more for the 223(normally close to 10.5.
For that price, I may invest in one.
63
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What’s all this ‘HME firearms/ammunition’ mean?
In my world HME means Home Made Explosives….
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