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norma 308

norma 308

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only just picked up sporting rifle and noticed well seems like quite alot of '' bum kissing '' ,perhaps i am just a cynic but arnt these guys just slapping each other on the back not only do they pump each others products books and medals but they feel the need to award each other lifetime achievement awards and patronages ,sounds like they just enjoyed a good pi** up and crack about how much £££££ they make to me ,hard hat on for any flack incoming .....:D just read it to the wife and she said i am just a grumpy keeper with no money in the bank !thats true :)
 
norma308

I don't know what you mean?? You're surely not suggesting that these are anything other than coincidences:

> Simon Barr is Writer of the Year.....and writes for Sporting Rifle
> Steve Sweeting is Journalist of the Year.....and writes for Sporting Rifle
> Brian Phipps is Photographer of the Year.....and has photos published in Sporting Rifle

To be fair, I am a great admirer of both Simon and Brian. I'm not so keen on Steve Sweeting's articles but fair dues to him for writing them. Similarly, I think Peter Carr does an excellent job in editing Sporting Rifle, so much so that I took out a subscription at this year's Game Fair after having let it lapse for several years.

Perhaps also worthy of note is that:
> Sporting Rifle announced at the awards the launch of a joint trophy measuring venture with BASC, where,
> Dominic Griffith is set to lead the measuring service, and,
> Marco Pierre-White is to be its patron, and,
> Marco Pierre-White wrote a strongly worded article in a recent issue of Sporting Rifle taking issue with CIC measurers, and,
> Marco Pierre-White contributed the introduction and some delicious recipes for Dominic Griffith's excellent new book "Deer Management in the UK", and,
> "Deer Management in the UK" was runner up in the Sporting Rifle Stalking Book of the Year, and,
> Dominic Griffith was the recipient of the Sporting Rifle Lifetime Achievement Award, and,
> Marco Pierre-White was the recipient of the Sporting Rifle Deer Stalker of the Year Award, for his seven gold medal roebucks and his record perruque, which were
> All measured, if I recall correctly, by the BASC measuring service

In Private Eye this would possibly come under the heading "How they are related" ;)

willie_gunn
 
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Oh so cynical, but oh so true, not a fan of Pete Carr so have never bought the magazine, nor will I ever. As to me, it just seems like one advertisement after another for the people who slap Pete on the back hardest.
 
Hi all,

Just a point of clarification, its not a new BASC head measuring service, its the same system with , I hope, new medals and certificates.

SR will help to promote the results of the measurings in their mag,and at any shows where the mag is.

Still first one free for BASC members and a discounted rate for BASC members compared to non members.

Apart from that nothing at all has been agreed or finalised.

Other mags are free to record the results of the BASC measurements if they want to, and the info will all be on the BASC web site early in the new year.

Yes award ceremonies can be a bit like this - but thats just life I guess!

David
 
I bought it this month for obvious reasons and quite enjoyed a few of the write ups. Didn`t enjoy looking at all those things i want but will never afford.
Wouldn`t mind winning the Zeiss scope for the price of a stamp though.
My dads reaction was "Bugger that, £4 for a magazine of adverts"
basil.
 
David

Thank you for the reply and apologies if I mis-interpreted the article. I have edited my original post accordingly. Also, for the sake of accuracy, here is the exact wording from the latest issue of SR:

"Sporting Rifle also used the awards ceremony to announce the launch of a joint trophy measuring venture with BASC. Dominic Griffith is set to lead the measuring service, while Marco Pierre White is to be its Patron."

Hopefully this clears things up.

willie_gunn
 
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i kind of enjoy the articles apart from the zeiss this and sako that stuff i sometimes feel that i perhaps am not quite the type of reader they may well be pitching the mag too as i cant afford a safari or lots of trophy stalking ,and i am sure marco and his chums have broad shoulders just as the cic boys had to have when he gave them a hard time through the SR :D
 
willie-gunn,

No need for an apology, the statement in the article does lead the reader to come to exactly the same conclusion as you did! Wish they had sent it to us for the ok before they went to print, but never mind, no harm done.

David
 
David,


Could you confirm that Mr Pierre White is the patron of your scheme and do you now get a complimentary stock cube with every measurement?
 
Marco Pierre-White was the recipient of the Sporting Rifle Deer Stalker of the Year Award, for his seven gold medal roebucks and his record perruque

So you can buy awards now and also be commended for shooting a perruque that should have be culled long before it became a trophy offer to the rich and famous? :suss: but that's OK if you're in 'the club' I suppose. I think aome members off here are a little more deserving.
 
willie_gunn said:
norma308


> Marco Pierre-White was the recipient of the Sporting Rifle Deer Stalker of the Year Award, for his seven gold medal roebucks and his record perruque, which were
Click to expand...

I don't get this? Is that how someone becomes an award winner, by shooting a handful of medal heads, and how does that make someone deer stalker of the year?

It has been suggested to me in the past, that sporting agents will have clients on the books willing to pay serious money, should a suspected gold medal animal animal become available from estates or stalkers when seen on their ground. Its then a case of a phone call telling the highest bidder to turn up and shoot the beast.

I have no proof of this but suspect this does occur.

I am not suggesting that our MPW did this but, having loads of cash can buy me the award then?
 
I heard it was 13 grand and that he only had an hour, so he needed to know that it would be there when he got there. He got out of the truck walked across one field and shot it in the next, had pic's taken then left.
 
:-D:-D there seems to be alot of i heared going on in this thread and not much in the way of firm evidence, there are only two people who will ever know how much was paid for that head possibly three. if someone is willing to offer more than the next man for something he is passionate about then i say good luck to him!! how many of you go on ebay ? you win you were willing to pay more than the last man, just MPW is fortunate enough to have slightly deeper pockets than most of us which i am sure he works pretty hard for!! touch of the green eyed monster creeping out here ;)
 
A perruque head cannot be measured or judged under the CIC formulae. To claim any such head as a record is not possible. Nor is it is possible to record such a head in the CIC lists. If any confirmation is required please refer to the Game Trophies of the World, The Red Book
 
Well certainly not from me, you can't buy the real experience in the same way as you earn it. As for Marco P-W's 'medals' it's unfortunate that this is what he needs to believe he is a successful deer stalker.

The most valuable and worthy experiences of deer stalking I have are with simple cull beasts but each to their own I suppose.
 
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