Muzzle Loading

Imperial Historic Arms Meeting 2025
Start Date:

Saturday 12 July

2025

Entries Open:
Tuesday 08 April 2025 at 10:00
Deadline for Entries:
Monday 07 July 2025 at 12:00
Venue:
National Shooting Centre, Bisley

Contact Information:

For more information please contact competitions@nra.org.uk 01483 798802

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Imperial Historic Arms Meeting

Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th July

The Imperial Historic Arms Meeting (IHAM) is shot entirely in the Spirit of the Original with historic firearms and equipment appropriate to the period. IHAM offers a great opportunity to experience Classic & Historic arms in action, and works towards maintaining their legacy

Programme & Availability: Please follow this LINK (or view the table below) to view the outline programme, timings & availability for the Imperial Historic Arms Meeting 2025

Entry Fees: 

10m Rapid (£16.50)

25m Advancing (£16.50)

25m Precision (£16.50)

50m Advancing (£14.50)

50m Precision (£14.50)

Bobber (£14.50)

Duelling (£16.50)

Slowfire (£14.50)

Surrenden (£16.50)

Running Boar (£12.00)

Running Deer (£12.00)

100x Prone (£15.00)

100x Standing (£15.00)

100x Three Position (£15.00)

200x Agony Snaps (£12.00)

200x Double Snaps (£12.00)

200x McQueen (£15.00)

200x Prone (£18.00)

200x Rapid (£12.00)

200x Standing (£15.00)

Discounts: Off entry fees only. Multi-competition discounts are only applicable to entries made before the deadline

  • 10% Off Entry Fees: when you enter 6 or more competitions
  • 15% Off Entry Fees: when you enter 12 or more competitions
  • 40% Off Entry Fees: for those that are under 25 years old on the last day of the Event

NEW for 2025 - Revised Event Numbering system:

For 2025 we have made efforts to revise the Datelines and integrate the Gallery Rifle & Pistol, and Carbine events into the dated format. In doing so the existing event numbering format was questioned and the decision was made to create a new four digit number system to aid shooters in understanding which events they can compete in. 
The new four digit event number is made of two parts: the first two numbers identify the event, and the last two numbers the firearm type.

Example: 200 Yard Prone match for Classic Service Rifles was previously numbered 406, it is now match 3657.

36 is the event code for the 200 Yard Prone match, and 57 is the firearm code for a Classic Service Rifle

If you are new to the Meeting, or wish to review your firearm's classifications, please CLICK HERE to view an extract of the Handbook containing the new Datelines, Firearm definitions, Ammunition definitions and Event Numbers

Rulebook: The 2025 Classic & Historic Handbook details all of the revised firearm classes and competitions.

REVISED Classes: Firearms are classified by the period they are from, outlined in the table below:

PeriodDateline
Muzzle LoadingPre-1874 Flintlock & Percussion
VintagePre-1891 Black Powder only
ClassicPre-1919
VeteranPre-1945
Post VeteranPre-1965
OpenDesigns between 1966-1975


🦺 Range Crew: Without dedicated volunteers this and may other competitions would not be able to field the amount of competitors wanting to take part. You can help out for as little as half a day, or if you fancy it – the whole weekend!

  • Saturday-Sunday: Most ranges require 1x CRO and 2x Range Team

CLICK HERE to find out more about the volunteer package