News and Events

First round of the 2024/2025 Practical Winter League got off to a great start with 24 shooters in two classes competing over 6 stages at our Tactical Training Centre Ranges. The championship is unique in the UK in that you can shoot as Minirifle, LBP Pistol or a combination of both as 2Gun our new […]

Well our last NRA Minirifle Match for the year and we decided that now was the time to pull out all the stops and really show just how much we can do here at Silverstone Shooting Centre. Whilst we run the matches to a general IPSC rule book we decided that it was stupid to […]

Hot on the heels of our partnership with Northampton Saints we have partnered with Northampton Town Football Club to promote the sport of target shooting. Full press release below: Silverstone Shooting Centre trigger relationship with Northampton Town to boost awareness and promote the sport of target shooting in and around Northamptonshire. Silverstone Shooting Centre is […]

To continue our efforts to promote the sport of target shooting we have agreed to partner with the Northampton Saints, Premiership Champions 2024. The agreement includes fixed promotion banners at the ground as well as advertising on their colour wall screen which stretches across the entire South Stand. (It looks a little shrunk on Youtube […]

We were honoured to host the first ever Schmeisser Steel Challenge here at Silverstone Shooting Centre and delighted to say the event and competition went perfectly. There are a variety of steel shooting competitions ranging from precision shooting to pure speed events and for the most part they tend to use semi auto firearms that […]

Well, another successful 12 stage practical mini rifle match with nearly 40 competitors shooting 12 stages in a day and we everyone even had time for a lunch break. For the first round we hosted for the NRA Practical Minirifle league we kept the stages relatively short in part to make sure we could run […]

Our first hosting of the NRA Practical Hand gun league well brilliantly with 12 stages shot in the course of a day. We had a variety of stages from dark stages in the skills houses to 25m Texas star and everything in between. Tim Gardener was victorious in open with Waldek Mickiewicz winning senior and […]

Well, we weren’t 100% sure that it was possible but in the end it went pretty smoothly, 35 shooters, 12 stages and we even had a lunch break. Was a busy day for sure but went well; entirely down to the shooters and range staff working together to come up with  a great competition event. […]

Round 5 of the Target Rich Environment Winter League is done and with no further delay here are the results Rob Lawson took the win with with his minirifle but as he was shooting LBP the score wont count so Russell Hicks took his third win of the series to conclusively wrap up the title, […]

Delighted to announce a new Title partner for our Practical Shooting Competitions here at Silverstone Shooting Centre – Viper Tactical. If you’re into your Airsoft then the name Viper Tactical will be well known to you, they are one of the largest suppliers of tactical equipment, clothing and accessories to the huge airsoft market here […]

Its the final round of the Target Rich Environment Practical Winter League so thought it was worthwhile looking at the scores so far. When we first started the Winter League 4 years ago we also assumed it would be small numbers, new shooters, emphasis on fun and giving new shooters the chance to get their […]

Round 4 of the Target Rich Environment Winter League didnt disappoint with another 30 shooters including 7 new shooters to Silverstone and another new shooter for his first match so already a good day. We had another six stages, including shooting from a car, a dark stage, down a train and climbing a building so […]

In the 10 years+ of shooting practical competitions in the UK its always been a source of confusion to us that some competitions needed specific training or licences to compete and some did not but as with all new entrants we followed the rules and the variety of reasons given. As we developed first the […]

30 entrants for round 3 of the target Rich Environment Practical Winter League, including 3 shooters in their first ever match and a further 3 more in their first season is great testimony to what we are trying to do to grow the sport, all shot safely and had a great time. We also got […]

After the excitement of Round 1 the next round of the Target Rich Environment Practical Winter League didnt disappoint with some more LBP shooters as well. 21 shooters got the run of six stages and this round we decided to push them out a little with targets at 40m and 60m by using our tubular […]

Its the most common question asked by new shooters to practical shooting, is it better to be quick and get a lower target score or be slower and get a better gun score? I’d love to offer you an answer but the fact is that there are so many factors to consider and stages vary […]

UKPSA Proposed Changes Council decisions to be executed via elected positions voting only. All appointed positions to retain right of involvement and input but actual voting restricted to elected council positions only – Chair, Secretary, PRO, RD, Treasurer. This will likely require an EGM to ratify Update. This position appears to have got worse not […]

Round 1 of the Target Rich Environment Winter League is done and it was brilliant. 6 new shooters had their first ever competition and 25 competitors got to experience the unique nature of practical shooting here at Silverstone Shooting Centre. Not bad for what is a series designed really to act as a pre cursor […]

We are delighted to announce our new Title Sponsor for all of our competitions – Target Rich Environment (TRE). Target Rich Environment are a new clothing label designed, developed and created by and for the shooting community and we’ve been involved with them for some time, you may have seen John shoot some competitions wearing […]

Its back! After a three year break (whilst we built the new ranges) The Winter League is back, bigger, better and now suitable for mini rifle and LBP alike. Minimum of 6 courses of fire shot in our indoor ranges so expect everything from 50m dark stages to 1m rooms and everything in between. Courses […]

On Friday 13th October we were honoured to have Dame Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire formally open our new Tactical Training Centre and indoor ranges. Dame Andrea and her team have been strong supporters of the project from the beginning of the outdoor ranges nearly 8 years ago so it was fitting that was […]

Our first large match here with the combined ranges and its safe to say all the competitors were blown away by what we have built here. Whilst the indoor ranges at the Tactical Training Centre have a central role as police and emergency services training we also want to make sure that they are available […]

Well, its been a while since our last competition as we said we would be taking a hiatus whilst we built the new ranges but delighted to say the first competition using the new ranges went pretty well. Only 13 competitors helped ease us back into the swing of things but their loyalty was recognised […]

After a long season, 6 rounds (best 5 to count) we now have a Highland Outdoors NRL22 Champion for 2022 – Andre Mills Andre and the others braved freezing cold temperatures and snow on the ground for the final but at the end of the days shooting the final scores were a dead heat between […]

Firstly let me say sorry to everyone that we haven’t been updating the scores after each round, apologies but the new ranges have taken a toll on my time and I simply havent had time to update the scores as we go which is unfair, my apologies. However after 5 rounds shot the scores really […]

Round three of the Highland Outdoors NRL22 Precision .22 shooting championship saw the largest entry yet with 18 shooters vying for the best score of the day. There were the usual 5 different courses of fire using a variety of props and barricades as we’ve come to expect providing a challenging series of stages. Sadly […]

30 degree heat and strong sunshine welcome the shooters to round 2 of the Highland Outdoors NRL22 Championship so it was a good job all the shooters got to shoot from the shade here at Silverstone Shooting Centre. Five challenging stages using a wide variety of barricades from tyres, step ladders, tank traps and prone […]

Our one big practical mini rifle match for this season and we dont think it disappointed with some interesting stages and interesting obstacles to shoot with. We tried to get a good mix of stages for the NRA match, one with 19 targets in was fun, the yellow balls shot through a copper tunnel and […]

Round 2 of the NRA Practical Minirifle League was hosted by Headley Park, a lovely little range nestled in the woodland SE of London and a great match is was. We nearly had the full team out (more of that later) and the hosts kindly let us shoot on the Sunday as our range was […]

First round of the new season and the somewhat depleted got off to a great start for the season. Lots of new faces which was great to see. An interesting array of courses of fire for the first match including our first penalty target when you had to shoot to keep your score, miss and […]

Another Practical Mini Rifle training course done adding another 12 people into the World of competing in Practical Mini Rifle. We have adjusted the courses we run, whilst most of the course is deigned to make sure we cover all the safety aspects of the sport to ensure safe practice we had amended the content […]

It was the first time for us to shoot at the Ham and Petersham Pistol and Rifle Club and its a great facility. Snuggled in between £2m houses and sports fields its an odd place to shoot as befits its long history as a shooting club that predates all the development around it and the […]

Highland Outdoors NRL22 2022 Championship After a successful Winter league series the main championship is now upon us and we are delighted to announce a new partner Highland Outdoors. Highland Outdoors really are the perfect partner, not only do a lot of their staff compete in the NRL and other precision rifle shooting series but […]

With poor weather cancelling one round the Shield Sights Winter League was 5 rounds with best 4 to score and after all was shot it was Lee Hopgood who came out with the overall win. Lee wins a Shield red dot sight kindly donated by Shield Sights and the same ones we all use for […]

So after 6 rounds the first ever NRL22 UK Championship came to a close. This is the first time the NRL22 has been shot in the UK so it was a new style of shooting for everyone. Over the course of the Winter season 32 different shooters tried their hand at precision .22 rifle shooting […]

First big match of the year and overall I wasn’t too unhappy with the performance. Class win, third place in Senior category and 15th overall from 60 odd shooters and I think the first ever category podium and class win for a Kriss rifle in the UK. 12 stages in total, maximum distance of 27m, […]

First match of the new season and the partly depleted Silverstone crew (one Tom was away) had a mixed start we feel. Last season we ran so many matches that we barely got a chance to compete ourselves and when we did we all had near zero practice, the guns came out of the safe […]

Round 4 had  rather depleted entry with the weather putting off a few and the Shooting Show a few more but we still got some hardly souls to shoot the latest courses of fire from the USA. Lee Hopgood pulled off the win (to add to his Shield Sights Practical Minirifle League win that morning) […]

Round 4 of the Shield Sights Practical Mini rifle Winter league carried on its tradition of woeful weather with another wind beaten and wet day which tested all the shooters. We tried to keep the stages under cover for the shooters but to keep it fun we had a 48 round stage to round the […]

Fair to say we had a tough bunch to attend round 3 of the Shield Sights Mini Rifle league for round 3 with wind strong enough to blow over the stage equipment repeatedly through out the day made for a challenging round. Nice to see a few new names again as well as some returning […]

Round three of the NRL22 UK got off to a windy start with we think the most fun stages so far this season with some movement, a bit of prone and the tank trap got some use as well.   We had some new shooters again some with great experience and some as their first […]

Round 2 of the NRL22 UK series got off to another wet start with I think some of the most challenging stages we have seen thus far (all the stages are set by NRL22 HQ in the USA). 5 stages in total shooting from a saw horse, prone, from a ladder and one of standing […]

Round 2 of the Shield Sights Practical Mini Rifle league carried on the fine tradition of poor weather with 4 stages all shot under cover so at least the shooters didnt get wet. With some staffing issues brought about by covid we struggled a little on photography it seems so best way to see the […]

Last year, free to watch, satellite channel Sporty Stuff showed the first Hawke Practical Mini Rifle Championship which was the first time Practical Mini rifle had been shown to wider audience and the results were so good not only is the Hawke Championship back on in 2022 but the Shield Sights Practical Mini Rifle Winter […]

As a designer and builder of our own range we are often asked for our advice from other ranges and clubs and sometimes ranges need a bit more than just words. We were contacted by DRPC 1999 Derby Rifle and Pistol Club 1999 with an issue they had with ‘pop over’ which had resulted in […]

With the weather predicted to be terrible its not overly surprising that round 1 saw a depleted entry list but despite that round 1 went pretty well and everyone enjoyed the shooting. There were 4 courses of fire with targets ranging from 1m to 40m distance with plates, our yellow balls and papers so it […]

Well Round 1 of the NRL22 is over and well done to all those who braved the wind, rain and snow just to get here let alone compete! To be fair we did have a few drops outs sadly but it takes more than a little weather to make us cancel a competition here and […]

          We are delighted to announce our initial partners for the NRL22 Competitions. Begara Rifles have come on board and have offered one of their fantastic rifles as the top prize for the competition. We also have Blackrifle on board who will be offering a selection of their upgrades and accessories […]

Every Winter we run our Winter Leagues and this year we have expanded the series to include our new NRL22 Precision Shooting League. NRL22 Precision Rifle League   The NRL22 is a USA based series for precision shooting of multiple steel targets at distances from 25 to 100 yards all shot from a variety of […]

Well the second season of the Hawke British Mini Rifle Championship has come to a close and its fair to say it been a long tough year. Combined with the Winter league we have run 66 Mini Rifle stages in the last 12 months and its fair to say that its been a trying period. […]

Well, 4 rounds gone, only 2 left and 1 can be dropped so its getting interesting! After all the complaints about the yellow balls at round 3 we decided to take it easy on competitors for round 4, so we threw in a 48 round stage at 24 IPSC micro targets at 25m instead, guess […]

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Browning, Winchester and Kite Optics the Pro Shoot Xperience. One of the hardest aspects of buying a new rifle is getting to feel how the rifle shoots in real life. Its all well and good handling your chosen firearm at your favourite gun shop or a […]

Round 2 of the NRA Mini Rifle league was at a new range on the circuit, Hedley Park and to be honest it was a pistol match not a rifle match so the courses of fire were very short distance, however we all went for fun and by and large we enjoyed the match and […]

With round 1 being won by Ben Ducker in Open class, Dave Salmons in Senior and Paul Van Den Bosch in Super Senior all eyes were on round 2 to see how things will develop. With a lot of shooting going on now the season is fully open there were no more excuses for being […]

Whilst the NRA mini rifle league and the Hawke Optics Championship are championship series with multiple rounds making up an overall championship the UKPSA mini rifle rounds are one off matches all run to strict IPSC Mini Rifle rules, as you’d expect as the UKPSA is the IPSC representative for the UK. Their level 2 […]

As well as the Hawke Optics British Mini Rifle Championship the other main series is the NRA Practical Mini Rifle League. This series held at NRA ranges across the country runs in similar style to the Hawke but adds the variety of stages that others ranges can offer. Sometimes this means we are shooting shorter, […]

The Hawke Optics British Minirifle Championship got underway with 32 shooters on 7 stages. The full series is shown on Sky TV later in the year but here are the results and the stages, shot by John as he cant run the event and present the TV show and compete!   Congratulations to the class […]

With the 2021 season British Mini Rifle Championship soon to begin we thought we would start the prize table announcements off.   We are delighted to confirm that again Kriss Arms have donated a Kriss DMK rifle for a class winner to collect. The Kriss DMK is a firm favourite here and on the competition […]

In a final round where the weather conditions perfectly suited the title ‘Winter League’ – driving rain and wind it was Jim Starley to come out as winner for the series and new shooter Lee Hopgood to triumph over close place second place David Hill. Jim and Lee win an Aimpoint red dot sight donated […]

Competition Calendar for Practical Mini Rifle in the UK Here are all the competitions in date order as well as links to enter. Please check with the ranges directly as regards any specifics on entries. NRA and Silverstone competitions need either a pass of the Silverstone Practical Shooting Safety Course or an NRA SSC or […]

Due to the fact that the range has been forced to close for an extended period over the last 12 months due to Covid we have decided to extend all memberships by 3 months. We hope this goes some way to compensate for members loss of use. This is not an easy time commercially, income […]

  Throughout 2020 we hosted the first Hawke Optics British Minirifle Championship; a 6 round practical mini rifle competition. Shot around and under relevant covid regulations we asked the competitors to not share the results as we filmed the whole series to be shown on satellite TV – the first time the UK has had […]

Known as the Hawke British Minirifle Championship for 2020 and due to be shown on Sky TV from Feb here are the confirmed dates for the 2021 season. We are still to announce a title partner. Sat May 22nd Sat June 19th Sat July 3rd Sat August 7th Sat September 11th Sat October 9th Further […]

We are afraid that under the new Government Coronavirus regulations we are again closed. All booked shooting, competitions and experience events will be held in credit until we are allowed to open once again. Our sincere apologies.

Tier 4 opening and travel. There has been a lot of confusion over what is or isn’t allowed in terms of Tier 4 regulations and travel so we’d like to clarify what is allowed. Under the HM Govt rules all outdoor shooting ranges are allowed to remain open, subject of course to enhanced social distancing […]

Well, the Aimpoint Winter League earnt its title for round 1 – driving rain and pretty miserable conditions for the most part, although it did brighten up as the day continued, none of which put off the record list of 24 shooters competing. The Aimpoint Winter league is a Practical Minirifle championship aimed at new […]

We are delighted to announce our Winter league mini rifle series has a new key partner – Aimpoint AB. Aimpoint are one of the Worlds largest manufacturer of red dot sights and accessories and we have been using their red dots on all of our club and Experience Day rifles since we opened…….and since we […]

Yes, following the recent announcements the range will be back open fully from December 3rd. More importantly we will be unaffected by whatever tier the area is placed in as all outdoor organised sports where social distancing can be maintained are deemed acceptable in tier 1, 2 and 3. All of our Shooting Experience Events […]

We now have a number of dedicated Kriss Vector .22 rifles built for IPSC Practical Mini Rifle competition use. We are so impressed with the performance of the Kriss Vector that we built up some for shooters to try either on our training courses or our Shooting Experiences. All of the rifles are built to […]

We are used to strange requests here and do a fair bit of media and TV for both the car side and the range so when we get a call from the Editor of Top Gear Magazine asking if we were interested in ‘doing something a bit weird’ we weren’t really very surprised. The last […]

I’m afraid that with the new regulations regarding operation and coronavirus we have have come to the conclusion that we need to close the range for non members with immediate affect. This does NOT affect our Shooting Experiences, competitions or training events. The simple fact is that with the extra work and time we need […]

Hawke Optics British Mini Rifle Championship Round 1 May 30th 2020 (Changed from May 4th) Round 1 Competition will be televised on Sky and Freesat TV. Minimum 6 courses of fire with targets from 1m to 100m distance Minimum of 120 rounds required 9.30am briefing, 10am start Please state Class entered; Mini Rifle Open Senior […]

Following detailed consultation of the latest Government advice from the HMRC we are pleased to announce the range will be back open for members and non members from June 2nd. However a variety of new measures have been implemented both for the safety and well being of the staff and for guests which will need […]

In the light of recent HMRC advice and following further advice from both our insurers and our legal advisers I’m afraid we are having to close the range with immediate effect until April 24th, perhaps longer. We are sorry to have to take this step but we have no choice in the matter. Round 1 of the Hawke British […]

Whilst we all compete for the accolade and title its always good to reflect competitors skill with a prize table so we are delighted to announce the first prizes that will be up for grabs in the Hawke Practical Minirifle Championship. All of these prizes are donated by our partners and suppliers free of any […]

Following UK Govt advice and the subsequent lock down we have decided to re-schedule the first two rounds of the Hawke British Mini Rifle Championship. Round 1 has now been moved to Saturday May 30th and the Final is now on Saturday October 3rd. The remaining dates (below) are unchanged. These changes have now meant […]

Round 2 of the IPSC Mini Rifle Winter league was a wet affair but we again welcomed a further 8 new shooters to their first Practical Mini Rifle competition, all of whom shot safely and thoroughly enjoyed the event. First stage stage was a bit of a baptism of fire, 12 IPSC plates, prone shooting […]

Media Information for Immediate Release Silverstone Shooting Centre announces Hawke Optics as new Optics Partner Following several months of testing Hawke Optics have been selected as the new optics partner for Silverstone Shooting Centre. An extensive shooting range needs a strong optics partner for the sheer variety of shooting that is undertaken and having decided […]

A great start to our Winter League Practical Mini Rifle series with round 1 having 14 shooters of which 4 were having their first competition, the rest being mainly the practical shooting team from NTSC so made for a great mix of shooters. 4 stages, ranging in distance from 1m to 90m with the morning […]

We are delighted to be hosting another NRA Practical Mini Rifle Match in August! The event is fast approaching and with that in mind we are currently getting things in order. Entry list as follows: 1 Thomas Ellaway 2 Josh Hicks 3 James Rowlands 4 Christian Bartlett 5 Maria Bartlett 6 Richard Poole 7 Dave […]

We now have all new backing boards. Since we first opened we have always used Correx backing boards for the entire range, the idea being that they were cost effective and lasted more than one shooter so we provided them for free, however a visit from the Environment Agency has lead us to make a […]

A huge thanks to all those who competed and supported our first Level 3 IPSC Practical Mini Rifle Match. The match days were not without issues but with kind support from UKPSA Range staff we put on a great match with some challenging stages stretching some of the UK’s best mini rifle shooters. The most […]

We are currently working hard to get everything in order for the upcoming event. At this stage we cannot complete squadding because we have a few outstanding payments that we need to clear. Please ensure you have completed payment via the below links, and we can get underway. If you have not yet paid for […]

Our first major competition at Silverstone Shooting Centre and whilst its fair to say things werent 100% perfect overall it was a good day and the competitors all enjoyed it.   What was especially important for us were the 10 brand new competitors to Practical Mini Rifle, most had taken our Introduction to Practical Mini […]

This is the current entry list: John Thorne (Open, Senior) Squad 1 Kelvin Leaton (Open) Squad 2 Josh Hicks (Open) Squad 2 Dave Barbara (Open) Squad 3 Thomas Ellaway (Open) Squad 3 Dave Salmons (Open) Squad 2 Dan Cook (Open) Squad 1 Dan Roberts (Open) Squad 1 Howard Roberts Squad 3 David Hill (Open) Squad […]

Round 2 of the UKPSA Practical Mini Rifle Championship went pretty well I feel, came away with a Senior Class Win and 7th overall which considering the abject failure from round 1 at Crocketford (which was so bad I couldnt face doing a report!)  it was more than I was expecting. Round 1 really was […]

Well, following our visit form the Times newspaper and our comment that they had decided not to run the article they have decided to do so, full text of which is below. Golf buggies take members to and from a clubhouse against a backdrop of rolling countryside. It is only the sound of gunshots and […]

Following the recent atrocity in New Zealand The Sunday Times has recently been featuring some articles about shooting and specifically practical shooting which have contained a series of factual inaccuracies. Rather than complain as to the inaccurate reporting we decided to contact the author to offer to both address some of the areas where they […]

Every month from April until October we will be hosting our .22 competition day where we will be having the following competitions: 10m Turning Target For details and entry click here: Details and Entry 25m Turning Target Details and Entry 50m Turning Target Details and Entry Speed Steel ( 4 courses of fire) Details and […]

This is the process you need to follow to get a firearms licence in the UK for the purposes of target shooting. These are the rules in the UK as they apply now. First of all its worth noting that have a firearms licence is not a right, the presumption in the law is that […]

We are delighted to announce the creation of a new partnership between Silverstone Shooting Centre and Black Rifle for the creation, development and sale of custom upgrades to the Smith and Wesson M&P15-22 rifle. Milton Keynes based Black Rifle, a long established custom builder and manufacturer of parts for the M&P15-22 and its founder and […]

The shooting World is full of new ideas especially when it comes to calibres, barely a week goes by where a manufacturer launches another new round which is always better performing than the last one but the story of the 300 Blackout is worth following.  To go into full detail would take up pages and […]

Well, after 9 months of testing we are finally able to present our findings on which .22 ammunition we can recommend for Practical Mini Rifle shooters and the results are very interesting. Its worth being clear here on our motivation for this test, we are not a ‘reviewing’ operation, we dont get kit from suppliers […]

As part of planning for the building of the range we needed to add extensive planting of trees to the site, so, here is what 3000 trees looks like! This represents stage 1, smaller trees covering the whole site, all native species; oak, beach, maple etc as well as smaller shrubs that will provide extensive […]

Here at Silverstone Shooting Centre we feel it is inherent in our role to promote the sport of target shooting in a positive manner so when a TV company calls up asking to shoot things for a TV show we are immediately keen to ensure that the message they are intending to create shows our […]

Well 12 months since our opening, we now have 80 odd members, over 250 people shooting here and another couple of hundred attended so we had a little celebration. Many thanks to everyone who came, existing members, new members and non members alike but especially to everyone who has helped create what we have here […]

Took the time to travel down to Exeter for the first Practical Shooting Show and despite the 6 hours of travelling it was worth going. One small hall but all containing vendors who specialise in the area of practical (dynamic)shooting so it was interesting to see all the items in one place rather than searching […]

We had the honour to host the first ever mini rifle/long gun safety course for the UKPSA – the governing body for practical shooting in the UK under the IPSC. This course is designed to train shooters in the safe action of dynamic shooting the UK’s fastest growing form of target shooting where you move […]

A few shots of a recent corporate day held for ATV Track limited, real mix of shooters, some experienced, some none at all enjoyed a full day with .22 semi automatic S&W 15.22 rifles at 10m and 50m and then with the CZ .223 bolt action rife at 100m.

Our first Practical Shooting Skills Course saw 12 shooters try their hands at the dynamic shooting style that is Practical Shooting. Great day was had and all 12 passed the course with flying colours which allows each of them to book our dedicated Practical Shooting range.     The course covers all aspects of Practical […]