Our primary discipline these days is small-bore sport rifle, sometimes called 'semi-auto carbine'. We have access to both an indoor 25yd and an outdoor 50yd range.

The rifles in use by members are the usual mix of Walther, Ruger, CZ etc.

The popularity of the sport rifle stems from the loss of pistol shooting in 1998. Until them we had taken part in a local individual small-bore pistol league.

When this discipline was unfairly denied to us by Her Majesty's Government some of our members looked around for an alternative.

Many clubs we know of turned to air weapons, in our club the sport rifle has become popular, to the extent that virtually all members now possess one.

We found that shooting these rifles was both enjoyable and required a different skill set. Unfortunately, at that time we could not find any suitable postal competitions so we decided to run a small league internally. We soon realised that there was little more effort involved in operating a league for a wider audience, consequently, the Victoria Sport Rifle League was born. This league has now been running twice annually for over 25 years. On average it has over 100 competitors from all over the south of England taking part.

In 2008 the club affiliated to the NRA and successfully applied for approval from the Home Office to shoot full bore rifle. The majority of the club members now own full bore rifles and regular shoots at Bisley are arranged. Members own a mixture of historic and modern rifles. Shoots are arranged for all distances between 100 and 1200yds.