I started my shooting life in the mid-1970s as a full bore shooter in a local rifle club and at school. I did very well as a junior shooter, partly because I used to buy Sporting Shooter at every opportunity and, disregarding the hunting articles, went straight to Ask the Gun Editor and every rifle test Nick Harvey wrote. By the time I was 18, I was the self-appointed technical expert at my rifle club, thanks to Nick’s writings.
created an egomaniacal monster but I was tolerated generously by all the older heads at Bradmill Rifle Club. I went on to serve as a mediocre regular army artillery officer who repeatedly won the Skill At Arms Prize, from Portsea Officer Training through all
