NRA 2012 Summer Journal

[Watcher]

I did nip off to check what 347 and 348 were. Pretty rum behaviour to change a score card. As I say to the Scouts; you're only cheating yourself in the end.

[HeatherW762]

Has anyone had theirs? still waiting for mine (And my membership card!) although I did after having a tantrum eventually get my membership processed quite sometime ago - I got a CD and a bit of paper! (with the promise of a membership card to follow...................)

Mike

Card was sent out last month - presumably straight into the Royal Mail black hole where a lot of stuff seems to be ending up recently - and of course it would eat yours wouldn't it!!

I'll get another one in the post tomorrow, let me know if it doesn't arrive, I had to send two out today by special delivery as the previous two lots didn't get there. We ought to be able to get a refund - ha! what am I thinking of, you only get that from reputable companies.....

Heather

[karen]

Agree that its quite heavy on adverts but then the ideal has to be that its cost neutral and the old version was way over the other way I suspect.

Blaze keep all the advertising money - NRA get nothing from the ads!

Quite happy to tell you how old version was costed

Actual price of printing
Actual price of postage
My time at £27.50 a page regardless of how long they took or how many changes were required (except for pages that were unchanged like ads) - rather cheap rates for a graphic designer (normal rates are minimum £35 an hour).
Plus 90% of advertising revenue returned to NRA

Blaze are doing it cheaper to get the ad money (rates are a lot higher than previously) and are obviously hoping to sell it at some point in the future (from the price on the cover)

Personally I would love to know how many ads are being charged at full price as some seem to be from other Blaze publications. Ho hum!

Love

Karen

[Alpha1]

£35 a hour is cheap.

[ResearchPress]

My journal arrived today.... I was entertained by 'The spirit of the original' article.

Curious that muzzle loading shooting is dismissed in one sentence and muzzle loading rifles get no mention at all. The NRA hold plenty of events for them in the IHAM and Trafalgar Meeting. Even more curious is that the chosen pictures of rifle shooting are all muzzle loading while the article focuses on breech loaders - surely there could have been some pictures of rifles relevant to the article?

Oh and two of the pictures of rifle shooting are by me, and one by my wife. They will have been previously published in Target Sports in the MLAGB news pages I used to write. Credit to the MLAGB would have been nice at least...

The large picture on the first page of the article is a patched ball rifle competition held at the MLAGB's range at Wegnock, Warwick, on 26 May 2007.

The smaller picture of an offhand shooter is in fact me posing with the rifle during the MLAGBs 'Pedersoli Challenge' at Wedgnock on 20 July 2003. The rifle is a reproduction, not original as the caption suggests. (My guess is the caption should have been with the above and the caption with the prone shooters should have been with this one).

The prone rifle shooters are competing in the MLAGB National 200 yard Rifle Championships on Short Siberia Range on 11 March 2007.

David

[Dangermouse]

Arrived this afternoon, I think I read it in under 40 minutes from cover to cover. The disciplinary section caught my attention - why so many? If people are making a common mistake can someone tell me what it is so that I don't? If I was banned from Bisley for any amount of time than I would expect to lose my FAC and I doubt that I would ever get back.

Interesting editors comments, almost appeared like he was addressing this forum I felt, certainly he has picked up on what has been discussed,

DM

[Ovenpaa]

Interesting editors comments, almost appeared like he was addressing this forum I felt, certainly he has picked up on what has been discussed

You mean the 'other' DM (Derrick Mabbott) DM? I know it has been suggested that this forum of of no significance to the NRA however it is interesting to see the other DM has recognised the issues we have discussed here of late so he is obviously hearing it from other quarters.

I have said it before and I will say it again, a vaguely 'official' NRA presence on the forum from someone thick skinned enough to take the flak on occasion, listen and answer/advise would do the NRA a world of good and enhance credibility, and that is not a criticism of any NRA staff that post on here.

I would pay money to have an NRA rep on here....