Ham and Petersham Rifle and Pistol Club

:: Air guns ::	:: Black Powder Guns ::	:: Guns ::	Considering how small our ranges are, that is a very large number.	Lots of sand.
Shooting on a wintry day.	Count Stephen Ouveroff.	Peter Rooke, Built a lot of the club over many years.	There was a Snooker Table in the club for many years, Gone now.	The Pot Bellied stove kept the club warm in the winter.
:: Bisley ::	:: Ranges ::	:: R .I. P. ::	Very old photo inside the club.	A memento from The United States Marines.
The Trophy cabinet at rear.	The office rear left.	Inside the club	Inside the club taken from the front door.	Mr Hubble, responsible for building a 25 yard range, which was named after him, The Hubble range.
The clubhouse looking a lot better	The clubhouse a long time ago.	At that time the club only used single shot .22 rifles.	First cut new mower.	The Yates 50m range, first cut with new mower.
My new mower, 48 inch cut, does a great job.	This digger is used to do heavy work at the club, sadly it chews up the ground and grass	Track marks	Track marks	The Yates Range, 50m from firing point to target
The Butts	A bit of frost on the floor	The Firing Points	Inside firing points, it is changed a bit now	Inside Firing points of the Yates Range
The butts of The Lord Mancroft Range	Taken from outside the range	The butts being rebuilt	Looking at the firing point from the butts	The range taken from the gate
The butts on The Lord Mancroft range	Tommy guns, fire .45acp (replicas)	A .45 mushroom	This can was hanging up on the targets on the 100 yard range	Geoffrey Household lives here. Whistle when you approach, or sing
The circle of damage is the size of the circle in the middle of the air pistol target	This was an odd bit of plate, you can clearly see where the pellets have struck	Half inch steel boiler plate, backstop for airguns, .177 only	Circled is a .177 lead pellet stuck in the pitted steel surface. You can see the rifling impressed on the pellet skirt	Aerial view 250 years ago. The outline is where the club will be about 1905
Google Earth view of the clubs ranges, I mow all the grass at the club, about 4 acres	Aerial view of club. The River Thames is just to the left of the fields	Aerial view in 1944	Wooden beam from the butts on the Yates range	Inert 20mm round
Often see the webs in the morning, never seen a spider in them.	The very old furnace	Burning is a nice job on a cold day	Really hot	The hotter the flame the better destruction of diseased wood
Building heat fast	Driving out in the summer, a very green lane	It does not seem it is so close to London	Driving down the lane in the autumn	Entrance to club, the lane is over 200 yards long
Pile of wood chippings	Old concrete blocks	Huge pile of wood chippings	Gas cylinder moved.	Photo of an old photo of a .22 rifle shooter.
Ham and Petersham ca1908	Possibly Bisley camp, between the wars.	H&P ladies team winning another trophy.	Ham and Petersham team firing.