Major Ernest Elborough Woodcock
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Printed Date: March 26 2026 at 1:20pm
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Topic: Major Ernest Elborough Woodcock
Posted By: Strangely Brown
Subject: Major Ernest Elborough Woodcock
Date Posted: March 25 2026 at 9:09am
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Apologies for what is clearly a "click bait" title, albeit a correct one! I think Britrifles is one of the few on here who knows of my all-pervading interest in Bisley ephemera; this little gem arrived in todays post this morning via eBay. It's a type of score book that I have not encountered before being an early AG Parker type before the company became Parker-Hale. Major Woodcock was quite easy to find on the internet because he had the good sense (and no doubt pride) to write down his regiment in case he lost he lost his score book at Bisley by leaving it lying around the army gunroom, or worse still leaving it in one of the clubhouse bars after bragging about his scores in the kings final that day! I believe this dates to either the late 1920's or early 1930's as one of the adverts inside is for the 1927 pattern sling (civilian webbing target sling) and the advert for the AG Parker 5 sight is before the 5A and 5B pattern appeared       I'm pleased to say windage calculators have got easier to use in recent years!    ------------- Mick |
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: March 25 2026 at 9:35am
The "BURKE rest" That was the correct name for the "Rowlock rest" I was trying to remember ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Strangely Brown
Date Posted: March 25 2026 at 9:55am
I didn't know that Chaz and have wondered where the name came from. ------------- Mick |
Shamu wrote:Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 25 2026 at 10:54am
| Very cool find. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: March 25 2026 at 12:13pm
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Possibly the similarity of the "U" shaped upper part to a classic row boat row lock?  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: March 26 2026 at 3:40am
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Very nice Mick, in excellent condition! Were there any plot sheet pages filled out? |
Posted By: Strangely Brown
Date Posted: March 26 2026 at 7:25am
Geoff, yes! Our man appears to have been a reasonable shot in his day; he also entered stage 1 of the Kings but there is no evidence he got through to stage 2. Rather annoyingly he has also omitted to put the year down he shot these matches!   ------------- Mick |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: March 26 2026 at 7:27am
| Very cool history. |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: March 26 2026 at 8:23am
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“Our man appears to have been a reasonable shot in his day” With 7 bulls in a row at 500 yds, I’d say that’s quite good! A shame no date! I wish we knew more about the selection of ammunition for matches in those days, and what the Figure of Merit was. |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: March 26 2026 at 12:42pm
| Very cool Mick and what a great piece of shooting competition history! |