Private Marker

Ha ha ha that's a new one for me! Thanks for the heads up...

I am down for Friday, AM is private marking and PM is NRA. Happily the kids have mostly gone back to college and only do some works at week ends. I know some of the senior markers won't work with the kids. Is message 15 like message 13 only more extreme?

I get the distinct impression even the NRA have a poor opinion of their own markers. I was on a target today, next to me was an NRA instructor with their shooter. It seemed like every time they mentioned markers, it wasn't complimentary. And they wonder why I am going over to private marking...

I have mates who are markers and shooters. I hear some firearms officers will do cert update visits over the phone...

Why thank you! I have a couple of booked days next week, and still work for the NRA, but their work is going quiet. I suppose it's the end of the season now. I have heard of other markers working when there's snow on the ground, but I will know more when I have seen the winter out! If anybody needs a private marker, please get in touch!

I'm surprised nobody has replied. I thought somebody would have a good moan about Butt markers!

Just over a year ago the company I was delivering for went into liquidation. I needed to get some gainful employment. For the first time in over twenty years I was on the job market. It was Vince from this very forum that suggested I try applying to Bisley to be a Butt Marker. By then, it was the end of the season, and I had to wait until just before the next season, to attend a 'course' on target marking. I couldn't start work in the Butts until I had done the training. After a cancelled course (bad weather?!!) I did complete the course and have been marking now for only six months. It seems a lot longer though, in a good way! I love my job, but that love doesn't extend to everybody I work with. Some of the younger markers are hugely trying. From constantly staring at their phones, to not even knowing how to operate a simple two way radio, I wonder how they get home at night... Any questions?

Ha ha ha! How long have you got? Thanks for the welcome!

Thanks for the recommendation Vince! Hmm, automatic targets. 1066 have you seen the youtube vids of them being wildly inaccurate? As for markers, I am well aware of the bad rep we have amongst shooters. It's the college kids that do marking for a bit of extra money during the holidays that drags all of us down. Saturday I was one of seven markers. Shooting in full flow, I looked left and right, the three markers either side of me were ALL looking at their phones! We are not all the same!

Hello shooters! I don't live at Bisley, but I do work there. As a marker. No I'm not a sulky teenager, I don't stare at my phone between shots, play vile rap music or get many many message fours. Recently I started private marking. More of that later...