Autumn 2008 Press Release
RPA is announcing the launch of the Interceptor - Multi Shot
This rifle has been developed from the single shot Interceptor and is available in .243, 7-08 and .308 calibres with the option of a 3 or 10 shot magazine. It has been built to the same exacting standards as all our rifles and is guaranteed to shoot better than ½ MOA accuracy. In addition to the features of the single shot, the multi shot Interceptor has a stainless steel black barrel, black action, trigger and adjustable butt plate. Watch our website for more pictures and details appearing in advance of the official launch at IWA 2009.
Another Winning Year at Bisley
This rifle has been developed from the single shot Interceptor and is available in .243, 7-08 and .308 calibres with the option of a 3 or 10 shot magazine. It has been built to the same exacting standards as all our rifles and is guaranteed to shoot better than ½ MOA accuracy. In addition to the features of the single shot, the multi shot Interceptor has a stainless steel black barrel, black action, trigger and adjustable butt plate. Watch our website for more pictures and details appearing in advance of the official launch at IWA 2009.
RPA's Apparel range available soon
RPA’s apparel range will soon be available for purchase from our website.
GB shooter makes record perfect score
20th September 2008
Jon Underwood
For the first time in known records a full-bore target rifle shooter has shot a perfect individual score in a 'Queens II' course of fire.
Jon Underwood shot 150ex-150, with all 30 of his shots hitting the central V-Bull, during the Peek match of the Surrey Open on 20th September at Bisley. That is 50.10 at 300 yards, 500 yards and 600 yards with no wind coach, no hand rest and no telescopic sights. Surrey Rifle Association member Underwood used JHC 155g ammunition in his RPA Quadlock Rifle to post his amazing score. He is well known around Bisley, with notable successes as Grand Aggregate winner in 2005 Imperial; winner of all three stages of the Queen's Prize in 2006 and numerous international honours (including a recent England Team tour to the USA).
"By 600 yards I was getting a little excited by the prospect of scoring a complete HPS (highest possible score)," he said. "But it wasn't like winning the Grand or the Queens though - there was far more pressure at both those shoots - and I hadn't got to the stage where the front sight of the rifle was dancing around uncontrollably! That's partly because I have shot a number of 50.10s before, partly because I was quite busy helping to organise the competition and running stats and partly because of some things I learned in America, just watching how calm and methodical shooters are there."
As expected, Underwood went on to win the event and also the Surrey County Championship. He is now focused on trying to get selected for the England Commonwealth Games team for Delhi in 2010, for which he is on the shortlist. The highest ever score posted in the actual Imperial Meeting Queens II event is 150.28, shot by Scotland's Iain Robertson in 2002.
Absolute Precision from the past and into the future
28th July 2008
Early in 1970 the SWING rifle action was conceived by George Swenson and manufactured by Peter Churchill and Ron Wickham, Early in 1968 George Swenson, an itinerant American living in Tonbridge, was introduced to Peter Churchill and Ron Wickham of Churwick Engineering Ltd. They began by manufacturing two stage triggers as replacements on Mausers and P14's as well as front sights. The following year the first rear sights were made, these were known as the Wilkes sights and were based around the Redfield mounting system.
Summer 2008 Press Release
14th July 2008
2008 has already seen huge success for RPA International Ltd following the IWA Exhibition in Nürnberg back in March, where we were bombarded with interest and enquiries making us one of the busiest stands there! As hoped the exhibition secured RPA a number of Dealers throughout the UK and Europe. We are now actively developing and liaising with our contacts to expand our Dealer network. Watch our website for more details!
Spring 2008 Press Release
16th April 2008
RPA International Ltd can trace its roots back to 1970. Since then it has evolved on several occasions, most recently with the acquisition of the company by "Mach 3 International Ltd" in 2006. Since then the new shareholders have made a significant investment in the Company resulting in the move to a new factory in Tonbridge a substantial amount of new machinery, a doubling of the number of staff, (whilst retaining almost all of the original team including the original founders of the Company). By the end of 2006 RPA had also gained ISO 9001 quality accreditation.