The firm was originally started by Mr. G. E. Fulton in about the year 1895. Business was conducted for a short while in Wandsworth and later Staines where there was a large range at the time. The N.R.A. had moved its H.Q. to Bisley Camp in 1890, and Staines was conveniently placed in relation to the ranges there and at Bisley.

In 1905 a move was made to Bisley Camp, and the business was established in its present premises, Mr. A. G. Fulton joining his father as a member of the firm and remaining until the out break of war in 1914.

Mr. G. E. Fulton stared his shooting career in the volunteers in the early 1880's and won the Queen's  Prize in 1888, and the Grand Aggregate in 1890 and the St. George's in 18906 and 1900. Mr. Arthur Fulton as is well known holds the unique distinction of being the only man to win the Sovereign's Prize three times, he has also won the King's Silver Medal three times and holds the record number of King's and Queen's Final Badges. In 1958 Mr. Robin Fulton succeeded in carrying on the family tradition by winning the Queen's Prize. Collectively, the members of this firm have won the no fewer than 5 King's or Queen's Gold Medals, 3 King's Silver Medals, 1 Grand Aggregate Gold Cross and 4 Silver Crosses and the St George's three times. They have won 57 King's or Queen's Final Badges and have represented Great Britain in Empire and Kolapore Matches 37 times and England in National Mackinnon Matches 84 times

Mr. A. G. Fulton was awarded the M.B.E. in the 1959 New Year Honours List for his services to rifle shooting.

These facts are not given in any boastful spirit, but simply to emphasise the fact that the firm and its members can claim a long and not undistinguished association with the target rifle shooting and to assure our customers that the reputation so achieved is not likely to jepordised by the production of anything but the best rifles and shooting equipment.

Robin Fulton
Queen's Prize Winner 1958.

Brief History On Development Of Target Rifles

For many years' from 1920 until the advent of the P'14 rifle in 1935, the S.M.L.E. was the only weapon permitted for the S.R. shooting under the N.R.A. Rules, and in the early days of that rifle's history the continuance of rifle shooting as a competitive sport undoubtedly hung in the balance. It was at this time that the pioneering work done by Mr. A. G. Fulton at Woolwich and in his spare time on privately-owned rifles which resulted in the process known as "packing" did a great deal to bring about some sort of "leveling-up" of the standard of shooting obtained from these otherwise extremely inaccurate weapons. By careful controlling the barrel vibrations, and skillfully adjusting the "packing" material so as to stiffen the otherwise weak barrel and action without restricting the expansion of the former, an extremely high degree of accuracy was obtained which enabled the size of the bullseye at all ranges to be reduced twice during this period.