High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is a non-profit making Industrial and Provident Society, whose mission is to promote and protect sporting shooting and the well-being of the countryside throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. With around 130,000 members and 105 staff BASC is the largest and best resourced country sports organisation in the UK. Its magazine “Shooting and Conservation” has the largest circulation of any shooting magazine in Britain.