Civilian Service Rifle & Practical Rifle Handbook 2021

CIVILIAN SERVICE RIFLE AND PRACTICAL RIFLE HANDBOOK 2021 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle Handbook 2021

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle Handbook 2021

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The Civilian Service Rifle & Practical Rifle Handbook

Volume 6 of the NRA Handbook 2021 Edition

This Handbook is issued by, and the Rules, Regulations and Conditions are made by, order of the Council and approved on 5 February 2021

Contents

2021 Edition Changes 5 Introduction 6

A Rules

A1 General 8 A1.1 Purpose, Interpretation and Application 8

A2 Rifles, Ammunition and Equipment 8 A2.1 General 8 A2.2 Classes 9 A2.3 Ammunition 10 A2.4 Clothing and Equipment 10

A3 Conduct of Shooting 13 A3.1 Safety 13 A3.2 Range Procedures 17 A3.3 Trigger Testing 20 A3.4 Malfunctions 20 A3.5 Butts Routines and Scoring 21 A3.7 Challenges 24 A3.8 Protests and Re-shoots 25 A3.9 Penalties 26

B Conditions and Conduct

B1 General 28 B1.1 Purpose 28

B2 Officials 28 B2.1 Duty to Competitors (Firers) 28 B2.2 Meeting Director (MD) 28 B2.3 Chief Range Officer (CRO) 30 B2.4 Range Officer (RO) 30 B2.5 Butts Officer (BO) 30 B2.6 Assistant Butts Officer (ABO) 31 B2.7 Chief Statistical Officer (Chief Stats) 31

B3 Competitors’ (Firers’) Duties 31 B3.1 Conduct 31 B3.2 Knowledge of Meeting Conditions 31 B3.3 Competitors will Butt Mark and Score 31 B3.4 Reporting at Firing Point or Butts 32

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C Match Conditions eera urose arets eera Scori uies iiia Serice ie ractica ie Matces e ars Matc e ars Matc e ars Matc e eria ractica ie Matc e o ae Matc e ura Matc e Sort ae Matc e ra Matc e iteea Matc (ee) e ceece i oetitio Matc e Serice ie teratioa S oetitio e uee Mar Matc e ace ssesset (ee) e oue Matc e oerts Matc e Fai ates ea Matc e Metue u Matc e eria iiia Serice ie aiosi e o ae reate e Sort ae reate

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Introduction

iiia Serice ie a ractica ie (S ) are atioa ie ssociatio () sooti isciies tat ioe te use o a rie or te uroses o coetitio iiia Serice ie atces are ase o ite io ooeat a Forei Serice ie Matces cosisti o eierate rai ire it oeet a sasooti ractices i arious coiatios ractica ie eets coie arious eeets o S te atces as eterie te Meeti Director e oeri o or S sooti i te is te is aook a uie rouce uer te ausices o te cotais tree Sectios

A. Rules ese ues aas a to iiia Serice ie ractica ie (S ) sooti coucte uer ausices

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A – Rules A1 General A1.1 Purpose, Interpretation and Application A he rules deined in this section aly to all CSR & PR meetins and eents held under the ausices o the NRA and are seciic to CSR & PR and oerride eneric NRA rules dealin ith equialent matters he interretation o the eneric NRA Rules o Shootin NRA Handbook olume as alied to CSR & PR is included in this olume ith a reerence to the source rule included in bold italics nconsistencies aectin rules should be reerred to meetin oicials or resolution under NRA Rules o Shootin ara nconsistencies identiied outside cometition should be reerred to the CSR & PR isciline Reresentatie or resolution by the Shootin Committee Any deliberate breach o the rules ill be dealt ith under the discilinary arranements seciied in the NRA Handbook Any irer itnessin a breach o these rules is required to brin the matter to the attention o the eetin irector Chie Rane icer CR or Rane icer R immediately

A2 Rifles, Ammunition and Equipment A2.1 General A Riles or CSR & PR must be sae to use in any o the ositions required by match conditions and must be sae to carry loaded nce the rane on hich any match is to be shot has been declared sae to ire on the CR is the inal arbiter o the admissibility o any seciic irearm to the match All riles must hae a orkin saety catch Riles should hae either a detachable or internal maaine ideally caable o holdin a minimum o rounds Riles may be equied ith either iron or otical sihts here it is necessary to dierentiate beteen the sihtin systems in match conditions those conditions alicable to iron sihts ill be termed ‘Iron’ and those applicable to optical sights will be termed ‘Optic’. CSR & PR eents are shot in our classes deined at A belo he olloin aly enerally unless more seciically ecluded a. Muzzle Brakes: Permitted As a consequence meetin oranisers ill notiy all CSR & PR eents to rane oerators as inolin mule brakes and irers are required to accet that adacent irers may be usin such b. Sound Moderators: Permitted c. Magazines: aaines reater in lenth than a standard round maaine or that rile tye may be used in the rone osition and rested or suort aaines reater in lenth than a standard round maaine or that rile tye hen used in any other osition may not be used in such a ay to ain an adantae by suortin the eiht o the rile d. Projected Laser Aiming or Ranging Devices: Prohibited

.. Any SMLE, No 4 or No 5 .303” Enfield pattern Service Rifle. ma not be sed . lbs minimm sling corresponding to as issed pattern is permitted .. Iron sights onl o restriction on slings Other than as in e below rests are prohibited . lbs minimm againe resting is permitted. hen magaine resting onl the magaine and no other part o the rile ma toch the grond .. restricted to . mm . inchester . mm . Remington or . ritish ma be no wider than . inches at an point and bclesadsters no wider than . inches at an point may be no longer than was supplied for that type of firearm in it’s militar or commercial eialent conigration at time o isse or manactre. I a lash hider mle brae is itted it shall not be inclded in the barrel length measrement ma ar in length and be either ied adstable or collapsible. Collapsible or adstable length stocs ma be adsted or length o pll dring a match bt bttstocs that allow or other adstments sch as the cheepiece height or bttplate canting ma not be sed nless ied in position and not adsted dring a match againe resting is permitted. hen magaine resting onl the magaine and no other part o the rile ma toch the grond ma be sed bt mst remain itted at all times dring a stage. Resting on ertical ore grip is not permitted intended to acilitate an adantage are prohibited are prohibited . lbs minimm maimm magniication o . Onl one magaine ma be attached to the rile at an time clamping magaines together is prohibited When competing in Service Optic (SO) Class all sighting shots are to be taken and observed with the optic sight set at no more than 4.5x magnification. Firing any shots in SO Class with the more than 4.5x magnification set may result in a penalty (see A3.9)

A..4 adustable handsling stops and barricade wings permitted without restriction n addition to a sling and a primary support device such as a bipod, a secondary support device designed to aid support may be fied to the rifle in front of the trigger. his secondary support device may be a vertical or angled fore grip. he bipod may be fitted with legs that can rotate to lie in line with the bore ais or be retracted into the body of the bipod. he primary support device is the only part of the rifle that may be in direct contact with the ground and may only be used as such when in the prone firing position. he support devices must remain fitted for all shots fired during a stage. f magaine resting the magaine is considered the primary support device. must remain in the folded or retracted state at the start of a stage and may only be deployed when on the firing point and moving into the final firing position .5 g minimum No restriction on optic sights A.3. All ammunition must have sufficient energy to pass through papercard targets and their bacing boards. Shots which do not pass through such targets will be scored as misses A.3. enerally, any ammunition that is legal, within range regulations, safe and suitable for the firearm may be used. o be eligible for the Military Ammunition lass if specified in the match conditions, shooters are limited to using factory produced ball ull Metal acet M rounds to military specification home loaded ammunition and commercial match ammunition is prohibited A.3.3 ME, racer and armour piercing ammunition are prohibited in SR R matches A.3.4 RRs are authorised to chec the type of ammunition any firer is using. f the RR believes that the ammunition being used by a firer falls outside the limits for the range in use they can demand that the ammunition is withdrawn A.4. ress for SR R shooting should be appropriate to the discipline and weather prevailing or epected. A firer whose dress, euipment or position is thought inappropriate or liely to bring the Association into disrepute may be challenged by the MRR or a member of NRA Staff and may be reuired to withdraw from an event. he wearing of a single item of military pattern surplus clothing is not liely to warrant action by the Range or NRA Staff, however, if a firers dress could result in them being mistaen as being military personnel on duty they will be ased to change their attire and if unable to do so they will be reuired to withdraw from the event

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A.4. Any acet or combination of clothing designed or intended to provide support to the body is prohibited, including but not limited to Modern mediumweight and heavyweight purposedesigned canvas, leather or synthetic target shooting acets and wearing of ecessive layers of clothing, with the purpose of restricting upper body movement, thereby providing support A.4.3 adding or soft material for the purposes of protection or comfort may be used on the shoulder, on the elbows and on the upper arm. his padding may be affied internally or eternally to a loosefitting acet of any design or style having a lightweight, single thicness outer, provided that the combination of the padding and acet does not provide support to the upper body. Strapon elbow and nee pads may be worn. he wearing of the military issue sniper smoc is allowed. Sling hoos attached to the upper arm of a acet are allowed A.4.4 he wearing of gloves is permitted during all matches. urpose designed padded target shooting gloves or mittens are prohibited A.4.5 uring inclement weather waterproof clothing may be worn in all matches by firers and team officials if any A.4. added nonslip shooting mats are prohibited, a ground sheet may be used to provide some protection from the ground but elbows may not be rested on such protection A.4. t is forbidden to use any artifice that may facilitate a shooting advantage and which is not epressly permitted by the SR R Rules, if in the opinion of the MR such artifice is contrary to the spirit of these Rules. (NRA Rule 132) A.4. t is the responsibility of the firer to submit any euipment, not specifically authorised by the SR R Rules, for official inspection and approval in sufficient time prior to the beginning of a match not to cause inconvenience to the MR or the running of the match. he MR will then consider the eligibility of the item, if necessary, consult with the SR R iscipline Representative and Subommittee, and the decision as to its acceptability under the Rules shall then be binding. (NRA Rule 132) A.4. he M may, on application, permit such modification to the rifle, clothing, euipment or techniue of a physically disabled firer as may assist them to compete on eual terms with other SR R firers A.4.0 ptical Aids he following rules will apply rescription spectacles and contact lenses may be worn in any match he use of hand held binoculars and monoculars is permitted in any match Spotting telescopes mounted in stands are permitted in sniper matches and in other matches where specifically permitted in the match conditions. n team matches a coach is permitted to use spotting scope but the firer shooting is not permitted

A.4. Mobile ommunications he use of personal communicating devices, including mobile telephones andor two way radios, is forbidden for unauthorised communications between firing points and marers gallery in the butts or between team captainscoaches and firers

he NRA generic Safety Rules at Section 5 of the NRA andboo apply. here SR R isciplineSpecific Safety Rules below have been derived or amended (as a result of the particular way NRA CSR & PR events are conducted) from generic Safety Rules a reference to the source rule is provided in bold italics. NRA Rule 0 precedence of rules always applies A3.. henever live firing taes place, one individual is allocated the responsibility of supervising the activity to ensure that it is conducted safely and in accordance with applicable rules and indicates acceptance of this responsibility by signing an agreement to do so. hat individual is conventionally nown as the Range fficer R, or if responsible for such a large or varied activity that assistance is reuired, the hief Range fficer R, with a number of Rs under his command. A Safety Supervisor SS assists an R by close supervision of one or two shooters during a specific practice. Range onducting fficer R is a person who holds a formal ualification from a recognised authority to supervise live firing within limits specified. R is the responsible person holding such a ualification who is supervising live firing on a range where such a ualification is reuired to do so. (NRA Rule 108a) A3.. nly one RR may sign for a NRA or Mo Range, which will normally be the R for the match. At NRA SR R Meetings the R, Rs and utts fficer are to wear high visibility tabards A3..3 – (NRA Rule 109) An unepected or unplanned event occurring within the physical dimensions of a firing range, arising from activity directly associated with live firing and having actual or potential adverse conseuences An unintended range occurrence leading to personal inury or damage to property t An unintended range occurrence that could in different circumstances have resulted in personal inury or damage to property A3..4 irers are responsible for ensuring that their firearm and their ammunition if provided by themselves are safe to use. hey must submit their firearm and ammunition for inspection and testing whenever reuired. No ammunition of a dangerous character may be used. (NRA Rule 116) A3..5 All firers and other personnel in the immediate vicinity of the firing point are reuired to wear ear protection e.g. earplugs or ear defenders. he wearing of eye protection is very strongly advised at all times and may be made mandatory by the conditions of some meetings. hen in the butts wearing of hearing protection is mandatory and eye protection is recommended

A3.. hen at the firing point a firer must comply with all orders for the due carrying out of the NRA Rules and Regulations given by the R or any official acting under orders of the R. ithout preudice to the authority of the R or Range emplate ontroller, all persons on or in the immediate vicinity of a range element under the control of an R are to obey the instructions of the R. (NRA Rule 113) A3.. No firer may move themselves or their euipment forward onto the firing point until authorised to do so by the RR. (NRA Rule 114) A3.. Magaines and charger clips may be precharged but must not be inserted in the rifle until the order to do so has been given. No normally detached magaine may be inserted into a rifle or charger clip placed in a charger guide until the RR has given the order to load. (NRA Rule 115) A3.. Rifle States in response to RR firing point commands The rifle is ‘Loaded’ when a magaine containing rounds is attached, the bolt is closed, there is no round in the chamber and the safety catch is applied, (on some rifle types the safety catch cannot be applied if the rifle action is not cocked). hen applying a magaine, the action should be closed on an empty chamber the bolt closed or woring parts forward before the magaine containing live rounds is inserted. n a rifle with an integralinternal magaine, the magaine will be charged with live rounds and the rounds depressed as the bolt is closed on an empty chamber. n all circumstances, for safety purposes, a rifle is to be considered loaded if it is not clearly unloaded. Made Ready. The rifle is ‘Made Ready’ when the action is coced, there is a round in the chamber and the safety catch is applied The rifle is ‘Made Safe’ when it has been unloaded, the chamber has been verified empty by the firer and SSR, the actionbolt is closed on an empty chamber, safety catch applied, and then a magaine containing rounds has been inserted i.e. a complete ‘Unload’ followed by a ‘Load’) The rifle is ‘Unloaded’ when the magazine is removed or integralinternal magaine checed empty, the chamber is empty, the bolt is open or the action loced open with the safety catch applied ecept where this is not possible for the type of rifle concerned and a chamber flag or magaine bloc is inserted in the rifle he safety catch may be set to ‘Fireff’ when the order to fire, for example “Watch and Shoot” is given. In stages involving fire with movement when the order “Watch Out” is given, the safety catch is to remain at ‘Safen’ until the firer is in the firing position and at the distance reuired by the match conditions to commence firing A3..0 f it proves necessary for any person to move forward of the firing line after the command to load has been given, all rifles must be unloaded and proved clear in the normal manner

.. If any person on the range considers that there is a potential or actual breach of safety which urgently reuires all firers to stop firing he will immediately give the order “Stop, Stop, Stop”. All firers must immediately stop firing, tae their finger off the trigger, apply safety catches, eep their firearms pointing at the target and await further instructions. oone may unload or move off the firing point. The person ordering the stop, if not the RORO, must immediately explain their action to the RORO so that the RORO may tae effective control of the situation. (NRA Rule 111) .. The bolt or euivalent woring part in other types of rifle) must not be closed or opened after being closed) on a live round if the barrel is elevated at more than mils approximately ) above the horizontal. In practice this means that when closing or opening the bolt with a live round in the chamber the barrel should be horizontal and laterally aligned within the target lane. (NRA Rule 117) .. xcept only where otherwise prescribed in the conditions of a competition or other rules of specific and limited application, a loaded rifle must always point no further left or right of the direct line to the assigned target than the standard safety angle of mils . degrees – approximately six targets width per hundred yards’ distance). firer who consistently points a loaded rifle outside these limits may be considered to be acting in a dangerous manner (NRA Rule 118) .. either aiming nor snapping an unloaded rifle is allowed except when in the firing position on the firing point, and then only if it would be in all respects safe to fire and provided it causes no delay (NRA Rule 119) .. firer who neither observes nor receives any indication of the impact of their first sighting shot, or in a stage where shots are not signalled individually of at least one shot in the first string hitting the target, may only continue if one of the following applies (NRA Rule 120) The firer identifies and rectifies a fault or error e.g. misset sight) that would reasonably account for the miss There is reasonable evidence e.g. an unexplained shot on the next target) that the firer has crossfired There is reasonable evidence e.g. based on the advice of other firers, which advice shall not be considered to be coaching) that the wind allowance applied was such as to account for the miss With the permission of the RORO .. tion of Rifles and Magazines a Firer’s The firer is responsible for ensuring both that their rifle is clear and that it is independently inspected in accordance with this rule before it is removed from the firing point. The action of “unloading” in this rule requires that, before inspection, such of the following actions as are possible and within the designer’s intent for the rifle type have been carried out (NRA Rule 122a) Safety atch applied Magazine removed

ntegral againe eptied d haber, bolt face and action againe well clear of rounds and epty cases e oring parts fully open and loced A.. Any firer who fails to present his firear for inspection whether called to do so or not, or who presents his firear for inspection in an unsafe condition, ay be considered as “acting in a way that might prove dangerous” and be dealt with as detailed in the A andboo, Section , ara . A.. erson esignated to nset The responsibility to carry out inspections falls to a specific indiidual. y default, the inspection should be carried out by the or a eber of the range staff to who the delegates the responsibility such as a SS in S eents. A.. nsetion roedre n the conclusion of a stage, or on the order of the , all firers ust (NRA Rule 122c) a nload their firear and inspect the chaber, action, bolt face and againe if one is fitted to ensure that the firear is clear, resent their firear to the designated person on the firing point and hae the inspect and confir that the firear is clear, ither reoe the bolt or insert a breech flag or both or utilise a againe fitted loading bloc which locs the woring parts to the rear A.. f a rifle cannot be unloaded in the noral anner, the firer is to leae it on the firing point pointing towards the target. The firer’s SS is to infor the iediately. The rifle is to reain pointing towards the target until the detail has finished and all firers hae cleared the firing point. The is to then arrange for a copetent person to ae the rifle safe on the firing point. At no tie ay a loaded rifle be taen fro the firing point behind firers or spectators. (NRA Rule 124) A.. A firer acting in a dangerous anner will forthwith be forbidden to fire again until the circustances hae been inestigated and decided on, or referred to higher authority, by the . (NRA Rule 125) A.. hen oing around the range during a atch and not under the control of a rifles ust be carried ertical with the boltaction open, or bolts reoed, and breech flag or againe bloc which locs the woring parts inserted and the ule held upwards or boedcased A.. hen not on the firing point, or being carried as in A.. aboe, rifles ust be in the following condition a ested on the ground with any detachable againe reoed, no rounds in the chaber or in any fied againe, boltaction open action with breech flag or againe bloc inserted or bolt reoed so that the rifle is clearly in a safe condition or, ased or boed after haing been checed clear by a or SS

a rile misires the irer must remain on aim or a minimum o seconds in case o a hangire he SS is to attract the attention o the by raising a hand this is particularly important in a ire with movement stage when movement orward must not tae place until the misire has been cleared nder the supervision o the the irer should tilt the rile to the side and open the bolt ensuring that his hand is not behind the bolt and that no one is standing behind the rile e must ensure that the cartridge comes out complete with the bullet (NRA Rule 121) Range roedres n suadded competitions irers are epected to be present immediately behind their allotted iring point or in the butts no later than minutes beore the start time o the match irers will place themselves to the let o the peg denoting their target when shooting on entury ange or as directed by the ange Sta on other ranges n suadded competitions the may i desirable transer a irer to another target in the same detail either beore they begin to shoot or i the target breas down n particular the a ust not allow a irer who has missed an earlier detail to shoot unless epressly authorised by the ay i authorised by the ill up vacancies with irers belonging to the net detail n unsuadded competitions the will suad irers in order o application to a target as convenient oaing oaching is the giving or receiving rom any other person o any assistance or advice including any indication as to how the time is passing rom the start o a stage until the score is nown that could provide an advantage to that irer n individual matches casual conversation between irers on the iring point should be avoided or that period as it may be considered as coaching and may lead to penalties being imposed on both parties egister eepers however may tell a irer the position o their spotting disc but nothing else ecept the scores n individual competitions irers whilst on the iring point a ay spot or each other when iring sighting shots ay advise on appropriate wind allowance Subect to a and b above must not give or willingly receive any inormation or advice in the nature o coaching Note: In the spirit of promoting NRA CSR matches and encouraging novice firers to improve their marksmanship skills the helping and offering of advice, to individual firers, may not always be judged to be coaching that gives a firer an undue advantage. d oaching is permitted in team matches by members o the team and a non shooting team captain i one is permitted he team captain may move about the iring point in the eecution o their duties but must not screen irers rom wind or light

ny irer who is not ready at their proper place and time be that the iring point or butts oreits their right to shoot he or utts icer will report a irer who is late or their detail or butts duty to the a irer misses their detail the only may i satisied allow him to shoot in a later detail i space is available n either circumstance the may at his discretion impose a penalty o up to one ith o the irer’s score or that match ccess to an area comprising the iring point and a distance to the rear is restricted during a competition and or such period beore and ater as the may speciy he will deine the area as they reuire by the iring point ditch a rope a painted line an imaginary line through a series o obects or other means as convenient ithin the restricted area only the ollowing are permitted a Sta on ange uty irers reuired or iring or otherwise taing part in the competition ersons authorised to assist in the conduct o the competition o person may mae any noise or disturbance liely to aect a irer he may reuire any person inringing this regulation to vacate the vicinity Sighting shots will be ired in accordance with the conditions o the match Sighting shots may be ired in any authorised position even when the counting shots must be ired in some other position during a shoot a irer has been obliged to move to another target or has been unable to ire through no ault o their own or minutes the may allow the irer to ire one etra sighting shot beore resuming iring may be suspended temporarily by order o the i in their opinion the weather maes such suspension desirable iring will be resumed as soon as possible irer “retires” when they voluntarily cease to ire beore being reuired to do so by the rules or conditions aving retired a irer may not resume iring in that element o the competition hen a irer retires they will be allowed to count the score that they have made etirement rom one stage o a competition does not debar a irer rom iring in subseuent stages o two irers detailed to ire at the same time may shoot with the same rile o irer may change their rile during their iring at any single stage o an individual competition unless their irst rile shall become disabled which must be veriied by the see o allowance will be made or a deective cartridge o attempt may be made to reire a misired round he i satisied that it can be done with saety may permit a irer to uit the iring point to rectiy a mishap to their rile or ammunition during the period allocated or sighting shots only

nly the rescrie nuers o rouns or a stae are to e rouht to the irin oint are rouns are not eritte aaines contents ay e chece y the urin a course o ire a irer ay retrieve a roe roun or aaine ro the roun only i they aly the saety catch an ee the rile ointin at the taret while retrievin the roun or aaine o other erson ay ass rouns or aaines to a irer unless they have een reviously authorise to o so y the an then only in circustances that the ay seciy an in accorance with the atch conitions irers ust tae their osition at their nuere irin oint in such a anner as not to interere with aacent irers o ortion o the irer’s body may rest on or touch the roun orwar o the irin oint in the rone stanin or neelin ositions irer who has a hysical isaility teorary or eranent which revents the use o a osition seciie in the atch conitions ay assue the net ost iicult osition instea he an the ust e inore eore the start o the atch he ollowin sustitutions are aon those eritte a he sittin osition instea o the rone osition he neelin osition instea o the sittin osition he stanin osition instea o the neelin osition d he neelin unsuorte osition either on two nees or on one nee without restin the elow on the nee instea o the stanin osition in an event where the atch conitions reuire irers to ove ro a start osition to aot the irin osition a irer is allowe to reaot the irin osition ue to a isaility teorary or eranent the irer iven the isensation ust not enae their taret until at least one irer ollowin the roceure set y the atch conitions has ire irer who is unale or unwillin to tae art in a stae that involves ire an oveent will not e allowe to ire in any art o the stae the ane ta oserve a irer irin on another irer’s target they will inor the irer ieiately that they are crossirin o allowance will e ae or shots crossire an no aitional enalty will e alie he irer at whose taret the crossshots were ire will reshoot that stae or atch aain without otion i the cross ire shoots cannot e istinuishe ro their own e throuh ierent calire ractice is eine a s shootin a atch or art o a atch uner conitions siilar to those which aly to that atch his woul inclue or eale shootin a tie series o shots or shootin consecutive series o shots ro ierent ositions a irer ractices any art o a atch they ay not shoot that atch coetitively or at least hour ater they inish racticin he only ecetion to this rohiition is where all irers in a atch are iven ientical ractice acilities throuhout the whole eetin a irer is reuire to reshoot a atch or art o a atch the oriinal shoot will not e eee to ractice

rigger esting en trgger testng s mandated nder te ondtons or an eent a ometent erson s to be aonted by te to ondt tests rgger estng s mandated or mera eetng e s to sy te aonted erson t a trgger tester o te orret egt or te re asses sed n te eentmeetng ne a re as ad ts trgger tested t be mared t a ster ne to te eentmeetng ny res tot te orret marng ster mst be tested beore beng red n any ometton n te eentmeetng a trgger as to t te egt aabe to te ass entered te rer may ot to ange asses or attemt to adst te trgger and sbmt t or retest beore sootng rggers be tested n a ases t te barre erta tests are to be made by te aonted ometent erson or nder ter serson by te rer o ass te test te trgger mst t te egt sby ear o a oter sort n ndda and team mates random sames o rers may ae ter trggers tested as dreted by te a rer s sootng n a ass ere te mnmm egt s bs and as te test tey ae te oton to ontne te mat rodng te re asses te g test oeer tey not be egbe or any res od a rer’s rifle fail the 1.5 kg test, the rifle is not to be fired until te mnmm g trgger test s assed rng te mera eetng n te eent o an mmedate aea aganst te deson o te oong te are o a trgger test tey retan te re be sbeted to a rter test by te rmorer n te resene o te rer as soon as ratabe and t asses tat test te sore be aoed Malfntions ness a re as beome dsabed drng any ndda mat a o rer may ange a re o rer may add remoe or nterange any maor art o a re o rer may add remoe or nterange a sgtng system note aertres dot ses magnaton as mted by te mat ondtons ens oers et on sgts may be adsted or moded drng a mat dsabed re s one annot be saey amed or red or as sered damage s tat t annot be red or nton roery or as sered te oss o a sgt or sbe damage to te sgts ny am tat a re as beome dsabed mst be made mmedatey to te e at tat te sgts may ae been mroery adsted does not onsttte dsabement ne a re as been deared dsabed by te t sa not be sed agan or e rng nt te deet as been reted and te re as been deared sae by te o rer be aoed to resoot de to a dsabed re ny reaement re sed to ontne a mat mst be n te same ass as te orgna

.. ontinuation of a ath ith a reaired or relaeent rifle ill be at a tie deterined b the tts Rotines and oring .5.1 s ost shooting takes lae on aller anges all firers are eeted to ull and ark targets in the butts unless the hae been seifiall detailed to arr out other duties b the or . he sooth and effiient running of the butts is a ital oonent of shooting and needs to be onduted diligentl to ensure that eer firer attains and reeies the sore the desere through the orret resentation and soring of the targets. o firer a sore their on target .5. he ill aoint a utts ffier to take harge of all firers arking targets in the butts. irers are to follo the instrutions and orders of the at all ties hen in or roeeding to or fro the butts .5. argets are onl to be raised and loered on the order of the .5. hen arking targets firers are, if ossible, to obsere the fall of shot in the sto butt and are to alas ount the nuber of rounds fired at their target .5.5 ores are to be agreed before sotting diss are inserted in to shot holes. .5. hen a shot touhes the line beteen to diisions of the target, the firer ill be redited ith the higher alue inard gauging .5. lugte gauges are not used in athes. f there is an doubt about the alue of a shot hole the sorer is to seek the adie of the or .5. s a rule onl those hits hih are isible ill be sored. n eetion ill be ade in the ase here the grouings of or ore shots are so lose that it is ossible for a shot or shots to hae gone through the enlarged hole ithout leaing a ark and there has been no eidene that a shot or shots hae gone anhere other than through the assigned target. n suh a ase, the firer ill be gien the benefit of the doubt and sored hits for the nonisible shots on the assution the assed through the enlarged hole. f suh assution should lae a nonisible hit in either of soring rings, it is sored in the higheralued ring .5. firer on a aller ange a not go to the butts to inset a target or allo an other firer to do so on their behalf .5.1 o firer a, under an irustanes, knoingl lai or aet oints hih he has not ade, or onnie at an suh ondut b another firer .5.11 nl the regulation sotting diss ill be used. olour blind firers a reuest that their sotting diss be reersed so that the hite side is shon. sotting dis that has been hit ill not be used again until it has been athed

.5.1 Firing fter te ie iit firer firing after the tie liit ill hae deduted fro their sore the aiu nuber of oints that ould hae been sored b the shots fired after the tie liit. f this results in a negatie sore the sore ill be reorded as ero. his rule alies to all tied stages here fied targets are used and the tie liit is indiated b a signal .5.1 n all ases of eess hits on eletri targets, the firer ith the eess hits on their target ill, ithout otion, reshoot the stage, or the olete ath if it is a ontinuous fire and oeent ath .5.1 n snashooting, raid fire and fire and oeent stages, and an other stage in hih eah shot is not searatel signalled, the ethod of giing the sore ill be a hen the stage has been oleted i. he ill ask for an rotests. f there are no rotests or on oletion of an reshoots alloed the ill signal to the utts to hek the targets ii. ores ill be taken and the total nuber of hits and their alues ill be shon on a sore board or sent to the firing oint b telehone or radio. he or egister eeer ill reeat these details so that firers an hear, and ill reord the on the indiidual or tea soreard or firing oint register iii. otting diss ill be laed in as an shot holes as ossible on the soring area and the targets ill be raised hen ordered b the . its outside the soring rings are sored as isses and ill not hae sotting diss ne the firers hae seen the sore boards or hae been told their sores, and hae had a hane to see their targets ith sotting diss in lae, the ill ask if there are an hallenges ne an hallenges hae been resoled, or if there are no hallenges, the ill order the butts to ath out n ase of doubt or disagreeent the ill be alled to gie a deision, hih ill be final .5.15 or targets ounted on turning target ehaniss a hit ill not ount if the length of the hole eeeds tie the diaeter of the bullet. or the uroses of this rule tie the diaeter of the . bullet ill be taken as 15, in the ase of the bullet 1 and in the ase of the 5.5 bullet 1. hen a bullet enters a target fro the bak or side it ill be sored as a iss .5.1 letri arget Range or all rs Range argetr ste or deliberate and tied stages the soring roedure is as follos a t the end of the stage the ill ask for an rotests ne rotests hae been dealt ith or if there are no rotests the ill order the onsole oerator to read out the sores. he onsole oerator ill read out the nuber of hits b ranges or the total nuber of hits in eah lane. he total nuber of hits ill be reorded on the indiidual soreard or register, and shon to the firer. ne this has been done, the ill ask for

an uestions. firer a ask for their sore to be read out again. f the sore as read out differs fro that reorded on the register or soreard, then the reised sore is to be substituted. ores reorded on te onsole a not e allenged egisters a be ket in the in onsole if the failit eists. ndiiduals are alas resonsible for heking the nuber of hits entered on the soreards or register before the hits reorded in the onsole are anelled d ne uestions, if an, hae been dealt ith, the ill order the onsole oerator to anel the sores .5.1 al oring at te arget he ill go to the targets and reord the nuber of hits. irers a go forard and eaine their targets but ust not ross the barrier that rotets the target turning ehanis. ange staff ill order that no one touhes the target until the hae ealuated the sore, it has been agreed b the indiidual firer or tea atain and it has been reorded. s an alternatie, firers a be reuired to sore for eah other. n this ase, firers ill ork in tos or threes. f orking in threes, one firer ill hek the target, hilst another firer reords the nuber of hits. he firer ill be asked to agree or disagree. n ase of doubt or disagreeent the firer ill be all the to gie a deision, hih ill be final .5.1 oring rreglarities the folloing rules ill al a n all releant oetitions hen a shot touhes a line beteen to soring areas of a target the firer ill be redited ith the higher alue. n ase of doubt the arker is to all the to erif the true alue before an suh shot is sored. f in deliberate stages if to shots strike the target both shots ill be shon b sotting diss, but onl the higher alue ill be signalled using the sore anel .5.1 ess its f ore than the reuired nuber of hits aears on the target, an shot hih an be identified b the bullet hole as haing been fired b soe other firer, or as haing been fired in a reious string, ill be disregarded. hen, in an stage, the total nuber of hits on a firer’s target or targets exceeds the nuber of shots the fired, and hen there are no eans of identifing these shots, all the hits ill be signalled in the usual a, and the roedure ill then be as follos a f it is roed that the eess hits ere ade b the firer or tea firing ore than the nuber of shots alloed, the sore ill be disalloed and the enalt a be disualifiation hen the nuber of eess hits does not eeed one half of the nuber of shots alloed e.g. 15 shot holes for a 1 round stage the sore ill be adusted b anelling first a hit of the loest alue, then a hit of the highest alue, and so on alternatel, until the hits left are eual to the shots eritted to be fired in that stage. or or shoots an eess nuber of hits ill attrat a andator reshoot

e te er o excess ts exceeds oe a o te er o sots aoed eg sot oes or a rod stage te score e caceed ad te rer resoot resoot e as or te orga soot cdg gtg sots a reos oeets a e er o cotg sots red d e deret targets are sed at deret tes drg a stage te score ade o a target tot excess ts stad ad te aoe res e aed o to a target t excess ts a resoot s rered a re ad oeet atc te oe atc e sot t o te score o te target tat ad excess ts e recorded e a rer as ore ta oe target at te sae te ad tere s o excess te tota er o ts as ara t tere are ore ts o oe artcar target ta are aoed te codtos te extra ts o ts target e caceed te order ge ara a rer res eer ta te rescred er o sots trog ter o at ad tere are ore ts o te target ta te sots red te e scored te er o sots o gest ae ea to te er red ad ge a ss or eac red sot allenges ere acae a rer a as or ter score to e reeated rado tot carge t st a a caege deost o eore ter target e re exaed e a rer ees tat a target as ee roer scored te a ae a caege oce o o aet o a deost ts aes to a atces c caege st e ade edate o aoceet o te score o caege e acceted ater te target as ee aded te rer rer or tea a ot caege te score o aoter rer or tea t st rg to te atteto o te a staae dsagreeet etee te er o ts recorded ad te er o dscs so o te target aege rocedre e rocedre or resog caeges e as oos a e cotact te o order te target oered e sottg dscs e reoed ad te oe target e exaed te drg c te a arge orescet dsc or a red ad te ag e dsaed to dcate ter resece at te target ce te ae cored te tre ae o te sots te order te aes o te sots to e re sgaed ad cor te rest to te te orga score s cored te te caege ee e oreted o te oter ad te caege s ed te ee e reded ad te scorecard or tea regster e atered accordg

argets ot e atced ot t te so orders e or egster eeer st ao eac rer or tea cata to cec tat te score as ee correct recorded o te regster or scorecard t s te rer’s ad tea captain’s responsibility that ther score s correct recorded a resects oecto to te scores etered o a scorecard or regster st e ade o te rg ot at te te ad o rer or tea as te rgt to oect at a sseet te e targets are scored o te trg target raes ad scorg o a sot s caeged te edate ca te o score te target te CRO’s decision is final rers a caege ter o sed scores t a erod seced or te atc te aear to e correct rotests and Resoots er excetoa cases te s eoered to order te reetto o oe or ore stages o a atc ter oo ts s desrae rer a ora rotest a stce c te ee as ee doe to te excet te eaato o a target c a o e caeged as oted aoe rotest st e tated edate o te occrrece o te rotested cdet atces a rotest st e ade eore te targets are so t sottg dscs ad eore te scores are assed to te rg ot In ‘Walk Up Scoring’ matches any protest must be made before the rer adaces coser ta ards toards te target o resoot tat s ased o a rotest tae ace ess te occrrece o c te rotest s ased as ee oced or te a or re soot st tae ace at te earest osse oortt ce a rotest as ee ed o orato e ge to a dda or a tea aot te scores ade te rst soot gtg sots aoed te stage ot e aoed te resoot ess tere s a tera o te tes or ore ro te te te resoot as caed t te resoot egs a resoot s grated ecase o a rotest a cotos re ad oeet atc or stage te te dda or tea st resoot te oe stage or atc ere t s osse to searate te score to ases e ato s ot carred orard o te score ade tat ase or tat gro c te rregart occrs cot te resoot e a score te e te e score te reader o te orga score s a eat ots aarded ot soots

arget Irregularities If in the opinion of the CRO any indiidual or team as at undue adantage or undue disadantage oing to any target failing to act properly during a competition the score of the indiidual or team affected ill be cancelled and the indiidual or team must fire afresh ith as little delay as possible through the hole competition or through such part of it as the CRORO considers to hae been unduly affected In the case of some accident or incident inoling a firer on the firing point that preents them continuing that firer may stop firing he firer concerned ill then hae the choice of accepting the score already made in that stage or depending on the circumstances and at the discretion of the CRO may reshoot that stage if time permits enalties Disciplinary matters and the imposition of penalties will be dealt with in accordance with Part B, Section 11 and Part J, Section 76 of the NRA Handbook respectively arning Range staff should arn a firer ho appears to be about to break a rule or is breaking a rule his may occur at any stage during a match epending on the infringement a penalty may be applied In this instance a firer cannot protest about being disturbed by a range staff statement ill be attached to their scorecard or register if necessary isalifiation ll recommendations for disualification ill be referred by the CRORO to the ny occurrence that results in a recommendation for disualification of an indiidual or team is to be reported to the R Secretary eneral rea of Rles – Recommendation for disualification ill be made for dangerous practices or committing an intentional breach of the rules hereby the offending firer gains an adantage oer the other firers angeros ratie or any dangerous practice the firer ill be immediately stopped ecept at discretion of the RO during a fire and moement stage and ordered to unload uring a fire and moement stage the firer ill O normally be stopped until the detail stops at the net firing point In this type of stage the offender ill be ordered to apply the safety catch put the rifle on the ground and stand clear unloading ill O take place until the remainder of the detail are in a safe position ie behind the rifle isalifiation ill norall al onl to te stage or te ole at if of ontinos fire and oeent in i te transgression ors If in a continuous fire and moement match it is possible to ascertain the S for each phase then the firer ill normally only be disualified from the phase in hich the transgression occurs If a firer is firing in a team on a target by them self and their score can be ascertained their score only ill be forfeited If they are firing on a target or group of targets in conunction ith other members of the team the S that the offending firer could hae made on that target or group of targets ill be forfeited

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qualiied ane onductin icer will e appointed the to run one or more speciic matches on a rane he is responsile or saet and discipline on that range, as well as for the range’s efficient operation. They will e directl responsile or all s worin under them and will ensure that the are amiliar with all releant rules and conditions, particularl includin the releant speciic match conditions he must e constantl alert, impartial in handlin o irers and courteous thouh irm he will deal with an challenes, protests or disciplinar issues calml and quietl at the irin line or tain the irer to one side n disturance to or inolement o other irers should e aoided he is to wear a hih isiilit taard

ther qualiied ane onductin icers ma e appointed as s to assist the or a rane is responsile or the saet and discipline o meetin oicials, irers and spectators in the part o the rane to which the hae een assined he ma also e required to superise the scorin o tarets or receie scores rom the utts he are responsile or seein that the irer’s equipment and position compl with the conditions or the match ein ired t is their dut to e completel amiliar with the meetin proramme and with all releant rules and conditions he are to compl to the est o their ailit with all instructions issued the or and will render all possile cooperation to other oicials he must e constantl alert, impartial in their handlin o irers and courteous thouh irm n challenes, protests or disciplinar issues should e raised immediatel to the he s are to wear a hih isiilit taard

qualiied ane onductin icer will e appointed as the and is an assistant to the or a rane is responsile or the saet and discipline o the irer marers in the utts he are responsile or the presentation and scorin o tarets as required the match conditions t is their dut to e completel amiliar with the meetin proramme and with all releant rules and conditions and in particular ection o these rules he are to compl, to the est o their ailit, with all instructions issued the or and will render all possile cooperation to other oicials he must e constantl alert, impartial in their handlin o irer marers and courteous thouh irm he ma e assisted ssistant utts icers

.. s may e appointed to assist the . s are responsile for the safety and discipline of the firer marers in the part of the utts that they are assigned to oersee. t is their duty to e completely familiar with the meeting programme and with all releant rules and conditions and in particular ection . of these rules. They are to comply, to the est of their aility, with all instructions issued y the . They must e constantly alert, impartial in their handling of marers and courteous though firm. They are to ensure that targets are correctly scored and to assist marers determine the alue of a shot hole if there is any dout. s are also responsile for ensuring that scores are accurately relayed to the firing point after a phase or stage, or recording the scores in the utts in a utt egister

.. hief tats will e appointed y the and oersees all statistical wor in connection with the meeting ecept the actual recording of scores when this is done on the range. They are directly responsile to the . They are assisted y such additional tats fficers as may e required .. t is the duty of hief tats to aintain a list of competitors showing name, competitor numer, classifications and hooter ertification ard epiry date repare official scorecards and registers hec addition on scorecards and registers and correct totals Taulate scores in order of merit repare and post interim, proisional and final results roduce a prie list eport to for appropriate disciplinary action any irregularities in scoring which may e indicated y scorecards or registers ae required reports to the ational lassification rganiser within one wee of the end of the match ’ (Firers’) .. t is the duty of each firer to cooperate with officials to enale the conduct of a safe and efficient meeting. irers are epected to promptly call the attention of meeting officials to any infraction of rules or conditions .. t is the firer’s responsiility to e familiar with the rules and conditions which apply at the meeting and particularly to the matches they hae entered .. irers will act as utt marers and scorers when required to do so y a , ecept that no firer can score their own target

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e s Firi i s hen reay to start firing a match the calls the etail to the firing point pecific instrctions to the match being shot ill be clearly an consistently annonce f there are mie rifle types on the firing point any ifferences in match conitions beteen them ill be emphasise if reire n the interests of achieing consistency an to aoi confsion among firers after the initial commans for loaing an preparation all matches ill as far as possible hae the same seence of range commans fter the initial commans for loaing an preparation hae been gien the ass either “ ?” or in the case of an initial movement before the start of the match or stage, “IS ANYONE NOT ” ny firer ho is not flly prepare or hose target is not in orer ill immeiately raise their arm and call “ ” he ill immediately state “ CALLED” an then inestigate an correct the ifficlty or irect another to o so hen the ifficlty has been correcte or in the absence of a “NOT ” call the ill gie the appropriate orer to moe or commence firing as reire by the match conitions here is then a elay of beteen an secons this may ary in some matches hen the targets start to face the firing point or appear aboe the mantlet or hen an aible signal is gien firers may moe aopt the firing position mae reay anor commence firing in accorance ith the match conitions hen the targets are loere trn aay or hen an aible signal is gien firing mst cease immeiately he will give the order “UNLOAD AND SHOW CLEAR”, after which the firers an s ill chec to mae sre that all rifles are nloae he s ill then report their part of the range clear to the hen all s hae reporte clear the ill eclare the range clear an gie permission for s an firers to aait scores or go forar to score an clear their eipment off the firing point

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e i e e i order i ormally ie irer are to ‘Unload’ their rifle, check and between ‘Phases’ of a match ofirm tat te amber i lear it a ad oit of an ‘Unload’ loe te bolt o a emty amber aly followed by a ‘Load’ afety at ad load a maaie or odted der te itori field te rifle i loaded eriio of a eed ad ofirmed tat te amber i lear it a te maaie i te reared ad te bolt loed eri tat a rod i ot ambered e e immediate ll firer are to eae firi immediately eatio of firi i reired ere teir fier are ell lear of te for afety reao trier aly afety ate ee te rifle aimed at te taret or to btt ad aait frter itrtio Frr ly to be ie after te irer moe forard to te taret to be re firi lie a bee leared ored ad ated a reired

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Urban or ‘Reflexive Fire’ 80mm 160mm 300mm Fiure Long Range 240mm Centre of the circles are 506mm from the top of the target

Fiure 300mm Same target Other target rie Targets approximately 1.5 metres apart from centre to centre unless otherwise stated in the match conditions

Fiure 240mm 300mm Centre of the circles are 300mm from the top of the target

Fiure c 150mm 200mm Centre of the circles are 200mm from the top of the target

Fiure 100mm Centre of the circles are 130mm from the top of the target

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