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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION THE NRA HANDBOOK Including the NRA RULES OF SHOOTING and the Programme of THE IMPERIAL MEETING FRIDAY 12 JUNE TO SATURDAY 25 JULY 2020 This Handbook is issued by, and the Rules, Regulations and Conditions are made by, order of the Council and approved on 22 February 2020. This document is effective from 30 March 2020. Published by the National Rifle Association, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0PB Tel: 01483 797777 Fax: 01483 797285 £9.50 10 11 THE HANDBOOK OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION This book contains three Volumes, each containing Parts, Sections and Paragraphs. Appendices appear at the end of each Volume. Parts, Sections, Paragraphs and Appendices are all numbered consecutively through the entire book. To avoid repeating pronouns, the masculine form only is used throughout. Thus ‘he’ should be read as ‘he/she’, ‘him’ as ‘him/her’, and ‘his’ as ‘his/her(s)’. The 24 hour clock is used throughout. Volumes 4 to 6, the NRA Gallery Rifle and Pistol Handbook, the NRA Target Shotgun Handbook and the NRA Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle Handbook, are published separately, but derive authority from the Council’s authorisation of this Handbook. Volume 7, the Classic and Historic Arms Handbook, is in preparation. This book is available in large print on A4 paper by application to Shooting Division. All Volumes of the Handbook are available as pdf downloads on the NRA website. Information contained in this Handbook is valid as at 22 February 2020. Changes will be notified via the NRA website, the NRA Journal and, if necessary, by e-mail and/or post. All errors in this Handbook should be notified to Iain Robertson by e-mail at [email protected] or in writing via the NRA. FOREWORD The 2020 NRA Handbook is published in six Volumes. Volumes 1–3 are contained in this book. Volume 4, the NRA Gallery Rifle and Pistol Handbook, is a stand-alone A5 book which contains all the Rules for GR&P events, together with the Regulations and Conditions for the Phoenix Meeting. Volume 5 Section A–C, the NRA Target Shotgun Handbook and Section D–G, the NRA Target Shotgun Training and Reference Manual are published online. The TS Handbook will be released in the same A5 format as Volume 4 this year. Volume 6, the NRA Civilian Service Rifle & Practical Rifle Handbook, is released online, with a small print run to provide hard copies for use by officials during matches. As usual, changes from the 2019 version affecting the content or applicability of rules are sidelined. Indexing changes and changes to correct typographical, grammatical and layout errors are not marked. The 2020 revision is characterised by efforts to ensure internal consistency and support separation of the Association’s charitable and commercial elements. 12 The use of terms such as National Rifle Association, National Shooting Centre, target shooting, marksmanship, Chief Executive, Secretary General and all corresponding abbreviations has been subject to scrutiny and change where necessary. In Volume 1: Limited Discipline Membership for Target Shotgun events at the Imperial Meeting has been added. Text setting out obligations of membership has been added. The driver for this change is to ensure that members provide the Association with the information needed to meet its legal responsibilities as a Home Office Approved club. The text of the Disciplinary Code has been removed. The definitive version is published online. Para 81 states that the definitive versions of texts included for ease of reference are those published on the NSC website. A new Section 24 outlines NSC operations. Bisley Ranges Regulations have been removed. The definitive version is published online. The Muzzle Energy graph remains as Appendix II. In Volume 2: Para 106 regarding complaints has been moved to Volume 3 at Para 703. Para 116 is amended so that the prohibition on ammunition not matching the standard of proof of a firearm extends to legitimately unproved arms. Para 203 is extended to permit use of approved sling retaining devices in TR competition. Part H is retitled Conduct of NRA Competitions. Para 279 is amended to make the exposure of sighting targets discretionary and subject to the range being safe for live firing. New Para 280 provides for an administrative penalty in the event of a competitor firing a shot while sighting targets are exposed. Paras 318 and 319 are amended to make the payment of challenge fees and the detail of any process for their imposition administrative rather than rule-based matters. Para 334 is amended to include Target Shotgun competitions. Para 546c is amended to reflect the revised Paras 279 and 280. 13 In Volume 3: Para 722 is amended to make the validity of SR, TR and MR classification changes effective from 1 January following the Meeting. Para 723 mandates a requirement for challenge fees in individual TR competitions, following amendment of Paras 318 and 319. In the Conditions, there are day and date changes in many events to revert the programme to the normal pattern from the Anniversary programme used in 2019: In CSR, the generous sponsorship by Vortex Optics is acknowledged in the Rural Match. In F Class, prize lists in the Hobson / Kent Cup are amended to improve clarity. In GR&P, the term Lightweight Sport Rifle (LSR) has been replaced with Gallery Rifle Small Bore (GRSB). In MR, Gold and Silver Crosses to team members in the Humphry will be presented by the Oxford and Cambridge Rifle Association. In Precision Snapshooting, clarification of the scheme for the award of medals, bars and HPS crosses. In Schools & Cadets, the Cadet Clay Target and Cadet GR events will be available on Monday and Tuesday only. In Service Weapon events: Minor changes to prize lists Clarification on coaching in team matches, in particular permitting binoculars but prohibiting spotting scopes Clarification of count out rules in team matches In TR: Minor changes to Prize Lists. Eligibility to enter the Ranelagh has been modified and extended to include Volunteers and Cadets. There are changes in Volume 5 to include a new class of shotgun and corresponding competitions. Volume 7 is expected to be published in time for the Imperial Historic Arms meeting, and when published will supercede the information in Vol 3. 14 CONTENTS 15 CONTENTS THE HANDBOOK page Authorisation 9 Foreword 11 Contents 15 Part A General Information Sect 1 Officers and Council, General Council and 19 Committee Organisation, Conditions and Privileges and Obligations of NRA Membership 2-9 Reserved Part B NRA Policy Sect 10 International Teams 28 11 Disciplinary Code 31 12 Misuse of Drugs 31 13 Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults 33 14 Equity in Sport 35 15 The NRA Safe Shooting System 36 16 Shooting Disciplines 38 17 NRA Training Policy 43 18-21 Reserved 22 Miscellaneous Policy 43 Part C Bisley Camp Information Sect 23 Commencement and Cessation of Firing 44 24 NSC Operating Information 45 25 Plan of Bisley Camp and Ranges 46 Appendices to the Handbook I Bisley Camp Standing Orders 49 II Muzzle Energy Graph 54 III Eye Protection 55 Parts D-E Reserved Sects 26-50 Reserved 16 CONTENTS THE NRA RULES OF SHOOTING Part F General Rules Sect 51 Explanatory and Definitions 57 52 Safety Rules 60 53 Reserved Part G Firearms, Ammunition, Equipment, Techniques and Targets Sect 54 General 66 55 Specification of Categories of Firearms 66 and their Ammunition 56 Reserved 57 Dress, Equipment and Positions 75 58 Targets 79 59-61 Reserved Part H Conduct of NRA Competitions Sect 62 Conduct of Shooting in Competition 80 63 Team Competitions 93 64 Rapid, Fire with Movement and Snapshooting 96 65 Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle 99 66 Gallery Rifle and Pistol Competitions 99 67 Target Shotgun Competitions 99 68-70 Reserved 71 Ties 99 72-75 Reserved Part J Penalties Sect 76 Penalties 104 Parts K-L Reserved Sects 77-100 Reserved Appendices to Rules of Shooting IV Radio Code Messages 111 V Targets 112 VI Dangerous Ammunition 117 VII Procedures for High Muzzle Energy (HME) Firearms 120 VIII-X Reserved CONTENTS 17 THE IMPERIAL MEETING Part M Regulations for the Administration of the Imperial Meeting Sect 101 General Information including Definitions 124 102 Entries 127 103 Ammunition 130 104 Tickets 131 105 Squadding 134 106 Prizes 136 Appendices to the Administration of the Imperial Meeting XI Services and Units 142 XII Markers 143 XIII Standard NRA Prize Lists 144 XIV Elcho Shield Rules 145 XV National Match Rules 147 XVI Classification of Overseas Competitors 150 and Overseas Badges XVII Instructions to Officials 151 Part N Competitions with Conditions and Prizes Practice, Zero 161 Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle 163 F Class 169 Gallery Rifle and Pistol 181 MR – Individual (including Any Rifle) 204 MR – Teams 216 Precision Snapshooting 220 Schools (including Veterans) and Cadets 226 Service Weapons – Individual 254 Service Weapons – Teams 267 Service Pistol 285 Sporting Rifle 288 TR – Individual 293 TR – Teams 326 Target Shotgun 346 NRA Imperial Historic Arms Meeting 347 Other Competitions 354 Part P Daily Programmes 355 18 GENERAL INFORMATION 19 PArt A – GENERAL INFORMATION NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Offices: Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey, GU24 0PB Telephone: 01483 797777 Facsimile: 01483 797285 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] Founded 1860 To promote and encourage Marksmanship throughout the Queen’s Dominions, in the interests of Defence and the Permanence of the Volunteer and Auxiliary Forces, Naval, Military