NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

THE NRA HANDBOOK

Including the NRA RULES OF SHOOTING and the Programme of THE IMPERIAL MEETING THURSDAY 24 JUNE TO SATURDAY 24 JULY 2021

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

This document is effective from 29 March 2021.

Published by the National Rifle Association, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0PB Tel: 01483 797777 Fax: 01483 797285

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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 7, the NRA Gallery Rifle and Pistol Handbook, the NRA Target Shotgun Handbook, the NRA Civilian Service Rifle & Practical Rifle Handbook and the NRA Classic and Historic Arms Handbook are published separately, but derive authority from the Council’s authorisation of this Handbook. 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 1 March 2021. 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 2021 NRA Handbook is published in seven 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. 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. Volume 7, NRA Classic and Historic Handbook, was published in prototype form in 2020 and an authorised edition is released this year in print and online. As usual, changes from the 2020 version updating information or affecting the content or applicability of rules are sidelined. Indexing changes and changes to correct typographical, grammatical and layout errors are not marked. The 2021 revision is relatively small in scope, other than in the programme for the Imperial Meeting, where there are significant permanent changes, as well 12 as temporary measures consequent on external factors mainly driven by the COVID-19 emergency. Permanent changes of significance follow largely from positive experience of measures taken in 2020 to satisfy COVID-19 legislation and guidance. In Volume 1: In General Information, dates showing the expiry of current terms of office have been added to the listings of elected, co-opted and appointed members of Council, the Principal Committees and the Disciplinary Body. The definition of Historic Arms at Para 49a has been amended tobe consistent with the publication of the Classic & Historic Handbook. A new Para 73 follows from the structure of the Disciplinary Code and creates a Rule that can be invoked when misconduct that is not a breach of any specific rule is alleged. Para 87 has been updated to reflect new leaseholders and consequent renaming of properties on Bisley Camp. In Volume 2: Para 124 is amended to relocate a non-safety element to the appropriate place, Para 288. Para 163 is reduced to a reference to the Classic & Historic Handbook. Para 164 i