CIVILIAN SERVICE RIFLE AND PRACTICAL RIFLE HANDBOOK 2021 CIVILIAN SERVICE RIFLE AND PRACTICAL NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle Handbook 2021 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION Civilian Service Rifle and Practical Rifle Handbook 2021 76 - SOUTHERN GUN COMPANY_WHAT GUN ADS 24/10/2019 15:35 Page 1 SEE OUR NEW RIFLE Our new pistol calibre 9MM LA Gallery Rifle locked Breech Manual Straight Pull .223 REM and .300 BLK locked Breech Manual Straight Pull .243 WIN up to .308 Win SEARCH FOR ‘SOUTHERN GUN’ ON WW.GUNMART.NET TO SEE THE NEW RIFLE AND OTHER VIDEO REVIEWS www.Southern-Gun.co.uk Manufactured in Cornwall UK [email protected] SS12.19/76/r URGENT PROOF Please check this proof carefully for errors in style, content and layout. Although every care is exercised in preparing your advert, we cannot hold ourselves responsible for any inaccuracies you may overlook. SHOULD YOU REQUIRE ANY ALTERATIONS TO THIS PROOF PLEASE TELEPHONE BEFORE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AND QUOTE ADVERT NO. _ _ _ _ _ Telephone 01206 Fax 01206 500226 We reserve the right to charge for any alteration to this proof which is a departure from the original copy 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 © National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom 1 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 2 B iming 32 B ein Match 32 B eing e Firi oint 32 B es 32 B e eresetation 32 B Coaching i e tches 32 B Rane ommands 33 B Firi int Commands 33 B Reeing ommands 35 B Psiis 36 B6.1 Safe 36 B6.2 roe 36 B Standing 37 B Standing er 38 B Pr sii 38 B eein 40 B itting 41 B Squatting 43 B6.9 ril 44 B7 Rie, Ammunii d Equipme funcis 46 B Compeir Eipment 46 B7.2 Issue unii and uipmet 46 B ring 46 B Butt Markers/Scorer’s Duties 46 B Compeitor’s (Firer’s) rin ies 46 B rers and eisers 46 B ies 47 B Indiidual hes 47 B e hes 47 B1 Resls 47 B10. Psin esls 47 B10. Crrei of esl rrrs 47 B10. Chanin Final Resls 47 B10. Pries d rphies 47 B10. Reei Reors 47 3 B1 Classificatios 48 B11. Classificatios 48 B11. Classifie Match 48 B11. Coeting i a ier Class 48 B11. Appeas aist lassificatio 48 B12 Record Scores 49 B12. Types o record scores 49 B12. uaifying Scores 49 B13 Rae Stadars 49 B13. Firing Lie 49 B13. Firi oint 49 B13. Illuiatio 49 B13. aret umbers 49 B13. Match Secific ae uipment 49 C Match Conditions eera 50 C Purose 50 C2 arets 50 C2.1 eera 50 C2.2 Scorin uides 52 C3 Ciiian Serice Rifle Practica Rifle Matches 56 The 10 ars Match 56 The 20 ars Match 57 The 30 ars Match 58 The mperia Practica Rifle Match 60 The o ae Matc 64 The ura Match 67 The Sort Rae Match 72 The ra Match 76 The Whitehea Match (ended) 80 The cellece in Coetitio Match 82 The NR Serice ifle 'Interationa S Competitio 84 The uee Mar Match 88 The ace ssessmet (ende) 92 The ouel Match 94 The oerts Match 96 The Faling lates ea Match 98 The NR Methue up Match 98 The mperia Ciilia Serice ifle hapionsip 98 The o ae reate 99 The Sort Rae reate 99 4 2021 Handbook Edits Chaes rom te 19 eitio aectin the cotent or aplicabilit o rues are sielied a outine eo. ndeing chaes ad chanes to correct torahica, ramatica ad laout errors are ot marked. et oitio haes Whitehead Match Update to Stae rocedure ad eetio o stae 5 Introduction Ciilia Serice Rifle ad ractica Rifle (CS PR) are Natioa Rifle ssociatio (NR) sootin disciplies that ioe te use o a rifle or the puroses o coetitio iilia Serice Rifle matches are base o ited ingdo ooeat ad Foreign Serice ifle Matches cosistin o eiberate raid ire it oeet ad sa-sootin ractices i arious coiatios. ractica Rifle eents coie arious eleets o S PR te matches as deterine the Meetin Director e oering o or CS PR sootin i te is te NRA. is adbook ad uide roduced under the ausices o te NR cotains three Sectios A. Rules. ese Rules aas apl to Ciilia Serice Rifle Practica Rifle (CS PR) sootin coucted under R ausices B. General Conditions. This sectio descries the coitios ich ill apl to al CS R coetitios unless oer-ridde rae secific meetin secific or atch secific coitios C. Match Conditions. he coo courses o ire for al CSR PR atches as sot in NR eets The adbook ill be reiee ad ma be re-reease anually. necessar te adbook ma e updated at an time The ost up-to-date ersio o te adbook ill awas be aailae (i PDF ormat) or donloa ro te NR esite. All S PR eeting ad eent oraiers Rae Sta ad irers soul ailiarise tesees it te cotets o tis adbook Meetin Directors soud esure tat coies o te adbook are reail aailale to irers ad ae Sta at al CS PR eetins ad eents Whereer use erein, a ronou in te masculie ender sal be cosiere as incluing te eiine ender Any questions or comments on the Handbook should be directed to the NRA’s CSR & PR Reresetatie ia the R [email protected] Co to the R adbook eitor Iain Robertso (leara.oruk) or ost trough te NR offices (Bise Brookood Surre GU24 B) 6 The NRA’s choice! Trade only. Contact your local dealer. Law Enforcement International Ltd. P.O. Box 328, St. Albans, Herts, AL4 0WA, UK Tel. 01727 826607 Email. [email protected] A – Rules A1 General A1.1 Purpose, Interpretation and Application A he rules deined in this section aply to all CSR & PR meetins and eents held under the ausices o the NRA and are secific to CSR & PR and oerride eneric NRA rules dealin ith equialent matters. he interretation o the eneric NRA Rules o Shootin (NRA Handbook olume 2) as alied to CSR & PR is included in this olume ith a reerence to the source rule included in bold italics Inconsistencies aectin rules should be reerred to meeting oficials or resolution under NRA Rules o Shootin ara 101. Inconsistencies 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 disciplinary arranements secified in the NRA Handbook Any irer itnessin a breach o these rules is required to brin the matter to the attention o the eetin Director (MD) Chie Rane fficer (CR or Rane fficer (R) immediately A2 Rifles, Ammunition and Equipment A2.1 General A Rifles 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 CRO is the inal arbiter o the admissibility o any secific irearm to the match. All rifles must hae a orkin saety catch. Rifles should hae either a detachable or internal maaine ideally caable o holdin a minimum o rounds Riles may be equipped ith either iron or otical sihts. here it is necessary to diferentiate beteen the sihtin systems in match conditions those conditions aplicable to iron sihts ill be termed ‘Iron’ and those applicable to optical sights will be termed ‘Optic’. CSR & PR eents are shot in four classes deined at A belo. he olloin aply enerally unless more secifically ecluded: a. Muzzle Brakes: Permitted. As a consequence meeting oranisers ill notify all CSR & PR eents to rane oerators as inolin muzzle brakes and irers are required to accet that adjacent irers may be usin such b. Sound Moderators: Permitted c. Magazines: aaines reater in lenth than a standard round maaine or that rifle tye may be used in the rone position and rested or support aaines reater in lenth than a standard round maaine or that rifle tye hen used in any other position may not be used in such a ay to ain an adantae by supportin the eiht o the rifle d.