Types of Shooting
Practical Shotgun
Participants will undertake the course of fire in a logical order, going from position 1 to position 2 etc. No firing on the move but reloads and 'top-ups' (of the magazine) may be allowed.
Gallery Rifle is a popular shooting sport throughout the world. The discipline commonly uses rifles shot at short and medium distances chambered for traditional pistol calibers such as .22 Long Rifle, .38 and .357 calibers, .44 and .45. In the UK Long Barreled Pistols (LBPs) and Long Barreled Revolvers (LBRs) are also part of the overall discipline.
Because .22 ammunition is cheap, accurate and low-powered, firearms that fire the .22 rimfire cartridge are the most numerous and varied of all. In the last 120 years of invention, every know type of action has been adapted to this versatile cartridge. Members own a number of early designs, and compete in competitions based upon contemporary targets and courses of fire.
When they confiscated our target pistols, even the politicians and police could not justify banning the old cap and ball pistols. Members compete in the standard international courses of fire, and also in close copies of the old cartridge pistol courses of fire.
Type of firearm: Separate classes of smallbore and fullbore
Number of rounds required: 30
Who can try this?: It is a good introduction to 'action shooting'
More information and course of fire:
25 metres:12 shots (in 2 strings of 6), in 2 minutes (including reloading)
15 metres: 1 shot in 2 seconds, repeated 6 times
15 metres: 1 shot in 2 seconds, repeated 6 times
10 metres: 2 shots in 3 seconds, repeated 3 times
No allowances for any kind of malfunctions during the 30 shots
Service Pistol B
Target: 2 x service target, positioned side by side
Type of firearm: Separate competitions for smallbore and fullbore
Number of rounds required: 24
Who can try this?: It is fast paced and has 2 targets. Try PP1 first!
More information and course of fire
25 metres: 6 shots on the left hand target in 15 seconds
20 metres: 3 shots on each target in 10 seconds
15 metres: 2 shots on the right hand target in 4 seconds, repeated 3 times
10 metres: 3 shots on each target in 6 seconds
No allowances for any kind of malfunctions during the 24 shots
Service Rifle
Any rifle that has been official military issue anywhere in the world fits into the category of a Service Rifle (SR). Since our government do not trust us with self-loading service rifles, this largely limits us to bolt-action rifles designed in the pre-WW2 era. Many SR competitions are based on the targets and courses of fire used in contemporary military practice; others are a test of the target accuracy that can be achieved from as-issued military equipment.
Target Rifle
Both smallbore (.22 rimfire) and fullbore (centrefire) Target Rifles (TR) tend to be heavy-barreled single-shot rifles fitted with precision 'iron' sights. The competitions are shot from the prone position for accuracy; fullbore TR is shot exclusively with .308 or .303 rifles at distances up to 1200 yards. We have a growing group of members who own fullbore rifles fitted with telescopic sights and bipods for which we have created a separate 'F Class' competition.
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