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Re: NRA Update
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:12 pm
by ovenpaa
Steve E wrote:Been a busy morning but I can confirm that the NRA will be running a Classic Service Rifle Match at Bisley in early October.
The Match Conditions and course of fire are in the process of being ratified.
What I can tell you is that it will be open to all Service Rifles of the WW1 and WW2 era. Rules for all rifles will be the old Service Rifle (a) of 1955, which means a rifle 'as issued' no target sights, no slings, no scopes. These rules will be rigidly enforced.
Competitors will be required to mark targets. There will be no paid markers.
Distances are likely to be 100,200 and 300 in prone,standing,sitting and kneeling positions. Targets are likely to be Fig 11 and Fig12.
For those that are interested in what the courses of fire may be, I suggest that you look in a Bisley Bible under Service Weapons-Individual and look at the matches for distances of 100/200/300 as they may give you a clue of the likely format.
When the format is finally sorted I will open a new thread.
On the subject of the comps I received an email from Peter Cottrell this morning with the new Service Rifle Definitions 2014 for the Phoenix.
Re: NRA Update
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:34 pm
by Steve E
ovenpaa wrote:Steve E wrote:Been a busy morning but I can confirm that the NRA will be running a Classic Service Rifle Match at Bisley in early October.
The Match Conditions and course of fire are in the process of being ratified.
What I can tell you is that it will be open to all Service Rifles of the WW1 and WW2 era. Rules for all rifles will be the old Service Rifle (a) of 1955, which means a rifle 'as issued' no target sights, no slings, no scopes. These rules will be rigidly enforced.
Competitors will be required to mark targets. There will be no paid markers.
Distances are likely to be 100,200 and 300 in prone,standing,sitting and kneeling positions. Targets are likely to be Fig 11 and Fig12.
For those that are interested in what the courses of fire may be, I suggest that you look in a Bisley Bible under Service Weapons-Individual and look at the matches for distances of 100/200/300 as they may give you a clue of the likely format.
When the format is finally sorted I will open a new thread.
On the subject of the comps I received an email from Peter Cottrell this morning with the new Service Rifle Definitions 2014 for the Phoenix.
That's one of the many things that I have been working on over the Winter for the NRA. The .303 class has been removed and it is now a generic service rifle competition for all service rifles together in three easy to manage classes with non of the vagaries of previous years. Hopefully more people will enter with the new match classifications.
Re: Brit v Swiss v German
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:41 pm
by ovenpaa
Steve, are you going to post the 2014 Definitions to a new thread?