Gentlemen,
i wonder if there is an interest to start a CMP Rimfire Sporter League this season?
I'm sure you all know the rules. For those who might not know a good summary is - http://www.6mmbr.com/rimfirecmp.html
The main concept - only regular factory made .22 rifles. No special equipment is allowed.
With sufficient interest i may volunteer to organise the competition.
Please let me know.
THE RIMFIRE SPORTER MATCH
The CMP Rimfire Sporter Rifle Match gives shooters a recreation-oriented competition that allows them to use their rimfire sporters (plinking and small game rifles) on the range. To shoot this match, all you need is a rifle and ammo. Special competition gear is not required or permitted. Competitors use standard, sporter-type rimfire rifles that can weigh no more than 7.5 pounds with sights.
Rifles may be manually operated or semi-automatic. Shooters with manually-operated actions are given extra time in rapid-fire. There are two classes of competition, "O-Class", where competitors use open-sighted rifles, and "T-Class", where competitors have telescopic or receiver sights on their rifles.
Rimfire Sporter firing is done at 50 and 25 yards on a specially-designed target. 50-foot Rimfire Sporter targets are also now available for indoor shooting. Like the Garand and Springfield Matches, the Rimfire Sporter Rifle course of fire is challenging, but new shooters can successfully complete it. Shooters begin at 50 yards with a ten-minute sighting or practice series. Next they shoot ten shots for record slow-fire in the prone position, followed by two five-shot rapid-fire series in prone.
The prone stage is followed by ten shots slow-fire and two five-shot rapid-fire series in the sitting or kneeling position. Most shooters choose to fire this stage in the sitting position. Targets are then placed at the 25-yard line where shooters conclude with ten shots slow-fire and two five-shot rapid-fire series in the standing position as shown below. A total of 60 record shots are fired. |
