Comments on: Smallbore Gun Blog Rifle Match http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/02/smallbore-gun-blog-rifle-match/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Gallo http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/02/smallbore-gun-blog-rifle-match/#comment-29195 Mike Gallo Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:57:20 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4987#comment-29195 I'm going to be shooting my highpower string this coming Sunday, when I've already got a match anyways. The only thing is, I'll have to put up the SR-1 targets behind the SR-21 and MR-31, respectively, for the prone strings, so I can get it all out of the way at once. Don't worry, because the blog match targets will be in the back, I'll be conservative scoring line-breaking hits. I don't think it'll matter much anyways, though, my score will probably be a 280-300 out of 400. I’m going to be shooting my highpower string this coming Sunday, when I’ve already got a match anyways. The only thing is, I’ll have to put up the SR-1 targets behind the SR-21 and MR-31, respectively, for the prone strings, so I can get it all out of the way at once. Don’t worry, because the blog match targets will be in the back, I’ll be conservative scoring line-breaking hits. I don’t think it’ll matter much anyways, though, my score will probably be a 280-300 out of 400.

]]> By: AughtSix http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/02/smallbore-gun-blog-rifle-match/#comment-29176 AughtSix Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4987#comment-29176 The NRA rulebooks for all the NRA disciplines are here: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nra-rule-books.asp (Don't download it... the main page is just an index--open it in your browser) If you look under the classification (or something similar) section, you'll find the necessary percentages. For High Power, marksman is less than 85% sharpshooter at least 85% but less than 89% master at least 94% High master at least 97% Smallbore's a lot more confusing with their classifications. I think we shot a "conventional position" match because we shot on the A-23. (If we used the *much* harder A-50 or A-51 target, it'd be NRA 3 position, and the classifications would be a point or two lower) Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.00 and above Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.00 to 96.99 Sharpshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.00 to 93.99 Marksman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Below 91.00 The forum on nationalmatch.us is a good source for all things high power. I don't know of a similarly active smallbore site. The NRA rulebooks for all the NRA disciplines are here: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nra-rule-books.asp (Don’t download it… the main page is just an index–open it in your browser) If you look under the classification (or something similar) section, you’ll find the necessary percentages. For High Power,
marksman is less than 85%
sharpshooter at least 85% but less than 89%
master at least 94%
High master at least 97%

Smallbore’s a lot more confusing with their classifications. I think we shot a “conventional position” match because we shot on the A-23. (If we used the *much* harder A-50 or A-51 target, it’d be NRA 3 position, and the classifications would be a point or two lower)

Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.00 and above
Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.00 to 96.99
Sharpshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.00 to 93.99
Marksman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Below 91.00

The forum on nationalmatch.us is a good source for all things high power. I don’t know of a similarly active smallbore site.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/02/smallbore-gun-blog-rifle-match/#comment-29173 Sebastian Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:38:16 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4987#comment-29173 I wish there was. I'm not even sure I'm right about that. I found one site that said you take the 10 shot average and use that for classification, and then gave the ranges. I think 83 was the bottom 10 shot average for sharpshooter. But I have no idea if that's high-power or smallbore, or whether both use the same classification system. I wish there was. I’m not even sure I’m right about that. I found one site that said you take the 10 shot average and use that for classification, and then gave the ranges. I think 83 was the bottom 10 shot average for sharpshooter. But I have no idea if that’s high-power or smallbore, or whether both use the same classification system.

]]> By: J T Bolt http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/09/02/smallbore-gun-blog-rifle-match/#comment-29170 J T Bolt Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:24:21 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=4987#comment-29170 Is there a website that details all these different types of NRA competition? The one that would tell you that 199 isn't quite NRA sharpshooter level? Is there a website that details all these different types of NRA competition? The one that would tell you that 199 isn’t quite NRA sharpshooter level?

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