Types of Shooting at CRC

 

 

Appleseed Project                                                                       

Project Appleseed makes riflemen by teaching the fundamentals or rifle marksmanship and intertwines these skills with the history and heritage of our great nation.  You will learn the foundation for putting shots on target, standing offhand, sitting/lneeling and prone; using a sling for support, your natural point of aim, six steps to firing a shot, shot analysis, sight adjustmentand range estimation along with America History and Heritage.

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Benchrest                                                                                             

The Benchrest community is best known as the people who shoot little groups. This is a game requiring precision and repeatability. A gun must consistently place shots into a small area to be competitive. The shooter has to read range conditions and adjust the point of aim to compensate for variables. This is the challenge of shooting groups! Tuning your gun, learning to read the wind, and adjusting for range variables all contribute to an interesting day at a match.  Simply put them all through the same hole.
 

ARA .22 Rimfire There are two classes in ARA Rimfire competition.  In the Unliminited class, any .22 long rifle firearm may be used. There are no weight limits and no dimensional restrictions to barrels, stocks, or limits on scope magnification. In the sporter class the gun and scope shall weigh 8.5 pounds or less.  The rifle must be a repeater and must be able to hold 2 or more rounds in a removable clip/magazine or be tublar fed. Click here to print practice targets from the American Rimfire Association website.

 

IBS 1000 Yard There are two classes of rifles used in IBS competition, Light Gun and Heavy Gun. The Light Gun must weigh under 17 pounds, and be under .40 caliber. A front pedestal like conventional benchrest is allowed, and the rear bag must conform to conventional benchrest rules. The rules for the rifles themselves are wide open. Muzzle breaks, stocks wider than 3 inches, guide rails on the stocks, and barrels of any taper are all allowed. There is no weight limit in Heavy Gun. Heavy Guns too must be under .40 caliber. Mechanical rear rests are allowed, but the front and rear rest cannot interact or be joined. There must be at least one-half inch of sand in the bags between the rifle and the pedestals. While muzzle breaks are not allowed, almost anything else goes.

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 Cowboy Action                                                                           

Cowboy Action Shooting is a multifaceted amateur

shooting sport in which contestants compete with firearms typical of those used in the taming of the Old West: single action revolvers; lever action rifles; and side by side double barreled, pre-1899 pump, or lever action shotguns. The shooting competition is staged in a unique, characterized, Old West style.  Contestants shoot in several one-to-four gun stages (courses of fire) in which they engage steel and/or cardboard targets. Scoring is based on accuracy and speed.  The truly unique aspect of Cowboy Action Shooting is the requirement placed on authentic period or western screen dress. Each participant is required to adopt a shooting alias appropriate to a character or profession of the late 19th century, or a Hollywood western star, and develop a costume accordingly.

 

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John C. Garand   

 

The John C. Garand Match is held in honor of John C. Garand, the inventor of the U.S.Rifle Cal 30 M1 military rifle.  Only “as-issued” U. S. Rifle cal .30 M1 (called “the Garand”), M1903A1 or M1903A3 (sometimes called “the Springfield”), U. S. Rifle cal..30 M1917 (sometimes called “the Enfield”), U. S. Rifle cal..30 M1941 (called “the Johnson”), the U. S. Krag rifle (cal..30-40) and the U. S. Carbine caliber .30 carbine M1.may be used in the competition.  Competition is governed by the rules and regulations of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP).  Matches consist of 5 sighter shots, followed by 10 shots slow-fire prone, 10 shots rapid-fire prone, and 10 shots slow-fire standing, all at 100 yards, with ammo furnished by the CMP.  Competition is held on the Scheutzen range.  Competition in one of these John C. Garand match meets the CMP requirement for proof of marksmanship participation for purchasing rifles from the CMP.

                                                                        

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High Power                                                                                        

Fullbore

 

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Long Range Precision Rifle                                      

Long range precision rifle competition is intended to provide long range rifle shooting situations encountered in hunting or in the growing disciplines often referred to as “Long Range Practical/Tactical”.  It consists of shooting at reactive metallic targets (targets that move when hit), at ranges of 219-547 yards.  Matches consist of approximately 50 shots with a competitor’s choice of different centerfire rifles (with a class for rifle-caliber chambered pistols). Common calibers are .243, 6mm variants, 6.5mm variants, 7mm variants, and .308 and optics with greater than 4x magnification almost a must (3200fps velocity limit).  Target sizes range from slightly smaller than prairie dogs to marginally larger at the longer distances. Shooters fire one at a time, with a time allotment of 15 seconds for each of 10 shots per stage.  Competitions may include field courses with movement, barricades, obstacles or alternate shooting positions.

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Pistol                                                                                                          

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Practical Pistol Shooting                                               

Practical shooting is a sport in which competitors are required to combine accuracy, speed and power to successfully complete many different types of shooting "problems". Competitors use centerfire handguns in large calibers (9mm/.38 special is the minimum allowed) and shoot full-power loads. These handguns are carried in belt holsters and are accompanied by spare magazines or speedloaders in pouches also attached to the belt.  At any given match a shooter may be required to shoot targets 2 meters away in one event, and 50 meters away in the next. Sometimes the targets are paper, sometimes they are steel. Often "no-shoot" penalty targets are placed near "shoot" targets.  Realistic props are used to simulate a scenario that the shooter must complete. Shooting may be done from freestyle, strong hand, weak hand, prone, or any other imaginable position, depending on the course of fire. Since scoring uses both total points and elapsed time, the shooters strive to find the best combination of accuracy, speed, and power to win.

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Schuetzen                                                                                           

Schuetzen competition uses rifles conforming to the style and appearance of rifles made from the Civil War era to 1914 period either here in the U.S. or elsewhere, in any caliber.  The rifle must be a breech loading cartridge rifle without magazine or provision for additional cartridges, in which the action must be operated, and in which a cartridge or shell must be manually inserted for each shot. Bolt-action rifles are specifically excluded regardless of age or model. The action may be of the falling block, tipping block, rolling block, tip up or any similar type whether made recently or in years past.  Competition consists of to shot matches at 200 yards in the standing position.

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Silhouette                                                                                           

Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at metal cutouts representing game animals at varying distances. The targets used are rams, turkeys, pigs, and chickens, which are cut to different scales and set at certain distances from the shooter depending on the specific discipline.  Targets are set up in groups of 5 of each kind.  Targets are engaged in order of distance: chickens, pigs, turkeys, rams. The target must be knocked down or pushed off the target stand in order to score a hit; even a shot ricocheting off the ground in front of the target will count if it takes down the correct target. Shooters are allowed to have a spotter with them, who watches where the shots land and advises the shooter on corrections to make.

High Power Rifle High power metallic silhouette uses scoped bolt action center fire rifles to knock over life size metal animal cut outs.  The animals are a chicken placed at 200 meters, a pig at 300 meters, the turkey at 385 meters and a ram target at 500 meters. The course consists of 40 animals , ten at each distance. The game is fired from the standing off hand position, no slings allowed. The object is simple, hit as many as you can in a given time slot. Common cartridges for this game are the  .260 Remington, 6.5 x 55 Swede, the 7mm-08 Remington and the .308 Winchester. Magnum calibers are not allowed to avoid target damage. Other calibers used are the .270 Winchester and the .30-06 but these are too powerful to shoot up to 80 shots typically fired at a match. The recoil factor will take its toll on scores.  Two classes of rifles are used in silhouette, the standard or unlimited gun and a common hunting rifle class.

 

IHMSA Pistol Handgun silhouette matches are sanctioned by the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association. The full size and 1/2 size centerfire targets are set at 50, 100, 150, and 200 meters. Smallbore targets are set at 25, 50, 75 and 100 yards. A match consists of 10 shots at each distance for a total of 40 shots. Common handguns used are revolvers in .357, .41 and 44 caliber. Single shot handguns are mostly TC's and Remington XP100's in 6mm, 6.5BR, 7TCU, 7BR  and 30-30's. Smallbore handguns are any .22 long rifle in revolver, single shot or semi auto configuration. Scopes and spotters are allowed in both centerfire and smallbore.

 

Lever Action  Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette matches consist of 40 shots – (2) 5 shot strings at each animal.  Competition is split into three categories: Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette Rifle:  Any lever action center fire rifle .25 caliber or larger with a tubular magazine of original manufacture or replica thereof.  A rimmed case loaded with a round or flat nosed bullet must be used.  Exception:  35 Remington is allowed.  Targets:  Long Range Pistol, at distances of 50-100-150-200 meters. Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette Rifle:  Any lever action rifle with a tubular magazine.  A rimmed pistol cartridge loaded with a round or flat nosed bullet must be used i.e. 25-20, 32-20, 38’s, .357 Magnum, 38-40, 44’s, 44-40, .45 Colt, .45 Long Colt, .22 Magnum and .22 Long Rifle.  Targets: Hunter’s Pistol Targets, at distances of 40-60-77-100 meters. Smallbore Cowboy Rifle Silhouette Rifle:  Any lever action, pump, or semi-auto rimfire rifle with a tubular magazine.  .22 long rifle ammunition only.  Hyper velocity ammunition prohibited.  Targets:  Smallbore Hunter’s Pistol Targets, at distances of 40-60-77-100 meters.

 

Smallbore

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Smallbore Prone                                                                      

Smallbore two day matches are NRA sanctioned matches using single shot .22 caliber target rifles, following NRA rules and regulations, and firing at ranges of 50 and 100 yards from the prone position.  A typical match consists of 20 record shots on each of 16 targets over the two days.  The smallbore summer league is a much more relaxed series of one day matches for the purpose of introducing smallbore shooting to new shooters while providing practice for the more serious smallbore shooter.

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Sporting Clays                                                                             

USPSA multi-gun uses many of the same principles as Practical Pistol Shooting.  In addition to shooting pistol, competitors will add long guns to the mix.  While 3 gun implies pistol, rifle and shotgun, any combination can be used in a course.  Precision rifle, 2 gun and 4 gun matches can also be shot.  For 2011, the 4 dates will be straight forward 3 gun matches using USPSA time-plus scoring.  Competitors will be presented with stages that require the use of one to three guns on the same course.  Stages are "problems" that the shooter must solve under a timed format where accuracy and firearm power are factors.  A sling is recomended for long guns.

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Zoot Shooting                                                                               

Zoot Shooters are bringing back the Roaring Twenties! Zoot shooting is a multi-gun sport in which participants dress in 1920s-1930s costumes and compete against the clock engaging targets for the best possible score. Zoot Shooters must use firearms that are correct for the time surrounding Prohibition. Costumes may be of any character type reflecting the era (i.e. gangster, law enforcement, flapper, bootlegger, politician, etc.).  The predominant guns are Thompsons and 1911 pistols but other firearms may be considered.

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/04/135410415/zoot-shooters-bring-gangster-style-to-the-gun-range

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