RULES:  50m CENTRE-FIRE WESTERN MEDIUM & BIG-BORE RIFLE EXERCISE 

This exercise is designed to shoot historically correct rifles with the correct vintage cartridges styles at representative ranges suitable to the rifles design, sights and ammunition capabilities. Being vintage style ammunition, it requires shooters skill to reload custom prepared own ammunition with hand cast lead bullets and custom loads  to achieve best and most consistent accuracy. The shooter shoots in the traditional manner with ‘crossed sticks’ or a single support of a similar manner

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FIREARMS ALLOWED:  Members may participate in the Classic Western/Big Bore rimmed cartridge exercise with lever action rifles (or falling block single shot rifles).

Only rimmed straight taper cartridges with a minimum bore of 0.375 or greater and with cartridge case of min. 2.00” (inches) or larger, may be used in the following calibres: .375 win / .38-55 / .40-65 / .405Win / /45-70 / all Sharps .380+ / Martini-Henry / .444 Marlin.

Only cast lead bullets, with or without gas checks, may be used;

Either smokeless or black powder cartridge loads may be used;

Optical or metallic open sights may be used

SHOOTING DISTANCE:   The shooting distance measured from the target to the edge of the firing line closest to the shooter is 50 metres.

COURSE OF FIRE:  5 shots at 50m shot on an A4 Target in your own time, and scored out of 50 points.

FIRING POSITION:  Any shooting position is valid; rifles may be rested on a bench, with the exception that rifle rests of which the front and the back are connected by a centre piece, may not be used.

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