Originally Posted by
mickmep
hi all.
I'm thinking, if allowed, of trying a palm rest on my lightweight sporting rifle.
could someone confirm if this is legal for competitions ?
I've read through the nsra rules and item 8.13 (standing) states 'in the free rifle and sports rifle events a palm rest may be used.'
does lightweight sporting rifle come under the 'sports rifle' events type ?
thanks
Rutty's covered the rules for LWSR. To clear up any confusion about "Sport Rifle" - it's the Ladies version of Free Rifle (your classic, ISSF Prone & 3-Position Target Rifle). The only major differences are a few things to do with maximum weight etc - women are restricted to a slightly lighter gun than men for instance so that an East German Amazon couldn't heft a massive heavy barrelled rifle onto the range and gain an unreasonable advantage over her smaller, petite competitors. That sort of thing. Although Men's and Women's 3-Position and Prone looks very similar, technically Men are shooting "Free Rifle" and Women are shooting "Sport Rifle".
Then Lightweight Sport Rifle came along and confused matters
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