Issf competitive supported pistol and rifle

[thirdwheel]

For those that have shown an interest, here hot off the press is a link to the supported pistol and rifle competition shooting the ISSF now supports and encourages, and the thinking that go behind it. Zooma pushed for this as a tryout for the 6yd MPL comp and it was found not to be as easy as you would think, it is the biggest growth area in German competitive shooting and is based on their rules.

http://www.issf-sports.org/getfile.a...ition_2017.pdf

Have a go
George

[zooma]

Lets hope this will encourage a few more of us to give this excellent discipline a go - either at 6 yards through our own MPL based postal series or at 10 meters in your own clubs.

[Kevin1]

Supported pistol is an ideal way for new shooters of any age to build up their muscles and method of approach to the diagram.

It modifying what used in training for you people moving from double handed to single handed and making it an official ISSF comp.

Kevin

[zooma]

We may be taking a closer look at this discipline in the very near future.

At the backbone of our club are two 68 year old youngsters who have every intention of carrying on shooting for a lot longer yet, but age does begin to take its toll and supported shooting can definitely extend the time that the sport can be enjoyed at a high level.

Supported shooting is not as easy as it might at first appear and it does still represent a real challenge so it is a future investment that we should make.

Making the rifle and pistol stands (and supports) to the correct specification will be a nice project for us to get involved with - and when they are completed - we don't have to use them just yet if we don't want to

[zooma]

Our two 68 year old "youngsters" at RMTC have almost completed some suitable (legal specification) rests for supported shooting and will soon be able to shoot this discipline at 6 yards and 10 metres.

If there is an MPL competition for supported air rifle we will make this our first forage into supported shooting so that we can "learn on the job" - it sounds like it could be fun - but not much (if any) easier than free standing air rifle.

[RobinC]

The event the ISSF promote and Zooma's club have taken on board is not "bench rest" it is "Rested" and it is certainly not easy. Its an event designed not so much for young beginners, but aimed at keeping older shooters in the sport. Look at the rules as notified by Thirdwheel in the first post, there are pictures in it and you can see what its all about.

It is the biggest branch of shooting sport in Germany and generally in Europe (why the ISSF has climbed onto the band wagon), most rifle manufacturers make rifles specially for this discipline (called auflage in German)

Its a fun event, and having tried it with expert standing and prone shooters who discovered its not easy!

Bench rest is altogether different is run to their own associations rules, and the NSRA bench rest rules are a mystery to every one, not meeting either!

[zooma]

[QUOTE=RobinC;7431839]The event the ISSF promote and Zooma's club have taken on board is not "bench rest" it is "Rested" and it is certainly not easy. Its an event designed not so much for young beginners, but aimed at keeping older shooters in the sport. Look at the rules as notified by Thirdwheel in the first post, there are pictures in it and you can see what its all about.

It is the biggest branch of shooting sport in Germany and generally in Europe (why the ISSF has climbed onto the band wagon), most rifle manufacturers make rifles specially for this discipline (called auflage in German)

Its a fun event, and having tried it with expert standing and prone shooters who discovered its not easy!

Bench rest is altogether different is run to their own associations rules, and the NSRA bench rest rules are a mystery to every one, not meeting either![/QUOTE).


Why on Earth do the NSRA want to "do their own thing" and not follow the ISSF rules for supported shooting?

Is it because they want to shoot at different distances perhaps - or do they prefer to shoot in the sitting position (only for those aged 71 and over following the ISSF rules)?

There is no point trying to reinvent the wheel when the round shape works well enough already.

At first glance this seems like madness. Surely it would be better if we all worked to the same (existing ISSF) rules?

[gwyn]

Bench rest is altogether different is run to their own associations rules, and the NSRA bench rest rules are a mystery to every one, not meeting either!

Robin,if you look at the Yorkshire County Association BR rules i think you may find the source of the NSRA rules?
Don.