Originally Posted by
noz1
I wonder if any of you shoot in your local bench rest league.
Many of us at my local club do and we have just been informed of a new rule for next season as follows;
Any rifle with a magazine MUST only be loaded with ONE pellet at a time!
Many of us use AirArms, Bsa's and Wiehrauchs and to try this with some guns is quite difficult.
Now, we all only do this for fun, some of us are on limited fixed incomes and some single shot adapters are not cheap for some makes of rifle so this is unpopular to say the least.
The other thing that we struggle to understand is what is the point of this rule; in target shooting, the gun is always pointing downrange; it is not as if we move between shots, is it?
I know that some members have already said that they will not shoot in the league next season solely due to this rule change.
Anyone in any other areas having this rule change, please?
I think this rule came about because i am told, the rules were drawn up by a group of prone shooters who were no longer able to physically compete prone.So the rule was ok because most were using single shot prone type rifles,i dont think it was envisioned it would be so popular and that other types of weapons would also be used,like sporting rimfires and air rifles,hence the problems about magazines and front stands.
Bench Rest has great appeal to a lot of regular club members of all disciplines so surely the fact that someone could shoot LSWR , Sport Air Rifle 10mtr Air Rifle and BR all with the two types of rifle should be encouraged.
It would appear the the NSRA has adopted the Yorkshire County Rules nationaly.
The rules though are advantageous to the person using a Match type .22 rifle, and could probably do with being re-written so as to cover the variety of weapons now being used.
The question of using an air rifle with a full magazine has just come up in the Leeds And District and has been given the go ahead for the winter comp season to see if it makes a difference to scores,this is because the person using a ,22 rimfire can load with one hand and little disturbance to his position ,but the air rifle user has to totaly break his position and will need both hands free to change his mags and then rebuild his position.
But an air rifle with a magazine is ok for free standing Sporting Air Rifle comps as are .22 rimfires with a mag in LSWR type comps
I beleive there are a few other BR leagues running, all different!
The most fun i am having is myself and a few of our club members are having an interclub BR shoot with a few members of another club
using spring recoiling air rifles,very frustrating!!! my AA S400 hardly gets a look in now!
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