Official Match Rules
Purpose:
The purpose of this match is to offer Saiga owners throughout the country an opportunity to participate in a nationwide rifle shooting postal competition with the intent of fostering good cheer and good relations on the board.
Prerequisite and Eligibility:
Own or legally acquire a Kalashnikov type rifle, specifically of the Saiga variety. For this match only metallic sights will be allowed. If interest and demand is high an unlimited, open class will be started in the future to allow use of optics.
Categories:
Competitors can enter in one or all of the following categories. Barrels may be of any legal length. The categories will be broken down by rifle caliber.
A 7.62x39
B .223
C .308
Awards:
No awards will be awarded; however, bragging rights will be not only tolerated but encouraged. Results will be posted in the Competitors Section of the Saiga-12 forum.
Firing Dates:
Competition will commence from today, August 3, 2008 and will end September 1st, 2008. Targets must be emailed to me by 11:59 pm on September 1st.
Fees:
No fees will be required; instead members will be encouraged to donate $5.00 to the forum to become a Contributor.
Rules:
Your standard range rules should be followed. NRA 3-position rules are in effect. Link here for more details.
http://www.nrahq.org/compete/highpower.aspEquipment:
Any caliber rifle listed in the above categories section is eligible. Only metallic sights are to be used. Slings, shooting gloves, shooting jackets, shooting mats, vertical fore grips and spotting scopes are allowed. Bi-pods and other means of rifle support are not allowed.
Targets:
NRA official 100-yard military type targets are required and four (4) will be needed. This target is also know as the SR-1 Heavy Paper 100 Yard, Military Type Target and it is reduced from the standard 200 Yard SR. Target acquisition is the responsibility of the competitor and maybe be downloaded from the attachments below. Note, the downloads do not have all of the rings so you should mount your targets on cardboard to account for flyers. On the front of every target the shooter must include the following information:
1) the shooters ”board name” 2) the specific course of fire target was used for. Targets must be photographed for official submission.
Course of fire:
We will be competing using 4 strings of fire, utilizing three different firing positions.
1. Slow Fire, standing - 10 rounds at 100 yards in 10 minutes.
2. Rapid Fire, sitting or kneeling - 10 rounds at 100 yards in 60 seconds.
3. Rapid Fire, 10 rounds prone - 100 yards in 60 seconds.
4. Slow Fire, 10 rounds prone - 100 yards in 10 minutes.
Targets are to be shot in the order stated above.
Scoring:
Each target will be scored by you. Scorers will total the score of the targets and enter the score on the target. A shot must not be counted towards the higher value ring unless the ring is visibly broken. Once you have scored your target you will email your scores and target pictures to me for review. --SaigaPostal@gmail.com-- Upon the competition deadline I will post pictures and scores in the results thread.
Match Bulletin:
A match bulletin will be complied at the completion of the match and will include rank listing of all competitors according to categories. Results will be published on the competitor’s corner of the Saiga forum within two weeks of the close of the event.