SPORTER RIFLE

   Are you interested in 22 cal. rifle target shooting, are you 12 years old or older?  If yes, come join us for the fun.  FIRST MEETING is on  September 16, 2010 at 6pm.  Hope to see you there.

Shooting Night - Every Thursday Night at 6pm - starting on 9/16/2010

Any Questions call: 315-822-3012

NYS Sporterifle is a postal target competition using .22 cal rimfire rifles sponsored by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association (NYSRPA). The position is off-hand standing with the target at 50 feet.  The sport is designed so that expensive special equipment is not required.  It is possible to be competitive with equipment you probably already own.  There is a maximum weight limit on scope/gun of 7.5 pounds. Slings or other devices that provide artificial support are not allowed. This is a light rifle, off-hand competition.

Teams:   Teams consist of 5 or more members.  The top 5 individual scores for each match constitute the team score for that match.

Therefore, members of lower abilities can participate and not be concerned that they will adversely affect the team scores.  The inclusion of members of any ability can only improve the team score.  This is sometimes important to point out to prospective new members. Currently there are 45 teams state-wide divided among 6 leagues based on team average.

Rules and Regulations

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Sporterifle, hence-forth known as Sporterifle, shall be governed by the rules and regulations of the National Rifle Association with the following provisions as adopted by the Sporterifle executive committee. Any violation of the rules and regulations of the National Rifle Association and/or those rules and regulations set forth here, will warrant disqualification of the team scores for the entire season.

SCHEDULED LEAGUES

Each year the Bulletin Editor will place teams in the appropriate league based on the previous year's team average.

MEMBER TEAMS

A team wishing to join the Sporterifle program should be composed of no less than five (5) individuals in good standing. A parent organization may have more than one team, each team consisting of at least five (5) members. No individual shall be listed in the Sporterifle Bulletin when the shooter is not listed with a competing team.

Teams or their parent organizations shall provide range facilities and operate matches in accordance with NRA and Sporterifle rules. Further, each team shall assist with the Sporterifle bulletin as follows:

• Furnish the name, mailing address, phone numbers, sex, and birth dates of all competitors including any mid-season changes.
• Make a weekly score sheet listing each shooter's score.
• Collect the bulletin and range fees for each shooter on the weekly score sheet.
• Submit the score sheet and any fees to the Sporterifle Bulletin Editor so as to arrive at the Bulletin Editor's mailing address before the deadline determined by the Bulletin Editor.
• Send targets from perfect matches (score of 300) by mail to the State Director for verification.

Teams joining Sporterifle after the start of the season will be placed in an appropiate open (bye) spot on one of the league schedules. This team will be matched with other teams only after it is possible for each team to compete with each other an equal number of times. (For example: For a 8 team - 21 match schedule, team's win/loss records will start only at match 1, 8 or 15 where each team can compete again each other 3, 2 or 1 time respectively.)

FEES

Sporterifle Fees are as follows:

• $2.00 - Annual fee paid by all competitors at their first match
• $2.00 - 1st Adult in household receiving mailed bulletin
• $1.25 - Additional adults in household or any adult without mailed bulletin
• $0.50 - Junior (with or without mailed bulletin)
• $1.00 - Adult for iron sight competition (with or without bulletin)
• $0.50 - Junior for iron sight competition (with or without bulletin)

For households with both junior and adult competitors, an adult must pay the higher fee for that household to receive a printed bulletin. Households with only junior competitors may receive a printed bulletin for just the junior fee. Without special arrangements, no more than one bulletin will be mailed to a household.

JUNIORS

A Sporterifle shooter may compete as a junior from the time they reach their twelfth (12th) birthday until their nineteenth (19th) birthday. A junior who reaches their nineteenth (19th) birthday after September 1st may compete as a junior through the end of that season. This will include any competitions during the season and the shootoff at the season end. Youngsters under the age of 12 are not allowed to compete in Sporterifle.

SENIORS

A Sporterifle shooter who reaches their 60th birthday on or before September 1 may compete as a senior for that entire following season and all seasons thereafter. This will include any competitions during the season and the shootoff at the end of the season.

NYS SPORTERIFLE BULLETIN

The Sporterifle Bulletin Editor shall maintain a listing of all current Sporterifle shooters, classified individual scores and averages, team scores, team standings, and other pertinent data as necessary to produce a weekly bulletin. On a weekly basis during the Sporterifle season, the Sporterifle Bulletin Editor shall publish the bulletin to include match results, individual and team standings. Competitors are entitled to a mailed bulletin only for the weeks they have paid the weekly bulletin fee. Team captains, officers, and directors are entitled to all bulletins each week. All qualified shooters are entitled to the bulletin for the last match of the season.

EQUIPMENT

THE RIFLE:

The rifle authorized for use in Sporterifle competition is the .22 caliber rim-fire rifle chambered for cartridges commercially catalogued as .22 short, .22 long or .22 long rifle. There are no restrictions on barrel length. The overall weight of the rifle with sights and any accessories shall not be greater than seven and one half (7 1/2) pounds. The butt plate of the rifle shall not curve more then one half (1/2) inch from tip to tip. If the butt plate is adjustable, it must be adjusted to its neutral position where the butt plate shall not extend above, below or to the side of the natural contour of the stock.

SIGHTS:

Any metallic or telescopic sight may be used in competition.

MAGAZINES:

The rifle's magazine, clip, or tube may remain in place but the rifle must be loaded single shot. If a clip is used, it must be loaded with only one round at a time.

CLOTHING:

The use of any clothing for body support of any kind is prohibited. A shooting jacket may be used provided it is made of cloth, with a shoulder pad not more than one quarter (1/4) inch thick, and has no elbow pads. The jacket must fasten with buttons or zipper only, and the jacket must fit loosely enough to allow a three (3) inch cylinder to be passed up the front.

REST:

Palm rests, fore-end devices, prongs, or any other device which provides artificial support are specifically prohibited.

SHOOTING POSITION

The standing position must be used for Sporterifle competitions. Standing position: The shooter stands erect on both feet, no other portion of the body may touch the ground or any other supporting surface. A sling may not be used. The rifle will be supported by both hands and one shoulder only. For male shooters less than 65 years old, the elbow or upper arm of the forward arm may not placed against the body or rested on the hip or other artificial support. For female shooters of any age and male shooters 65 and older, the elbow or upper arm of the forward arm may be placed against the body or rested on the hip.

TARGETS

The six bull 50 foot NRA official light rifle target, listed as A-32, or the equivalent, shall be used in all Sporterifle competitions.

COURSE OF FIRE

The Sporterifle course of fire will consist of 30 record shots with a possible total of 300 points, fired from the standing position at 50 feet. Three targets shall be fired with ten record shots on each target. Each target shall have two shots on each record bull, with unlimited shots on the sighter. The time allowance shall be ten minutes for each ten shot target, including any fouler, sighting, and all record shots.

COMPETITION

Competition shall consist of team members firing the 30 shot course for individual averages, with the five high scores used for the team score.

The teams in each league compete among themselves as individuals and teams in a weekly schedule of matches arranged by Sporterifle officers within the period from September 1st to April 1st.

NYSRPA Competition: Competition for NYS Rifle and Pistol Association awards shall be under the jurisdiction of the State Director with respect to eligibility, fees and awards. Each competitor shall be a member of the NYS Rifle and Pistol Association.

Iron Sights Competition: Competitors participating in the iron sights competition shall follow all Sporterifle rules and regulations except that the firearm used for this competition can exceed 7 1/2 pounds and must have non-optical sights. Competitors participating in both the normal and iron sight competitions must submit separate scores for each competition.

SHOOTOFFS

Shoulder to shoulder shootoffs may be held separately or combined, under the jurisdiction of the Executive committee. Shootoffs shall not affect season standings or awards, and may have independent awards.

MATCHES

A match consists of team members firing the Sporterifle course of fire, shoulder to shoulder, each week during the season. EXCEPTION: Shift workers or others with special cases who cannot attend the regular team's firing time may fire their match prior to the scheduled match, provided all other conditions are the same.

MATCH PROCEDURE

• The members of each team in all leagues shall meet once a week according to the schedule of the league to fire a Sporterifle course of fire for their individual and team scores.
• A team score shall consist of the five high scores fired by team members for the scheduled match, with a total possible team score of 1500 points.
• Failure of a team to field a full team of five shooters for any match will warrant forfeiture of that match. Individual team members may still fire the match for individual averages.
• No competitor may withdraw from a match once that shooter has fired record shots. Partially fired targets will be scored as fired.
• A competitor may fire with only one team in a league, except, that a competitor may permanently transfer to another team in any league.

SCORE SHEETS

For each match a score sheet will be completed which will list: each competitor's first and last name; each competitor's three 10 shot score and total score; the five high scores used for the team score; and the total team score.

PROCESSING OF SCORES

Processing of all scores shall be done by the office of the Bulletin Editor, the club's responsibility being only for totaling, checking and mailing the score sheet.

The scores posted by the teams are final after they have been processed by the editor. No changes will be made after they have been finalized. Team captains are encouraged to verify the scores they submit are correct before the due date/time to guarantee errors can be corrected.

AVERAGES AND STANDINGS

The weekly total 30 shot score for each competitor shall be averaged, classified, and listed separately for each league in numerical order in the bulletin. The five scores which constitute the team score in each league shall be listed according to competitor name, ten shot scores, total score, and team score.

A running average of actual team scores and the number of wins and loses shall be listed in the bulletin. The team with the best win/lost record shall be the winner.

CLASSIFICATION

Individual averages shall be maintained and placed in the proper class by the Bulletin Editor as follows:

• All competitors start each season as unclassified.
• After five (5) matches have been fired, competitors are placed in the proper class and stay in that class until the midseason reclassification.
• Midseason reclassification: After half the season has been completed, competitors are reclassified and can move up in classification, BUT NOT DOWN. Competitors remain in this class for the remainder of the season. (Midseason: For a 21 match season, the midseason reclassification is done after match 11, for an 18 match season it would be done after match 9.)
• The classification after midseason reclassification is the one used for midseason events. Competitors with less than 5 matches at midseason are unclassified for midseason events.
• End of season awards are also determined based on the midseason reclassification classes.
• After the last match each competitor gets reclassified again for their class in the shoot off. Competitors can only move up in class, NOT DOWN.

Competitors at shootoffs or other tournaments shall use their current classification.

Classes shall be:

SCORING

• A shot hole which visibly touches the scoring ring shall receive the value of that ring. An NRA approved scoring gauge will be used to determine the value of close shots. The higher value will be allowed where flange of the scoring gauge touches the scoring ring of higher value.
• Only visible hits will be scored, except, where a shot hole appears larger than a single bullet hole. (An NRA scoring gauge when carefully placed in a single shot hole then in a suspected multiple shot hole will show less resistance in the multiple shot hole.)
• Sighting shots outside the sighter ring shall be scored as record shots when they are nearer the record scoring rings than the sighter ring. When the first shot fired on a target is outside the sighter ring, if called to the Range Officer, will not be scored as a record shot.

PENALTIES

• Targets which have 10 record shots, but 3 or more in one bull, shall receive the score for the 10 record shots minus 1 point penalty for each misplaced shot.
• Targets with more than 10 record shots, score the lowest shots with 1 point penalty for each extra shot. Any shots crossfired on another competitor's target shall be scored as misses on the target of the competitor firing the cross fires.
• Targets with fewer than 10 record shots and no crossfires, may be rehung and the missing shots fired, provided there is time left to fire those shots.
• The above excessive shot rule is not applied to targets that are crossfired upon where target backers were used so that crossfires can be unambiguously identified.

TIE SCORES

MOST IMPROVED SHOOTER
MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR SHOOTER (Monte Smith Award)

A competitor who has fired two or more consecutive years shall be eligible for the Most Improved Shooter award. A junior competitor who has fired two or more consecutive years shall also be eligible for the Monte Smith Most Improved Junior Shooter award.