Poweshiek
County
Sportsmen's
Association
Montezuma, Iowa
County
Sportsmen's
Association
Montezuma, Iowa
3D Archery / High-Power & Small-Bore Rifle / Benchrest Rifle / Shotgun Trap / Bullseye Pistol
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USBR Benchrest Rifle Competition
Co-Match Directors: Ed Purcell & Hugh Sheridan
pcsashooter@gmail.com
2012 MATCH SCHEDULE:
May 19
June 16
July 21
August 18
September 15
Rimfire sign-in is 8:30 AM
Centerfire sign-in is 10:45 AM
(See the Contact Us page on this
web site for directions to our ranges)
The PCSA is the host club for a series of monthly benchrest competitions during the summer at the club’s outdoor range south of Montezuma. The events are sanctioned by the U.S. Benchrest Association and conducted under USBR Association rules. The 2012 entry fee of $5 qualifies shooters to enter as many classes and rifles as they wish with no additional cost.
Rimfire benchrest matches are shot at standard USBR targets, which have 25 four-inch bullseyes, set at 50 yards from the shooting benches. Competitors have ample sighters and 20 minutes to complete the 25 bulls.
The targets are extremely challenging: the outside dimension (the four ring) is slightly more than two inches. The center ten ring is only one tenth of an inch. In order to score an X, a shooter must entirely cover the ten ring. All shooting is for score, not groups.
For centerfire classes, the targets are the same, but they are moved out to 100 yards and limited to ten bulls in order to prevent overheating of the larger calibers. Any guns less than .50 caliber are legal.
Unlimited classes may use one-piece rests. All other classes must use two-piece styles with no connection between front and back. Most benchrest shooters use adjustable mechanical front rests with sandbag tops in conjunction with a small rear bag, usually a “rabbit ear” sand bag.
Rifles cannot be attached to the rests and they must be fired directly from behind by means of the ordinary triggers.
The USBR classes accommodate almost any rifle from the simplest and least expensive to custom-built target guns, and you can compete in as many classes as you have guns and you can shoot more than one gun in any class and you can shoot the same gun in more than one class.
Rimfire Classes:
Plinker—inexpensive guns valued less than $200, no weight limits, scopes 9X or less
Sporter—unmodified factory guns under 8.5 lbs (including sights), no scope limits
Custom—no limit on barrels, guns under 10.5 lbs (including sights)
*Semiauto--Any semiauto gun, no restrictions on weight, customization, or scope
Unlimited—anything goes
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*NEW CATEGORY added in JUNE 2011
Centerfire Classes:
Plinker—value under $500, scopes 9X or less
Sporter/Hunter—guns under 10.25 lbs, scopes 6X
Factory—original stock, action, trigger; any scope
Varmint Class—under 13.5 lbs, .244 bore or less, any scope
Unlimited—anything goes under .50 caliber
Guns will be weighed before competition in appropriate classes
NOTE: In case of rain, we will move to the PCSA Indoor Range
(see the "Contact Us" page on this web site for directions),
and we will shoot an informal rimfire only match at 25 yards.
If the rain is light at 8:30 AM and the forecast is good,
we will wait it out and try to shoot at the outdoor range.
Check one place or the other--we will be shooting.
Co-Match Directors: Ed Purcell & Hugh Sheridan
pcsashooter@gmail.com
2012 MATCH SCHEDULE:
May 19
June 16
July 21
August 18
September 15
Rimfire sign-in is 8:30 AM
Centerfire sign-in is 10:45 AM
(See the Contact Us page on this
web site for directions to our ranges)
The PCSA is the host club for a series of monthly benchrest competitions during the summer at the club’s outdoor range south of Montezuma. The events are sanctioned by the U.S. Benchrest Association and conducted under USBR Association rules. The 2012 entry fee of $5 qualifies shooters to enter as many classes and rifles as they wish with no additional cost.
Rimfire benchrest matches are shot at standard USBR targets, which have 25 four-inch bullseyes, set at 50 yards from the shooting benches. Competitors have ample sighters and 20 minutes to complete the 25 bulls.
The targets are extremely challenging: the outside dimension (the four ring) is slightly more than two inches. The center ten ring is only one tenth of an inch. In order to score an X, a shooter must entirely cover the ten ring. All shooting is for score, not groups.
For centerfire classes, the targets are the same, but they are moved out to 100 yards and limited to ten bulls in order to prevent overheating of the larger calibers. Any guns less than .50 caliber are legal.
Unlimited classes may use one-piece rests. All other classes must use two-piece styles with no connection between front and back. Most benchrest shooters use adjustable mechanical front rests with sandbag tops in conjunction with a small rear bag, usually a “rabbit ear” sand bag.
Rifles cannot be attached to the rests and they must be fired directly from behind by means of the ordinary triggers.
The USBR classes accommodate almost any rifle from the simplest and least expensive to custom-built target guns, and you can compete in as many classes as you have guns and you can shoot more than one gun in any class and you can shoot the same gun in more than one class.
Rimfire Classes:
Plinker—inexpensive guns valued less than $200, no weight limits, scopes 9X or less
Sporter—unmodified factory guns under 8.5 lbs (including sights), no scope limits
Custom—no limit on barrels, guns under 10.5 lbs (including sights)
*Semiauto--Any semiauto gun, no restrictions on weight, customization, or scope
Unlimited—anything goes
_______________________
*NEW CATEGORY added in JUNE 2011
Centerfire Classes:
Plinker—value under $500, scopes 9X or less
Sporter/Hunter—guns under 10.25 lbs, scopes 6X
Factory—original stock, action, trigger; any scope
Varmint Class—under 13.5 lbs, .244 bore or less, any scope
Unlimited—anything goes under .50 caliber
Guns will be weighed before competition in appropriate classes
NOTE: In case of rain, we will move to the PCSA Indoor Range
(see the "Contact Us" page on this web site for directions),
and we will shoot an informal rimfire only match at 25 yards.
If the rain is light at 8:30 AM and the forecast is good,
we will wait it out and try to shoot at the outdoor range.
Check one place or the other--we will be shooting.
