Practice targets are available for checking loads.Ĭost per shooter for the NRA-approved match is $9.00 for the first match, $5.00 for the second, and $5.00 for first-time shooters, and each NRA competitor should have a copy of the National Rifle Association Score Book, available for $13.00, which is good for a year.Ĭompeting in these local matches will qualify shooters to compete in the Idaho State Silhouette Match, usually held in early July. Hunter’s Pistol (open sights) same cartridges as Hunter’s Pistol scoped.īullet velocities for centerfire arms should not exceed 1,000 feet per second muzzle velocity, to prevent target damage.

Hunter’s Pistol (scoped) sample cartridges include. Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Rifle sample cartridges include. 22 Long Rifle cartridge only, and rifle must have metallic sights and a tubular magazine – lever action or pump but must not be semi-automatic. There are six different categories of firearms used for NRA-approved matches: After all 10 targets of each type have been fired at, the competitor moves to the next animal type.

This is repeated for each animal type, as there are two sets of five animals of each type. Targets shot out of sequence count as misses (if you shoot at the second animal instead of the first, it counts as two misses). Firing must be done in sequence, starting at the left hand target of each bank of five animals. The course of fire is two minutes long, following a 30-second load period, to fire one shot each at five targets. Practice is allowed before the match starts. One shot is allowed per target, and the total match requires 40 rounds. Each participant shoots from a standing offhand position at small steel knock-down targets of 10 chickens (at 40 meters) 10 pigs at 50, 10 turkeys at 75, and 10 rams at 100.

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