SILHOUETTE MATCHES

The Silhouette Matches will be held daily. Matches start at 7:30 a.m. on the greens at the west portion of the rifle range.

Registration for Silhouette Matches will be taken at the Target Desk in the Clubhouse. (Register the day before you are planning to shoot).

Daily Reentry Matches, medals to top three daily. Weekly Reentry Match, medals to top three weekly.

Equipment is any rifle with open sights (shaders allowed) loaded with a single patched roundball. Targets are designed to fall with a medium to light load for a hunting rifle. A .45 caliber roundball over 60 grains of blackpowder gives adequate impact to knock over silhouettes. However, any shooter who is destroying targets will be disqualified.

Firing is in five four shot stages, five minutes per stage, offhand. Exception—Bear target can be fired upon in any position without artificial support.

Further information is available from the range officer in charge.

The range officer has the right to refuse or remove any shooter whose actions are unsafe or has unsafe equipment. NMLRA Rules prevails

LARGE SILHOUETTE MATCH

Each match consists of 20 rounds.

4 crow at 50 yards • 4 groundhog at 100 yards • 4 buffalo at 150 yards • 4 turkey at 175 yards • 4 bear at 200 yards.

Match 303    Large Rifle Daily Medal Reentry Match - $4.50

Match 304    Large Rifle Medal Match - $5.50

SMALL 40 CALIBER (OR UNDER) SILHOUETTE MATCH

Each match consists of 20 rounds.

4 chicken at 40 yards • 4 pig at 60 yards • 4 turkey at 80 yards • 4 ram at 100 yards • 1 each in final round.

Targets are IHMSA .22 caliber pistol targets. Note: See page 15, rules under “Silhouette Matches” for further information.

Match 301    Pistol Weekly Medal Reentry Match – $4.50

Match 305    Small Rifle Daily Medal Reentry Match– $4.50

Match 306    Small Rifle Medal Match– $5.50

SMOOTHBORE SILHOUETTE MATCH

Weekly reentry. Any muzzleloading smoothbore shooting a single patched round ball and having no rear sight above the

plane of the barrel.

Each match consists of 20 rounds.

4 crow at 40 yards • 4 groundhog at 60 yards • 4 buffalo at 80 yards • 4 turkey at 100 yards • 4 bear at 120 yards

Match 312    Smoothbore Weekly Medal Reentry Match - $4.50

JUNIOR SILHOUETTE

Competitors who have not reached the age of 16.

Weekly reentry. Any rifle or smoothbore, any metallic sights. Adult supervision required. Same course of fire as Smoothbore Silhouette. Adults may load and coach the shooter. Firearm must be light enough to be safely managed by the shooter. Any hit on the correct target will be scored as a knock-down.

Each match consists of 20 rounds.

4 crow at 40 yards • 4 groundhog at 60 yards • 4 buffalo at 80 yards • 4 turkey at 100 yards • 4 bear at 120 yards

Match 313    Junior Weekly Medal Reentry Match - $1.00

SUB-JUNIOR SILHOUETTE

Competitors who have not reached the age of 12.

Same as Junior Silhouette, except competitor may shoot from any safe position except bench. Cross sticks available from range stand. Any hit on the correct target will be scored as a knock-down. Each match consists of 20 rounds.

4 crow at 40 yards • 4 groundhog at 60 yards • 4 buffalo at 80 yards • 4 turkeat 100 yards • 4 bear at 120 yards

Match 314    Sub-Junior Weekly Medal Reentry Match - $1.00