NRA Approved Air Pistol Match

[Misny]

I recently competed in an NRA Approved Air Pistol competition. The match is pretty informal, but a couple of procedures were new to me. I read the NRA rule book and couldn't find the answers and none of the questions were addressed in the match bulletin. In the past all of the shooters fired on the B-40/4 (four bullseye target). At this match, most of the shooters fired on the B-40/4, but a couple of shooters shot on a B-40 (single bullseye target). The second item, which I question, is that the shooters shooting 40 shots and 60 shots were lumped together for the awards bulletin. The match director ranked the shooters by percentage, rather than the raw scores. Has anyone else encountered these situations?

[nglitz]

Doesn't sound quite kosher, unless this was laid out in the match bulletin. Oops, I'm thinking "registered" match.

An approved match is "looser" than a registered match, which has to conform closely to the rulebook and "could" have an NRA referee visit.

That said, all shooters should be on the same type of target. Women and juniors (40 shots) and men (60 shots) shouldn't be mixed unless there is not enough to make a full class. Even then, it should have been stated in the bulletin.

Still a better day than at work. :)

[Misny]

Doesn't sound quite kosher, unless this was laid out in the match bulletin. Oops, I'm thinking "registered" match.

An approved match is "looser" than a registered match, which has to conform closely to the rulebook and "could" have an NRA referee visit.

That said, all shooters should be on the same type of target. Women and juniors (40 shots) and men (60 shots) shouldn't be mixed unless there is not enough to make a full class. Even then, it should have been stated in the bulletin.

Still a better day than at work. :)

I always enjoy going to a match and it's just fun for me nowadays just to participate. I do think that it is an advantage to shoot on a single bull target vs. four bull target. The lumping of juniors/ women and men scores averaged isn't a big deal. I do think that if this is the way one is going to run a match, though, he should have all these things stated in the match bulletin. It also gives new shooters the wrong idea IMHO. I think they should leave the match with the feeling of a level playing field and they should be able to compete with their own kind when are enough shooters, as was the case in this instance.