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Is elbow pads worn under the shooting jacket legel or illegal ..This sunday morning match i was told not to wear them for a prone 50 yard match for they are illegal under the rules .

So are they illegal or not ..i also wear knee pads also they are the basic wally world vollyball type of pads for my knees and eblows ..

If you are shooting smallbore rifle the following rule should apply:

3.12 Padding - Shoulder pads, sling pads and elbow pads may be worn while shooting, provided they are
constructed so as not to provide artificial support. A button, hook or strap may be placed on the sleeve of the
shooting coat to support the sling loop that is placed on the upper arm.

thank you ..i going to ask the person who runs the match about it on weds night pratice session ..

for i see a lot of the older shooter in my group doing that with the knee and elbow pads under there shooting jaket and pants ..

I wear elbow pads so I don't chew up my elbows (specifically my left one) with the heavy canvas shooting coat I wear. A couple weeks ago I shot a 3200 next to a doctor who gave me some thin stick-on bandages, since even with the thin elbow pads I had managed to abrade my skin a bit.

If someone said I couldn't wear the pads, then I'd ask everyone to stop wearing heavy sweatshirts. Hard to wear those anyways when it's 96 degrees outside like it was at this past Saturday's match. Another shooter on this forum wore his, and he looked awfully hot. I was overheated just wearing my jacket to shoot let alone a darn sweatshirt.

in the summer time i wear a t-shirt under the jacket with elbow pads along with shorts with knee pads to keep from beening just killed with the heat with a waterbottle next to me