Rifle Team Weekly Happenings 2021-11-07

Hi Everyone!

I hope that everyone had a great weekend and you're taking the time to enjoy the mild weather that mother nature is gifting us right now.

This week we will be at the range on Tuesday from 6-10pm.

Items this week:

• This week we will be shooting our November WIRC Air Rifle targets.
  • If it seems like we just shot our October targets...   It's because we did.   Normally we'd take a week or two to work on position development, but unfortunately due to our extremely limited range time, and no longer being unable to access the range during finals week we need to start shooting our targets this week to fit everything in.
  • For a summary of how timing will work, see the "This Week In Rifle 2021-10-17" email.
    
    
• If you are interested in joining and are unsure, come down to the range and try us out!  It's never too late to start!
  
  
• Homework - Read The Rulebook
  • It's always good to know the rules for competition.  I'd like you to read the NRA Smallbore Rulebook (Link Here).  Using the index I want you to find the answer to the following questions, and the rule it's specified in.
    • True / False:  In Prone the minimum angle between the forearm supporting the rifle and the ground is 25 degrees
    • True / False:  In Kneeling the maximum angle from the vertical plan the foot being sat on is 45 degrees.
    • True / False:  In Kneeling you are permitted to place a pad between the heel being sat on and your buttocks as long as the pad does not exceed 20cm x 20cm and is less than 10mm thick when compressed.
    • Scenario: You are shooting an indoor Smallbore match.  You fire in the sighting bulls of the shooter to your right.
      • What do you do?
      • What penalties (if any) will be assessed?
    • Scenario: You are shooting an indoor Smallbore match.  You fire shots 3 and 4 in bull #6.  The values are a 7 and 10-x
      • What do you do?
      • What penalties (if any) will be assessed?
    • Scenario: You are shooting an indoor Smallbore match.  You fire 10 record shots in each bull.  The values (bulls 1-10) are: 10-x, 9, 7, 7, 10-x, 8, 9, 9, 8, 10-x   You fire an 11th shot into bull #2  The value is a 6.
      • What do you do?
      • What penalties (if any) will be assessed?
    • Scenario: You are shooting an indoor Smallbore match.  Using your spotting scope, you notice shots on your target that you didn't fire.  Your shot values are the same as the previous scenario.   The shots that weren't yours were in bulls 3 (value 6), 5 (value 9) and 8 (value 7)
      • What do you do?
      • What penalties (if any) will be assessed?
        
        

Upcoming Items:

• Due to insufficient range time next week we will be shooting November's WIRC Smallbore Targets next week.
  
  
• Good news!   We've been permitted to access the range on Mondays from 6-9pm.   The bad news is that we're not permitted to use that time until November 29th at the earliest.
  
  
• Due to insufficient range time we will be shooting December's WIRC Air Rifle Targets on November 29+30th.
  
  
• Due to insufficient range time we will be shooting December's WIRC Smallbore Targets on November 30th + December 6th.
  
  
• Because we are no longer permitted to access the range during Finals Week; Rifle cleaning and Maintenance night will be on December 7th.
  
  

Thank you for your attention, and have a great week!

GO HUSKIES!
- Zach