I heard two people talking at a rimfire sihloutte match about one course of fire using one size target and had a 6X limit on scopes and another course having smaller targets and a 9X limit. Could anyone educate me on this?
Thanks
R.E. Klaus

reklaus wrote:I heard two people talking at a rimfire sihloutte match about one course of fire using one size target and had a 6X limit on scopes and another course having smaller targets and a 9X limit. Could anyone educate me on this?
Thanks
R.E. Klaus

Must have been bench rest shooting? No rules in the NRA in regard to scope power.

Chicken

I'm guessing that George is probably right. There used to be a 6X scope limit on sporter class guns in IR50/50 benchrest. There could still be that limit for all I know. I haven't shot benchrest in years. I've never heard of a scope power limit in silhouette matches other than a couple club matches primarily aimed getting new shooters into silhouette shooting. There aren't any scope power limits in NRA silhouette shooting, for sure.