NRA question
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Geebob
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NRA question
I've just got back into NRA silhouette shooting. I'm shooting Hunters Pistol and Smallbore hunters pistol. I was told at the last match that dry firing after the make ready command was prohibited. I just looked at the NRA rules book and it states in 10.7 that dry firing is allowed. Just curious what everyone else does at their matches. I wouldnt start my golf game without a few practice swings 
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lone ringer
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Re: NRA question
Nothing on the rules about not being able to dry fire after the ready or before the stop fire command, that time is yours and you can do as you please with it.
This is the first time I have heard anybody saying other wise and I have been shooting NRA sanctioned and non sanctioned matches since 1978.
Stand your ground and have them show you where on the rule book does it say you could not do it.
On the other hand if you want to dry fire while other shooters are shooting for record you have to as for permission to do so if they have an area designated for that purpose. At nationals most of the time they allow dry firing at both ends of the firing line and some times on empty stands between shooters firing for record. It always good to ask the people running the matches so as to not create a problem.
At local matches is at the discretion of the match director if dry firing is allowed or not. At a place where they mostly shoot pistol silhouette matches but also allow the use of rifles. They have sets of gongs in the middle of the range and four firing points for practice, at sanctioned and registered matches they allow 4 people at a time to shoot at those gongs during a two minute firing period and then go to start a match for record and in case of more practice needed people can buy re-entry or practice cards that do not count toward official results. Hope this helps
This is the first time I have heard anybody saying other wise and I have been shooting NRA sanctioned and non sanctioned matches since 1978.
Stand your ground and have them show you where on the rule book does it say you could not do it.
On the other hand if you want to dry fire while other shooters are shooting for record you have to as for permission to do so if they have an area designated for that purpose. At nationals most of the time they allow dry firing at both ends of the firing line and some times on empty stands between shooters firing for record. It always good to ask the people running the matches so as to not create a problem.
At local matches is at the discretion of the match director if dry firing is allowed or not. At a place where they mostly shoot pistol silhouette matches but also allow the use of rifles. They have sets of gongs in the middle of the range and four firing points for practice, at sanctioned and registered matches they allow 4 people at a time to shoot at those gongs during a two minute firing period and then go to start a match for record and in case of more practice needed people can buy re-entry or practice cards that do not count toward official results. Hope this helps
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Infidel
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Re: NRA question
From http://www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/ ... -r-w10.pdf paragraph 10.7(a):
"When the competitors have taken their positions on the firing line, the Chief Range Officer commands, "RELAY # ___, FOR YOUR FIRST BANK OF FIVE ANIMALS, (PAUSE 1 SEC.) READY" (Listo). Competitors may at this time handle their rifles, dry-fire as desired, set their sights and load."
"When the competitors have taken their positions on the firing line, the Chief Range Officer commands, "RELAY # ___, FOR YOUR FIRST BANK OF FIVE ANIMALS, (PAUSE 1 SEC.) READY" (Listo). Competitors may at this time handle their rifles, dry-fire as desired, set their sights and load."
Uh-oh