From: "Tom Charnock", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Been watching the shooting results (sadly not on TV) and have asked a couple of people about the _50m 3 Position_, and the _50m Rifle_ Events in Olympics. Does anyone have details on exactly what the course of fire is? what positions are? what cal. rifles used? target type / size / scoring / timing? Just wonder if might be worth setting up on our next range day !! Thanks for any info, or site Tom -- All the information you could ever want and a cure for insomnia to boot are available at www.issf-shooting.org The rule book is immense. The general rule book is 56 pages long, the rifle rules are 38 pages long. The 3-position is prone, kneeling and off-hand. The target is the 50m ISSF bullseye, and the rifles are .22LR to ISSF rules. Anschutz, Walther and Steyr are the main makers of ISSF rifles, there are lots of links to the clothing makers and so on from the ISSF website. Prone is a sixty-shot course of fire, I think three position is 40 shots from each position. One shot per target. The 50m target is 154.4mm in diameter, the bullseye is 112.4mm in diameter, the 10-ring is 10.4mm in diameter. For the 50m prone event, you have one and a half hours to complete the course of fire, for three position you have one hour for the prone, one and a quarter for kneeling, and one and a half for standing. The women's three position has half as many shots and longer time limits. Yes, being the sad git I am I have actually read the ISSF rulebook! Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
