20154-H Shooting Sports National Championships

20154-H Shooting Sports National Championships

Event Synopsis

This Synopsis outlines the events and specific requirements for the 2015 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships. 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships follows the guidelines and policies for National 4-H Competitive Events as established by National 4-H Headquarters, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). For additional pertinent information for participants and coaches, see the 2015 4-H Shooting Sports National ChampionshipsGENERAL RULES.

EVENTS AT-A-GLANCE

The 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships consists of 9 disciplines with 3 events in each:

Discipline / Event 1 / Event 2 / Event 3
Archery Compound / FITA Round (1/2 FITA) / Field Round (1/2 Field Round) / 3-D Round
Archery Recurve / Field Round (1/2 Field Round) / FITA Round (1/2 FITA) / 3-D Round
Air Pistol / Timed Fire/Rapid Fire Combo / Air Pistol Silhouette / Slow Fire - Bullseye
Air Rifle / National STD Three-position Sporter Air Rifle / Sporter Air Rifle Event (Standing) / NRA Sporter Air Rifle Silhouette
Hunting / Wildlife Identification and Management
LF – Archery / Hunter Decision-Making
LF –Smallbore Rifle / Hunter Skills
LF –Sporting Clays
Muzzle-Loading / 50 Yard Bullseye / 25 Yard Novelty – Bottles and Haffner Critters Combo / Muzzleloading Rifle Silhouette
Shotgun / Sporting Clays / Skeet / Trap
Smallbore Pistol / Slow-Fire Bullseye – Single Stage / Smallbore Hunter Pistol Silhouette / Camp Perry Round (modified)
Smallbore Rifle / NRA Smallbore Silhouette Rifle / CMP RimfireSporter Rifle / NRA Three-Position

Updates For2015

Food and drink may be brought to the Heartland Public Shooting Park but no food or drink may be brought into the Heartland Events Center or the Exhibition Hall. Food vendors will be available at the Heartland Public Shooting Park, Heartland Events Center and Exhibition Hall.
The Heartland Public Shooting Park allows use of golf carts, ATV’s, club cars and similar vehicles on site. Individuals can rent two seat golf carts from the Heartland Public Shooting Park for a fee of $50 per day. There are no half day rentals. Contact the Heartland Public Shooting Park (308.385.5048) directly if you are interested in renting a golfcart for the week. This request must be made by May 8, 2015 to guarantee availability. Operators of all vehicles, including privately owned, at the Heartland Public Shooting Park must be 18 years of age or older and hold a valid driver’s license. Violation of this rule is grounds for disqualification for any individual or team involved.
No golf carts, ATV’s, club cars or similar vehicles will be allowed on the 3D and field archery ranges during competition this year.
Nebraska will be using the MegalinkTargetSystem for two of this year’s Air Rifle events and one Air Pistol event. The Orion scoring system will be used to score the Air Pistol Timed/Rapid Fire event.
To order ammunition (mainly shotshell) ahead of time, contact the G.I. Loan Shop at (308)382-9573 (store) or Darlo Beazley at (308)379-1086 (cell) for specific questions you may have regarding ammunition purchases. All ammunition must pre-ordered by May1st to guarantee availability of the ammunition by the time of the event.Darlo has limited access to rimfire ammunition and would recommend competitors to purchase rimfire ammunition from another available source. G.I Loan Shop would accept and hold shipments of ammunition for competitors in this year’s event.
Coaches and participants are reminded to check their specific discipline section in this Synopsis for NGB version of rules that will be implemented this year.
Air Pistol Slow Fire – Bullseye Event – A finals is part of all major shooting championships, such as the Olympics, World Championships, World Cups and National Championships. This year, the top 8 competitors in the Air Pistol Slow Fire – Bullseye Event will enter into a 10 shot finals. Each shot will be scored to 0.1 of a point. Their finals score will be added to their 40 shot score to determine the top individuals in the Slow Fire – Bullseye Event.
Game Calling - For 2015 it remains for exhibition purposes and will not figure into the official scoring. Please see page 14 for more details and information.
There will be an Air Rifle competitors meeting before the start of the tournament.
All Air Rifle Silhouette shooters must load and cock their own rifles.
In shotgun, all targets will be pulled by hand in all events.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. & II.ARCHERY EVENTS 4-5

RECURVE
COMPOUND

III. AIR PISTOL EVENTS6-7

IV.AIR RIFLE EVENTS 8-9

V.HUNTING SKILLS EVENTS 10-14

VI.MUZZLE LOADING EVENTS15-16

VII.SHOTGUN EVENTS 17-18

VIII.SMALLBORE PISTOL EVENTS19-21

IX.SMALLBORE RIFLE EVENTS22-24

ARCHERY EVENTS

RECURVE COMPOUND

Two archery disciplines are recognized: Recurve Archery and Compound Archery. Both disciplines shoot the same set of three events at the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships.

Any bow that uses pulleys or cams is deemed a compound. Note that while the three governing bodies for the three different events have slightly different requirements or restrictions-for the sake of simplification- the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships uses one standard for equipment – for all events.Bows may be drawn only on approved ranges with the permission of the range staff. Under no circumstance is “sky-drawing” permitted. Armguards are optional and not required to be worn by participants. Procedural rules, course of fire, scoring, etc. will follow the NGB unless otherwise noted.

EQUIPMENT STANDARD:

PERMITTED / NOT PERMITTED
RECURVE ~ Longbows & Recurve Bows / One adjustable sight pin or multiple hunting style sight pins may be used; clicker and kisser buttons permitted; Participants may have as many sight pins as deemednecessary; Torque compensators are permitted. 60 lb. maximum draw weight. / String peeps andmechanical release aids.
COMPOUND / Release aids, String peeps, optical sights, spirit levels;
60 lb. maximum draw weight.
Multiple pin sights allowed. / Overdraws may not place the arrow rest further than 6 cm from the pivot point of the bow.
ARROWS for both disciplines / Must meet AMO minimum weight standard; 5 grains arrow weight per pound bow peak draw weight. / No arrows larger than 27/64ths in diameter are permitted.

ARCHERY EVENTS

FITAROUND (1/2 FITA)

TARGET / 122cm and 80 cm faces, full color FITA targets
DISTANCE / 60, 50, 40, and 30 meters in that order
COURSE OF FIRE / 3 ends of 6 arrows each from 60 and 50 meters;
6 ends of 3 arrows each from 40 and 30 meters.
TIME LIMIT / 4 minutes per 6 arrow end and 2.5 minutes per 3 arrow end
SCORING / 10pts.-1pt. from the center outward.Competitors will score inner 10’s as Xs. Ties will be broken by the number of #10’s (including inner 10’s) first, then #X’s, #9’s, #8’s etc. until tie is broken.
NGB RULES / World Archery Federation / Target

FIELD ROUND (1/2 Field Round)

TARGET / NFAA targets of sizes selected by the management and appropriate to the course
DISTANCE / Marked distances within the range of 5 to 60 yards
COURSE OF FIRE / 14 targets with at least one fan and one walk-up target, 4 arrowsper target
TIME LIMIT / Participants will move through the course expeditiously and avoiddelays
SCORING / 5, 4, 3 from the center outward. Tie breaks will be greatest #X’s, then #5’s, #4”s, #3’s.
NGB RULES / National Field Archery Association (2014/2015)

3-D ROUND

TARGET / 3-D targets as selected and placed by the management
DISTANCE / Unmarked distances from 5 to 50 yards

Recurve maximum distance: 40 yards,
Compound maximum distance: 50 yards

COURSE OF FIRE / 30 targets, one arrow pertarget
In consideration of time, no shooter may glass the target from the shooting stake aftertaking his or her shot. Participants may glass the target prior to shooting, but arereminded of the time restriction for their shot. No adjustment of sights will be allowed after an archer has drawn and letdown. No adjustment of sights will be allowed after an archer has glassed the target while at the shooting stake.
TIME LIMIT / Participants will move through the course expeditiously and avoiddelays. 2 minutes time limit to shoot once archer has approached the shooting stake. Lost arrow search is limited to 2 minutes.
SCORING / IBO scoring procedures, dependent upon type of 3-Dtargets available.

+11 pts. 11 ring or “X” ring centered inside the 10 ring
+10 pts. 10 ring
+8pts. 8 ring
+5 pts. Any other body shot
0 Misses, glancing shots, not touching body color

(horns, rocks, logs, etc.) Hooves are considered body color.
Ties will be broken by the highest number of 11s, then number of 10s, 8s, etc.
NGB RULES / IBO (2015) -

AIR PISTOL EVENTS

All events are “single pistol” matches, meaning participants are to shoot the entire course of fire of that event with the same pistol. No pistol changes will be allowed between stages. When not cased and not in use all air guns are required to use a CBI (Clear Barrel Indicator) in place except as permitted by range officer.

SLOW FIRE -BULLSEYE

TARGET / Electronic – single bull Air Pistol target (similar to B-40)
SCORING / Megalink Electronic Scoring System, operated by CMP staff.For more details about the Megalink System go to:
DISTANCE / 10 meters or 33 feet
COURSE OF FIRE / 40 shots, 10 shot strings, 5 shots per bull
The top 8 competitors in the Air Pistol Slow Fire – Bullseye Event will enter into a 10 shot Finals. Each shot will be scored to 0.1 of a point only in the Finals. Their finals score will be added to their 40 shot score to determine the top individuals in the Slow Fire – Bullseye Event.
TIE BREAKERS / Number of X’s, 10’s, etc. until ties are broken. Unresolved ties will be broken with shot-by-shot shoot-offs.
TIME LIMIT / 1½ minute per record shot (15 minutes per string)
10 min preparation time, 15 min for unlimited sighting shots.
EQUIPMENT / Any .177 caliber (4.5 mm) air pistol weighing less than 3.3 pounds with a
trigger pull of at least 17.6 ounces, metallic sights only. Overall size is
limited to those that will permit the pistol to be enclosed completely in a
rectangular box having inside dimension of 420mm x 200mm x 50mm
(Approximately 16.53” x 7.87” x 1.96”). Pellets must be single loaded.
SHOOTING POSITION / One hand, standing
NGB RULES / NRA International Style Pistol Rules CI16500 (2013 Edition)

TIMED FIRE/RAPID FIRE COMBO

TARGET / Orion 1 Bull air pistol target.The scoring rings are equivalent to the ISSF air pistol target
SCORING / Orion Scoring System, operated by National event staff
DISTANCE / 10 meters or 33 feet
COURSE OF FIRE / Total of 40 record shots; strings of 5 shots; 5 shots per bull
TIE BREAKERS / In the following order – Xs, highest Rapid Fire Score, 10s, etc.
TIME LIMIT / Timed-fire: 20 seconds per string of 5 shots
Rapid-fire: 10 seconds per string of 5 shots
EQUIPMENT / Only pistols utilizing the 12.0 gram disposable CO2powerlets are allowed.
Revolver or semi-automatic; capable of firing 5 rounds; .177 caliber
(4.5mm) weighing less than 3.5 pounds with a trigger pull of at least 2.0
pounds. Any sights - that do not project an image on the target.
SHOOTING POSITION / Two-handed unsupported. Hands and arms must be free of the
body and may not touch beyond the wrists (as silhouette) or one-
hand; standing.
NGB RULES / NRA International Style Pistol Rules CI16500 (2013 Edition)

AIR PISTOL SILHOUETTE

TARGET / 1/10 scale metallic silhouettes
DISTANCE AND COURSE OF FIRE / 10 chickens at 10 yards, 10 pigs at 12.5 yards, 10 turkeys at 15 yards, 10 rams at 18 yards in banks of 5 targets and shooting from left to right on each bank of targets.
TIME LIMIT / 30 seconds ready time and 2 ½ minute firing time for each bank of 5
targets.
EQUIPMENT / Any air pistol, .177 caliber, equipped with any sights that do not
project an image on the target and having a safe trigger.
SHOOTING POSITION / Only standing positions may be used, two-hand holds permitted but the
hands and arms must be free of the body and may not touch beyond the
wrists (NRA Rule 5.8).
SCORING / Any target knocked over or knocked off the stand in sequence is scored
as a hit (+1). Targets missed, spun but not knocked down, or hit out of
sequence is scored a miss (0).
NGB RULES / NRA Pistol Silhouette Rules CS16830 (January 2011 Edition)
INFORMATION /
TIE BREAKER / Ties will be broken first by total number of rams counted for score. If a tie remains, then by the total number of turkeys; then by number of pigs, and then by number of chickens.
SPOTTER / Each shooter may have one spotter with them on the firing line who may have scopes and binoculars to advise the shooter where shots are hitting. The spotter will also keep time and advise the shooter in a quiet voice. The spotter must be from the same team. The spotter may not touch the shooter or the shooter’s equipment after the shooter assumes their position on the firing line.

AIR RIFLE EVENTS

All air guns are required to use a CBI (Clear Barrel Indicator) when the gun is not being fired.

NATIONAL STANDARD THREE-POSITION SPORTER AIR RIFLE

TARGET / Electronic – single bull Air Rifle target (similar to AR 5/1) that will be scored using the MegalinkElectronic Scoring System, operated by CMP staff. For more details about the Megalink System go to:
DISTANCE / 10 meters or 33 feet
COURSE OF FIRE / 3 x 20. 20 shots each position: prone, standing, and kneeling in that order; (60 record shots)
TIME LIMIT / See Rule 5.3.3, Prone – 20 record shots in 20 minutes, Standing – 20 record shots in 25 minutes, Kneeling – 20 record shots in 20 minutes.
Preparation period will be 10 minutes before match time.
APPROVED RIFLES
See National Standard Three Position Air Rifle Rules, 4.2/4.8 / 4.2.1, Approved Rifles/Air Rifles officially approved for Sporter Class air rifle competitions are the AirForce Air Guns Edge, Crosman CH2000 (CO2), Crosman CH2009 (CO2 or compressed air), Daisy M853/753/953/853CM (pneumatic), Daisy 888/887 (CO2), Daisy XSV40 Valiant (compressed air), Air Arms T200 (compressed air, with non-adjustable cheek-piece and butt-plate) and the Champions Choice T200 (CZ 200T, compressed air, with adjustable cheek-piece and butt-plate). Daisy 887/888 rifles may have 2010 model replacement stocks.
CLOTHING / Shoes are restricted to soft, low cut, athletic or street shoes that do not extend above the ankles. Shoes must be worn in all positions. No boots are permitted. A shooting glove may be worn, but no shooting jackets are permitted. Up to two sweatshirtsare allowed. Tight fitting undergarments are not allowed, such as Under Amour, etc.See Rule 4.3
NGB RULES / CMP 2014-2016 National Standard Three-position Air Rifle Rules, 10th Ed.

SPORTER AIR RIFLE EVENT (STANDING)

TARGET / Electronic – single bull Air Rifle target (similar to AR 5/1) that will be scored using the MegalinkElectronic Scoring System, operated by CMP staff. For more details about the Megalink System go to:
DISTANCE / 10 meters or 33 feet
COURSE OF FIRE / 40 shots standing. The top 8 competitors in the Standing Event will enter into a 10 shot finals.Each shot will be scored to 0.1 of a point. Their finalsscore will be added to their 40 shot score to determine the top individuals in the Standing Event. See Rules 10.0 thru 10.7.10 in the National Standards 3-P Air Rifle Rules Book.
TIME LIMIT / See Rule 5.3.4, Two stages of 20 record shots in 25 minutes.
Preparation time begins 10 minutes before match time.
APPROVED RIFLES
See National Standard Three Position Air Rifle Rules, 4.2/4.8 / 4.2.1, Approved Rifles/Air Rifles officially approved for Sporter Class air rifle competitions are the AirForce Air Guns Edge, Crosman CH2000 (CO2), Crosman CH2009 (CO2 or compressed air), Daisy M853/753/953/853CM (pneumatic), Daisy 888/887 (CO2), Daisy XSV40 Valiant (compressed air), Air Arms T200 (compressed air, with non-adjustable cheek-piece and butt-plate) and the Champions Choice T200 (CZ 200T, compressed air, with adjustable cheek-piece and butt-plate). Daisy 887/888 rifles may have 2010 model replacement stocks.
CLOTHING / Shoes are restricted to soft, low cut, athletic or street shoes that do not
extend above the ankles. Shoes must be worn in all positions. No boots
are permitted. A shooting glove may be worn, but no shooting jackets
are permitted. Up to two sweatshirts are allowed. Tight fittingunder-
garments are not allowed, such as Under Armour, etc. See Rule4.3
NGB RULES / CMP 2014-2016 National Standard Three-position Air Rifle Rules, 10thEd.

NRA SPORTER AIR RIFLE SILHOUETTE

TARGET / 1/10 scale, metallic silhouettes
DISTANCE AND COURSE OF FIRE / 10 chickens -20 yds., 10 pigs -30 yds., 10 turkeys -36 yds., 10 rams -45 yds.in banks of 5 targets and shooting left to right on each bank of targets. All Air Rifle Silhouette shooters must load and cock their own rifle.
TIME LIMIT / 15 second ready time and 2 ½ minutes firing time for each bank of 5 targets
APPROVED RIFLES
NRA Silhouette Sporter Air Rifle
Rule 3.3 (b) / Rule 3.3 (b) Sporter Air Rifle: Any unaltered factory sporter air rifle that is or was a catalogue item, readily available over the counter to the general public, weighing no more than 11 pounds, with scope and mounts. Rifles utilizing pre-charged systems of any kind other than 12.0 gram disposable C02 units are prohibited. No shooting gloves are allowed.
4-H National Championships rules restrict this event to .177 caliber only. 4-H also allows for an exception to the NRA Equipment rule for this match: Rifles that qualify for the 3-P and Standing event may also be used; in addition to those meeting the NRA 3.3 rule.
SHOOTING POSITION / Rule 5.8 - Any standing position without artificial support. The rifle will be
supportedby the hands and one shoulder. All parts of one hand must be
forward ofthe pistol grip. The chin may not rest on top of the comb. The
stock maynot be hollowed, altered or manufactured so as to facilitate
chin contact.This does not preclude the use of abrasive materials or
finishes.
SCORING / Targetsknocked off the stand, in proper sequence, are scored ashits
(1). Targets not knocked off or hit out of order will be scored as
misses (0).
SPOTTER / Each shooter may have one spotter with them on the firing line who may
have scopes and binoculars to advise the shooter where shots are hitting.
The spotter will also keep time and advise the shooter in a quiet voice.
The spotter must be from the same team. The spotter may not touch the
shooter or the shooter’s equipment after the shooter assumes their
position on the firing line. Coaches may not be Spotters.
NGB RULES / NRA Rifle Silhouette Rules CS16820 (January 2014 Edition)

HUNTING SKILLS EVENTS