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ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA ALICE SPRINGS BRANCH INC.

Field Rifle & Scoped 3-Positional Rule Book

As one of the SSAA's founding disciplines, Field Rifle is an event that applies practically to a large number of shooters and hunters by aiming to improve hunting marksmanship under rifle range conditions, and at the same time teaching them the capabilities and limitations of their equipment. Field Rifle uses rimfire and centrefire rifles and is designed around the four most used field shooting positions of rapid fire, standing, standing post rest and sitting/kneeling post rest over various distances.


Equipment Classes

Rimfire Rifle - allows for any scoped rimfire rifle chambered in .22LR, with a maximum weight of 4.0 kgs and trigger of any release weight. Refer to the Rule Book regarding other equipment specifications.

Centrefire Rifle - allows for a scoped centrefire rifle of any calibre and chambered for any factory or wildcat cartridge to be used, with a maximum weight of 5.0 kgs (including sights) and trigger of any release weight. Refer to the Rule Book regarding other equipment specifications.


Courses of Fire
The following course of fire for Rimfire Field Rifle club events are as follows:

- 4 x 3 shots rapid fire in the offhand position at 25m (15 seconds for each group of 3 shots)
- 10 shots at 25m in the offhand position (15 mins)
- 10 shots at 50m in the standing post rest position (15 mins)
- 10 shots at 50m in the sitting post rest position (15 mins)

The following course of fire for Centrefire Field Rifle club events are as follows:

- 4 x 3 shots rapid fire in the offhand position at 25m (15 seconds for each group of 3 shots)
- 10 shots at 50m in the offhand position (15 mins)
- 10 shots at 100m in the standing post rest position (15 mins)
- 10 shots at 200m in the sitting post rest position (15 mins)


Competitor Grading