H&R M12 Rifle Matches???
Three of us RFCers here on the North Coast, (the shores of Lake Erie), each bought an M12 late last summer and plan to have friendly matches between us, and I was wondering if any of you other M12 owners (there are quite a few!) who would be interested in starting our own on-line monthly matches here on RFC. As you all know the M12 is too heavy to qualify for the custom class and is not all that competitive in the unlimited class. Heck, most of the unlimited boys have a barrel that cost more than my entire rig!!
The rules would be kept as simple as possible and thru discussion we can establish a set that is inclusive to most of us. They are also intended to keep out as much of the money factor as we can and focus more on the shooters ability.
We were thinking of something along these lines -
1) Rifle limited only to the H&R M12, 5200 or 5200 Sporter.
2) Two classes - scopes and iron sights
3) No weight limit unless you decide to just simply add weight
4) Drilling and tapping for scope bases allowed
5) No scope limit but must be of factory magnification
6) No time limit
7) Re-crowning and shortening the barrel will be allowed
8) No tuners
9) Trigger work is allowed providing configuration and all factory parts are retained except for springs.
10) No rests that have a "return to battery" feature are allowed.
11) No wind flags allowed but if others at the range have them - what can ya do??
12) Ammo restricted to $5/box before taxes or shipping.
13) Scope class target, the Official USBR target, must be used, shot at 50 yards. Targets can be ordered thru here, americtgt@aol.com
14) Iron sights class can be obtained here, http://personal.swayzee.com/jayb/rfc/index.html, and shot at 25 yards.
Only one target per month is to be shot for record. You can shoot as many targets as you like for practice but you must designate that one target for record before you begin shooting it. You can't shoot 100 targets for that month and pick the best one
.
These rules are just something to start with, just suggestions. As people who would be interested in participating voice opinions they can be altered, added to or eliminated by popular vote. Hopefully we can establish a firm set by spring that fairly includes the most people. I think it would be a lot of fun to have a whole bunch of shooters participating this coming summer .
So, don't be shy, what do you think???? Interested or not, lets hear from all the H&R M12, 5200 or 5200 Sporter people :t .
Three of us RFCers here on the North Coast, (the shores of Lake Erie), each bought an M12 late last summer and plan to have friendly matches between us, and I was wondering if any of you other M12 owners (there are quite a few!) who would be interested in starting our own on-line monthly matches here on RFC. As you all know the M12 is too heavy to qualify for the custom class and is not all that competitive in the unlimited class. Heck, most of the unlimited boys have a barrel that cost more than my entire rig!!
The rules would be kept as simple as possible and thru discussion we can establish a set that is inclusive to most of us. They are also intended to keep out as much of the money factor as we can and focus more on the shooters ability.
We were thinking of something along these lines -
1) Rifle limited only to the H&R M12, 5200 or 5200 Sporter.
2) Two classes - scopes and iron sights
3) No weight limit unless you decide to just simply add weight
4) Drilling and tapping for scope bases allowed
5) No scope limit but must be of factory magnification
6) No time limit
7) Re-crowning and shortening the barrel will be allowed
8) No tuners
9) Trigger work is allowed providing configuration and all factory parts are retained except for springs.
10) No rests that have a "return to battery" feature are allowed.
11) No wind flags allowed but if others at the range have them - what can ya do??
12) Ammo restricted to $5/box before taxes or shipping.
13) Scope class target, the Official USBR target, must be used, shot at 50 yards. Targets can be ordered thru here, americtgt@aol.com
14) Iron sights class can be obtained here, http://personal.swayzee.com/jayb/rfc/index.html, and shot at 25 yards.
Only one target per month is to be shot for record. You can shoot as many targets as you like for practice but you must designate that one target for record before you begin shooting it. You can't shoot 100 targets for that month and pick the best one
.These rules are just something to start with, just suggestions. As people who would be interested in participating voice opinions they can be altered, added to or eliminated by popular vote. Hopefully we can establish a firm set by spring that fairly includes the most people. I think it would be a lot of fun to have a whole bunch of shooters participating this coming summer
.So, don't be shy, what do you think???? Interested or not, lets hear from all the H&R M12, 5200 or 5200 Sporter people :t .
