Rimfire Challenge is a family-friendly competition designed to be an introduction to competitive shooting using .22 LR caliber rifles and pistols. Participants of all ages engage in timed speed shooting, the goal being to hit the targets as quickly as possible to achieve the lowest overall time.
What equipment do you need? Nothing fancy, just a semi-auto .22LR pistol and a semi-auto .22LR rifle. 5 magazines for each one is ideal but not essential to start with. However, you must have a case or bag to keep your firearms in with separate compartments for the firearm and magazines/ammo. Eye and ear protection are required as well. Holsters are not allowed.
There are 2 classes. Limited class uses firearms with iron sights whereas in the open class, optic sights are allowed.
A match typically consists of 3 pistol stages and 3 rifle stages where each stage has 5 to 7 targets. Each participant shoots each stage, rifle and pistol, 5 times. The best 4 times for each stage are added together to determine the score.
We hope to run some of these matches during the year. If you would like to find out more, why not come and join us at the pistol bunkers on April 18th at 10am? If you don’t have the right equipment, don’t worry, we will have some that you can borrow. This will not be a match, just an opportunity for you to come and have a go and see what it’s all about.
Hope to see you there!
