The best rifle I have at the moment is a 20" Barreled FN PBR 308 w/ a FFP 5-25 MOA Ret scope that I did trigger work on to get it down to 2 1/2lbs and can hold well below MOA with 175smk out to 200 (so far) ...
Perfect rifle for 600-yard (prone) mid-range competition.
Here's some Port Malabar info:
High-Power Orientation
Date:
Repeats every month on January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December on the fourth Sunday 1000 times .
Sunday, May 29, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, June 26, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, July 24, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, August 28, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, December 25, 2022 - 7:30am
Sunday, January 22, 2023 - 7:30am
Sunday, March 26, 2023 - 7:30am
Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 7:30am
There is a $10 range fee, which goes to the club. If you do not have the cash or check, you will be asked to come back to the next orientation.
The squadding begins at 7:30 AM. We may be able to work in late arrivals. We try very hard to be finished by 12.
First relay will have 30 minutes of 200-yard slow fire block time. You may use this time to shoot standing, sitting, or prone loading and firing one shot at a time. You may use more than one rifle. Then we will have some rapid-fire practice for those that wish. Swap relays and repeat. Second, we will shoot 30 minutes of block time for prone slow fire from the 600-yard line. Swap relays and repeat 600-yard drill.
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High-Power F-Class
Submitted by Tom Kehoe (General) on Sun, 10/04/2015 - 7:41am
F-Class is the fastest growing High Power Rifle Category that we have seen in a long time. Our
High Power Prone matches are now predominantly F-Class! There seems to be a misnomer at the club that one must qualify before shooting at the High Power Range. That is not true. Anyone can shoot when a Range Officer is present. So let’s look at how to do that.
Okay, okay but what is F-Class? F-Class is named for Canadian rifle competitor George Farquharson. Farquharson shot in Fullbore Rifle Competition for many years. Fullbore is similar to Palma in that it is shot prone with a sling, a .308 caliber rifle, iron sights, and 155 grain bullets. Farquharson recognized that shooters whose eyesight and physical ability were impaired, or not as sharp as they used to be, had a hard time continuing to compete. There needed to be a way for them to compete alongside prone competitors. He deemed that the use of an optic (scope) and a rest would be the answer. Farquharson proposed his idea to the Canadian NRA and they not only adopted it but also named it after him. F-Class quickly spread to England, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Africa, and finally to the United States. The USA has had an International F-Class team even though the NRA only just recognized F-Class a few short years ago in their Highpower Rifle program rules.
F-Class is not prone Bench Rest shooting. Rail guns and mechanical means of returning a rifle to zero are prohibited. Bench rest wind flags stuck all over the range are not allowed.
There are two categories under the NRA rules, F/TR and Open. The
F/TR is named for “Target Rifle” and must be in .223 or .308 Caliber. The weight limit for the rifle is 18.15 pounds.
A bipod must be attached to the rifle and must be included in the weight. This weight must also include the scope.
F-Class Open is a rifle no larger than .35 caliber.
The rifle maybe shot from a rest. The forend shall not exceed 3 inches in width and the total weight, including a scope, cannot exceed 22 pounds.
Some common rules to both classes are that no portion of the pistol grip or butt may rest directly on the ground. In F-Class, the rifle must be fired in the prone position from the shoulder of competitor using the rifle. A sling may be used in conjunction with the rest to control the rifle. Rear rests can be in the form of sand bags or a gloved hand. Mechanical rear supports are prohibited. The complete list of rules can be found at
www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/HPR/hpr-index.pdf
You will then need to click on Chapter 22, F-Class rules.
The only bad news is that F-Class shoots on a target with smaller scoring rings. That means
at 600 yards the X ring is only 3 inches, the size of the spotter!!! PMRPC has F-Class targets available for 300, 500, and 600 Yards.
We invite any shooters that are interested in High Power to give the sport a try via F-Class.
For more information please contact our current Rifle director at
[email protected].