Information Bulletin for CMP Rimfire Sporter Participants
2019 NATIONAL RIMFIRE SPORTER MATCH
We are looking forward to seeing you at 2019 CMP National Rimfire Sporter Match at Camp Perry on Sunday, July 21
st
. Information in this bulletin will help you prepare for the match.
Preparing for the Match
: You need to bring your own .22 cal. Rimfire rifle(s)
and ammunition
. Special target shooting equipment, shooting jackets or shooting gloves are not permitted, but feel free to bring a spotting telescope and ground cloth or shooting mat. You will be shooting on a grass firing point on Viale Range. It is strongly urged that you wear hearing and eye protection. Please make sure you bring your ear and eye protection. The weather is always changing at Camp Perry; be prepared for any type of weather.
Welcome Center / In-Processing:
All match participants
must
check in at the National Matches Welcome Center when first arriving at Camp Perry. Even if you arrive on the day of the match, you must go to the Welcome Center first. It will be open from 12:00-5:00 PM on Saturday, 20 July and
6:00 AM-12:00 PM
on Sunday, 21 July. The Welcome Center is located in CMP Headquarters, Bldg. 3 (last building on right before the ranges). Parking is located in the lot on the left side of the road across from Bldg. 3. During check in you will: complete a Post Locator Form, sign or confirm your signing of a notarized Eligibility Affidavit, confirm your match entry information, receive your competitor labels, receive your Rimfire Sporter Match T- Shirt, receive your Firing Point Assignment, and pick up a National Matches Welcome Packet. Any shooters who wish to fire together or on the same point on different relays must check-in together.
Rifle Inspection/Capstone Precision Group Ammo Donation:
We will have rifle inspection on
Saturday, 20 July
from 12:00-5:00 PM
at the CMP Headquarters Armory Bldg. 3
. Rifle inspection on Sunday, 21 July will be at the big tent on Viale Range from 7:00 AM-1:00 PM
. All scorecards must be filed out with competitor labels before bringing your guns to the table for rifle inspection. You will have your trigger weighed (must lift 3 lbs.) and a weight check (7.5 lbs. max). After passing inspection your scorecard will be stamped. Capstone Precision Group has donated 50 rounds of SK smallbore ammo for each competitor in the National Rimfire Sporter match (1 box per competitor, not per entry). You are not required to use this ammo in the match.
Rimfire Sporter Clinic:
A clinic on Rimfire sporter rules, match procedures and shooting techniques will be held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center on Saturday afternoon from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Attendance at the clinic is optional, but anyone who is new to Rimfire Sporter is encouraged to attend. Every competitor is welcome to attend.
Match Squadding & Firing Schedule:
There are four relays scheduled on Viale Range. Relays will have safety briefings at
8:15 AM, 10:15 AM, 12:15 PM and 2:15 PM.
All relays will be mixed with semi-auto and manually-operated rifles on the same relay. All competitors entered in the match were assigned relays based on squadding preference requests in your entries and the date/time your entries were submitted. We were able to accommodate all relay requests for entries. The National Rimfire Squadding assignments are posted on the CMP web site at
http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/RimfireSquadding.pdf
. You will receive your firing point assignments when you check-in.