The most popular form of organized rifle-only competitive shooting in the United States is NRA High Power Competition. High Power Competition encompasses primarily Service Rifle and Match Rifle. Every NRA High Power Rifle match for which classification records are kept is a multiple or a combination of one or more strings of fire. Apart from a sling, there are no mechanical crutches in High Power--your arms and body must support the full weight of the rifle as you engage the target from a variety of positions. High Power matches now allow both optical sights as well as traditional iron sights. Nonetheless, good eyesight is still a must, as is training and overall fitness.
Recently we have instituted a modest award program for our high power rifle matches. Two types of awards will be given: metal pins (if they are available) in the shape of the high power rifles we generally compete with and certificates redeemable for an entry fee in our subsequent high power rifle matches. The entry fee certificate will be the award for this discipline. Three certificates will be awarded, one for High Overall, one for High Match Rifle and one for High Service Rifle. UPDATE: the award program is on hold and surplus match funds will be used to benefit the SLSC lead remediation fund for the foreseeable future.
Latest Match Report
SLSC NRA Approved High Power Rifle Match Match Report and Results Bulletin 17 May 2025 Saturday morning dawned with the threat of rain but four hardy competitors showed up anyways and by 0830 the rain that did show up had ended and we got down to business and had us a rifle match. Mark and James had a close competition for Match Winner honors with Mark taking that title and trying the range record in the HPNMC event prone rapid fire stage along the way with a fine 100-5X. Nathaniel and Patrick seemed to have a good time and with more practice and participation in our HP events wiil see their scores improve in future events. Scores and details below: SLSC Match Report HPR NMC 17 May 2025
Our next match will be a High Power Sporting Rifle match on June 28th. This match is a good intro to high power rifle shooting and is not as demanding as the HP National Match Course we shot Saturday. It is challenging enough for the experienced rifleman to have a good time too. As always, my thanks for the faithful few who always show up for their help in doing the grunt work that makes these matches possible. Dick Chadwick, Match Director |
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- Open to the public. Contact the match director if you have not shot an HPR match at SLSC previously.
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- NRA High Power Rules - Revised February 2020