NRA Approved High Power Rifle National Match Course
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 23 August 2025 Saturday morning turned out to be a beautiful day for a rifle match but it must have been even more beautiful for doing other things besides shooting. We only had two shooters show up for the match, but that was all we needed. Mark and Dan gave good accounts for themselves. Mark shot a nice 472-8x which is a Master Class score and he missed the club HP NMC metallic sights record of 472-12x by just four x’s. Five x’s would have broken it. A very good showing. Dan shot well enough so that the scores he shot in the last three HP matches should be enough to get him a Sharpshooter card if my calculations are correct. We will see what the mailman brings him before the final HP NMC later on this Fall. Scores and details at the link below: SLSC Match Report HPR NMC 23 August 2025.docx Our next match will be a High Power Sporting Rifle match on September 27th. 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. I hope to see a better turnout for that match. I intend to see how well I can shoot my Winchester Model 94 in .44 Magnum with its Lyman peep sights sometime between now and then with the intent of shooting in this match for fun for a change instead of for a high score. As always, my thanks for the faithful few, faithful two this month, 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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Match Director
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Dick: dickchadwick2@gmail.com
Match Description
- This is a 50 round course of fire with up to 5 sighting rounds allowed prior to firing for record. NRA rules will be followed. Metallic or optical sights are allowed. You will be firing from the prone, standing and sitting or kneeling positions.
- Contact Dick for a copy of the match program which contains detailed match, equipment and match entry fee information.
- More information on getting started in High Power competition can be found on the NRA website.
Who
- Open to the public. Contact the match director if you have not shot an HPR match at SLSC previously.
Where
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SLSC Rifle Range: Directions to SLSC and map of SLSC Grounds
Schedule
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4th Saturday of the Month; April, June, August and October.
- Match begins at 9AM. Check-in between 8-8:30AM.
Cost
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Everyone but Juniors - $10 (Includes NRA classification fee)
- Juniors (under 21) free
Equipment Needed:
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Center fire rifle (required)
- 50 rounds ammunition, plus 5 sighting rounds (required)
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Spotting scope (optional, but very helpful)
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Shooting coat (optional)
- Shooting glove (optional)
- Shooting mat (optional)
Course of Fire Details
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National Match Course consists of:
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- Sighting shots: Up to 5 rounds in 5 minutes, SR-1 target.
- Standing slow fire: 10 rounds in 10 minutes, SR-1 target.
- Sitting/kneeling rapid fire: 10 rounds in 60 seconds, reloading magazine once, SR-1 target.
- Prone rapid fire: 10 rounds in 70 seconds, reloading magazine once, SR-21 target.
- Prone slow fire: 20 rounds in 20 minutes, MR-31 target.
Scoring
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General scoring is as follows, with details in the rules link below:
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Each string of 10 shots will be shot on a separate target.
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Point value of the ring for each shot will be totaled (maximum of 100 per target).
- Number of X's will be noted.
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Holes touching a higher value ring are given the higher value.
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Firing fewer than required number of shots will be scored as misses.
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Firing more than the required number of shots and more than 10 hits are on the target, with no cross firing evident, the 10 hits of the lowest value will be recorded for that string (or the low 20 hits in the prone slow fire stage).
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Rules
- NRA High Power Rules - Revised February 2020