Match 8                The Army Hundred Cup                (Gallery)

 

Practice 1  Timed Harassing Fire

Distance     300m
Position      Standing Alert to Prone
Shots          12, 2 sighters and 10 to count
Targets      1 x Fig 12
Timing       60 Seconds
Scoring      5 and 4
Procedure  Firers will be loaded with a magazine of 12 rounds, adopt the prone position fire 2 single shots. Each will be signalled. Firers will then apply safety catches and adopt the standing alert position. When the targets appear, firers are to adopt the prone position and fire 10 rounds.

Practice 2   300m to 100m Rundown

Distance     300m to 100m
Position      Standing Alert to Prone at 300m sitting or squatting at 200m standing at 100m
Shots          10 to count
Targets       Fig 12
Timing        See Procedure
Scoring       5 and 4
Procedure Firers are to be in the standing alert position, rifles are to be loaded and made ready with the safety on. When the targets appear, firers are to adopt the prone position and fire 2 rounds in 15 seconds after a 15 second delay there will be a 1 second exposure. Firers have 30 seconds to move to 200 adopt the sitting or squatting position. There will be 2 x 6 second exposures with an interval of 10 seconds in witch to fire 2 rounds at each exposure. After a 15 second interval the procedure will be the same for 100 meters but in the standing position.

Practice 3  100m Snap

Distance     100m
Position      Standing Alert to kneeling
Shots          10 to count
Targets       Fig 12c
Timing       5 double exposures of 3 seconds with a 2 second interval over a period of 2 minuets
Scoring      5 and 4
Procedure  Firers are to be in the standing alert position, rifles are to be loaded and made ready with the safety on. Firers will engage the first exposure standing then adopt the kneeling or squatting position for the second exposure, re-assuming the standing alert position between exposures

Practice 4  200m Rapid
Distance
    200m
Position      Standing Alert to sitting kneeling or squatting
Shots          10 to count
Targets       2 x Fig 11
Timing       One exposure of 25 seconds
Scoring      5 and 4
Procedure  Firers are to be in the standing alert position, rifles are to be loaded and made ready with the safety on. When the targets appear, Firers are to adopt the sitting kneeling or squatting position and fire 5 rounds into each target in 25 seconds

Practice 5  300m Snap/Judgmental
Distance
    300m
Position      Standing Alert to Prone
Shots          10 to count
Targets      1 x Fig 12 1x Fig 12 no shoot
Timing       12 x 3 second exposures
Scoring      5 and 4 a 10 point penalty for each hit on the no shoot target
Procedure  When the targets appear, Firers will be in the prone position made ready with safety catches on. There will be 12 x 3 second exposures at irregular intervals over 5 minutes. Two of the exposures (not the first or the last) will be of the no shoot target.