Rifle

Divisions

Manual Action Open (MAO)

Action type is Manual
Optical/electronic sights are permitted
Compensators, ports, sound and/or flash suppressors permitted
Use of bipods, barricade stops and similar is permitted
Vertical front grips are permitted

Manual Action is defined as a firearm where extraction of a spent case is caused entirely by a competitor’s physical manipulation. Rifles which operate fully or partially by way of gas, blowback or inertia do not qualify as Manual Action.

Manual Action Lever Release is defined as a firearm where extraction of a spent case, together with recocking the action, may be caused by way of gas, blowback or inertia, but which requires a competitor’s physical manipulation of a release lever to manually prepare the firearm for a new discharge by chambering a new round.

Manual Action Standard (MAS)

Action type is Manual
No optical/electronic sights are permitted
Compensators, ports, sound and/or flash suppressors must not exceed 30×90 mm
No use of bipods, barricade stops and similar is permitted
Vertical front grips must not exceed max length 152mm (6 inches) from the centreline of the barre

Manual Action Lever Release (MALR)

Action type is Manual Lever Release
Optical/electronic sights are permitted
Compensators, ports, sound and/or flash suppressors permitted
Use of bipods, barricade stops and similar is permitted
Vertical front grips are permitted

Semi Auto Open (SAO)

Action type is Semi-Auto
Optical/electronic sights are permitted
Compensators, ports, sound and/or flash suppressors permitted
Use of bipods, barricade stops and similar is permitted
Vertical front grips are permitted

Semi Auto Standard (SAS)

Action type is Semi-Auto
No optical/electronic sights are permitted
Compensators, ports, sound and/or flash suppressors must not exceed 30×90 mm
No use of bipods, barricade stops and similar is permitted
Vertical front grips must not exceed max length 152mm (6 inches) from the centreline of the barrel

Ammunition

For all Divisions: Minimum Power Factor for Major 320, Minimum Power Factor for Minor 150

There are no IPSC rule limits on the maximum ammunition capacity (maximum to be loaded). Check the relevant State Legislation before buying a magazine for your legal maximum capacity.

Carrying a Rifle on the Range

The rifle is always carried with the muzzle pointed skywards, hammer down, magazine out, and chamber flag fitted. Preferably slung from the shoulder or in slip. We strongly recommend using a sling, this will make life on the range much easier and safer for all. Good one- or two-point sling designs are easily obtained at relative low cost. Get one! The competitor is not allowed to handle the rifle for any other purposes than transporting it in the prescribed manner to and from the firing line, the gun rack or the Safety Area, unless in a Safety Area or ordered to do so by a Range Officer on an active firing line. It must be stressed that since a rifle is not holstered, but often carried openly, the chamber flag must be fitted as this is the only visual indication that the rifle is made safe and can not be fired.