2011 Jamboree Shootout Rules & Regulations
• All participants must be members in good standing of The Varmint Hunters Association, Inc. • All participants must be paid registrants for the 2011 Jamboree. • Full-time staff members of The Varmint Hunters Association, Inc. and their immediate family members are not eligible to compete. • Contributing Editors of The VARMINT HUNTER Magazine® and their immediate family members are not eligible to compete.
• Participants in the SHOOTOUT agree to hold harmless The Varmint Hunters Association, Inc. and all of its agents for any injury, loss or damages which may occur at the SHOOTOUT. Each competitor agrees and understands that he or she is responsible for his or her own safety, the safety of their equipment, and the safety of the other competitors. Each competitor will be required to sign a release form to this effect prior to being allowed to compete.
• If a participant is under the age of eighteen, a legally responsible adult must accompany that individual on the firing line at all times. The responsible adult will sign the release form for the participant prior to the competition’s start.
• A participant may register to compete no more than two times in any class. Competitors may only qualify for the finals once in each class.
• Unsportsmanlike conduct, at the discretion of the judges, is grounds for immediate elimination from the SHOOTOUT. • Winners will receive their awards at the Jamboree Banquet. • Entry is limited to the number of available positions. Please make your reservations early. All Judges’ decisions are final.
FIREARMS CLASSIFICATIONS
There will be FIVE classes of firearms allowed for use in the SHOOTOUT. These classes shall be called Field Stock, Stock, Modified, Limited Open, and Unlimited Open.
20-Shot Field Stock Class Firearms
• Must be made by a firearms manufacturer which produces at least 5,000 guns per year. No factory custom guns will be allowed.
• Must be .40 caliber or less. • Must have factory action, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock. • Must be chambered for a standard production cartridge. Custom handloaded ammunition will be allowed as long as the rifle is chambered for a standard cartridge.
• Must have a magazine, no followers allowed. Exceptions include falling block or break-open action rifles and pistols.
• Accurizing of the factory components is limited to the following: pillar bedding, glass bedding, lapping the lugs, recrowning, trigger adjustment. Muzzle brakes are not allowed.
• Must be fired from shooting bags or bipods. No mechanical rests allowed.
• No stock attachments other than bipods. • No limitations on optics. • Complete gun must weigh 12 pounds or less - this includes scope.
• Barrels can be replaced with a duplicate barrel of same twist and contour, from the original manufacturer.
20-Shot Stock Class Firearms
• Must be made by a firearms manufacturer which produces at least 5,000 guns per year. No factory custom guns will be allowed.
• Must be less than .30 caliber. • Must have factory action, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock. • Must be chambered for a standard production cartridge. Custom handloaded ammunition will be allowed as long as the rifle is chambered for a standard cartridge.
• Accurizing of the factory components is limited to the following: pillar bedding, glass bedding, lapping the lugs, recrowning, trigger adjustment. Muzzle brakes are allowed. No clamshell brakes.
• No stock attachments other than bipods. • No limitations on optics. • Complete gun must weigh 15 pounds or less - this includes scope.
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• Barrels can be replaced with a duplicate barrel of same twist and contour, from the original manufacturer.
20-Shot Modified Class Firearms
• Must weigh less than 25 pounds. • Must be made by a firearms manufacturer which produces at least 5,000 guns per year.
• Must be .30 caliber or less. • Tuned factory actions are acceptable. • Aftermarket triggers are acceptable. • Rechambered factory barrels are acceptable. • Custom stocks, pillar bedding, and custom crowns are acceptable.
• No limitations on optics. • Muzzle brakes are acceptable, but must be installed on factory barrels. No clamshell brakes.
• All firearms in this class must have factory actions and barrels. 20-Shot Limited Open Class Firearms
• Must weigh less than 25 pounds. • Must be fired without the aid of a mechanical or electrical device. • Cannot be a “rail gun.” • Must be carried to the firing line fully assembled. • Must be .22 caliber or less. • No limitations on optics. • No clamshell brakes.
20-Shot Unlimited Open Class Firearms
• Must weigh less than 25 pounds. • Must be fired without the aid of a mechanical or electrical device. • Cannot be a “rail gun.” • Must be carried to the firing line fully assembled. • Must be .30 caliber or less. • No limitations on optics. • No clamshell brakes.
All rules are subject to change as deemed necessary by the judges.
Send questions to:
Mail: Varmint Hunters • PO Box 759 • Pierre, SD 57501 Fax: (605) 224-6544 • E-mail:
members@varminthunter.org
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