2012 New Hampshire Metallic Silhouette Schedule

After some this and that with our respective clubs, your fearless match directors, John, Dave and Jud have hammered out the schedule for this year.

2012 NH Silhouette Schedule.

Please print one out for yourself and a friend.  Of note would be the following:

• The first match will be CLA at Pemi, April 29th
• Pioneer is going to have a clinic for new and aspiring shooters May 19th
• There are some rule changes for Cowboy as noted HERE.
• PSI program for NRA Approved monthly matches HERE. 
• Granite State Regional program is work in process.
• NRA rule book Pistol HERE, Rifle HERE.

Have questions, suggestions, ideas, offers?  Send me an email durantjud [at] yahoo.com

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What is Silhouette you ask? 

The short version is this.  Silhouette shooters shoot from the standing position without any support.  We shoot at profiles of four steel animals; Chicken, Pig, Turkey and Ram. Each at a set distance as per the NRA rule book as per the links above..  There are typically 10 of each animal making a total of 40 possible "hits" or points.  If the anmal falls off the stand you get a point.  The shooter with the highest points wins.  The shots are taken in string of 5, each string is allowed up to 2 minutes and 30 seconds.  A line officer calls the line giving range commands.  After your two strings on the first animal is completed, you move to the next animal, adjust your sight settings and have another go at it after you return from setting up your fallen critters.

The challenge:  Shooting off hand makes this a shooters sport, not an equipment sport.  Learning your rifle, ammo and your ability is fun.  I like to call it organized plinking.  Plenty of folks say it also helps their hunting season.

Here are a few links.

Pioneer Sportsman webpage with details of how the game is played in NH.
An excellent website put together by a shooter.
An older website which I used when I was trying to figure out what I just saw.