Project Appleseed

Port Malabar Rifle & Pistol Club in Palm Bay is hosting its first CMP Sanctioned Rimfire Sporter Rifle Match February 24, 2018. The only other location in Florida to host CMP sanctioned rimfire sporter matches is Hurlburt Field.

The match is open to anyone not convicted of a felony and not a member of any organization that advocates the violent overthrow of the US Government. That would be all of you! The course of fire will be very familiar to Appleseeders. If you can shoot 4 MOA you are a contender. See the attached Match Program for full details. Consult the CMP links for rules.

The CMP Rimfire Sporter Rifle Matches offer shooters a recreation-oriented competition where they use .22 caliber sporter rifles (plinking and small game rifles) commonly owned by almost all gun enthusiasts.  This is a unique match where all you need is a rifle and ammo. You fire with standard sporter-type rimfire rifles that can weigh no more than 7 ½ pounds, with sights and sling and have at least a 3 pound trigger.  Rifles may be manually operated or semi-automatic; shooters with manually operated actions are given extra time in rapid-fire to compensate for the difference.

There are three classes of competition - the standard "O Class" for open-sighted rifles, "T-Class" for telescope sighted and rear aperture sighted rifles and "Tactical Rimfire" class, which is a .22 caliber A4 or AR15 style rifle. Firing for all classes is done at 50 and 25 yards on a target with a 1.78" ten-ring and an 18" outer one-ring.  Even new shooters can get hits on this target, but it's still tough enough that only one person has fired a perfect 600x600 score - a junior, Sam Payne, in 2015.

February 24 is fast approaching! Space is still available. Appleseeders shine at these events. Ask Gunjunkie, B.C, Cable__Guy or 9mm4545. They have shot at these events and placed.

It's real fun and the targets are BIG!

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