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NRC ISSF & IPC Pistol – 21 July 2010

Note that information on this page relates directly to ISSF events conducted by PA

To meet local conditions and requirements, a number of items deviate from some ISSF rules

For PA members who require ‘international’ information on ISSF rules and regulations, click here

ISSF

On this page:

· PA shooters Medal at the ISSF World Championships *

· ISSF Rule changes 2009/2

· RO Guide corrections

· Jury appointments 2010 Commonwealth Games

· too many shots loaded/too many shots fired

· PA Australian Conditions for ISSF Pistol

also:

· ISSF News Magazine

· 2010 ASADA Anti-Doping changes

· 2010 edition of ISSF manual for ROs & Judges

· ISSF 'international' information

IPC Pistol

On this page:

· Was ISCD; now IPC Shooting

· 2010/03 IPC Shooting Rules available for download

ISSF and IPC pistol events and competitions conducted by PA are subject to:

· PA Constitution

· PA General Rules and Technical Regulations, and

· PA ‘Australian Conditions’ (below)

IPC Pistol

For various reasons, the Paralympics shooting events now come under the direct administration of the International Paralympics Committee (IPC)

· IPC Shooting has it own website at http://www.ipc-shooting.org

· 2010/03 IPC Shooting Rules can be downloaded

The IPC events conducted by PA are:

· P1 Mens Air Pistol 60 shots as for ISSF 60-shots Air Pistol

· P2 Womens Air Pistol 40 shots as for ISSF 40-shots Air Pistol

· P3 Mixed Sport Pistol 60 shots as for ISSF 25m Womens Pistol

· P4 Free Pistol 60 shots as for ISSF 50m Pistol

There is also:

· P5 Mixed Air Pistol Standard 40 shots as for ISSF 10 m Air Pistol Standard Event (8.20.4)

Shooters for the IPC Shooting events must be ‘Classification’ SH1 (Pistol and Rifle competitors that do not require a shooting stand)

PA shooters Medal at the ISSF World Championships, Munich

· Lalita: Silver in 10m Pistol Womens - 385/485.0

· AUS Gold in 10m Pistol Womens Teams - Lalita (385,10x), Dina (383,16x), Linda (377,7x)

· 1^st place in Center Fire fired with a Toz Revolver (589 - 21x)

· CF (102 entries): Gary Mullins 50^th (572 - 11x), Lucas Finken 89^th (554 - 17x)

· 25W (113 entries): Lalita Yauhleuskaya 25^th (577 - 17x), Dina Aspandiyarova 29^th (577 - 17x), Linda Ryan 58^th (573 - 13x)

· 25WJ (49 entries): Haley Chapman 18^th (563 - 14x), Emily Esposito 35^th (551 - 10x), Kayla Tompkins 42^nd (544 - 09x)

· 10WJ (79 entries): Haley Chapman 47^th (366 - 05x), Emily Esposito 49^th (366 - 05x), Kayla Tompkins 76^th (349 - 01x)

· Std (82 entries): Gary Mullins 47^th (556 - 12x), Lucas Finken 69^th (541 - 09x)

Complete results

Wondering about the changes to the drawing in 8.4.1.6 (Measuring the Weight of the Trigger Pull)?

In ‘normal’ size, the additional bits to this drawing are not comprehensible – the additional two bits at the bottom of the drawing are hard to understand…

Knife edge

(rubber slid back to expose)

Rubber

(Slid to contact trigger)

Knife edge

1. The additional bit is meant to show an ISSF approved adaption to 8.4.1.6.1 Note: A weight with a metal or rubber knife-edge or a round configuration with rubber must be used.

2. The approved optional adaption is a sliding part to the part that is in contact with the trigger, where the trigger can be checked with either the metal knife edge or the rubber knife edge (although shon as a round knife edge) on the same test weight without changing the weight of the test weight ( a typical example of finding a solution to a non-existent problem?)

3. The existing PA approved knife edge weights are more than acceptable

ISSF Rule Changes

· The ISSF has released a set of Errata to the 2009/1^st printing – these are available download as the complete 2009/2^nd printing

· Most of the changes/additions do not apply to PA competitions, being set in the context of ISSF sanctioned competitions such as World Championships, World Cups, Oceania

· They will be applicable at AISL competitions such as AusCups

IN for PA competitions – accepted at the 2010 AGM/Executive Officers Meeting

The following are now applicable at PA competitions:

· Back in is the requirement ‘8.4.2 Specific Standards for 25 m Pistols - The Shooter must use the same pistol in all stages and series of an event unless it ceases to function’, subject to the break and cease’ rules

NOT applied at PA competitions – i.e. on the recommendations of the PA ISSF Director, not accepted

· The ‘ISSF clothing interpretation’ is not applied at PA competitions – but note that ‘6.4.2.1 …Clothing made of camouflage material is prohibited’ was adopted for PA competitions at the 2009 AGM/Executive meeting.

· The new “8.7 MALFUNCTIONS Only one (1) malfunction (either allowable or non allowable) is permitted except when stipulated in a specific event” means exactly what it states: at ISSF sanctioned competitions only one (claimed) malfunction (either allowable or non allowable) is allowed.

This is considered overly onerous for the average PA member and the existing (prior to 2009/2) procedure will continue to be applied at PA competitions, i.e.:

· If a shooter claims a malfunction that is determined as a non-allowable, there will be no completion/reshoot, but this will not be counted towards the shooters count of malfunctions

· For the first allowable malfunction, the shooter will be allowed a completion/reshoot, once in the stage (150secs, 20/10 secs, or 30 shots of other 25m)

Malfunctions in a sighting series will not be counted towards the shooters count of malfunctions

· 6.2.2.8 It is the shooter’s responsibility that any air or Co2 cylinder has been certified as safe and is still within the validity date.

All pistol compressed air cylinders, and CO2 cylinders fall outside the Australian regulations for inspection of pressure vessels (i.e. less that the minimum100 Mpa.L – this is volume x pressure) and at this time nobody seems to know how to arrange an inspection or what it would cost for an air pistol reservoir. This is one of those things that will be resolved in the fullness of time.

· 6.3.8.4 …The use of a board as a firing line is not permitted.

For PA clubs it is recommended that new construction/refurbishment of ranges incorporate this rule

RO Guide corrections

· A boo-boo (discovered at the NSWAPA ISSF Championships) was a mistake in the W25M Finals Guide – a mistaken cut-and-paste had ‘Attention–3–2–1–Start’ instead of the correct ‘Attention’. The corrected v2 guide can be downloaded from here

Jury appointments to 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi

Congratulations to PA officials:

Ray Andrews Jury of Appeal

Sharon Reynolds 25m, Chair

Spencer Tweedie Equipment Control, Chair

Too many shots loaded/fired

· There have been a number of situations where a shooter has loaded five rounds for a refire to complete a malfunction series (for the Standard Pistol and Rapid Fire Pistol events, the shooter loads and fires five shots for the refire of the series; for all other 25M malfunction refires the shooter completes the series):

o If the shooter fires too many shots, 8.6.6.1.1, and 8.6.6.1.1.1 (and 8.6.6.1.1.3 for a sighting series) apply and there is a two points penalty for each additional shot fired

o there is no requirement for the Range Officer to inform the shooter of the number of rounds to be loaded for the refire series

o If the shooter asks how many rounds to load, the Range Officer tells the shooter.

· 8.6.4.2.3.1 (loading more than five rounds) does not automatically apply unless the shooter has loaded more than five rounds at any given time – e.g.:

a shooter has AM, three shots fired then loads five rounds for the re-fire – the shooter has not infringed 8.6.4.2.3.1

· 8.6.4.2.3.1 only applies if the shooter loads more than five rounds for a series – e.g.:

loads six (or more) rounds in the magazine or cylinder
loads five shots in the magazine and one in the chamber,

· 8.6.4.2.3.1 does not apply if a shooter replaces a round – e.g.:

150-seconds series of Standard Pistol; the shooter has a malfunction, ejects the faulty round, loads the magazine with a replacement round and continues,
A 5-minute Precision series; the shooter has a malfunction, ejects the faulty round, loads the magazine with a replacement round and continues.

PA ‘Australian Conditions’ for ISSF pistol events

1 Application of rules at PA competitions

1.1 Hierarchy

1.1.1 The PA Constitution takes precedence over the ISSF Rules and Regulations

1.1.2 PA General Rules and Technical Rules take precedence over ISSF Technical Rules and PA Australian Conditions

1.1.3 As applicable, PA Australian Conditions take precedence over ISSF Technical Rules

2 50m Pistol on ranges without Pit-marking, Automatic targets or EST

2.1 Range configuration

2.1.1 Shooting distances and horizontal variation as per ISSF rules

2.1.2 25/50m ISSF Precision Targets as approved by the NRC

2.1.3 Sighting targets are marked with a diagonal stripe as per ISSF rules

2.1.4 Two targets are provided per firing point

2.1.5 The targets are placed with the competition target above the sighting target

2.2 Competition procedures

2.2.1 Ten (10) minutes Preparation Time as per RO Guide

2.2.2 Six series of ten (10) competition shots with range command as per RO Guide

2.2.2.1 The first series is 30 minutes, including unlimited number of sighting shots

2.2.2.2 Each subsequent series is 18 minutes, including unlimited number of sighting shots

2.2.3 Sighting shots in each series must be fired before any competition shots in that series

2.2.4 Any additional shots (including shots not hitting the competition target) over the 10 shots per series will be transferred to the next competition target

2.2.4.1 There is no penalty for the first two (2) such occurrences as per ISSF 6.11.7.2.1

2.2.4.2 For the third and all succeeding such misplaced shots he must be penalized by a deduction of two (2) points for each one in the event from the series in which the occurrence happens. He must also fire a fewer number of shots at the remaining targets so that the number of shots does not exceed that provided for in the program.

3 25m Malfunctions

3.1 Number of malfunctions

3.1.1 If a shooter claims a malfunction that is determined as a non-allowable, there will be no completion/reshoot, but this will not be counted towards the shooters count of malfunctions

3.1.2 For the first allowable malfunction, the shooter will be allowed a completion/reshoot, once in the stage (150secs, 20/10 secs, or 30 shots of other 25m)