Bench Rest Small Bore

Bench Rest Rifle is a discipline shot at Dudley Rifle Club on Monday & Friday nights, alongside Lightweight Sport Rifle. Opening hours are between the hours of approx 7:30 to 10:00pm

The current National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA) Gallery Rifle & Pistol Committee definition for the discipline "Bench Rest rifle" is summarised as follows.

Rifle Specification (General):

Calibre:Up to .22" rimfire (smallbore) or .177" air or CO2.
Sights: Any Sights
Sling: A shooter may use a sling, as in prone shooting, instead of but not in addition to a rest.
Sandbag: A sandbag may be used to provide the height, but must have a piece of material conforming to 8.16.5.2 (made of a non-pliable material, such as metal or wood) interposed between it and the fore-end. The sandbag may not provide any sideways support to the fore-end.

Rifle Specification (Bolt Action Specific):

Overall weight: No Weight Limit within NSRA Rules
Magazines: Rifles fitted with magazines may only be loaded with one cartridge or pellet.

Rifle Specification (Semi-Auto Specific):

Overall weight: the overall weight, including sights and all other accessories, and including, if used, a glove, shall not exceed 4.5 kg.
Trigger Pull: the trigger must support at least 500 g (1.1 lb) weight.
Magazines: when used with a magazine, the rifle shall not be loaded with more than 10 cartridges or projectiles, even though the magazine may be of a larger capacity.

Course of fire

In each round, 30 shots, 10 at each of three targets, one shot per diagram, 10 minutes per card.

Targets

NSRA 2010 BM at 20yds or 2510 BM at 25yds to be outward gauged and scored as marked on the targets in accordance with NSRA rules.

Firing Position

The shooter must be seated at a table or bench (which may be of any height to suit the shooter and must in no way control the position of the shooter), the rifle must only be supported onthe rest at the fore-end (which may be of any material that supports the fore-end of the rifle without controlling the rifle's position and it must not be fixed to the table or bench). The rifle butt must be located in the shoulder and supported at the butt end by the shooter's hand and not resting on the bench or table, or any pad or other artificial support on the bench, when in the firing position, but may do sobetween shots and when re-loading.

Competitions

Currently this is the most popular shooting competition at Dudley Rifle Club. We shoot a postal league run by Hendon Rifle Club with great success.

DRC Hendon League Winners
Benchrest Semi-Automatic

2017 Summer, Div 1
D Cockayne
2016/17 Winter, Div 1
D Cockayne
2016/17 Winter, Div 2
L Walker
2016 Summer, Div 1
D Cockayne
2015/16 Winter, Div 1
D Cockayne
2015 Summer, Div 1
D Cockayne
2014/15 Winter, Div 1
D Cockayne
2012/13 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2012 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2011/12 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2011/12 Winter, Div 2
D Cockayne
2011/12 Winter, Div 3
M Barklam
2011 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2011 Summer, Div 4
G Staves
2010 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2009/10 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2009 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2009 Summer, Div 2
M Barklam
2008/9 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2008/9 Winter, Div 2
D Cockayne
2007 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2007 Summer, Div 2
M Jennings
2006/7 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2006/7 Winter, Div 2
R Bowley
2006/7 Winter, Div 3
M Holland
2006 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2006 Summer, Div 3
R Bowley
2005 Summer, Div 1
D Greaves
2005 Summer, Div 2
M Holland
2004/5 Winter, Div 1
D Greaves
2004/5 Winter, Div 2
D Cockayne

DRC Hendon League Winners
Benchrest Bolt Action

2023 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2023 Summer, Div 4
Ms S Clark
2023 Summer, Div 5
B Clark
2023 Summer, Div 2
Ms M Staves (jnr)
2023 Summer, Div 2
G Staves
2023 Summer, Div 10
D Smith (jnr)
2022/23 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2022/23 Winter, Div 2
K Ashton
2022/23 Winter, Div 10
Ms C Ward
2022 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2022 Summer, Div 3
Stu Gough
2022 Summer, Div 9
B Cooper
2021/22 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2021/22 Winter, Div 2
J Davis
2021/22 Winter, Div 3
Ms M Gough (jnr)
2021/22 Winter, Div 5
J Grove
2021/22 Winter, Div 6
G Staves
2021/22 Winter, Div 7
Ms Y Cooper
2019/20 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2019/20 Winter, Div 4
Stu Gough
2019/20 Winter, Div 10
J Davis
2019/20 Winter, Div 12
C Coleman
2019/20 Winter, Div 13
J Pearce
2019/20 Winter, Div 16
L Davis (jnr)
2019 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2019 Summer, Div 3
K Arnold
2019 Summer, Div 6
K Ashton
2019 Summer, Div 10
Stu Gough
2019 Summer, Div 12
P Grove
2018/19 Winter, Div 5
D Vale
2018/19 Winter, Div 6
K Arnold
2018/19 Winter, Div 8
Ms C Gough
2018/19 Winter, Div 13
Ms M Gough (jnr)
2018/19 Winter, Div 14
P Grove
2018 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2018 Summer, Div 6
D Vale
2018 Summer, Div 10
Ms J Payne
2017/18 Winter, Div 13
D Cole
2017 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2016/17 Winter, Div 13
A Watson
2016 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2016 Summer, Div 2
Ms C Taylor
2016 Summer, Div 3
D Fletcher
2016 Summer, Div 5
C Taylor
2016 Summer, Div 8
M Welch
2016 Summer, Div 10
N Hadley
2015/16 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2015/16 Winter, Div 7
D Fletcher
2015/16 Winter, Div 9
Stuart Gough
2015 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2015 Summer, Div 4
C Taylor
2014/15 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2014/15 Winter, Div 5
C Taylor
2014 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2014 Summer, Div 6
C Taylor
2014 Summer, Div 8
E Buckby
2013/14 Winter, Div 4
R Gough
2012/13 Winter, Div 6
R Gough
2010 Summer, Div 2
J Norris
2008 Summer, Div 2
D Cockayne

DRC Hendon League Winners
Benchrest Air

2022/23 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2022/23 Winter, Div 4
Ms I Ward (jnr)
2022/23 Winter, Div 5
M Ward
2022 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2022 Summer, Div 2
B Clark
2022 Summer, Div 4
A Langstone
2022 Summer, Div 6
N Clark (jnr)
2021/22 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2019/20 Winter, Div 2
J Davis
2019/20 Winter, Div 4
L Davis (jnr)
2019 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2019 Summer, Div 3
D Vale
2018/19 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2018/19 Winter, Div 3
C Payne
2018 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2017/18 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2017 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2016/17 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2016 Summer, Div 1
R Gough
2015/16 Winter, Div 1
R Gough
2013/14 Winter, Div 3
Ms C Taylor
2012/13 Winter, Div 2
D Coleman
2008 Summer, Div 2
D Cockayne