Middlesex Rifle Time Limit League Rules

The competition is open to club teams of three.
Each team member will shoot one time limit card (NSRA 2510 BM/89) and one skirmisher card (NSRA X5) per round.
90 seconds will be allowed for shooting the time limit card and 60 seconds for the skirmisher card.
Please refer to NSRA rules 8.15 and 5.3.4 (dated April 2008) covering time limit shooting.
There will be no round in the fingers at the start of each detail.
As regards the skirmisher card, you will not be penalised for any miss. For example, a diagram with two hits and one miss still scores 'two'.
Cards may be shot from receipt of labels.
Sustitute team members must not have a better average than the shooter they replace, except for teams in division one.
Shot targets must reach the scorer no later than the Saturday following the last date for shooting each round.

NSRA Rule 8.15 RIFLE MEETINGS

8.15.2 If a rifle should develop an allowable malfunction during a deliberate competition which prevents the discharge of the bullet from the barrel, the Range Officer shall either permit the competitor to finish his shoot with another rifle, or allow him to complete his shoot in a subsequent detail, subject to the condition that the time allowed for the completion of the shoot shall not exceed, for each unexpended round, a proportionate amount of the maximum time allowed for the whole shoot, with time allowed for sighting shots.
8.15.2.1 It is considered an allowable malfunction when:
8.15.2.1.1 a cartridge fails to fire;
8.15.2.1.2 a bullet or pellet is lodged in the barrel;
8.15.2.1.3 the rifle fails to fire, although the trigger has been operated;
8.15.2.1.4 the extractor fails to extract the cartridge.
8.15.2.2 It is considered a non-allowable malfunction when:
8.15.2.2.1 the shooter has touched the breech, mechanism or safety catch or the rifle has been touched by another person before being inspected by the Range Officer;
8.15.2.2.2 the shooter had not loaded his rifle;
8.15.2.2.3 the shooter did not pull the trigger;
8.15.2.2.4 the malfunction is due to any cause that could reasonably have been corrected by the shooter within the remaining shooting time for that detail.

NSRA Rule 8.15.4 Time-Limit Shooting - Small-Bore Rifle

8.15.4.1 In competitions in which the conditions specify a special time limit (normally 90 seconds) shooters will load and fire on the signal 'Commence' and may not fire after the signal 'Cease'. Time will be reckoned from the signal 'Commence'. Intermediate times may be called and competitors may use their own watch or other timing device.
8.15.4.2 If during the course of a time-limit or skirmisher shoot a card shall become displaced or the rifle develops an allowable malfunction (Rule 8.15.2.1), the shooter shall be entitled to a re-shoot.
8.15.4.3 In skirmisher competitions, a time limit of one minute is allowed.

NSRA Rule 5.3.4 Time-Limit Shooting

5.3.4.1 In individual and team competitions the following penalties apply:
5.3.4.1.1 The full possible value of one shot for loading before the signal 'Commence' is given.
5.3.4.1.2 The full possible value of any shots fired after the signal 'Cease' is given.
5.3.4.2 In Skirmisher competitions, a hit on any one of the eight oval targets scores one point. Not more than two hits are allowed on any one oval target unless there are at least two hits in each of the target areas on the card and then no more than three hits and so on.