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Sunday 1
st
February 2009.
MAAC conducted its 1
st
ARBR match for 2009. This match served also as a qualifier for the 1
st
WorldAir Rifle Bench Rest Postal Championships that will be taking place between March and September2009. Each country can participate with a maximum of 3 teams comprising of 3 shooters per team.Each country can also present a number of individual shooters.The world postal is open for
Unlimited Air Rifle Class -
is any
.177 - .20 - .22
caliber air rifle having asafe manually and mechanically operated firing mechanism, with no weight limit. Any air regulator canbe used as long as it is integral within the air cylinder. Any modification may be made to the rifle and
any magnification
scope may be used. Factory stock or stocks that meet ‘Stock Clarification’ rulesmay be used. Return to battery shall NOT be permitted. Muzzle brakes, muzzle flips, barrel weights orHarmonic Tuners are permitted. There is no restriction on cylinder size or capacity as long as
20.34Joules or 15-ft/lb. maximum
power is retained and it is integral within the rifle. (Separate Air Cylindersare not allowed the cylinder must be part of the rifle). Testing of air rifles via use of a chronograph willneed to be done by match directors to ensure maximum power restrictions above – records of testedrifles will need to be kept for checks/ clarification. The match director has authority not to allow any rifleover the specified power limits to ensure fairness through the competition.
MAAC Selections.
MAAC uses two different Air Rifle Classes in its local championship, the Sporter Class under 15ftlbsand the Unlimited Class above 15ftlbs. The ERABSF class rules and WRABSF class rules are beinginvestigated and fine tuned. For this reason this 1
st
World Competition is being conducted for riflesunder 15ftlbs. The main reason is that ERABSF and WRABSF can get together as much as countriesas possible to shoot and get as much data as possible to define proper air rifle classes. MAACselection for this world postal was based on the qualifier match. The match itself was conducted in verydifficult weather conditions, with a constant variation in wind direction and winds ranging from anaverage of 29.6kph and gusts from 13kph to 49.6kph. The shooters selected all scored over 200 pointsand hence it was not just the merit of equipment but also the shooters skill to combat the wind effect.The selection criteria was as follows.A. Since the world postal is set for air rifles
under 15ftlbs
, the selection of the top nine shooters inthe
MAAC Sporter Class <15ftlb
with over 200 points was automatic. Nine (9) Shooters wereselected because Malta needs to present 3 teams of 3 shooters each.B. All the other shooters who scored over 200 points
from Sporter Class <15ftlb
and
Unlimited Class >15ftlb
qualified as individual shooters for Malta. A total of 5 shooters qualified. Theseshooters also rank as reserves for Team A, B and C. The ranking for reserves is also givenpriority from the Sporter class followed then from the Unlimited Class.
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