47th Annual Daisy
National BB Gun Championship Matches
Sanctioned and sponsored by the National Rifle Association
Age
of Competitors: Boys and girls ages 8
through 15. Youngsters must be 8 years
of age at the time of competition and may compete through December 31st
of the calendar year in which his or her 15th birthday occurs. Photocopies of each competitor’s birth
certificate must be available on request.
Training:
Each competitor must have successfully
completed the Daisy or other nationally recognized shooting education program
prior to competing in State or Daisy National BB Gun Championship Matches.
Parental
Permission: Each team registration packet contains a
parental permission form for each team member.
This form must be signed by the competitor’s parent or guardian and
returned with the other registration forms before the competitor will be
permitted to participate in the Match.
Consecutive
Match Exclusion: Individuals who fired as regular members of a team competing
in the DNBBGCM in 2011 are precluded from firing as a regular team member or
alternate at the State and/or DNBBGCM the following year. Regular team members will not be allowed to
come back the following year and compete as an alternate or team member. They must sit out one year to be eligible to
compete again. This rule assures that
new shooters will get a chance to compete.
Alternates: NRA Rule 12.4 governs substitutions of
alternates. Designated team alternates
will shoot the entire match and will compete for “Team Alternate” awards. Team alternates who do not compete as regular
team members will be eligible to compete as either a team member or alternate
in the next subsequent DNBBGCM. In the
event an alternate is substituted for a regular team member during the course
of the match, the competitor whose scores constitute the majority of the shots
for record loses eligibility to compete as a regular team member the subsequent
year.
State
Competitors: Teams competing in the State Championship
Match shall be the local chapter or club championship team and must be so
designated by that club or chapter for the State Championships. At the option of the State Program
Coordinator and/or State organization, more than one team from a chapter may be
permitted to compete in the State Championship Matches.
Matches – Number of Teams: Invitations to compete in the Daisy National
BB Gun Championship Matches shall be issued to the top three place teams in
each of the State Championship Matches.
In the event a chapter/town/club has more than one team finishing in the
top three at the State Championship Matches, the next highest team not from
that chapter/town will be offered that invitation to the National
Championships. Teams will be limited to
one per chapter/town/club unless there would not otherwise be three teams
representing that state.
No
“All Stars”: All teams competing in the Daisy National BB Gun
Championship Matches must be made up of members who participate in the
sponsoring organization’s Shooting Education Program. No team may be composed of members selected
from a region or state-at-large.
Matches
– Status of Teams: All teams competing in the Daisy National BB
Gun Championship Matches will compete on an equal basis and all rules in the
current Official NRA 5-Meter BB Gun Rule Book or as amended by this match
bulletin will apply equally to each registered team. Teams competing may not waive eligibility for
medals in order to maintain team member eligibility to compete in the next
subsequent DNBBGCM.
Team Manager: Each team competing in the State or Daisy
National BB Gun Championship Matches must have a team manager in charge of the
team. Either the coach or the team
manager shall be a current member of the sponsoring chapter or club or a member
of the governing board of the sponsoring troop.
Team
Coach: The team coach is responsible for the conduct
and participation of his or her team in all competition activities. The team coach may be, but is not required to
be, a current member of the sponsoring chapter, club or troop.
Team
Roster: A team roster shall be declared at the time
of registration and shall consist of five (5) regular members and may include
up to two (2) alternates. The names of
all team members and alternates for each state team must be listed on the
registration forms and submitted to the Daisy National Match host chapter in
accordance with the instructions on the Daisy National Match registration
form. Firing order will be declared at
the time of team registration.
REGISTRATION:
Registration
will be held from
SCORING: Each team is required to
provide a person to assist with scoring during the match. A training class will be offered on Sunday
afternoon for those who would like to attend. A schedule will be posted at registration.
DNBBGCM TEAMS: If a sponsoring
organization has more than one team compete in a State Championship Match, and
one of those teams earns an invitation to the DNBBGCM, the sponsoring
organization may select shooters from any of their teams in the State Championship
to make up the team representing the organization at the DNBBGCM. Only those shooters who have fired in a State
Championship may be selected to represent an organization at the DNBBGCM. A shooter must represent the same
organization in both the State Championship and the DNBBGCM. The names and scores of each shooter on a DNBBGCM
team must appear on a State Championship results bulletin representing the same
sponsoring organization. No pick-up or
state all-star teams are allowed at the DNBBGCM.
RULES: The current edition
of the NRA BB Gun Rules will apply. Conduct of the DNBBGCM will be governed by
this Official Match Program and the current NRA 5-Meter BB Gun Rules but may be
modified by this Official Match Program or by a Match Director’s Bulletin. Such
bulletins will be published separately from this Match Program and posted on
the Official Match Scoreboard. NRA rule books are available from the
POSITION: NRA Rules will be followed regarding safe
and legal positions. Section 5 will be used to determine the prone, sitting,
kneeling, and standing positions. The NRA Referee will interpret these rules
and his decision(s) are final (Section II).
Match
Match
Match
Match
Target:
The
official target for the DNBBGCM will be the NRA 5-Meter BB gun target
AR-4/10.
TARGET HOLDERS: Target holder
shall be placed so the center of the target is not less than 1 foot nor more
than 2 ½ feet from the ground for the
prone, sitting and kneeling positions. The target must be not less than 3 or
more than 5 feet from the ground for the standing position. Lateral deviations of left or right of the
center of the target should not exceed 9.8 inches (25 cm).
HANGING
TARGETS: Coaches will have 3 minutes to hang the targets before each
position.
Official
Guns: Official guns for and the State and Daisy
National BB Gun Championship Matches are the Jaycee Target Special Model 299,
Daisy Target Special Model 99 and the Avanti Champion Model 499 and 499B. No other guns are approved or permitted.
Sights: Receiver sights are limited to the Daisy
Model 5899
Slings: See NRA BB Gun
Rulebook
3.13
Slings –
Slings not exceeding 1 1/4 inches in
width, with moveable keepers are permitted in the prone, sitting, and kneeling
positions. Sling cuffs and pads are prohibited. Sling keepers or fasteners used
as sling keepers that can be tightened by mechanical means are permitted.
Slings are to be attached to the BB gun at a fixed attachment point on the
forearm. The forearm may have up to four holes that will accept a screw for the
sling attachment. No other type of adjustable sling attachment is permitted.
Spotting
Scopes: The use of telescopes or binoculars by
competitors or coaches to spot shots is permitted.
Two-Way
Communications: No radio or other two-way electronic
communications devices may be employed for the purpose of communicating between
a coach or shooter on the line and any other observer during the conduct of a
match. This includes verbal communication between
coaches on the ready line and firing line.
Shooting
Stands: Will be allowed on the firing
line in the standing position.
Stocks: Factory installed stocks must be used. Any alteration to such stocks is governed by
NRA Rule 3.4. Coloring of stocks is
permitted provided such coloring does not violate Rule 3.18.
Ammunition: Only Daisy Precision Ground BBs shall be used
for the DNBBGCM. These will be provided
by Daisy and issued at the time of registration. BBs are subject to inspection to ensure they
are unaltered Daisy BBs. (Super cedes
NRA Rule 3.17)
Gun
Inspection: All Model 99, Model 299 and Model 499 and
499B air guns used in competition at the State or Daisy National BB Gun
Championship Matches must be presented to the Match Referee for inspection
prior to the start of competition. Upon
approval by the Match Referee, each gun will receive an official match
seal. Guns not bearing this seal will
not be permitted on the firing line for use in State or the DNBBGCM.
Eye
protection is required.
Staging
Area:
A Staging Area will be established at the end of the line for working on rifles
with issues.
WRITTEN TEST: In addition to the
regular course of fire outlined above, each competitor at the DNBBGCM will be
required to take a written test covering topics on gun safety and
marksmanship. Source material for the test
will be the Daisy 10 Lesson Curriculum Guide and the current NRA 5 Meter BB Gun
Rule book. The exam will be worth 100
points and will be equal to any one of the firing stages. Exam scores will be figured in team totals to
determine the overall winning team and will be posted on the scoreboard after
the final shooting scores have been posted.
The test
will be 50 questions worth 2 points each. There will be 40 true or false
questions and 10 multiple choice question.
CHALLENGE TIME: In
each match competitors or coaches will have 30 minutes from the time the scores
are posted to challenge? The start and ending challenge time will be
posted by the statistical office. Competitors or Coaches will not be able
to challenge a match after the challenge time for that match has ended (Rule
16.1(a) and 18.11).
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be presented to
the winners in each of the following categories:
|
CLASSIFICATION |
PLACES |
|
Team Alternate Prone |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Alternate Standing |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Alternate Sitting |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Alternate Kneeling |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Alternate High Aggregate |
1st through 3rd
(Shooting score with test combined) |
|
Team Member Prone |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Member Standing |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Member Sitting |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Member Kneeling |
1st through 3rd |
|
Team Member High Aggregate |
1st through 3rd (Shooting score with test combined) |
|
High Team |
1st through 3rd |
In
addition, all competitors scoring 100 on the written test will receive a Certificate
of Recognition. The team with the
combined high score on the written test will receive the Paul Teifer Memorial
trophy. The team with the most improved
shooting scores from their state qualifying match and their shooting score from
the DNBBGCM will be awarded the Eddie Harper Memorial trophy. To qualify for the Eddie Harper Memorial
trophy you must be sure to include your total team shooting score with your registration form.
CONTACT:
Denise Johnson: Phone (479)
621-4317 or 800-643-3458 ext 4317
email: djohnso@daisy.com
Dwight Watt: Phone (423)-228-2328
email: dwight-watt@att.net.
Also check web site at http://www.dnbbgcm.com
There will be a series of open 10-Meter pellet
matches conducted in conjunction with the DNBBGCM. These include a Three-Position Sporter &
Three-Position Precision Rifle match. These matches, open to all juniors,
should be of interest to BB gun competitors who are affected by the
“Consecutive Match Exclusion Rule” and to shooters aged out of the BB gun
competition. Contact CMP to register for these matches (419) 635-2141 or www.odcmp.com.