The Rules of the M.L.A.G.B. Postal Black Powder Competition
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MLAGB PISTOL RANGE REGULATIONS
1. The use of any breechloading or self contained cartridge handgun, or of any propellant other than commercially manufactured black powder, or any other than commercially manufactured percussion caps, is expressly forbidden.
2. Minimum calibre .30 inch for percussion pistols and .433 inch for flintlock pistols.
3. A shot to be 50% across the line to count high.
4. Overloading will not be allowed. The object is to obtain maximum accuracy under target conditions.
5. No pistol may be handled during a target change, or when anyone is forward of the firing point No one may go forward of the firing point until the Range Officer has given the "all clear". The Range Officer or his assistant must be on the firing line at all times.
6. No smoking on the firing point.
7. Powder flasks or containers must be removed from the area of the muzzle and breech flashes before commencing fire. Loading from containers with one charge only will be encouraged. Modern loading presses are not permitted for Percussion Revolver events.
8. Pistols must be pointed down range at all times.
9. The Range Officer may request any shooter to leave the range or to cease firing for the day if he feels that the individual is behaving in an unsafe or careless manner, or is handling or loading his weapon in such a manner as to risk the safety of other shooters.
10. It will be the duty of the Range Officer to forbid the firing of any weapon which he considers unsafe due to construction or condition.
11. Pistols will be kept in such a condition that they cannot be fired accidentally. Safety devices will be rendered functional.
12. In the event of a misfire or breakage of a part, the weapon must be decapped or unprimed before it is removed from the firing point, and before repairs are commenced.
13. Range etiquette and discipline will be rigorously enforced owing to the nature of the weapons being used and the greatly increased possibility of accidents through even slight carelessness.
14. A reproduction firearm is defined as one of modern manufacture such as those made by the Navy Arms Company, Replica Arms, etc., and any other arm having been constructed in recent years from old parts. These arms are specifically restricted to competitions allowing reproduction arms. Handguns which have had their barrels lined with rifled tubes of a pattern consistent with original rifling in use at the approximate period the pistol was originally manufactured will be allowed in “original” competitions, as will those flintlock pistols which have been converted to percussion and then correctly re-converted to flint ignition. Barrels lined with tubes having later forms of rifling or recut with later forms, will be restricted to “reproduction” matches. Handguns having newly fitted sights will be judged upon whether the new sights give a decided advantage over the original pattern. Pistols judged not to be in the spirit of the original will be limited to the “Free” or “Any” competitions only.
15. Holsters if used must not be in evidence, and no fancy dress will be permitted except upon certain occasions clearly and previously arranged by the Committee.
16 The Pistol Shooting Secretary and/or Range Officer reserve the right to alter, modify, or amend these Regulations as experience may prove necessary or desirable, subject to confirmation by the Committee.
National Competitions - General Rules
1. All competitions will be shot wherever possible at 25 metres using the UIT 50 metre pistol target as a standard.
2. Reproduction arms must be in the spirit of the original.
3. Ammunition - factory made black powder only to be used and bullets to be spherical for flintlocks and any shape within the spirit of the original for percussion pistols and revolvers.
4. Where MLAIC Regulations are specified the competition is governed by such Regulations, all other matches subject to MLAGB Pistol Range Regulations.
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