Trooper Class Rules
1) The shooter must transport all firearms, ammunition, equipment,
and cleaning supplies with them for the duration of the match from
the moment they sign in the first day of shooting.
2) The amount of ammunition the shooter begins the match with,
is all they are allowed to use for the duration of the match. The
shooter may have as much ammunition in their pack, vest, or
ammunition carriers as he/she wishes.
3) Any back up guns the shooter may wish to use should their
primary firearm become inoperable during the course of the
match must be carried with them for the duration of the match
4) The equipment must be carried via any man portable means
and in a safe manner. No wagons, wheelbarrows, carts, sleds,
etc allowed. The shooter must transport all their equipment to
the next stage in one trip. If the shooter fails to do this, they will
be made to return to the previous stage and walk back again carrying
all their equipment in one trip.
5) The shooter does not need to carry all this equipment during the
course of fire, they may ground their rucksack and use only the
equipment on their person if they wish.
6) Trooper class shooters must start with at least one liter of water
on their person or in their rucksack. Additional Water will be
provided at all stages. The shooter must carry any beverages other
than water themselves.
7) Lunch will be provided for all Trooper Class shooters on the range.
Any food a Trooper Class shooter wishes to eat must be carried
on them other than the food served at lunchtime. This means not even
accepting a piece of gum, candy, beef jerky, or other food item from
another competitor.
8) Any time a Trooper class shooter leaves the range, he/she
must check his/her gear at the stat house where it will be
secured to prevent tampering and/or adding or removing of
equipment.
9) The only assistance allowed to a trooper class shooter during a
course of fire, is verbal direction from the Range Officer only.
· Failure to follow these rules or voluntarily choosing to drop out of
Trooper Class will place the shooter in a class as determined
by the firearms and accessories they are using.
· Another individual can give medical assistance without bumping
the shooter out of Trooper Class.
· All trooper class shooters will be squaded together to ensure that
participating shooters properly follow the rules.
Firearms
1) Trooper Class shooters may use firearms from any of the other
specified classes. A Trooper class shooter may use all iron-sighted
guns, or open class guns, however they must be able to transport any
firearms (and spares) without assistance from stage to stage by
themselves.
2) There is no limit on magazine capacity, bipods, scopes, etc in
Trooper Class.
3) If a shooter decides to carry more than one firearm, spare upper
receiver, optics, etc they may elect to use them on a stage as
they see fit. Rifle calibers may only be used on rifle targets, shotguns
on shot targets, and pistols on pistol targets*. Multiple firearms of the
same category may only be used at the discretion of the range officer
or as prescribed by the course of fire. For example; a shooter may
not begin the stage with a bolt-action rifle and swap out to a semi
auto carbine for the rifle targets unless authorized to do so by the
range officer or switching guns prescribed by the course of fire.
If a range officer assesses that it is reasonable and safe to allow
a trooper class shooter to use multiple guns on a stage, they must
do so for all Trooper class shooters.
*Transitioning is still allowed.
4) Trooper Class shooters may use pistol caliber carbines or
sub-machine
guns to engage both rifle and pistol targets. If the stage description
says they must use a pistol or transition between pistol and rifle, they
must still do so. The shooter must inform the RO of their intentions
before they shoot the stage.
5) The only thing a trooper class shooter may add to their gear and not
carry with them is a hard locking case to store their firearms in the
locked stat house at the end of the day. All firearms maintenance
must be performed at the range, with the cleaning kit and supplies the
shooter has brought with them in their pack.
