2. Registered Tournaments may be held only by Clubs affiliated with NBRSA which are in good standing and which have the facilities and equipment required to conduct a shoot under the procedures required by the Association. Registered Tournaments may be held only on dates approved by the Directors of the Region having jurisdiction of the Club.

 3. Approval of Tournament Dates. Any Club desiring to hold a Registered Bench rest Tournament shall apply for assignment of a date for such Tournament.

 The Application shall be in the form of a contract entitled "Registered Shoot Memorandum of Agreement" signed by the applicant. The application shall be addressed to the Regional Director of NBRSA in whose region the tournament is desired to be held and shall be delivered to such Director not less than 30 days before the date on which the tournament is proposed to be scheduled. The application shall state:

 (a) The name and address of the Host Club making the applications.

 (b) The location of the Range on which the tournament is proposed to be held.

 (c) A program of the events to be scheduled.

 The Regional Director shall examine the application, consult other tournament schedules, and if the range facilities are approved and no interference with other tournament exists, shall assign the requested date to the applying Club.

 In checking for conflict of dates the Regional Director should consult with the Regional Director of any adjoining region which may have a tournament scheduled within a distance that would be deemed conflicting if wholly within one region. No date for a Registered Tournament may be approved if within 7 days of the first day of a National Championship Match, unless approved by the President. If a conflict of dates with another tournament is found, the Regional Director shall communicate with the applicant and suggest nonconflicting dates for applicant's consideration. The applicant may amend its application by phone, if desired, to substitute an available date for the date originally applied for. When any Director approves a data and place for a registered tournament he should notify Club in writing and at same time notify National Headquarters of such affirmation.

 4. Competitors. Subject to eligibility rules of the Club conducting the shoot and complying with Registration Requirements, any shooter may compete in a Registered Tournament.

 5. Kinds of Tournaments. Registered Tournaments may be held for any one or more of the recognized classes of Rifles.

 (a) Unlimited Rifles

 (b) Heavy Varmint Rifles

 (c) Light Varmint Rifles

 (d) Sporter Rifles

 (e) Hunter Rifles (see Hunter Section)

 (f) .22 Rimfire Rifles (see .22 Rimfire Section)

 (g) BR-50 Rifles (see BR-50 Section)

 6. Unlimited Rifles, Rests. All Registered Matches shall be conducted permitting shooting with unrestricted or sandbag rests.

 7. Varmint and Sporter Rifles, Rests. Tournaments for Heavy Varmint Rifles, Light Varmint Rifles and Sporter Rifles shall be fired with Sand Bag front rests, which may be supported on a pedestal which shall not contact with the sandbag to restrain recoil or form a guiding means, and a rear rest, comprising of a sandbag supporting the rifle between the rear of the pistol grip and the toe of the butt stock. The rifle must be able to be lifted freely from the sandbag in a vertical direction with all attachments in place. Tape on the sandbag is legal.

 8. Position on Bench. In all Registered Tournaments for any class of competition the rifle shall be so placed that the muzzle extends forward of the bench and the entire receiver of the rifle is behind the firing line.

 9. Unused Benches. In all Registered Tournaments it shall be a requirement that no contestant shall occupy any bench in any relay in which he is not shooting.

10. Courses of Fire. The following courses of fire shall be required for Championship Tournaments.

 The National Unlimited, Heavy Varmint, Light Varmint and Sporter Rifle Championship matches will be held the week preceding the first Sunday in August. If a date variance is desired it should be submitted two years in advance to the Directors, along with their bid, for approval.

 The Unlimited Class shall be held for two days and will start on Sunday or Monday (at the discretion of the range) preceding the Varmint-Sporter Nationals.

 The Varmint-Sporter Class Nationals will be held for four days, Wednesday through Saturday. Sporter and Light Varmint Wednesday and Thursday and Heavy Varmint Friday and Saturday.

 The Unlimited Class will fire eight ten-shot matches at 100 yards the first day and eight ten-shot matches at 200 yards the second day. The winner of the first day 100 yard aggregate shall be the National 100 yard Champion and the winner of the second day 200 yard aggregate shall be the National 200 yard Champion. Combining of the 100 and 200 yard aggregates expressed in minute of angle, will determine the smallest Grand Aggregate and the winner will be the National Unlimited Champion. Heavy Varmint, Light Varmint and Sporter Championship courses of fire shall be five five-shot matches at 100 yards and five five-shot matches at 200 yards. The smallest 100 Yard Aggregate for each class shall be the One Hundred Yard Champion; the smallest 200 Yard Aggregate for each class shall be the Two Hundred Yard Champion; the winner of the Grand Aggregate for each class, combining the 100 and 200 Yard Aggregates expressed in minute of angle, shall be the Champion. At National Championship matches, the competitowith the lowest average aggregate for all three Varmint and Sporter classes shall be the Three Gun Champion and the competitor with the lowest average Aggregate for all four classes shall be the All-Gun Champion. There will be no warm-up match at the start of each day. Ranges holding Nationals must allow practice firing at the end of each day after the last record match is fired and early morning, before matches start, if possible.

 Regional Unlimited Championship Tournaments shall be five ten-shot matches at 100 yards and five ten-shot matches at 200 yards. 100 yard Aggregate, the winner of which shall be the One Hundred Yard Regional Champion; 200 yard Aggregate, the winner of which shall be the Two Hundred Yard Regional Champion; and Grand Aggregate, combining the 100 and 200 Aggregates expressed in minute of angle, the winner of which shall be the Regional Unlimited Rifle Champion.

 Regional Heavy Varmint, Light Varmint, and Sporter Class Tournaments shall be five five-shot matches at 100 yards and five five-shot matches at 200 yards. The winner of the 100 yard Aggregate for each class will be the One Hundred Yard Champion; the winner of the 200 yard Aggregate for each class will be the Two Hundred Yard Champion. The winner of the Grand Aggregate will be determined by combing the 100 and 200 yard aggregates expressed in minute of angle and will be the Grand Aggregate Champion for each Class.

11. Time Limits. For the first match of the day or the first match after a change of distance, the time limit will be ten (10) minutes for a Sporter-Varmint match and fifteen (15) minutes for an Unlimited match. For subsequent matches the time limit will be seven (7) minutes for a five-shot match and twelve (12) minutes for a ten-shot match. It is mandatory that the Host Club have supplementary targets down rang to help competitors "get on paper" for the above format.

 The Host Club may elect to have a separate warm-up match or one three minute sight-in period for each distance, except at a National Match. The time limit for this warm-up match and subsequent matches will be seven (7) minutes for a five-shot match and twelve (12) minutes for a ten-shot match.

 Not less than thirty (30) minutes shall be allowed between the end of one relay of one event and the start of the same relay on the next event. There shall be no exception to the requirement that all competitors shall complete their string of fire within the time allowed. At all Registered Matches time limits shall be determined by a timer calibrated in seconds.

12. Group Measurements. Groups are to be measured by any method approved by the NBRSA in one-thousandths of an inch. The Sweany Type Reticle Rule or its equivalent will be the only official measuring device used at all registered matches. In measuring groups fired with calibers larger than .22, unless the Reticle is calibrated for the caliber to be measured, the measurement shall be made from the extreme outside edges of the two widest bullet holes and the actual differential of the larger calibers shall be subtracted from the measurement read on the measuring scale.

 Targets are to be marked in the upper right hand margin indicating reduction in measurement, i.e., 6mm reduction of .019 and 308 reduction of .084.

 The measurement of any target suspected of being larger or smaller than its stated measurement can be protested by any competitor, with a fee of $5.00 per target and the measurement will be changed if there is a difference of .009 inches from the original measurement. If the measurement is changed the fee will be returned to the shooter. If the measurement is not changed the fee will be sent to NBRSA Headquarters.

 The Official Scorer will make the re-measurement in the presence of the Referees, with the same venier as originally used and the dial of the venier must be covered during any remeasurement. If a competitor feels a remeasurement is not handled properly, three Referees would remeasure and the average of the three Referees measurement will become the official score.

13. Official Target Measurement (World Records). The targets of prospective record groups and aggregates, together with backers (except provision of C-5) and sighter targets, having been properly identified and signed by a Match Referee and the Range Officer shall be turned over to the Regional Director with duplicate letters stating all information furnished on the competitors registration card. All targets and all backers must be properly signed to be considered for possible World Records. The Regional Director will retain one copy of letter for regional file and froward identifified targets and backers with one copy of letter to Chairman of Official Measurement Committee. The Chairman will send them to Directors of three regions, other than the one in which they were fired. There they will be measured by persons selected by such Regional Director. All measurements will be returned to the Chairman, who will compute an average of .001" on individual groups and .0001" on aggregates, and this will be the official measurement. The targets and backerto be submitted for official record measurement shall not leave the range until properly signed and identified, but must be turned over to the Range Officer or a Referee after the match is finished.

14. Disqualifications and Penalties.

 (a) No Penalty. Any competitor whose first shot of the event shall strike the record portion of the target shall report at once to the Range Officer before firing another shot. The Range Officer shall satisfy himself that no other shots have been fired on the target and shall make a note to the Official Scorer that the target be not penalized, and the shot not be scored.

 (b) Crossfires. Any competitor who is aware that he crossfired shall report it at once to the Range Officer, and shall fire the balance of his shots on his own target. If such a report is not made, and the competitor has not fired more than the required number of shots on record targets, and the crossfire can be identified and attributed to him by means of a backing target, he shall be deemed to have crossfired inavertently and shall not be disqualified but in either event the shooter shall be penalized as follows:

 The crossfiring shall be transferred to his target and shall be measured as if fired in that position on that target. To his measurement shall be added a penalty of one minute of angle for each shot fired, i.e., one (1) inch at 100 yards; two (2) inches at 200 yards; three (3) inches at 300 yards.

 Any competitor found to have crossfired, and whose target shows him to have fired more than the required number of shots (including crossfires) shall be deemed to have tried to conceal the fact of his crossfire and shall be disqualified.

 In Registered Matches, the total shots on the record target will constitute the competitor's record group for measurement. No competitor shall be allowed to refire any match. Targets with more than the required number of shots will not be disqualified but, except for identified crossfires, group measurement must be taken from the two widest shots on the target.

 (c) Required Number of Shots. Any target having less than the required number of shots, or having any shot (other than the first sighting shot) outside of (and not touching) the border line on the record target will be penalized one minute of angle for each shot missing or for each shot outside the border line. A shot above the top line of the sighter target will be a record shot unless it is the first shot. However, the competitor must report it to the Rangemaster before firing continues.

 (d) Early or Late Firing. A competitor who fires before the "Load and Lock" command or after the "Cease Fire" command shall be disqualified from that match and range aggregate.

 (e) Eligbility for Aggegate. A shooter who has not satisfactorily completed every target in any aggregate compilation will not be eligible for an award in the aggregate. Ineligibility for one or more aggregates shall not preclude a shooter from winning an award in one or more single events.

 (f) Late Registration. There is a $10.00 penalty for shooters failing to pre-register 30 days prior to a National Match.