City of Subiaco Rifle Club

Target rifle. shot with standard Peep or Iron sights. The classic type of Target shooting similar to Olympic or ISSF small bore shooting, but with a big bang! This discipline not only requires very good technique, but also some degree of athleticism.

Allowed calibers are the classic military 5.56mm. (.223 Remington) and 7.62mm. (.308 Winchester)

F stands for any target rifle using telescopic magnification of the target. This discipline also requires good technique . It is shot using a specific type of sliding bipod and rear bag. It is not as physically demanding as Target rifle, but with a Bull eye half the size of Target rifle, the need to rebuild your position with every shot it is challenging and rewarding. F-TR is shot and approved worldwide.

Allowed calibers are the classic military 5.56mm. (.223 Remington) and 7.62mm. (.308 Winchester)

This discipline uses telescopic magnification, similar to F-TR but is allowed to use an adjustable rest, with 3 points of contact on the ground. The rifle free recoils sliding on the rest and rear bag, allowing very high precision. In F-TR the rest is attached to the rifle.
Same size Bull eyes and scoring system is used for this discipline as for F-TR.
This type of shooting and equipment is likened to Bench rest shooting, but done on the ground instead of on a bench.
FS Is approved only in Australia .

Allowed calibers are the classic military 5.56mm (.223 Remington) and 7.62mm. (.308 Winchester) Projectile weight and trigger weights have more regulations than F-TR.
It is a very popular discipline and has a very large following in Australia.

This discipline is the most liberal and technically advanced of all the shooting disciplines.

It is shot with telescopic magnification and a rear bag, but is allowed a higher weight, improving stability and precision, is not restricted to the 2 calibers of 5.56mm and 7.63mm, but allow projectiles up to 8mm and both standard calibers and magnums.

Allows more flexibility to the shooter and a larger choice of calibers. It can be very accurate and for those that demand technical perfection can be very satisfying..
This discipline is shot and accepted worldwide.

This is a fast-growing discipline using sporting or hunting rifles. It is becoming more regulated and possibly the least expensive of the disciplines to enter centrefire shooting. It uses telescopic sights, but the magnification is limited to 25x.
Calibres up to 8mm are allowed . The rifle must be a standard production type rifle, available of the shelf and mass produced. Any alteration to the stock factory product, would cause it to go into the PCO class.
This discipline , like all the other disciplines has a maximum rifle weight, allowed bipods, and rear bags. They are also shot in the prone position. We do not offer 3 position shooting, or hunting type targets.
Many that start shooting by using a PC type rifle, eventually progress to a PCO or one of the F-Classes .
This discipline has a growing following and is the least expensive to start your marksmanship journey.

This discipline allows a heavier rifle than PC, and may have had some modifications, for example, heavier barrel, special competition type trigger fitted, change of stock. In essence it is shot the same way, but enters it’s own sub class of the PC discipline.

This type of shooting is very demanding on the marksman’s skill as it uses the least amount of equipment to achieve steadiness but can be very rewarding.

Any caliber up to 8mm is allowed.