Bench Rest competition questions .25 cal?

[Gundog]

I admit to not knowing any of the rules when it comes to airgun competition. I ordered a RAW HM-1000X in .25 cal to shoot at my house and for taking coyotes on my property. I thought I might try shooting in some BR matches but so far the rules I have read say no bigger than .22 cal or less than 30 FPE as pointed out by a friend of mine who shoots USARB matches. I remember looking over the extreme bench rest results from last year and seeing airguns listed with calibers of .25 & .30. I am guessing this is some other organizations competition or rules. Not being able to shoot my new gun in competition is not a deal breaker for me because I mainly plan to shoot it at home. Can anyone tell me about competitions that would allow my new gun? 

Thanks Mike

 

[manabeknives]

Mike,
I only know of 2 events that allow you to compete in a Benchrest match with a caliber higher than a .22. The only 2 events that allow calibers larger than a .22 for benchrest are both in Arizona. The first is the Airguns of Arizona Extreme Benchrest Competition....http://www.extremebenchrest.com/ and the 2nd are the monthly matches they hold for the Phoenix Air gun club...http://www.phoenixairgun.net/Phoenix_Benchrest/Home.html. All the rest that I know of are USARB matches that only allow up to a .22 caliber rifle.
HTH
Mike

 

[Gundog]

Thanks for the info Mike.

 

[jimreed1948]

LASSO (Longrange Airgun Silhouette Shooters Organization) is a big bore event. You can shoot the .25 cal there. The event is held in different parts of the US each year. This year it's in Texas. This is not bench rest. You can use bipod, shooting sticks, etc. 

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2012/03/lasso-2012/

http://www.thegodfatherofairguns.com/txshow.html

http://www.thegodfatherofairguns.com/txshow.html

 

[Gundog]

Thanks for the info.