Thread: Longrange Proficiency test

Originally Posted by Gillie

It is an awesome idea Norway - it would be great for a forum get together event.

I'll let you know when I have the english versions. You'll get a buch for free and you can corporate them into your own event or whatever just as long as you use them to bring in EXTRA money and have a plan for their use. The medal thing was agonizingly slow, mostly due to silly companies dealing them. I designed a 3D pvc patch (without my logo) you can put on your jacket/ backpack or whatever. For now, only the highest valour (they are expensive to give away) but if this catches on we can surely make all valours.

As many have understood , this exercise is a "test of how familier they are with their gear" and "a good indicator of how well you can use your gear quickly , a lot of people will fail this , until they get use to their rifle / scope etc". The effort has been finding the right balance between accessible/ ease of administration/ difficult but not excluding/ safe also for beginners.

I consider the rules MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS but there will be no recognition of added difficulty such as starting behind a firing line etc - that will be personal satisfaction only.
1 target, 1 minute, 1 shot. Distance is known, it is your first shot at that target, rifle butt on the ground, scope set to normal zero and you have 60 seconds from "start!" to shot a target of approved size.
Make any allowance you would like to do to suit your own style of shooting as long as it inside the rules, but if this turns into an elitist blowhard prick-thing you are hardly complying with the essensce of the LR Proficiency Test.

Do the test yourself, shoot it with a friend, shoot it under a club banner - doesn't matter. Make any allowance you would like to do to suit your own style of shooting.