Seems weird on the face of it but I get where they're coming from - trying to maintain an even playing field I guess.
Those fellas wouldn't like the .22 rimfire BR game I play, which has even more archaic policies. ASSRA (American Single Shot Rifle Association) rules state falling block single shot rifles only. It took years for them to allow BSA Martini's with their tilting blocks. Our .22 BR competition is done at 100 yards, for group and for score. Score targets are double bulls and each gets 5 shots in it. If you can't keep all your shots inside the 3/4" 25-ring you may as well go home. Sub-1/2MOA groups, ditto. (Piece of cake you say? "My XYZ will group 1/4" at 50 yards all day long." That extra 50 yards out to 100 may as well be a mile if there's even a mild breeze blowing....)
So, if I read y'all right, my 50 year old BRNO #2 wouldn't qualify? It's a lightweight bolt action clip fed sporter of which many thousands were made.
