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World Benchrest Shooting Federation

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The World Benchrest Shooting Federation (WBSF) is the international governing body for benchrest shooting, with disciplines for both centerfire and rimfire ammunition. WBSF was formed in 2001.[http://www.world-benchrest.com/node/12 History | World Benchrest Shooting Federation]

Disciplines

= Rimfire =

  • 50 m or {{cvt|50|yd|m}}
  • Teams (3 shooters, with 6 targets each)
  • Individual (6 targets)

= Two Gun =

  • Teams
  • Individual

= Light Varmint (LV) =

  • Small Group 100 m (or {{convert|100|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • Small Group 200 m (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 100 m aggregate (or {{convert|100|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 200 m aggregate (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • Grand Aggregate

= Heavy Varmint (HV) =

  • Small Group 100 m (or {{convert|100|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • Small Group 200 m (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • Small Group 300 m (or {{convert|300|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 100 m aggregate (or {{convert|100|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 200 m aggregate (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 300 m aggregate (or {{convert|300|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • Grand Aggregate
  • Small Group 200 m x10 Shots (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})
  • 200 m x10 Shots Aggregate (or {{convert|200|yd|m|sp=us}})

Targets

;WBSF Rimfire Target:

  • The 10 ring has a diameter of 6,35 mm (0.25 inches), which is 0.06 mrad at 50 meters.
  • The inner ten ring has a diameter of 0,8 mm (0.03 inches), 0.02 mrad at 50 meters.

Records

=== World Records===

Official records of the World Benchrest Shooting Federation

  • Rimfire:

- {{flagicon|France}} Stephane Gomel (France) 250 - 25X (WBSF World Championship Manresa 2018 Spain) - (shooting time 30 minutes)

- {{flagicon|Belgium}} Hervé Lefebre (Belgium) 250 - 24X (WBSF World Championship Valencia 2024 Spain) - (shooting time 20 minutes)

= European Records =

Below are the official records of the European Benchrest Shooting Federation (EBSF) as of February 2017.

[http://www.benchrest.no/rekorder/european-records/ European Records - Norwegian Benchrest Association]

;Aggregates:

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{{flagicon|Norway}} Paal Erik Jensen

|LV 100

|5.092 mm

|0.05092 mrad

|0.1834 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Roger Serain

|LV 200

|10.062 mm

|0.05301 mrad

|0.2082 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Jean Louis Espinet

|HV 100

|4.250 mm

|0.0425 mrad

|0.1530 MOA

{{flagicon|Italy}} Attilio Serrone

|HV 200

|10.458 mm

|0.05229 mrad

|0.1882 MOA

;Grand Aggregates:

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!Competitor

!Competition

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!MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Roger Serain

|LV GA

|5.130 mm

|0.6350 mrad

|0.1847 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Roger Serain

|HV GA

|6.221 mm

|0.7700 mrad

|0.2240 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Roger Serain

|2 GUN

|5.675 mm

|0.7013 mrad

|0.2040 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} R. Serain,
{{flagicon|France}} JC. Eymieu,
{{flagicon|France}} G. Lang and
{{flagicon|France}} P. Fischbach

|2 GUN TEAM

|7.359 mm

|0.9110 mrad

|0.2650 MOA

;Small Groups:

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{{flagicon|Spain}} Antonio Sanchez Perez

|LV 100

|2.410 mm

|0.0241 mrad

|0.0867 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Roger Serain

|LV 200

|5.080 mm

|0.0254 mrad

|0.0914 MOA

{{flagicon|Italy}} Jean Claude Braconi

|HV 100

|1.270 mm

|0.0127 mrad

|0.0493 MOA

{{flagicon|France}} Pascal Fishbach

|HV 200

|4.370 mm

|0.02185 mrad

|0.0786 MOA

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See also

References

External links

  • [http://www.worldbenchrest.com/ The official web page of World Benchrest Shooting Federation]
  • [http://www.worldbenchrest.com/documents/wbsf_rulebook.pdf WBSF Centrefire Competition Rulebook]
  • [http://www.worldbenchrest.com/documents/wbsf_rulebook_rimfire.pdf WBSF Rimfire Competition Rulebook]
  • http://www.benchrest-forum.com European benchrest Forum

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