muzzlebreaks F-class and F/Tr class

[xdshooter]

Are muzzlebreaks allowed in f-class and f/tr class.

thanks Joe

 

[HPMike800]

No, It's very distracting to the rest of the line. Take it off if you can. Most local club matches will let you shoot, but, check with the MD ahead of the match.

 

[Taildrag15X]

Are muzzlebreaks allowed in f-class and f/tr class.

thanks Joe

No, you need to read the NRA Complete High Power Rule Book:

http://www.nrahq.org/compete/RuleBooks/HPR/hpr-index.pdf

 

[TonyR]

I believe that one of the clubs in California, maybe Sacramento, has added a class for bipod shooters that specifically allows muzzle brakes.


http://www.usrifleteams.com/lrforum/index.php?showtopic=13023


There may be others by now. Attendance was reportedly good. Not currently recognized by the NRA as F-Class as far as I know.

 

[1000yardstare]

Not allowed in Canadian F Class competition if you come north of the border.

They are allowed in practise but I make an attempt to avoid being squadded with a brake. Not pleasant to pick grass seeds, dirt and grasshopper parts out of your action.

We make a point of telling new shooters showing up with a brake that they cannot compete with the device.

Bill

 

[effendude]

I will let new shooters use one the first time they show up for a practice or league event. I try to squad them far away from the other shooters because of the distraction. I threaten to take a pipe wrench to their barrel if they show up with it the second time. That usually solves the problem. LOL
Scott

 

[Taildrag15X]

The Peru Rod & Gun Club has only ever held NRA Approved & Registered Matches ( since Oct. 2010 ALL Matches are Registered ) since the NRA's involvement in F-Class so they do not allow any rule "bending" for Flash Hiders or Muzzle Brakes, "Cans" are a BIG NO-NO in New York & Vermont so we never have to deal with them.

I think there is a place in the NRA Competitive Division for Tactical Rifle Matches above what is now available in High Power, Prone & F-Class if you have any questions for the NRA contact the Tacticle Rifle Division and find out the FACTS not what someone, somewhere might be doing:

Trey Tuggle
ttuggle [at] nrahq.org
Tactical Rifle Coordinator
National Rifle Association
Phone: 703-267-1487
Fax 703-267-3941

 

[xdshooter]

actually flash hiders and muzzlebreaks are allowed in New York with no problem just have to be pinned

 

[Taildrag15X]

actually flash hiders and muzzlebreaks are allowed in New York with no problem just have to be pinned

Never said they were not allowed in New York, but not sure if your right.....reread the post, it's the CAN I state as a BIG NO-NO.

Not sure if your correct about them being allowed either, Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms arbitrarily deemed to be "assault weapons" as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

This law also banned possession of newly-manufactured magazines holding more than ten rounds of ammunition.

This Law which was carried over into NY State is very similar to the Federal version, but New York's version does not have a sunset provision. According to the laws of the State of New York, a magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds manufactured after September 14, 1994 cannot be legally possessed by anyone other than a law enforcement officer. A provision of the Federal law required the date of manufacture to be stamped on every newly manufactured "large capacity" magazine. Because that requirement is no longer in effect, the New York magazine ban becomes potentially unenforceable except with respect to those magazines manufactured during the ban and marked according to federal regulations then in effect.

NYS Penal Law § 265.02(6) makes it a class D felony to possess "a large capacity ammunition feeding device," which is defined in Penal Law § 265.00(23) as "a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, manufactured after [September 13, 1994], that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition." Possession of unmarked "large capacity" magazines made after the sunset of the federal ban thus subject New Yorkers to felony charges. Police and prosecutors may be able to determine actual manufacture dates of seized magazines from information not generally available to consumers, such as the dates of magazine design changes and parts assembly numbers. The New York ban thus leaves possessors of unmarked post-ban magazines at risk of felony charges since they may not know the magazines were manufactured post-sunset and not pre-ban.

During the period of the federal ban, ATF would issue rulings as to whether attachment of a given muzzle device on a post-ban rifle was permissible because it acted only as a brake, or impermissible because it acted as a flash suppressor. As with magazines, the New York regulatory scheme implicitly relied upon such federal regulatory determinations for enforcement of the state's ban. With the sunset of the federal ban, ATF is no longer concerned with classifying muzzle devices. New York residents now may acquire or modify rifles attaching what they believe to be muzzle brakes, but which at some point New York police or prosecutors may deem to be flash suppressors, resulting in arrest or prosecution for unwitting possession of a banned rifle. [See NYS Penal Law § 265.00(22) defining "Assault Weapon" to include "a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the following characteristics... (iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor." There is no definition of "flash suppressor" in § 265.00, which contains all definitions for the ban, thus leaving grounds for arrest and prosecution uncertain until what is or is not a "flash suppressor" is resolved by state courts or clarified by statute.]