National Classifications

All competitors who are officially classified by the NRA for BB gun competition.

Competitors who have not fired in NRA sanctioned BB gun competition during the previous 3 successive calendar years.

Unclassified competitors shall fire through their first tournament as a Master.

Scores to be used for classification and reclassification will be those fired in NRA sanctioned matches (Registered or Approved) as listed in Rule 7.1.

Scores fired in complete matches over the above courses will be combined and averaged to establish a competitor's BB gun classification.

Assigned classifications are not allowed in NRA sanctioned BB gun competition.

No competitor will falsify his/her score or classification, nor that of any other competitor, nor be an accessory thereto.

It is the competitor's responsibility to have his/her official NRA Classification Card and to present such card when required.

Any competitor who cannot present such evidence will fire as Master.

A competitor's classification will not change during a tournament.

Should it be discovered during a tournament that a competitor has entered in a classification lower than his/her current rating, the tournament records will be corrected to show the correct classification for the entire tournament.

All classifications and scores shall become obsolete if the competitor does not fire in NRA sanctioned BB gun competition at least once during 3 successive calendar years.

Teams are classified by computing the 'Team Average' based on the classification of each firing member of the team.

To compute the team average the key in Table No. I will be used and the team total divided by the number of firing members of the team.

Any fractional figure of one half or more places the team in the higher class.

The team average will be established by classifications of the team members.

Table No. I - Team Classification Key: Master = 4, Expert = 3, Sharpshooter = 2, Marksman = 1.

Sponsors will report to the NRA all individual and fired team match scores fired over the course stated in Rule 19.4.

Scores will be reported as aggregate totals for all matches completed by a competitor.

Scores will be reported by each sponsor no more than 30 days after the competition of the match and by each NRA Sanctioned League at the competition of the league schedule.

A Temporary Score Record Card will be obtained by each unclassified competitor from the Official Referee or Tournament Statistical Office at the time the competitor competes in his/her first tournament.

Competitors will record all scores fired by themselves in all NRA competition (except postal matches) until such time as they receive their official NRA Classification Card.

Competitors will total all scores and divide that total by the number of 10 shot strings represented.

The average so obtained will determine the competitor's NRA Classification at that time (see Rule 19.15 for average score for each classification).

Competitors will be classified as follows and NRA Classification Cards issued accordingly.

Table No. II - Individual Classification: Master = 92.00 and above, Expert = 84.00 to 91.99, Sharpshooter = 75.00 to 83.99, Marksman = Below 75.00.

A competitor will be officially classified by NRA when the total score for a minimum of 30 shots for BB gun has been reported for either indoor or outdoor.

This average will be computed at the end of the tournament or NRA Registered League in which the minimum of 30 shots, or more, have been posted.

A competitor who has been classified by the NRA will be reclassified as follows.

A record of all complete NRA competition scores (except postal matches) fired by a classified competitor will be maintained at NRA Headquarters.

When the total scores for a minimum of 30 shots have been posted, the competitor's average will be established by dividing the total score by the number of 10 shot strings represented.

This average will be computed as outlined in Rule 19.16 at the end of the tournament or NRA Registered League in which the minimum of 30 shots, or more, have been posted.

When a competitor's new average exceeds the maximum of one class, he/she will be reclassified to the higher level.