2026 Ontario Rifle Association Service Conditions Matches

[dink27]

Service Pistol, Service Rifle, and Precision Rifle.

It's a great day for a Service Conditions update for the ORA. Dave and I will be running the Service Conditions program again this season for the ORA with help from our regular cast of characters.
The ORA has decided to hold a Service Conditions provincials long weekend in September. Registrations will be opening soon.
We have one requested and are starting to get booking confirmations for 1 Service Pistol match, 4 Service Rifle matches, and 5 Precision Rifle Matches.

30 May - Service Pistol
31 May - Precision Rifle
7 June Plinking
27 June - Precision Rifle
28 June - Service Rifle
18 July 500m Plinking
19 July Plinking
25 July - Service Rifle
26 July - Precision Rifle
08 Aug - Service Rifle
09 Aug - Precision Rifle
26 Aug - Plinking
11 Sept - ORA Service Rifle Championship
12 & 13 Sept - ORA Precision Rifle Championship
14 Sept - ORA Service Pistol Championship
20 Sept - Plinking
3 October - Service Rifle
4 October - Precision Rifle
10 Oct - 500m Plinking
11 Oct - Plinking
1 Nov - Plinking

ORA members should receive regular email updates with upcoming events. Those that would like to be more well-informed, or are not on members of the ORA, or not on the ORA's official email list should sign up for the ORA Service Conditions newsletter http://eepurl.com/bZ_ZJT

 

[RifleDude]

Hey dink27, what is the COF nowadays for SR? Just about all semi-auto rifles are now prohibited. What can we bring to the matches? I'm guessing it's the COF that we used for the No4Mk1's in the past?

 

[Gunnerlove]

The old NSCC/ CAFSAC matches are still doable with a straight pull.

 

[dink27]

In 2024 a few of us developed a new ORA course of fire to prepare for NSCC. It was further refined over two matches in 2025. It has all the essential elements for Service Rifle, and we find it is more fun (because lots of movers), it flows nicer (snap, rapid, mover, run down), uses fewer targets with easy swaps from 4ft frames to hand helds, and it is fast shooting. Instead of snap shooting at 500 its deliberates, so people can get feedback for wind. We can do the whole thing in a day with 2 relays. It's possible to do well with a straight pull, we've seen some traditional bolt actions and the timing is a little tight but still doable. Remington or Savage rifles with detachable mags seem more popular than Enfeilds. Enfeilds are still useable. The whole match is 115 rounds.

We plan to use it (or something very close) for 2026

Match # O1 ​	Range	Type of Target Scoring ​	Type of Match ​	# of rds ​	Description ​	Timing ​
1. 0 ​	200​	fig 12 hh	Sighters​	5​	-5 sighters from prone	-5 min for sighters -each sighter indicated
1. 1​	200​	fig 12 hh V, 5, 4	Snap​	10​	-start standing alert -tgts appears adopt kneeling or squatting 2 shots per exposure -return to standing alert -repeat 5 times	-5 x 15 sec exposures -10 -15 sec between exposures -left, centre, right -watch and shoot
1. 2 ​	200​	fig 11, left fig 12, right in frame	Rapid​	10 ​	-start standing alert -tgts appears adopt sitting, kneeling or squatting -5 shots on each tgt	-1 x 60 sec exposure -watch and shoot
1. 3​	200​	fig 11 hh V, 5, 4, 3	Mover​	5​	- start from last position - 1 shot per exposure	-5 x 6 sec exposures -random, left or right -10 - 15 sec between expos -watch and shoot
1. 4 ​	200 100​	fig 12 hh V, 5, 4	Rundown Snap​	10 ​	-start from last position -when tgt appears move to 100, load/ready on arrival -1st exposure, 1 shot standing, adopt kneeling or squatting, -2nd exposure, 1 shot from position -repeated 5 times -return to standing alert between	-1 x 1 sec flash -down for 45 sec -5 x sets of : up for 3 sec down for 5 sec up for 3 sec -10 - 15 sec between sets -each set left, centre, right -watch and move

Match # O2 ​	Range	Type of Target Scoring ​	Type of Match ​	# of rds ​	Description ​	Timing ​
2. 0 ​	300​	fig 12 hh	Sighters​	5​	-5 sighters from prone	-5 min for sighters -each sighter indicated
2. 1 ​	300​	fig 12 hh V, 5, 4	Snap​	10 ​	-start standing alert -tgts appears adopt prone -2 shot per exposure -return to standing alert	-5 x 15 sec exposures -10 -15 sec between exposures -left, centre, right
2. 2 ​	300​	fig 11, left fig 12, right in frame	Rapid​	10 ​	-start standing alert -tgts appears adopt prone -5 shots on each tgt	-1 x 60 second exposure -watch and shoot
2. 3 ​	300​	fig 11 hh V, 5, 4, 3	Mover​	5 ​	-start prone -1 shot per exposure	-5 x 6 sec exposures -random, left or right -10 - 15 sec between expos -watch and shoot
2. 4 ​	300 200 100​	fig 12 hh V, 5, 4	Rundown Snap​	5 5​	-from prone -tgt appear move to 200 load/ready on arrival, standing, fire 1 shot -then 1 shot from : -kneeling -prone -kneeling -standing -tgt reappears move to 100 repeat	-1 x 1 sec flash -down for 45 sec -5 x 3 sec exposure -15 sec between expos -down for 45 sec -1x1 sec flash -down for 45 sec -5 x 3 sec exposure -15 sec between expos -left, centre, right -watch, move and shoot

Match # O3 ​	Range	Type of Target Scoring ​	Type of Match ​	# of rds ​	Description ​	Timing ​
3. 0 ​	500​	fig 12 4’ in frame	Sighters​	5​	-5 sighters from prone	-5 min for sighters -each sighter indicated
3. 1 ​	500​	fig 12 4’ in frame	Deliberate​	5​	-5 individually indicated scored hits	-each shot scored, recorded, and indicated
3. 2​	500​	4’ Frame Fig 12 V, 5, 4, 3	Rapid​	10​	-start standing alert -tgts appears adopt prone	-1 x 60 sec exposure -watch and shoot
3. 3​	500 400 300 200 100​	fig 11 hh V, 5, 4, 3	Rundown Snap​	2 2 2 2 2 ​	-start standing behind 500 -tgt appears move to 500 adopt prone, fire 2 shots -when tgt appears move to 400, prone 2 shots -when tgt appears move to 300, prone 2 shots -when tgt appears move to 200, kneeling 2 shots -when tgt appears move to 100, standing 2 shots	-500 25 sec exposure -down for 30 sec -400 60 sec exposure -down for 30 sec -300 60 sec exposure -down for 30 sec -200 60 sec exposure -down for 30 sec -100 60 sec exposure -watch, move and shoot
3. 4 ​	100​	fig 12 hh V, 5, 4	Mover​	5 ​	-start standing alert -1 shot per moving exposure	-5 x 6 sec exposures -random, left or right -10 - 15 sec between expos -watch, and shoot

 

[dink27]

Results for Service Pistol May 30

Thanks to those of you that made it to the match. It seems we have plenty of people currently on the injury roster, I hope they are all making speedy recoveries. Thanks to Kirs and Dave for helping running the match and do stats. Detailed stats are attached.

Results
1 Andrew 739
2 Dave 708
3 Kris 657
4 Bryan 613
5 Craig 565
6 Carter 531
Last man Standing: Andrew

 

[dink27]

Results for Precision Rifle May 31
Thanks very much for coming out yesterday, it was a great match with many new faces who look like they all had a great time. Thanks to the veterans for showing them the ropes.

Thanks very much to both Mike B and Mike T for their expert work in the butts per SOP. And thank you to Kris for helping run the line, Andrew and I could not do this without you. Make sure to sign up for our next match at the end of June, be aware it is on a SATURDAY.

Results
1 Peter Mojtaba 286
2 Dan Mike 280
3 Criag Kris 258
4 Andrew Dave 248
5 Steve Mac 245
6 Andrew Matt 241
7 Hesham Koslya 220
8 Reg Mike 229
9 Serge Larry 203
10 Robert Marcus 190
11 Daniel John 175
12 Norm Don 162
13 Abdul Abdul 121