Modifications to stock in Factory/Production

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Andy93

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What are the rules about stock modification in factory/production, particularly regarding CRPS.

I understand you can add a number of things like cheek risers and extended mag releases, but are modifications like bedding, stiffening the forestock, adding weight, or relieving the stock to float the barrel legal?
 
Hey Andy, the production division was designed to allow folks to take their basic, stock, rimfire rifles and compete with them in a protected class. Mods that "Accurize" the rifle, like bedding, stiffening, free floating, polishing triggers, etc are forbidden in the production class. Disallowing these mods go a long way towards making folks feel like they can just come out and shoot a competition without feeling "undergunned" by folks who have modded their rifles. There is also no real downside to competing in Open class as the differentiators are typically knowing your bullet trajectory, reading wind correctly and fundamentals. Given the generous target sizes, the potential group size advantage of these "mods" are limited at best. Fitting you rifle and choosing the right ammo for your rifle provides more advantages.

Hope to see you at an upcoming match.

Rick
CRPS Match Director
 
Rickster66 said:
Hey Andy, the production division was designed to allow folks to take their basic, stock, rimfire rifles and compete with them in a protected class. Mods that "Accurize" the rifle, like bedding, stiffening, free floating, polishing triggers, etc are forbidden in the production class. Disallowing these mods go a long way towards making folks feel like they can just come out and shoot a competition without feeling "undergunned" by folks who have modded their rifles. There is also no real downside to competing in Open class as the differentiators are typically knowing your bullet trajectory, reading wind correctly and fundamentals. Given the generous target sizes, the potential group size advantage of these "mods" are limited at best. Fitting you rifle and choosing the right ammo for your rifle provides more advantages.

Hope to see you at an upcoming match.

Rick
CRPS Match Director
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Thanks for the feed back Rick, looking back at my question it seems like a silly, indirect way to get the information I was looking for. I understand the spirit of the factory division, and being chronically cheap, while wanting to dip my toe in every sport shooting pool, I appreciate it.

The original trouble was I ended up with a 597HB with a warped forend, causing the stock to touch on one side of the barrel. So my question should have been more along the lines of, can you fix this type of defect. but my question spun out from the thoughts I had on how to fix it and more.

All this being said, I grabbed this 597 to shoot an outlaw match in the fall that was borrowing the CRPS rules. The COF maxed out at less then 100 yard but the warped stock didn't stop me from taking second. I don't expect that I will be so fortunate at a proper CRPS match out at longer distance, but I am hoping to make it out to Pet in April to give it a try.

Thanks again,
Andrew
 
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