In Canada, the courses of fire used by various provincial rifle associations could be different. There are two main courses of fire that are used.
CAFSAC ( Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration ) COF:
Ontario Rifle Association run 8 matches at CFB Borden and Connaught training centre from May to August. ORA follows CAFSAC COF as closely as possible because ORA matches is essentially the competition for the 4th CDN Division to select their shooting team.
In the CAFSAC Cof, the round count is 210 as of 2014. 10 round at 500m. 10 round at 400m. 90 rounds at 100m and under. 50 rounds at 200m. 40 rounds at 300m . The ROF is based on the CF doctrine.
The competition is broken down into 4 matches, 1 match per starting distance ( 200m, 100m, 300m and 500m). Each match has 4 serials. There is no break between serials. You have to bomb up 50 rounds + sighters for each match. There is no mandatory mag change. All scoring are done at the target. The full match takes 1 and a half day.
To be efficient at this match, it it recommended that you have at least 5X 10 rounders. Alternatively, you can use 10X 5rounders.
These matches are CAFSAC COF:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1180347-ORA-Service-Rifle-(SR)-Info-CFB-BORDEN
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...5-ORA-Service-Rifle-(SR)-Info-Eastern-Ontario
NSCC ( National Service Condition Competition ) COF:
The NSCC COF was based on the old COF used at CFSAC before CFSAC was put on hold due to the war effort ( 2004 or 2005?) DCRA runs the NSCC at Connaught training centre once a year in September before CAFSAC.
DCRA used to run CFSC for the military, but the military and DCRA split many years ago ( 2007/08 ish ) The military runs their own COF, and DCRA sticks with the old COF.
The old COF is often referred to as the "classic 12 matches". There are 4 matches per "group", and each group of 4 matches starts at 200m, 300m and 500m respectively. DCRA later added another group of 4 matches at 400m, to make it 16 matches in total.
In the modified "classic 12 matches" run by DCRA at NSCC, the round count of the 16 matches are as follows: 32 at 500m, 34 at 400m, 36 at 300m, 38 at 200m, 20 at 100m for a total of 160 rounds.
NSCC takes 2 full days to complete. The first match of each "match group" is 10 minutes long and each shot is indicated and scored at the firing point. The second match is scored at the firing point by radioing back the score from target. . The rest of the matches are scored at target. There is a lot of time in between each match. There is mandatory mag change every 5 rounds.
The minimum recommended number of magazine for this match is 3X5rounders.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to figure out which COF you are discussing by indicating where you are located! Guys in BC shoot the "Classic 12" but people in Ontario shoot the CAFSAC Cof. Soldiers shoot the CAFSAC Cof. NSCC people in Ontario shoot the modified "classic 12".
In general, there are 3 groups of people - BC people that shoot the "Classic 12". Ontario people that shoot the CAFSAC and Ontario people that shoot NSCC's modifed "Classic 16". They all have slightly different perspectives as to the details of their own COF.
CAFSAC ( Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration ) COF:
Ontario Rifle Association run 8 matches at CFB Borden and Connaught training centre from May to August. ORA follows CAFSAC COF as closely as possible because ORA matches is essentially the competition for the 4th CDN Division to select their shooting team.
In the CAFSAC Cof, the round count is 210 as of 2014. 10 round at 500m. 10 round at 400m. 90 rounds at 100m and under. 50 rounds at 200m. 40 rounds at 300m . The ROF is based on the CF doctrine.
The competition is broken down into 4 matches, 1 match per starting distance ( 200m, 100m, 300m and 500m). Each match has 4 serials. There is no break between serials. You have to bomb up 50 rounds + sighters for each match. There is no mandatory mag change. All scoring are done at the target. The full match takes 1 and a half day.
To be efficient at this match, it it recommended that you have at least 5X 10 rounders. Alternatively, you can use 10X 5rounders.
These matches are CAFSAC COF:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1180347-ORA-Service-Rifle-(SR)-Info-CFB-BORDEN
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...5-ORA-Service-Rifle-(SR)-Info-Eastern-Ontario
NSCC ( National Service Condition Competition ) COF:
The NSCC COF was based on the old COF used at CFSAC before CFSAC was put on hold due to the war effort ( 2004 or 2005?) DCRA runs the NSCC at Connaught training centre once a year in September before CAFSAC.
DCRA used to run CFSC for the military, but the military and DCRA split many years ago ( 2007/08 ish ) The military runs their own COF, and DCRA sticks with the old COF.
The old COF is often referred to as the "classic 12 matches". There are 4 matches per "group", and each group of 4 matches starts at 200m, 300m and 500m respectively. DCRA later added another group of 4 matches at 400m, to make it 16 matches in total.
In the modified "classic 12 matches" run by DCRA at NSCC, the round count of the 16 matches are as follows: 32 at 500m, 34 at 400m, 36 at 300m, 38 at 200m, 20 at 100m for a total of 160 rounds.
NSCC takes 2 full days to complete. The first match of each "match group" is 10 minutes long and each shot is indicated and scored at the firing point. The second match is scored at the firing point by radioing back the score from target. . The rest of the matches are scored at target. There is a lot of time in between each match. There is mandatory mag change every 5 rounds.
The minimum recommended number of magazine for this match is 3X5rounders.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to figure out which COF you are discussing by indicating where you are located! Guys in BC shoot the "Classic 12" but people in Ontario shoot the CAFSAC Cof. Soldiers shoot the CAFSAC Cof. NSCC people in Ontario shoot the modified "classic 12".
In general, there are 3 groups of people - BC people that shoot the "Classic 12". Ontario people that shoot the CAFSAC and Ontario people that shoot NSCC's modifed "Classic 16". They all have slightly different perspectives as to the details of their own COF.
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