Service Rifle (Armed Forces)

Service Rifle Imperial 2026
Start Date:

Thursday 11 June

2026

Entries Open:
Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 10:00
Venue:
Hythe Ranges

Contact Information:

For more information please contact competitions@nra.org.uk 01483 798802

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Service Rifle Imperial 2026

Individual: Thursday 11 June / Concurrent to DefOSC Competitions

Team: Tuesday 18 June

Individual Programme: Tuesday 11 June – NRA Service Rifle Championship:

AM: Short Range Rural Contact Match

PM: Advance to Contact Assessment

Individual Concurrent Events: When taking part in any of the matches below during DefOSC you may submit scores to count concurrently towards NRA prizelists and awards:

  • Advance to Contact Assessment
  • Defence Assessment
  • Pistol CQB Assessment
  • Short Range Rural Contact Assessment
  • Urban Contact Assessment

Team Programme: Tuesday 18 June:

United Service Match (Short Range Rural Contact) Teams of 8 firers from HM Forces of each Services, and visiting overseas Service Rifle teams. Any part of a Service or Unit may compete separately under their own names (e.g. ‘Regular Army’, ‘HMS Dragon’, ‘2 SCOTS’) and unit-level teams may also be formed by Branch or cap badge (e.g. ‘Flying’ or ‘REME’)

International Service Rifle Team Match: Teams of 8 firers who are present members of the Regular or Reserve Armed Forces: one team from the United Kingdom, being subjects of HM The King or having sworn allegiance to the King and one team from each other country present whose national shooting organisation has been recognised by the NRA of Great Britain

Please note: Teams are required to provide 4 Butt markers for each competition. Should teams be unable to provide markers the competitions will be run in two Details with half in the Butts and half shooting

Team Concurrent Events: When taking part in any of the matches below during DefOSC you may submit individual scores, along with a team nomination list, to count concurrently towards NRA prizelists and awards:

  • Advance to Contact Assessment
  • Attack and Reorganisation Assessment
  • Fire Team Combat Snap Shooting
  • Pistol CQB Assessment
  • Section Attack Assessment
  • Short Range Rural Contact Assessment
  • Urban Contact Assessment

Submitting Scores: Scores should be submitted via the separate Service Rifle Imperial Score Claim spreadsheet - which will be available to download below before the start of DefOSC. Please complete the relevant sections and return the spreadsheet to competitions@nra.org.uk no later than Monday 22 June. To ease administration, you may send direct copies of scorecards/reports along with just the personnel tab of the spreadsheet – i.e. you do not need to transpose the scores into the spreadsheet

Match Conditions/Courses of Fire: Full match conditions for all Service Weapon matches, both individual and team, can be found in the NRA Handbook (Bisley Bible) available in person and online

🏆🏅Awards: Interim Prize Lists for all NRA events will be published online. Medals will be posted after the Meeting to the unit address provided upon entry