World Benchrest Shooting Federation

World Benchrest Shooting Federation
Jurisdiction International
AbbreviationWBSF
Founded2001 (2001)
Official website
worldbenchrest.com

The World Benchrest Shooting Federation (WBSF) is the international governing body for benchrest shooting, with disciplines for both centerfire and rimfire ammunition. WBSF was formed in 2001.[1]

Disciplines

Rimfire

  • 50 m or 50 yd (46 m)
  • Teams (3 shooters, with 6 targets each)
  • Individual (6 targets)

Two Gun

  • Teams
  • Individual

Light Varmint (LV)

  • Small Group 100 m (or 100 yards (91 m))
  • Small Group 200 m (or 200 yards (180 m))
  • 100 m aggregate (or 100 yards (91 m))
  • 200 m aggregate (or 200 yards (180 m))
  • Grand Aggregate

Heavy Varmint (HV)

  • Small Group 100 m (or 100 yards (91 m))
  • Small Group 200 m (or 200 yards (180 m))
  • Small Group 300 m (or 300 yards (270 m))
  • 100 m aggregate (or 100 yards (91 m))
  • 200 m aggregate (or 200 yards (180 m))
  • 300 m aggregate (or 300 yards (270 m))
  • Grand Aggregate
  • Small Group 200 m x10 Shots (or 200 yards (180 m))
  • 200 m x10 Shots Aggregate (or 200 yards (180 m))

Targets

WBSF Rimfire Target
  • The 10 ring has a diameter of 3 mm (0.12 inches), which is 0.06 mrad at 50 meters.
  • The inner ten ring has a diameter of 1 mm (0.04 inches), 0.02 mrad at 50 meters.

Records

World Records

Official records of the World Benchrest Shooting Federation

  • Rimfire - France Stephane Gomel (France) 250 - 25X (WBSF World Championship Manresa 2018 Spain)

European Records

Below are the official records of the European Benchrest Shooting Federation (EBSF) as of February 2017. [2]

Aggregates
Competitor Competition mm mrad MOA
Norway Paal Erik Jensen LV 100 5.092 mm 0.05092 mrad 0.1834 MOA
France Roger Serain LV 200 10.062 mm 0.05301 mrad 0.2082 MOA
France Jean Louis Espinet HV 100 4.250 mm 0.0425 mrad 0.1530 MOA
Italy Attilio Serrone HV 200 10.458 mm 0.05229 mrad 0.1882 MOA
Grand Aggregates
Competitor Competition mm mrad MOA
France Roger Serain LV GA 5.130 mm 0.6350 mrad 0.1847 MOA
France Roger Serain HV GA 6.221 mm 0.7700 mrad 0.2240 MOA
France Roger Serain 2 GUN 5.675 mm 0.7013 mrad 0.2040 MOA
France R. Serain,
France JC. Eymieu,
France G. Lang and
France P. Fischbach 		2 GUN TEAM 7.359 mm 0.9110 mrad 0.2650 MOA
Small Groups
Competitor Competition mm mrad MOA
Spain Antonio Sanchez Perez LV 100 2.410 mm 0.0241 mrad 0.0867 MOA
France Roger Serain LV 200 5.080 mm 0.0254 mrad 0.0914 MOA
Italy Jean Claude Braconi HV 100 1.270 mm 0.0127 mrad 0.0493 MOA
France Pascal Fishbach HV 200 4.370 mm 0.02185 mrad 0.0786 MOA

[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ History | World Benchrest Shooting Federation
  2. ^ European Records - Norwegian Benchrest Association
  3. ^ "Home". wrabf.com.
  4. ^ History | World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Federation