Service Rifle

Today's Service Rifle (SR) is a discipline that evolved from what was originally known as Service Rifle (A), which used the standard military issue rifle of the day in as-issued condition. Up until the late 1970s civilian competitors competed shoulder-to-shoulder with their military counterparts using rifles and ammunition issued by the Canadian Armed Forces, including the Lee-Enfield No. 4 and FN-C1.

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Matches will typically involve a mix of deliberate, snap, rapid fire and moving targets, fired from a variety of positions including prone, sitting, kneeling, standing at ranges from 50m - 500m. Some stages may also include running with rifle and kit anywhere from 100 to 400 meters. Competitions are usually fired using a mix of military and specially developed targets based on the standard Figure 11 and Figure 12 targets.

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The DCRA offers several classes of Service Rifle competition for civilians including Open, Classic, and Bolt Action with a separate class for uniformed CAF/RCMP members using issued equipment.

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