Is an Omark Eligible for Sporter Class ?

[tom1]

Is an Omark that is still using the original stock & trigger eligible to be used in Sporter Class ? It has a 26 inch Black Mountain barrel and the action has been bedded. If I was to put a scope rail on & buy a Harris Bypod would it meet the criteria . This would only be used for club shoots.
Just throwing up ideas here as to what I do with this safe queen . I'm not trying to bend the rules or push the envelope, just after advice . Any input would be appreciated.
Cheers Brad Probert

[Lachlan]

Nope. It’s single shot.

[bolster55]

When the rules first came out I purchased a hunting style rifle, most people would call it a fox rifle.
It is a single shot!
The rules posted recently states a repeater!
My money badly spent.

[tom1]

Thanks for the clarification . I'll have to come up with another plan & many more $. Maybe FTR ?

[mike H]

What about F standard.

[tom1]

Hi Mike, I have slowly been accumulating pieces for this rifle. I have an adaptor , scope rail & Davies trigger. In its current state I was thinking of putting a scope rail & bi pod on it so new shooters could try out Sporter Class. Unfortunately it doesn't meet the criteria. I am still thinking about the possibility of making an F Open rifle out of it , maybe 260 Rem or 6 x 47. But this is a discussion that now belongs in another forum.
Thanks for the reply.

[ozfarm]

if you gunna use it at club level only for recruitment purposes

then its eligible

[Frog308]

What rule number states repeating actions only?

[bolster55]

The first paragraph states " this discipline is intended to allow commercially available (shop purchased) sporting/hunting/varmint repeating type rifles", etc.

[Frog308]

Standard rules start at 23.1 as I read it

[MattyG]

I guess as the Model 44 was originally designed as purely a target rifle, it really doesn't fall into the category of "Sporter/Hunter".

[Weairy]

I wouldn’t see any issue with it in PCO in my opinion. As Frog stated, the rules start at 23.1, that first paragraph has caused way too many arguments and confusion.

If it is put together in a way that is in the spirit of the rules (Harris bipod, modest scope, black mountain barrel for instance), who cares? If you’re blatantly trying to piss people off and run an F-Open rig in Sporter class (Barnard with a 32” HV taper barrel in 6 Dasher cut at 27”, target thumb hole stock, Nightforce comp scope etc) different story to an Omark bitser being put down.

I would have absolutely zero complaints with someone laying down against me with an Omark in a pretty standard stock with a 24x vortex scope and a Harris type bipod, with a 308W barrel, if it got another person on the mound, shooting and competing.

[Weairy]

When the rules first came out I purchased a hunting style rifle, most people would call it a fox rifle.
It is a single shot!
The rules posted recently states a repeater!
My money badly spent.

Which rifle is this Phil? A Savage 12 or something?

[bolster55]

Hi Josh,
It's a single shot xr100 in 22 250
26" barrel, hunting stock as purchased. The barrel is chrome moly.

[tom1]

Thanks to all who have replied. I'll put this project on hold. It seems a shame as there would be hundreds of old Omarks owned by members that could be set up for Sporter Class relatively cheaply. But these are the rules we have to abide by.
Brad Probert