PR22 Precision Rifle Rimfire Series Rules

South African Practical Precision Rifle Federation NPC (2019/030615/08) · 25 Flamingrock Crescent, Mooikloof, 0059

V.1 — dated 12 December 2025

2027 season — where this document differs#

Archived 29 October 2026. Version 1 below is unchanged and kept for reference; it describes the series as published in December 2025. For the 2027 season, the 2027 national series rules and the 2028 IPRF team selection process apply, and they prevail wherever they differ, including:

• PR22 Junior Open is aged 12 to 18 at the start of the calendar year (section 2 says 14–18).
• PR22 Hunter is a South African division: factory stock, no chassis, 2.5 lb minimum trigger, rifle maximum US$2,500, optic maximum US$2,500.
• The 2027 year score is the best 3 one-day nationals (maximum 2 from the home province) plus the SA Championships weighted as one match, out of 500. Selection uses the same nationals and scores the championships out of 100, 400 points in total. That replaces the 30% / 40% / 30% log in sections 6 to 8 for 2027.
• Federation and Protea colours for athletes who represent SAPRF at an IPRF World Championship follow the 2028 selection process (85% in the division for a Protea motivation). Section 9 remains the December 2025 colours rule for the cycle it was written for.

1. General principles#

• PR22 rules will follow the centrefire series guidelines and general principles for course of fire, course construction.

2. Divisions#

Divisions currently for the PR22 / PRS SA Rimfire series will be:

• Open
• Ladies Open
• Senior Open (55 years and older)
• Junior Open (14–18 years)
• Factory (Rifles will follow IPRF guidelines as updated from time to time)

At the Match Director's discretion, matches may also cater for:

• Cadets (sub 14 years). Currently not for classification; no log scores calculated.
• PCP. Currently not for classification; no log scores calculated.

3. Membership eligibility#

• Only paid-up SAPRF members will be eligible for log scores.
• Free members will be restricted to shooting one National match, whereafter he should become a full member. A shooter will be afforded a 7-day grace period after a match to become a full member and have their scores recorded on logs.

4. Competition & scoring#

• Shooters will compete individually. The competitor with the highest score at the end of the match is declared the winner.
• Score percentages will be calculated from the overall match winner's score. Division / subdivision score will be calculated from the overall match winner's score. That percentage value score will be the score used for the logs.
• Should a Junior want to be included in overall classification, he/she shall be entitled to enter in Open class and will shoot the Open class course of fire. Some matches may allow for extra time, or supports and easier positions for junior class.

5. Ammunition#

• Currently no custom loaded ammunition is allowed. Ammunition will be limited to commercially available 40 gn lead bullets.
• This is to limit costs and allow for equal accessibility to PR22 for development of the series.

6. National Provincial Series#

• Operate provincially where shooters will have to shoot National Provincial 1-day matches in a division in any province for a provincial series log point.
• National Provincial 1-day matches to shoot 8–10 stages with minimum 96 match round count.
• Club matches are to be for training and development. Extra time or easier positions may be allowed at the Match Director's discretion. No club logs will be held by SAPRF.

7. National 2-Day Series#

• National 2-day matches to shoot 15–16 stages with minimum 166 round count.
• Then a PR22 / PRS SA Rimfire Championship match to shoot 16–20 stages with minimum round count to be 200 rounds.
• Year-end National SA Championship match to rotate to a different province yearly when possible.

8. Yearly National Leader Board#

The yearly National leader board will be determined as follows:

• Shooters' score from a minimum of 3 National Provincial 1-day PR22 matches — a shooter will be allocated points from 3 of those matches (3 highest scores). Each of those 3 matches will count 10 % each towards selection with a maximum allocation of points being 30 %.
• Shooters will have to shoot a minimum of 2 National 2-day matches in a division for a total of 40 % towards season score (20 % per match). Mandatory: 1 of these matches needs to be out of home province.
• Shooters' score from the SA Championship match in a division for a total of 30 % towards season score.

In summary:

9. Federation Colours#

• Federation national colours in PR22 will be applied for to ExCo for the top 5 (or as determined by US PRS) selected to shoot the US PRS Series championship match. This is based on the overall log of the previous year (2025) after the SA championship, and not by division. Invitations will be presented down the log starting from 1st place until all available positions have been filled, to a maximum position of 20th overall on the SA log.
• Federation colours in PR22 will be applied for to ExCo for the top shooters per division who represent their province at the SAPRF National Series championship match:

10. Signatories#

• Glen Clark — PR22 Chairman
• Dr Andries Lategan — SAPRF Chairman