How Much Ammo?

A pretty common question is how many rounds will be needed to fire the Canadian Championships.  You can refer to daily match schedule on page 8 of the most recent Marksman (or see here), remembering to add two sighters for each range fired.


The first two days, First-Friday-13-Aug and First-Saturday-14-Aug are our warmup days.  Your ammo use will depend on which ones you sign up for:

• Sierra Canadian Long Range Challenge - 68 rounds total (including sighters).
• Ottawa Regiment - 17 rounds
• Gooderham - 29 rounds
• Army and Navy Veterans - 17 rounds
• Squadded Practice - up to you!

Then the Tilton match and the Grand Agg happen, running from Sunday-15-Aug to Thursday-19-Aug-AM, plus 2nd-Friday-20-Aug-AM.  This requires 228 rounds (190 + 38 sighters).

Your entry fee in the Grand also entitles you to shoot the Governor General's Final or the F-Class Final if you qualify; this is another 34 rounds.

The team matches happen on Thursday-19-Aug-PM (34 rounds per shooter), 2nd-Friday-20-Aug-PM (24 rounds per shooter), and 2nd-Saturday-21-Aug-AM (36 rounds per shooter).

If you are not shooting the team matches or helping with them, you might want to shoot the "extras" matches - Thu-PM Perry (51 rounds), 2nd-Fri-PM Hayhurst (36 rounds), 2nd-Sat-AM Street (51 rounds).

For shooters firing the America Match, 68 rounds are needed there.

It of course never hurts to bring extra ammo if you can - for shootoffs, or perhaps to loan your rifle and ammo to a teammate in a team match, etc.