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Handgun Metallic Silhouette is an
amateur family shooting sport. The Conventional / Production categories for
both the NRA and IHMSA are designed to keep it an amateur family sport.
The NRA name is
"Conventional Pistol" and the IHMSA name is "Production Handgun". It is the same
category regardless of the sanction, merely different names for the same thing.
NRA Conventional Pistol And IHMSA Production
Handgun
Categories
Conventional / Production Categories
are as manufactured, unmodified over the counter firearms with a barrel length
of 10 3/4" or less. The purpose of the category is so that anyone can go to
their local gun store and purchase a firearm no better, no worse than the person
shooting next to them. The Conventional category is not an equipment race to see
who can spend the most. The only bolt action pistol allowed is in IHMSA
Production. IHMSA allows the original XP-100 with 10 3/4" barrel chambered in
.221 Fireball caliber when un-modified.
Unlimited Categories
Unlimited Categories are the place
for bolt action firearms, customized or match grade tricked out guns. Within a
weight limit of 4.5 pounds (5.5 pounds for scoped categories) and a maximum
barrel length of 15", the Unlimited Categories are the place for experimenting.
All bolt action firearms (example: the XP-100) regardless of the as manufactured
or barrel length are Unlimited Category guns. The "Only" exception is the above
mentioned for IHMSA Production. Any firearm that has had parts replaced with anything but
factory spec parts for the make & model are Unlimited Category guns.
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