Match Course of Fire
The 2026 SK Lone Star Cup Steering & Organizing Committees will once again deliver an optimized match program focused on creating an unprecedented Southern USA/Northern Mexico International Super Regional Championship. The 2026 SKLSC will feature both a Smallbore Silhouette Standard Rifle Championship as well as the newly introduced Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette discipline.
Smallbore Silhouette Standard Rifle Course of Fire:
- This “standing portion” of the 2026 SKLSC is an All Standard Rifle Championship to accomodate our Mexican shooters who wish to bring their Standard Rifles to Houston as there is no Hunting Rifle class in Mexico. Since many Mexican shooters also need to borrow rifles, there will be more silhouette rifles available since many US shooters have Standard Rifles as well as Hunter Rifles to loan to their Mexican friends.
- Course of fire will be (2) 40-shot Standard Rifle matches on Saturday and (2) 40-shot Standard Rifle matches on Sunday for an aggregate of 160 shots. The 160-shot aggregate will incentivize more US out-of-state and Mexican shooters to show up as Sunday will be a full day of shooting.
- Three-man team matches will also be conducted using only Saturday’s 80-shot aggregate to determine the championship teams in Open, Master, AAA, AA, A & B Classes.
The SKLSC will be run under current NRA Sillhouette Smallbore Standard Rifle Rules. We wish to point out the following for the benefit of all our competitors:
NRA Standard Rifle configuration rules will apply and rifles may be certified prior to the start of the event.
A Match Jury will be named by the for the SKLSC to judge all disputes brought to them by the SKLSC Match Director.
The SKLSC Stat Office will take the needed measures to verify a shooter’s applicable classification. If for any reason a dispute takes place to define a shooter’s classification, the Match Jury will make the final decisions.
All shooters that do not have an NRA Classification can obtain one via the Stat Office by using their (2) 40-shot scores shot on Saturday.
Smallbore Silhouette Benchrest Course of Fire:
Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette will follow a similar course of fire as the Silhouette Standard Rifle in that these competitors will shoot on the same relays as the Silhouette Standard Rifle competitors using the same range commands, the 15 second ready and 2 1/2 minutes of firing for record.
The biggest difference in setting the animals is that all (6) banks of all (4) relays of Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette will start with chickens and progress to pigs, turkeys and rams in that order.
For Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette information and rules , click on the link below:
For the SKLSC Match Program in both English & Spanish, click on the links below:
Pending – To be Posted Soon!
2026 SKLSC Junior Sponsorship Program
No singular element in the 2026 SKLSC Vision & Mission is more important than increasing the % of juniors traveling to and participating in our championship matches. A focus on junior participation is critical to sustaining our silhouette discipline! Mexico shares similar concerns about attracting more junior shooters to their championship matches.
We are pleased to continue the success of our SKLSC Junior Sponsorship Program for the 2026 SKLSC. There are (2) major elements to our SKLSC Junior Sponsorship Program as follows:
2026 SK Ammunition Junior Donation Program:
EVERY JUNIOR WHO ATTENDS THE 2026 SKLSC WILL GET A BRICK OF SK RIFLE MATCH (500 ROUNDS) TO SHOOT OUR MATCH!
A big thanks to SK Ammunition (Title Sponsor) for this extremely generous donation to support our Juniors!
2026 SK Lone Star Cup Junior Prize Table:
Donations for the SKLSC Junior Prize Table are solicited through donations from industry suppliers and fellow adult silhouette shooters. Through NASSA & 4-H workshops, we realized the most significant barrier for many juniors to start shooting silhouette is the cost of entry into our sport. The Junior Prize table is one way we can get spoting scopes, tripods, rifle scopes, stocks, barrels, etc. into their hands to begin their journey!
2026 SKLSC Cash & Awards
2026 SKLSC Aggregate Cash Awards Program
We have $3000.00 US in cash prizes available for the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup!
Standard Rifle – $2500 in Cash donated by SK Ammunition and distributed to the individual 160-shot aggregate SKLSC Open Champion, 2nd Open, 3rd Open and a certain number of places into Master, AAA, AA and A Classes.
Benchrest Rifle Silhouette –$500 in Cash donated by NASSA and distributed to the individual 160-shot Open Champion and 1st in Master, AAA, AA and A Classes.
B Classes in both Standard Rifle and Benchrest Silhouette will not be awarded any cash, but limited to trophy-type awards.
ALL PROCEEDS & DONATIONS WILL BE PUMPED BACK IN TO THE SKLSC CASH & AWARDS PROGRAM, THE PRIZE TABLE, FOOD, TARGET SETTERS AND OTHER CURRENT & FUTURE MATCH EXPENSES.
2026 SKLSC Trophy & Medals Awards Program – Standard Rifle Silhouette
160-Shot Aggregate Awards – Trophies will be awarded for the aggregate SKLSC Open Champion, 2nd Open, 3rd Open. Medals will be awarded for 1st through 5th place medals for Master, AAA, AA, A and B Classes.
Jim Bowie Trophy – This legacy trophy will be awarded each year at the SKLSC to the winner of Saturday’s 80-shot aggregate!
Davy Crockett Trophy – This legacy trophy will be award each year at the SKLSC to the winner of Sunday’s 80-shot aggregate!
High Animal Count Awards – High Turkey and High Ram trophies will be awarded to any Master or AAA shooter with the highest animal count for both Sturday and Sunday. Likewise, the HIgh Chicken and High Pig trophies will be awarded to the highest animal count for AAA, AA, A and B shooters.
High Team Awards – Special Open Team Trophies will be awarded to the top (3)-person team for the Saturday 80-shot aggregate. Medals will be awarded to the top 3-person team in each of the Master, AAA, AA, A and B classes.
SKLSC Trophy & Medals Awards Program – Benchrest Rifle Silhouette
We will also have a trophy for the aggregate SKLSC Open Champion and medals awarded for 1st place in each of the Master, AAA, AA, A and B classes. NASSA has established a Benchrest Silhouette shooter classificatio system that will be implemented for the SKLSC. See the new Benchrest Silhouette rules for more details on this classification system. This has been done to help promote the growth of Benchrest Rifle Silhouette.
REMEMBER – ALL PROCEEDS & DONATIONS WILL BE PUMPED BACK IN TO THE SKLSC CASH & AWARDS PROGRAM, THE PRIZE TABLE, FOOD, TARGET SETTERS AND OTHER CURRENT & FUTURE MATCH EXPENSES.
Bayou Rifles Range Capacity
Standard Rifle (Standing) – The Bayou Rifles Addicks Range currently has (6) smallbore banks per animal, so (24) animal stations per relay. We are currently planning on shooting 5 relays so that gives us a capacity of (120) shooters for our standing silhouette competitors.
Benrchrest Rifle Silhouette – In addition, we have (6) banks for smallbore benchrest silhouette for our younger and older shooters. With (4) relays, that gives us (24) animal stations for smallbore benchrest silhouette. That is a total capacity on (4) relays of (120) total shooters for both smallbore silhouette disciplines.
Bayou Rifles Inc. has potential expansion capability of (2) more banks per animal or (32) animal stations per relay. That would expand the capacity of standing smallbore silhouette to (128) for 4 relays. We are already thinking ahead to make the SKLSC even more successful. Please come and support us and make this a reality!