International Benchrest Shooters


International Benchrest Shooters is as a governing body for benchrest shooting that is mainly active in the USA.

Disciplines

Competitions within IBS are divided into the categories Group which are benchrest disciplines, and Long Range which bears some resemblance to F-Class competitions.
;Group:
;Long Range:
IBS uses several different target types for different distances and disciplines.
;IBS 100 yard target: Measures, and has black lines on white paper.
;IBS 200 yard target: Measures, and has black lines on white paper.
;IBS 300 yard target: Measures, and has red lines on white paper.
;IBS 1000 yard target: Measures, and has blue lines on white paper, as well as a blue bullseye to make it easier to spot impacts on the paper targets from a distance.

Records

In 2018, Mike Wilson shot a record setting 5-shot group measuring at, which corresponds to an angular size of 0.102 moa or 0.029 mrad. The record was set shooting the 6mmBR Ackley Improved cartridge in good weather conditions, and the group was even centered in the X-ring. The IBS record from 2007 measured, which corresponds to an angular size of 0.133 moa or 0.038 mrad.