Quote Originally Posted by cowtownup View Post
They use them at bigger matches where you have enough people in each class to warrant having a class.. Our local match usually has about 6-10 F-Open shooters and we all shoot in one class instead of F-Open (HM) then F-Open (M) and so on... Maybe this link can help you... Page 4 I think...

https://rulebooks.nra.org/documents/...R/hpr-book.pdf
I've read that many times, section 19 (page 60) simply says that shooters will move up a class if there is an insufficient number of folks to form a class. I got that.
The original question remains:
Given that there ARE enough shooters, is the use of classifications mandatory in a sanctioned match?
Simple question...yes or no?