Highpower Rifle Matches
Test your skills at the top Highpower Across The Course match in the Southeast! Expect elite competition and big prizes at our annual Highpower matches.
2022 Match Program
Download the 2022 Match Program for all the details on this year's match!
About The Matches
About The Matches
Taking place each spring at Riverbend Gun Club just outside of Atlanta, GA, you will test your skills against some of the best shooters in the world for bragging rights and huge cash prizes!
Event History
Now in its 28th year, the Southern States Classic (formerly Confederate National Matches) was started in 1993 by Chuck Nicolaysen and Bobby Reiber to protest raising the entry fees to the NRA National Rifle Matches. The Match was run by Chuck, Bobby and friends for several years, and in 1999 the mantel of stewardship was passed to Vince Greiner. The match date was moved from after the Nationals to spring of the year, and entrants have exceeded range capacity many times. In 2020, the members voted to change the name of the matches to Southern States Classic.
Three days of shooting at Georgia's Riverbend highpower range (200, 300 & 600 yards x 25 firing points) is topped off with lots of trophies, merchandise and cash awards.
In 2015, over $3500 was awarded with a field of 56 shooters.
In 2016, over $3000 was awarded with a field of 50 shooters.
In 2017, over $3500 was awarded with a field of 48 shooters.
Event Highlights
Riverbend Gun Club is located in Dawsonville, GA, about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta. Competitors must be a Southerner, want to be a Southerner, or travel through a Southern state to get to the match. Entrants must have prior High Power Rifle competition experience (e.g. an NRA or CMP high power rifle classification).
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Organized Practice
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Event Details
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Organized Practice
Check your zeros with 50 shots fired at 200, 300, and 600 yards.
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Four Man Team Match
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Event Details
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Four Man Team Match
A 50 shot four man team match. The course of fire will be the National Match course with sighters and alibis. Teams may be formed on the l...
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Friday, 20 May 2022
80 Shot NMC Match
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Event Details
Friday, 20 May 2022
80 Shot NMC Match
Match 1 – The South Carolina Trophy: 200-yard slow fire
Match 2 – The Mississippi Trophy: 200-yard rapid fire
Match 3 – The Florida Trophy: 3...
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Saturday, 21 May 2022
80 Shot NMC Match
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Event Details
Saturday, 21 May 2022
80 Shot NMC Match
Match 5 – The Georgia Trophy: 200-yard slow fire
Match 6 – The Louisiana Trophy: 200-yard rapid fire
Match 7 – The Texas Trophy: 300-yard rapi...
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Sunday, 22 May 2022
50 Shot EIC Match
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
Event Details
Sunday, 22 May 2022
50 Shot EIC Match
Competitors may shoot a CMP approved 50 shot EIC match or a 50 shot Directors match (standing in rapids not required). No sighters or allib...
All day
Riverbend Gun Club
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Southern States Classic
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