DSB 10m Air Pistol Combined

Combined

In the air pistol Mehrkampf, shot with a multi-shot air pistol, only the precision half is on this card: four 5-shot series of 150 seconds after a sighting series; the rapid-fire half follows on the Nr. 8 card in 3/7-second mode.DSB rules 0.21, 2.13, 2.13.2 and 2.13.3

Sighters

One sighting series is allowed before the precision part and one before the rapid-fire part.DSB rule 2.13.2

Turning targets

In each rapid-fire series the target turns to face the shooter five times for 3 seconds and away for 7; it first appears 7 seconds (± 1) after ACHTUNG. On fixed targets, START and STOP commands 3 seconds apart take the place of turning.DSB rules 2.13.4 and 2.18.3.3

Ready position

Before every shot the arm comes down at least 45° from horizontal, the pistol neither rested nor pointed at the floor of the stand, the arm without visible movement; it may rise only when the targets start to turn or the light signal shows.DSB rules 2.6 and 2.18.3.3

Penalties

Lowering the arm less than 45°, or raising it before the turn, brings a warning (yellow card) and a repeat of the series, scored with the lower shot values of both; a second breach in the stage costs two rings, a third disqualifies.DSB rule 2.6

Pistol

Any repeating 4.5 mm (.177) air pistol of at most 7.5 joules may be used, up to 1,500 g with a trigger of at least 500 g, fitting the 420 × 200 × 50 mm box (0 to +1 mm) without its magazine.DSB rule 2.13 and the pistol table

Gauging

A hit takes the higher ring when the pellet visibly touches that ring’s outer line; doubtful hits are judged with an outward gauge with an 11.50 mm measuring ring.DSB rules 0.11.3 and 0.11.3.2

Ties

Without a final, ties for the top three in LP Standard and the Mehrkampf go to a shoot-off: a 20-second series in LP Standard, a rapid-fire series in the Mehrkampf. In the air pistol match, ties go first to the last ten-shot series, counting back.DSB rules 2.9 and 0.12.1

• DSB Nr.7 10m Air Pistol155.5 mm across · 59.5 mm aiming mark
• DSB Nr.8 10m RF Air Pistol154.5 mm across · 154.5 mm aiming mark

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