DSB Nr.8 10m RF Air Pistol target

Scheibe Nr. 8 is the DSB card for the rapid-fire half of the air pistol combined event (Luftpistole Mehrkampf): four series of five shots, the target turning to face the shooter for 3 seconds and away for 7 before each shot. Before every shot the arm comes down at least 45°, as in the duel stage of 25 m pistol.

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The DSB Nr.8 10m RF Air Pistol target, drawn to scale: 154.5 mm across, with the 154.5 mm black over rings 5 to 10

Courses of fire

20 shots
CourseShotsMaximum
Combined, rapid fire4 × 5 · 218.0 in decimals20200

Events shot on two targets

EventStagesShots
DSB 10m Air Pistol CombinedPrecision, rapid fire40

Badges

Germany · DSB

Leistungs- und Meisterschützenabzeichen des DSB

DSB proficiency and master marksman badges

The DSB gives its performance badges each year to reward results and to encourage shooting for performance. A badge result can also count as the coordination test of the German Sports Badge (Deutsches Sportabzeichen) the same year. Clubs order the badges on a form at the end of each quarter, through their district, from their state association; in 2026 a small badge cost €4.00, a large one €4.50 and the master marksman badge €6.50.

Age classes go by the age reached in the calendar year, the DSB’s sport year.

DSB, “Leistungsabzeichen”, Ausschreibungen 2026, rules 1, 4, 11 and 13; DSB, “Meisterschützenabzeichen”, Ausschreibungen 2026, rule 5; DSB, “Sportliche Auszeichnungen”

Leistungsabzeichen des DSB

DSBDSB Performance Badge

Course of fireLP-Mehrkampf, 40 shots: four 5-shot series in 150 s on Nr. 7, then four rapid-fire, 3 s on and 7 s off

Junioren, Herren and Damen

ClassBronzeSilverGold
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17), 40 shots
Every class17 and over288306324

Junioren weiblich: the junior numbers less 5 rings, as the footnote says

EventBronzeSilverGold
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20283301319

Schüler and Jugend

ClassBronzeSilverGold
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17), 40 shots
SchülerUp to 14240270290
Jugend15–16250290310
  • Rings in one match of the shots given, at a club shooting day or any DSB competition, announced to the range officer before the start and shot under supervision; one condition a day, no second try that day.
  • The small badge takes the score once; the large badge, after the small one of the same colour, five times within a year.
  • Only DSB-approved cards count.
  • Female juniors take 5 rings off the junior numbers, as the table’s footnote says (worked out in the Junioren weiblich table); a class with no number may shoot the next stronger class’s.
  • The LP-Mehrkampf shoots four 5-shot series in 150 seconds on Nr. 7, then four in rapid fire, 3 seconds on and 7 off, on this card; the badge counts the total.

DSB, Tabelle Leistungsabzeichen gesamt (Stand April 2025), pp. 1–2; Leistungsabzeichen rules 1–13, Ausschreibungen 2026 (Stand 30.12.2025)

How it is shot

Course · Turning targets · Ready position · Penalties · Sighters · Pistol · Ties
Course
In the air pistol combined event (2.17), 20 precision shots in four series of 5, 150 seconds each, go on the 10 m pistol card (Nr. 7); the 20 rapid-fire shots, four series of 5, go on this card.DSB rule 0.21, event 2.17
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
Sighters
One sighting series is allowed before the precision part and one before the rapid-fire part.DSB rule 2.13.2
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
Ties
Where no final is shot, ties for places 1 to 3 are decided by a shoot-off of one rapid-fire series, repeated until decided; ties below go to the last 10-shot series counting back, then the most 10s, 9s, 8s…, then inner tens.DSB rules 2.9 and 0.12.1

Dimensions

6 rings · 154.5 mm

Card 170 × 170 mm or larger · 4.5 mm scoring gauge (.177)

RingColourDiameterCentre within
Inner tenBlack11 mm0.43 in7.75 mm
10Black22 mm0.87 in13.25 mm
9Black48.5 mm1.9 in26.5 mm
8Black75 mm3.0 in39.75 mm
7Black101.5 mm4.0 in53 mm
6Black128 mm5.0 in66.25 mm
5Black154.5 mm6.1 in79.5 mm

Source: Sportordnung des Deutschen Schützenbundes e.V., Stand 01.01.2027, rule Teil 0, 0.20 Anhang – Scheibe Nr. 8 (10 m Pistole Schnellfeuerteil). Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .

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