ISSF 10m Air Pistol target

The ISSF air pistol card, used for the Olympic air pistol event for men and for women, and for the mixed team event. Qualification is 60 shots in whole rings; the best eight then start a final from zero, scored in tenths, in which the lowest-ranked finalist leaves after the 12th shot and another after every second shot. The same card is also used as the DSB Nr.7 10m Air Pistol (DSB, Germany), the NRA B-40 10m Air Pistol (NRA, United States) and the SPSF 10m Air Pistol (SPSF, Sweden).

Shot one? Score it from a photo

The ISSF 10m Air Pistol target, drawn to scale: 155.5 mm across, with the 59.5 mm black over rings 7 to 10

Courses of fire

60 or 40 shots
CourseShotsMaximum
60 shots (AP60)6 × 10 · 75 min (90 on paper)60600
40 shots (AP40)Not an ISSF match · 4 × 1040400

Same event elsewhere

EventCompared with ISSF 10m Air Pistol
SPSF 10m Air PistolThe same course
NRA B-40 10m Air PistolThe same course

Badges

8 countries
GermanyDSB and KB

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 fireAir pistol, 40 shots (Schüler 20); LP-Mehrkampf and LP Standard, 40; rested, 30

Junioren, Herren and Damen

ClassBronzeSilverGold
10m Luftpistole (2.10), 40 shots
Junioren I–II17–20283301318
Herren I21–40298317335
Herren II41–50297315333
Herren III51–60294312330
Herren IV–V61 and over288306324
Damen I–II21–50290308325
Damen III51–60282299316
Damen IV–V61 and over268285301
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17) and 10m LP Standard (2.18), 40 shots
Every class17 and over288306324

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

EventBronzeSilverGold
10m Luftpistole (2.10)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20278296313
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17) and LP Standard (2.18)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20283301319

Schüler and Jugend

ClassBronzeSilverGold
10m Luftpistole (2.10)
SchülerUp to 14; 20 shots110130150
Jugend15–16; 40 shots240280310
10m LP Mehrkampf (2.17), 40 shots
SchülerUp to 14240270290
Jugend15–16250290310
10m LP Standard (2.18), 40 shots
SchülerUp to 14230260280
Jugend15–16240280300

Auflage (rested), Senioren

ClassBronzeSilverGold
Luftpistole Auflage (2.11), 30 shots, in tenths
Senioren 151–60236251265
Senioren 261–65236248262
Senioren 366–70231245260
Senioren 471–75229243258
Senioren 576–80226240254
Senioren 681 and over222236250

Para classes

ClassBronzeSilverGold
10m Luftpistole (2.10), 40 shots
92 and 93SH1/AB1 m and w ohne HM: holding free218232245
10m LP Standard (2.18), 40 shots
92 and 93SH1/AB1 m and w ohne HM: holding free253269284
  • 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 its rapid-fire half on Nr. 8.
  • Damen III’s Luftpistole bronze is printed 382, above its silver; read 282.

DSB, Tabelle Leistungsabzeichen gesamt (Stand April 2025), pp. 1–3; Leistungsabzeichen rules 1–13, Ausschreibungen 2026 (Stand 30.12.2025)

Meisterschützenabzeichen

DSBMaster Marksman Badge

Course of fireAir pistol, 40 or 60 shots (Jugend 40, Schüler 20); rested, 30

EventShotsRingsTenthsDecimal scoring
Schüler, born 2012–2014
Luftpistole (2.10)20160–
Jugend, born 2009–2011
Luftpistole (2.10)40340–
Junioren and adults, born 2008 or earlier
Luftpistole (2.10)40360–
Luftpistole (2.10)60540–
Auflage (rested), Senioren
Luftpistole (2.11)Senioren I und 230270183.0
Luftpistole (2.11)Senioren 3 und 530265278.5
  • Totals at championships — Kreis or Gau, Bezirk, Land and German championships, Regional- and Bundesliga matches, European and World Championships, Olympic Games — reached three times within one sport year (Schüler and Jugend: twice), in any mix of events and championships.
  • Awarded once a sport year, on the Landesverband’s application.
  • The rested columns are printed “Senioren I und 2” and “Senioren 3 und 5”; Senioren 4 and 6 are not named.
  • Luftpistole’s tenths for Senioren I und 2 are printed 183.0, evidently a misprint.

DSB, Meisterschützenabzeichen, Ausschreibungen 2026 (Stand 21.01.2026), rules 1–6

Schießauszeichnungen des KB

KB shooting awards

The KB’s awards share one design in every weapon type but the English Match, and are told apart by size, colour and inscription. Its Schießsportordnung doubles as the shooter’s record book, in which the club’s shooting officer signs off each award with its score and date. Claims are checked by the district shooting officer and passed on to the state’s; an award won against the rules is withdrawn. The Silbernes Gewehr was first awarded for the 1967 season.

Classes go by the age reached in the calendar year: Schüler up to 14 (Schüler I 10–11, II 12–14); J Sch / Jun, Jungschützen 15–17 and Junioren 18–20, M girls and J boys; Damen and Schützen 21–40; Damen Alt(ers) and Alters 41–50; Damen Sen(ioren) and Senioren 51–60; Sen(ioren) I 61–70 and II 71 and over, with their Damen classes; Behinderte I 18–50, II 51 and over. Klasse I–IV, as the KB defines them for its service arms: I 18–40, II 41–60, III 61–70, IV 71 and over.

Schießsportordnung des Kyffhäuserbundes (28.02.2023), XI 3, 10 and 12, pp. 47–49; Schießbuch, pp. 39 a, 62 a and 69–78 a; Silbernes Gewehr rule 8, p. 82

Schießleistungsnadeln

KBShooting Proficiency Pins

Course of fireOne 15-shot series, or 30 for the 30-shot pin; air pistol (Schüler 10 or 20) or rested

Kleine Leistungsnadeln (small pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
LP, air pistol
Schüler576063
J Sch / Jun M95100105
J Sch / Jun J100105110
Damen100105110
Schützen105110115
Damen Alt95100105
Alters100105110
Damen Sen859095
Senioren9095100
Damen Sen I + II859095
Sen I + II859095
LP Auflage, air pistol rested
Damen Sen I + II95100105
Sen I + II100105110

Große Leistungsnadeln (large pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
LP, air pistol
Schüler656973
J Sch / Jun M107111115
J Sch / Jun J112116120
Damen112116120
Schützen117121125
Damen Alt107111115
Alters112116120
Damen Sen97101105
Senioren102106110
Damen Sen I + II9599103
Sen I + II97101105
LP Auflage, air pistol rested
Damen Sen I + II105109113
Sen I + II110114118

Große Schießspange and goldene Eichel

ClassSchießspangeGoldene Eichel
LP, air pistol
Schüler7775
J Sch / Jun M119117
J Sch / Jun J124122
Damen124122
Schützen129127
Damen Alt119117
Alters124122
Damen Sen109107
Senioren114112
Damen Sen I + II107105
Sen I + II109107
LP Auflage, air pistol rested
Damen Sen I + II109107
Sen I + II114112
  • Rings in one series of 15 shots (Schüler with LG and LP: 10); a 30-shot pin (Schüler 20) takes twice the number, and the 15-shot pin first.
  • Shot at the club on a day the Schießleitung sets, announced beforehand, before the Schießwart and a witness, who sign the numbered cards; one attempt per weapon type a day, and championship results count too.
  • In order: bronze, silver, gold; small pins, large pins, Schießspange, Eichel.
  • The small pins may all come in one year, on different days; after the small gold, one award per weapon type a year, from the next year (the Senioren classes may take the three large pins in one year).
  • Behinderte: their age class, 5 rings less.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), XI, pp. 47–49, and pp. 62 a–65 a

Leistungsabzeichen in Gold

KBGold Performance Badge

Course of fireChampionship matches: air pistol, or air pistol rested

ClassLP
Schüler I Mädchen150
Schüler I Jungen155
Schüler II Mädchen150
Schüler II Jungen155
Jungsch. Mädchen245
Jungsch. Jungen250
Junioren Mädchen245
Junioren Jungen250
Damen255
Schützen270
Damen Alt245
Alt265
Damen Senioren235
Senioren255
Damen Senioren I215
Senioren I245
Damen Senioren II210
Senioren II225
Behinderte I240
Behinderte II235

LP Auflage / 5

ClassLP Auflage
Damen Sen I + II230
Sen I + II240
  • Championship totals, at the Kreis, Landes and Bundes championships of one sport year: three results reaching these, in the prescribed positions, or their average reaching them; from different weapon types, the summed minimums are set against the summed results.
  • Awarded once a year, on the Landesschießwart’s application.
  • The numbers are for the closed oak wreath; the half wreath takes 5 rings less in each.
  • The table prints “/ 5” after LP Auflage, GK K and FP without saying what it means.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), pp. 79–80 a

Silbernes Gewehr

KBSilver Rifle

Course of fireEach practice day’s first series of 15 shots, the best 10 days averaged; air pistol (Schüler 10) or rested

Hangers: the yearly average

ClassBronzeSilverGold
LP, air pistol: at least 10 days
Schüler455060
J Sch / Jun M95100105
J Sch / Jun J98103108
Damen95100105
Schützen100105110
Damen Alt9095100
Alters95100105
Damen Sen859095
Senioren9095100
Damen Sen I + II808590
Sen I + II859095
LP Auflage, air pistol rested: at least 10 days
Damen Sen I + II859095
Sen I + II9095100
  • A yearly average: the first series of each practice day, 15 shots (Schüler with LG and LP 10, GK L 10, EM 60), competitions included; the worst days are struck down to the minimum printed with the weapon type, and the total is divided by that minimum.
  • The base badge comes with the first hanger; then one hanger, bronze, silver or gold, per weapon type and year.
  • Open also to Bundeswehr and police members who are not in the KB.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), pp. 82–84 a

Bundes-Sportschützenabzeichen

KBFederal Sport Shooter Badge

Course of fireEach shooting day’s first series of 30 shots, on at least 10 days (rested 5); air pistol (Schüler 20) or rested

Every series, and the average

ClassSilverGold
LP, air pistol: at least 10 days
Schüler120130
J Sch / Jun M215225
J Sch / Jun J220230
Damen220230
Schützen240250
Damen Alt190200
Alters230240
Damen Sen180190
Senioren190200
Damen Sen I + II170180
Sen I + II180190
LP Auflage, air pistol rested: at least 5 days
Damen Sen I + II180190
Sen I + II190200
  • Series of 30 shots (Schüler with LG and LP 20, GK L 20, EM 60), the first of each shooting day, every one reaching the number, on at least the days printed with the weapon type; the average over those days decides.
  • The text names 10 days for LG and LP and 5 for KK, the table 10 for KK.
  • One pin a year, silver first.
  • Open also to Bundeswehr and police members who are not in the KB.
  • Behinderte: their age class, 5 rings less.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), pp. 90 a–91 a

Bundes-Lorbeerspange

KBFederal Laurel Clasp

Course of fireEach shooting day’s first series of 30 shots, on at least 10 days; air pistol (Schüler 20) or rested

Every series

ClassBronzeSilverGold
LP, air pistol: at least 10 days
Schüler112122132
J Sch / Jun M207217227
J Sch / Jun J212222232
Damen212222232
Schützen222242252
Damen Alt182192202
Alters212232242
Damen Sen172182192
Senioren182192202
Damen Sen I + II172182192
Sen I + II182192202
LP Auflage, air pistol rested: at least 10 days
Damen Sen I + II173183193
Sen I + II183193203
  • From the year after the gold Bundes-Sportschützenabzeichen: bronze, silver, gold, one a year, in that order.
  • Series of 30 shots (Schüler with LG and LP 20, GK L 20, EM 60), the first of each shooting day, every one reaching the number, on at least the days printed with the weapon type; competition results count.
  • Open also to Bundeswehr and police members who are not in the KB.
  • Behinderte: their age class, 5 rings less.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), pp. 93 a–94 a

JapanJRSF

日本ライフル射撃協会 段級審査

JRSF dan and kyu grading

The JRSF’s regulations govern all dan and kyu grading in Japanese rifle and pistol shooting, from beam rifle and air guns to big-bore rifle and matchlock muzzle-loaders, to encourage shooters and develop the sport. A candidate applies with a fee before the match, sits a written test at 5th kyu, 1st dan and 6th dan, and after passing pays a registration fee for an electronic certificate. A grade in one discipline lets a shooter start higher in another.

JRSF 段級審査規程 (in force 21 February 2026), arts. 1–2 and 15–17; 付表1; JRSF, 「段級制度」

10mエアピストル (AP60)

JRSF10m Air Pistol (AP60)

Course of fireOne 60-shot 10 m air pistol match (AP60)

GradePoints60 shots
5th kyu5級390
4th kyu4級420
3rd kyu3級450
2nd kyu2級470
1st kyu1級495
1st dan初段510
2nd dan2段525
3rd dan3段540
4th dan4段555
5th dan5段564
6th dan6段570
7th dan7段575
8th dan8段580
  • The total of one 60-shot 10 m air pistol match (AP60, max 600), shot at a sanctioned competition or at a grading session of at least three participants held apart from one, before two examiners; 6th dan and above only at G1 and G2 events.
  • Grades are taken in order from the bottom and held for life.
  • The same table also grades the 40-shot match (AP40), from 260 to 386.

JRSF 段級審査規程, in force 21 February 2026, art. 11 and 付表5 (pistol, rev. 3 December 2022), riflesports.jp

NetherlandsKNSA

KNSA-vaardigheidskruis

KNSA proficiency cross

The KNSA set up its proficiency tests for master marksmen, with the cross as their award; its general board changes the requirements, yearly where needed, on the national technical committees’ proposal. The vaardigheidskruis is an enamelled gilt cross on a 27 mm red, white and blue ribbon, and each clasp costs a fee the board sets. The KNSA keeps a numbered register of every test taken, open to any shooter, and sends out the awards itself.

Shot at a KNSA classification match, a district, regional or national championship or an international match, before an authorised KNSA official, and announced before the series with an entry fee; a proef is awarded once a year. The first pass brings the cross, each later one a numbered clasp; 25 passes in all bring a silvered pin, 50 a gilt one. Categories by the age reached in the season, 1 October to 30 September: senioren 21–54, junioren-A 18–20, -B 15–17, -C 13–14, veteranen 55 and over.

KNSA Schiet- en Wedstrijdreglement, deel I (01-10-2026), 20.1, 20.3, 20.5 and 20.6, pp. 30–32

Vaardigheidskruis

KNSAProficiency Cross

Course of fireAir pistol, 60 shots (veteranen, junioren-B and -C 40); .22 Meesterkaart, 40 in 5-shot series, 50 min

ProefShotsScore
Luchtpistool (4.08)Senioren heren, junioren-A heren60536
Luchtpistool (4.08)Senioren dames, junioren-A dames60520
Luchtpistool (4.08)Veteranen heren and dames40357
Luchtpistool (4.08)Junioren-B40340
Luchtpistool (4.08)Junioren-C40323
Meesterkaart KKP 10 meter (4.13).22 pistol. Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A40352
  • The score is the match total, on the ISSF air-pistol card.
  • The Meesterkaart KKP is the .22 pistol on the same card at 10 m: 40 shots in 5-shot series, 50 minutes.

KNSA, Overzicht klasseringseisen seizoen 2026/2027 (14 Sept. 2026), 4.08, 4.13; SWR deel VI (01-10-2026), 6.2, p. 16, and 6.6, p. 17; SWR deel I (01-10-2026), H20, pp. 30–32

NorwayNSF

NAIS-medaljen (NSF)

NAIS medal (NSF)

The NAIS medal was instituted in 1939 as the army-rifle medal of NAIS, the Norwegian branch of the International Shooting Union. Its rules were much simplified in 1990, with slightly higher scores for the better precision rifles, and pistol, clay and running target joined the programme in 1994. NAIS results are not reported to NSF: the organiser records and keeps them on trust.

Shot as a NAIS shoot of its own, run by a Forsvaret unit or a DFS or NSF club; the organiser’s signed result counts. The badges may be won in any order; the medals from the year after the gilt-badge score, the gilt medal after the silver, with one counting result per medal level a year. The recruit badge, for shooters who turn 16 or younger in the year, is won once. Bronze, silver and gilt enamel stars follow the gilt medal, each for its score in three different years, then a statuette.

Norges Sportsskytterforbund, Reglement for NAIS og Kvartmatch (2021, updated 2025), NAIS: Historikk, p. 2; Administrative bestemmelser, p. 6; Norges Sportsskytterforbund, “NAIS-skyting”

NAIS 10 m luftpistol

NSFNAIS 10 m air pistol

Course of fire30 shots in 45 min, sighters included

LevelPoints30 shots
Recruit badge160
Bronze badge180
Silver badge190
Gilt badge200
Bronze medal220
Silver medal230
Gilt medal240

Points in 30 shots in 45 minutes, free sighters included, under ISSF’s 10 m pistol rules, on the ISSF air pistol card.

NSF, Reglement for NAIS (2021, updated 2025), §§ 2–6, pp. 2–5, and Nasjonale pistolregler 2026, 8.31, p. 6

NSF ferdighetsmerke og Kvartmatch

NSF skill badge and Quarter Match

NSF’s skill badge, in gold, silver and bronze, is awarded in chosen events in every branch, at scores its committee for grassroots sport sets. In NSF’s 10, 25 and 50 m pistol events, the skill badge’s silver score is also the score for promotion to class A. The Kvartmatch rules, adopted by NSF’s board, have been in force since 1991.

Norges Sportsskytterforbund, Fellesreglement (June 2026), Del II, 2.3.2.1–2.3.2.3, p. 18; Norges Sportsskytterforbund, Tabell 5, Merke- og opprykkskrav (2026); Norges Sportsskytterforbund, Reglement for NAIS og Kvartmatch (2021, updated 2025), Kvartmatch, p. 8

Sportsskytterforbundets ferdighetsmerke

NSFNSF Skill Badge

Course of fireThe event’s full match, 60 or 40 shots

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 m air pistol, 60 shots10m Luftpistol, 3A576565535
10 m air pistol, 40 shots10m Luftpistol, 3A383375355
  • Points for the event’s full course at a meet; the meet’s organiser or the shooter’s club issues the requisition, giving the result and the date.
  • No order, period or limit on repeats is printed, and the requirements do not apply to classes SH1–SH3.

NSF Tabell 5, Merke- og opprykkskrav (valid from 2026); Fellesreglement (June 2026), 2.3.2, p. 18

SwedenSPSF and SvSF

SPSF förbundsmärken

SPSF federation badges

An SPSF club may back a member’s application for a handgun licence only once the member has met the Pistolskyttemärket’s gold requirements, or, holding gold, those of a year badge (årtalsmärke) in either of the last 2 years. Badges are bought at set prices through SPSF’s member system by 31 January of the year after the test. The Pistolskyttemärket shows crossed wheel-lock pistols from Gustav II Adolf’s armoury, now in the Royal Armoury in Stockholm.

Weapon groups: A service-type large-calibre pistols, B other large-calibre pistols and revolvers, C .22 pistols and revolvers, R large-calibre revolvers.

Svenska Pistolskytteförbundet, Skjuthandbok, 21st edition (2026), Bilaga 1, 1.1 and 5.1.1; Bilaga 8, rule 9; Svenska Pistolskytteförbundet, “Pistolskyttemärken”

Luftpistolmärket

SPSFAir Pistol Badge

Course of fire5 × 10 shots, 15 min a series, standing without support

LevelPoints
Bronze66
Silver76
Gold88
  • Points in each of five 10-shot series, 15 minutes each, standing without support, within one calendar year.
  • Any level may be won first, and several in the same year; bronze and silver are open to non-members when an official of an SPSF club runs the test.

Skjuthandboken 2026 (21st ed.), P 5.11.1, p. 467

Luftpistolmärke för ungdom

SPSFYouth Air Pistol Badge

Course of fire5 × 10 shots, 15 min a series; standing with a support hand (up to 13 also seated with a rest)

LevelUp to 13Up to 15
Bronze7676
Silver8280
Gold8884
Gold, one star9288
Gold, two stars9490
Gold, three stars9793

Up to 13: Seated with a rest, or standing with a support hand · Up to 15: Standing with a support hand

  • Points in each of five 10-shot series, 15 minutes each, for young shooters up to the year they turn 13 or 15; a club official supervises every test.
  • Bronze to gold may be won in the same year, each level after the one below; the starred levels need membership of an SPSF or SvSF club.

Skjuthandboken 2026 (21st ed.), P 5.11.3, p. 468

SvSF skyttemärken

SvSF shooting badges

SvSF’s rulebook dates its submachine-gun badge to 1946, its smallbore badge to 1971 and its first air-rifle badge to 1973. An SvSF club may back a member’s application for a handgun licence only once the member has met the silver requirements in sport, centre-fire or free pistol within the last 2 years, or SPSF’s gold. For a submachine-gun licence, SvSF asks for 3 years as an active shooter at gold level.

Svenska Skyttesportförbundet, Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.13, pp. 90 and 92; Svenska Skyttesportförbundet, handlingsregler för föreningsintyg för vapenlicens (2025-05-14), rule 10 for handguns, and for rifles

Luftpistol 10 m

SvSFAir Pistol Badges, 10 m

Course of fire10 × 5 shots or 5 × 10 shots

Level5-shot series×1010-shot series×5
Propagandamärke (promotion badge)
Bronze3672
Silver3876
Gold4080
Påbyggnadsmärke (advanced badge)
Bronze4080
Silver4488
Gold4794
  • Points in each of ten 5-shot series or five 10-shot series.
  • The promotion badges may all be won in one calendar year, in order; the advanced badge needs promotion-badge gold in an earlier year and then climbs a level a year at most, and gold with one, two or three stars follows for its gold scores met in three more years each.
  • Members of SvSF clubs only; a level is won when its scores are met and the badge is bought.

Skyttemärken SvSF (2023-01-12), pp. 3 and 7

SwitzerlandSSV

SSV-Auszeichnungen

SSV awards

The SSV’s Volksschiessen is meant to bring people to sport shooting, and most who shoot it hold no licence: in 2025, 7,868 of the 10,835 shooters in its 50 m edition. Most awards in the 300 m Einzelwettschiessen are Kranzkarten rather than badges, 92 percent of them in 2025. The Sportschützenauszeichnung is there to draw more shooters to club and popular shoots.

Classes go by birth year, as the age reached in the year the season ends. A Kranzkarte (wreath card) is a card worth the francs shown, given as, or instead of, a wreath badge.

SSV, Reglement Schweizer Volksschiessen Gewehr 50m (2016), 1.1; SSV, Jahresbericht 2025 Schweizer Volksschiessen Gewehr 50m, pp. 2 and 20; SSV, Auszeichnungsquoten EWS-G300 2025; SSV, Reglement Sportschützenauszeichnung Gewehr 10m und 50m (2011), 1 and 6

Einzelwettkampf Pistole 10m (EW-P10)

SSVIndividual Match, 10 m air pistol

Course of fireBest two of three 20-shot parts, each untimed, after unlimited sighters; U13 from a fixed rest, U15 a moving one

ClassPoints40 shots
Bis U17Juniors, to 16290
U19 / SVJuniors 17–18, senior veterans 70 and over310
U21 / VJuniors 19–20, veterans 60–69330
E/SElite and seniors, 21–59350
  • Points for the best two of three 20-shot parts, on the SSV’s numbered 10 m pistol cards; each part untimed and unbroken after as many sighters as one likes, the parts on different days if one likes.
  • Licensed shooters, under supervision, once a season, 15 October to 31 March.
  • The limit gives a Kranzkarte worth Fr. 8.
  • U13 may shoot from a fixed rest, U15 from a moving one.

AFB EW-P10, Ausgabe 2026/2027 (Reg.-Nr. 4.72.02), §§ 2–4 and 6, pp. 1–2; Reglement EW-P10, Ausgabe 2015, § 3

Nadelstich Pistole 10m (NS-P10)

SSVPin Match, 10 m air pistol

Course of firePart 1, 10 shots; part 2, 20 shots (U10 to U17, 10)

LevelPart 110 shots, none belowPart 220 shots, none below
Bronze pinBronzenadel56
Silver pinSilbernadel67
Gold pinGoldnadel78
  • No shot of a part may score below the value shown; U10 to U17 shoot 10 shots in part 2.
  • Part 1 opens part 2, and part 2 the next level: the levels are taken in order, each repeated until passed, and gold ends the season’s levels.
  • Each level passed gives its pin or, instead, credit points — 2, 2 and 3, at most 7 a season — and 35 points give a special pin.
  • A licence is needed except for juniors to U21; under supervision, 15 October to 31 March.

Reglement NS-P10, Ausgabe 2018 (DOK 4.04.4203), Art. 4 and 8–13, pp. 1–3; AFB NS-P10, Ausgabe 2026/2027 (Reg.-Nr. 4.71.02), §§ 2, 3 and 6, pp. 1–3

United KingdomNSRA

NSRA Proficiency Badges

The NSRA’s proficiency scheme covers 11 disciplines, from air pistol to benchrest rifle and sport crossbow, and a shooter may enter as often as they like. A claim should say whether a lower award would be accepted, in case the score claimed is not confirmed. The numbered NSRA card stickers cost £3.00 for a set of 12, at least 5 sets an order, and unused sets stay valid in later years; the badge is bought separately.

Open to all; NSRA membership is not needed. Each card carries an NSRA sticker put on before shooting, a discipline’s set of cards is shot within four weeks (or within the NSRA postal competition it is shot alongside), and the cards go to the NSRA to be scored. A badge is claimed for the class the score reaches, by 31 January the following year. Juniors must be under the age on the day they shoot, and may also claim senior classes. (Booklet pp. 2–3.)

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), General Conditions, and Prizes & Awards, pp. 2–3; NSRA Proficiency Badge Competitions, Sticker Order Form, v4; NSRA, “NSRA Proficiency Badge Scheme & Competition”

10 Metre / 6 Yard Air Pistol

NSRA

Course of fire40 shots at 10 m or 6 yd; no sighters once the first competition shot is fired

AwardPoints40 shots
Mastershot375
Expert365
Class A353
Class B340
Class C320
Class D300
Class A JuniorUnder 18290
Class B JuniorUnder 18260
Class C JuniorUnder 14, out of 200125
  • Minimum scores for 40 shots at 10 metres on the ISSF card, or at 6 yards on the NSRA Air 8 card: one table for both courses.
  • No sighters once the first competition shot is fired.

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 4

United StatesCMP and NRA

CMP Achievement Awards

Every CMP rulebook, from air gun and smallbore to service rifle, pistol and the CMP Games, sets achievement awards as an incentive to take part and improve. In EIC matches, shooters already Distinguished, who earn no more credit points, still compete for achievement pins. If extreme weather lowers every score in a CMP Games match, or many competitors are new, the match director may lower the bronze score, but not below the 40th-percentile competitor.

Gold, silver or bronze for equalling or exceeding the cut score in one match at a CMP-sanctioned or CMP-run competition. The cut scores come from earlier national championship scores, set so that roughly the top 40 percent of competitors earn an award: the top sixth of them gold, the next two sixths silver, the rest bronze.

CMP Air Rifle and Air Pistol Competition Rules, 5th ed. (2026), rule 11.1; CMP Highpower Rifle Competition Rules, 29th ed. (2026), rules 4.11.3, 9.3.9–9.3.10 and 10.3.3; CMP Games Rifle and Pistol Competition Rules, 13th ed. (2026), rules 4.8 and 4.8.4

Air Pistol Achievement Award

CMP

Course of fireOne 60-shot 10 m air pistol match (AP60)

EventGoldSilverBronze
Air Pistol, 60 shotsInteger scoring≥564550–563534–549

Whole-ring points over one 60-shot 10 m air pistol match (AP60) on the ISSF 10 m air pistol target, at a CMP-sanctioned competition — at competitions only; the CMP provides the pins.

CMP Air Rifle and Air Pistol Competition Rules, 5th ed. (2026), rules 6.4.3 and 11.1, Table 4, pp. 28, 52–53

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program

The NRA dates the programme to 1903 and measures shooters against par scores in 23 qualifications, from BB gun to shotgun and multi-gun. Awards are ordered from the NRA’s Program Materials Center: the discipline’s patch at the start, then a rocker, medal, pin and certificate for each rating. NRA members who reach Distinguished Expert get its packet free, and those who earn it in 2 or 3 of rifle, pistol and shotgun become Double or Triple Distinguished.

Ratings are earned in order, from Pro-Marksman up, at the shooter’s own pace; a score counts only toward the rating being worked on and cannot be held for a higher one, and the repetitions need not be fired in a row or in one session. Distinguished Expert firing is witnessed by an NRA member, instructor or coach, unless it is shot in competition.

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 1–3 and 53–54; NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program, “Courses of Fire” and “FAQs”

Air Pistol Qualification

NRA

Course of fireAt 10 m: 10 shots supported at a bench, 20 standing supported, then 40 or 60 standing one-handed

RatingShotsPointsTimes
Pro-MarksmanBasic supported bench10404
MarksmanStanding supported201004
SharpshooterStanding one-handed402804
ExpertStanding one-handed403164
Distinguished Expert4034810
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions403352

Or, from Sharpshooter on, 60 shots

RatingPointsTimes
Sharpshooter4206
Expert4746
Distinguished Expert52210
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions5032
  • Points over the shots given (10 a shot at most); Times is how many such scores the rating takes.
  • Any .177 spring, pneumatic or CO2 pistol or revolver, on the B-40 at 10 metres; the course starts supported at a bench, then standing with a support such as a T-stand, then standing one-handed in the international style.
  • Open to everyone, NRA members or not; practice, league and match scores all count.
  • The program runs on the honor system and NRA does not track ratings.

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 12–13

International Air Pistol Qualification

NRA

Course of fireAt 10 m: 20 or 30 shots standing two-handed, then 40 (from Expert also 60) standing one-handed

RatingShotsPointsTimes
Pro-Marksman201004
Marksman301804
Sharpshooter402996
Expert403266
Distinguished Expert4034810
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions403352

Or, for Expert and Distinguished Expert, 60 shots

RatingPointsTimes
Expert4854
Distinguished Expert52210
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions5032
  • Points over the shots given (10 a shot at most); Times is how many such scores the rating takes.
  • Any .177 spring, pneumatic or CO2 pistol or revolver with open sights, on the B-40 at 10 metres.
  • Pro-Marksman and Marksman are shot standing with both hands, arm extended and no other support; from Sharpshooter on, one hand without support, as the course text says — the table prints "Standing two handed" for every rating (as printed).
  • Open to everyone, NRA members or not; practice, league and match scores all count.

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 14–15

How it is shot

Target height · Sighters · Course · Final · Teams · Pistol · Decimals · Ties
Target height
The target centre hangs 1.40 m above the firing point floor, give or take 0.05 m.ISSF rule 6.4.6.1
Sighters
The match opens with 15 minutes of preparation and sighting time, with unlimited sighting shots.ISSF rules 6.11.1.1 and 8.11
Course
The qualification is 60 shots in 75 minutes, or in 90 minutes where electronic scoring targets are not available. On paper, every competition card takes one shot, and there are four sighting cards.ISSF rule 8.11
Final
The best eight go through to the final and start again from zero: two series of 5 shots in 250 seconds each, then 14 single shots in 50 seconds each, 24 shots in all. The lowest-ranked finalist leaves after the 12th shot, and another after every second shot from then on.ISSF rules 6.11.9.1 and 6.17.2
Teams
In the mixed team event, each athlete fires 30 shots in 40 minutes, or in 60 minutes where electronic scoring targets are not available.ISSF rule 8.11
Pistol
Any 4.5 mm (.177) compressed-air, CO2 or pneumatic air pistol may be used, if it conforms to the ISSF Pistol Specification Table and configuration drawing.ISSF rule 8.4.3.5
Decimals
Qualification is scored in whole rings. Finals are scored in decimals: each ring is divided into ten equal parts, so a ten scores from 10.0 to 10.9.ISSF rules 6.3.3.1 to 6.3.3.3
Ties
Tied scores are broken by the most inner tens, then by the last 10-shot series counting back, then shot by shot from the last, where an inner ten outranks a ten.ISSF rule 6.15.1

Dimensions

10 rings · 155.5 mm

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

RingColourDiameterCentre within
Inner tenBlack5 mm0.20 in4.75 mm
10Black11.5 mm0.45 in8 mm
9Black27.5 mm1.1 in16 mm
8Black43.5 mm1.7 in24 mm
7Black59.5 mm2.3 in32 mm
6White75.5 mm3.0 in40 mm
5White91.5 mm3.6 in48 mm
4White107.5 mm4.2 in56 mm
3White123.5 mm4.9 in64 mm
2White139.5 mm5.5 in72 mm
1White155.5 mm6.1 in80 mm

Source: ISSF Rule Book, Edition 2025 (Second Print 07/2026), effective 1 July 2026, rule 6.3.4.6. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .

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