ISSF 10m Air Rifle target

The ISSF air rifle card, used for the Olympic air rifle event, shot standing by men and by women, and for the mixed team event. In ISSF Championships even the 60-shot qualification is scored in tenths. The ten is a white dot, and a shot is an inner ten only when it shoots the dot out completely, judged with an air pistol outward gauge. The same card is also used as the DSB Nr.1 10m Air Rifle (DSB, Germany), the IAU 10m Crossbow (IAU), the NRA AR-5 10m Air Rifle (NRA, United States), the SSV 10m Air Rifle (SSV, Switzerland) and the SvSF 10m Air Rifle (SvSF, Sweden).

Shot one? Score it from a photo

The ISSF 10m Air Rifle target, drawn to scale: 45.5 mm across, with the 30.5 mm black over rings 4 to 9

Courses of fire

60 or 40 shots
CourseShotsMaximum
60 shots (AR60)6 × 10 · 75 min (90 on paper) · 654.0 in decimals60600
40 shots (AR40)Not an ISSF match · 4 × 10 · 436.0 in decimals40400

Same event elsewhere

EventCompared with ISSF 10m Air Rifle
SvSF 10m Air Rifle StandingThe same course
DSB 10m Air RifleThe same course
SSV 10m Air RifleThe 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 rifle or crossbow, 40 shots (Schüler 20); three positions, 30; rested, 30; para prone, 40

Junioren, Herren and Damen

ClassBronzeSilverGold
Luftgewehr (1.10), 40 shots
Junioren II17–18311331350
Junioren I19–20314333352
Herren and Damen I–II21–50325345365
Herren and Damen III51–60312332351
Herren and Damen IV61–70308327346
Herren and Damen V71 and over284301319
10m Armbrust (5.10), 40 shots
Junioren II17–18292310328
Junioren I19–20310320330
Herren and Damen I21–40320330340
Herren and Damen II41–50310320330
Herren and Damen III51–60300310320
Herren and Damen IV–V61 and over295305315

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

EventBronzeSilverGold
Luftgewehr (1.10)Junioren II weiblich, 17–18306326345
Luftgewehr (1.10)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20309328347
10m Armbrust (5.10)Junioren II weiblich, 17–18287305323
10m Armbrust (5.10)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20305315325

Schüler and Jugend

ClassBronzeSilverGold
Luftgewehr (1.10)
SchülerUp to 14; 20 shots130150170
Schüler, in tenthsUp to 14; 20 shots136.0156.0176.0
Jugend15–16; 40 shots280315350
Jugend, in tenths15–16; 40 shots290.0327.0362.0
10m Luftgewehr 3-Stellung (1.20), 30 shots
SchülerUp to 14200230255
Jugend15–16210240265
10m Armbrust (5.10), 40 shots
Jugend15–16241275309

Auflage (rested), Senioren

ClassBronzeSilverGold
Luftgewehr Auflage (1.11), 30 shots, in tenths
Senioren 151–60250266281
Senioren 261–65247263278
Senioren 366–70245260276
Senioren 471–75241256271
Senioren 576–80240255270
Senioren 681 and over236250265

Para classes

ClassBronzeSilverGold
Luftgewehr (1.10), 40 shots
90SH2/AB2 m/w mit HM: with a support318338357
92 and 93SH1/AB1 m and w ohne HM: holding free292310328
94 and 96AB3 mit HM, SH3 ohne HM: visually impaired224238252
LG liegend (1.18), 40 shots
90, 92 and 93SH2/AB2 mit HM, SH1/AB1 ohne HM307326345
  • 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 table prints Luftgewehr’s shots as “40-1/10” without saying whether its numbers are whole rings or tenths.

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 rifle, 40 or 60 shots (Jugend 40, Schüler 20); three positions, 30 or 3 × 20; crossbow, 40; rested, 30

EventShotsRingsTenthsDecimal scoring
Schüler, born 2012–2014
Luftgewehr (1.10)20170178.0
Luftgewehr 3-Stellung (1.20)30260–
Jugend, born 2009–2011
Luftgewehr (1.10)40360376.0
Luftgewehr 3-Stellung (1.20)3x20540–
Armbrust 10m (5.10)40350–
Junioren and adults, born 2008 or earlier
Luftgewehr (1.10)40380405.0
Luftgewehr (1.10)60570605.0
Armbrust 10m (5.10)40360–
Auflage (rested), Senioren
Luftgewehr (1.11)Senioren I und 230290300.0
Luftgewehr (1.11)Senioren 3 und 530285295.0
  • 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.

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, Luftgewehr UIT-Scheibe

KBShooting Proficiency Pins, ISSF air-rifle card

Course of fire15 or 30 shots (Schüler 10 or 20), standing freehand; the two oldest groups may also sit at the table, freehand

Kleine Leistungsnadeln (small pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
15 shots (Schüler 10)
SchülerUp to 14454850
Jungschützen and Junioren15–2095100105
SchützenMen 21–40107113117
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–5097100107
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated102107112
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated9297102
30 shots (Schüler 20)
SchülerUp to 149096100
Jungschützen and Junioren15–20190200210
SchützenMen 21–40215225235
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–50195200215
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated205215225
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated185195205

Große Leistungsnadeln (large pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
15 shots (Schüler 10)
SchülerUp to 14535558
Jungschützen and Junioren15–20110115120
SchützenMen 21–40120125127
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–50110115117
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated117120122
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated107110112
30 shots (Schüler 20)
SchülerUp to 14106110116
Jungschützen and Junioren15–20220230240
SchützenMen 21–40240250255
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–50220230235
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated235240245
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated215220225

Große Schießspange and goldene Eichel

ClassSchießspangeGoldene Eichel
15 shots (Schüler 10)
SchülerUp to 146360
Jungschützen and Junioren15–20123120
SchützenMen 21–40130127
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–50120117
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated125122
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated115112
30 shots (Schüler 20)
SchülerUp to 14126120
Jungschützen and Junioren15–20246240
SchützenMen 21–40260255
Damen, AltersschützenWomen 21–40, men 41–50240235
Damen-Altersschützen, SeniorenWomen 41–50, men 51–60; standing or seated250245
Damen-Senioren, Senioren I and IIWomen 51 and over, men 61 and over; standing or seated230225
  • Rings on the ISSF air-rifle card, standing freehand; the two oldest groups may shoot standing or seated freehand at the table.
  • The KB prints both the 15- and the 30-shot numbers.
  • 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.
  • Behinderte: their age class, 5 rings less.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), XI, pp. 47–49, and pp. 66 a–67 a

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 fireStanding, 60 shots (junioren-B and -C, veteranen 40); kneeling, 40; prone, 40; 3 × 20

ProefShotsScore
Luchtgeweer staand (1.01)Senioren and junioren-A60528.0
Luchtgeweer staand (1.01)Junioren-B and -C, veteranen40365.0
Luchtgeweer knielend (1.06)40360.0
Luchtgeweer liggend (1.09)40370.0
Luchtgeweer 3x20 (1.12)60520.0

The score is the match total, decimal-scored, as the table prints it (528,0); one cross for every category that shoots the proef, except where the table splits it.

KNSA, Overzicht klasseringseisen seizoen 2026/2027 (14 Sept. 2026), 1.01–1.12; SWR deel II (01-10-2024), 4.1, pp. 3–4; SWR deel I (01-10-2026), H20, pp. 30–32

New ZealandTSNZ

TSNZ Merit Badges

TSNZ’s merit badges belong to its air rifle rules; in its smallbore rules, badges mark selection for a team. A first Inter-Island smallbore team brings a representative badge and each later one a date bar, and a first national team a Silver Fern pocket, worn only on an approved blazer. TSNZ’s Trophy Steward keeps a logbook of every Island and national team member.

TSNZ Rules of Conduct, Air Rifle Competition (1 January 2025), r. 4.13, pp. 71–72; TSNZ Indoor Rules of Conduct (1 January 2026), IR 14.18 and IR 15.4, pp. 16–17; TSNZ Outdoor Rules of Conduct (1 January 2026), OR 13.4 and OR 15, pp. 12–13

Merit Badges

TSNZ

Course of fireOne 60-shot 10 m air rifle match

LevelPoints60 shots, decimal
Black500.0 – 529.9
Orange530.0 – 549.9
Yellow550.0 – 569.9
Blue570.0 – 584.9
Red585.0 – 599.9
Green600.0 – 614.9
Gold615.0 – 654.0
  • Decimal score bands for one 60-shot 10 m air rifle match in the men’s, junior men’s, women’s or junior women’s event, at competitions only: TSNZ-sanctioned events, the TSNZ Postal Championships, and Open Championship or Open Sweepstake events run by associations and directly affiliated clubs.
  • The TSNZ Trophy Steward issues the badge on proof of the score; the first is free, each later one is swapped for the previous badge or bought.

TSNZ Rules of Conduct – Air Rifle Competition, 1 January 2025, r. 4.13, pp. 71–72, and r. 4.1.1, p. 64

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 luftrifle

NSFNAIS 10 m air rifle

Course of fire60 shots (men, men juniors); 40 (women, women juniors, youth); 30 with a rest (recruits)

Level40 shots60 shotsMen, men juniors
Recruit badge30 shots with a rest230–
Bronze badge300480
Silver badge315495
Gilt badge330510
Bronze medal340525
Silver medal345535
Gilt medal355550

40 shots: Women, women juniors, youth

  • Points over the class’s shots: 60 for men and men juniors, 40 for women, women juniors and youth, 30 with a rest for recruits, with sighters as in the class’s own programme.
  • Any air rifle approved for indoor use, without a magazine.

NSF, Reglement for NAIS (2021, updated 2025), §§ 2–6, pp. 2–5

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, 40 or 60 shots

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 m air rifle, 40 shots10m luftrifle, 3408.0403.0388.0
10 m air rifle, 60 shots10m luftrifle, 4613.0607.0599.0
  • Scored in decimals.
  • 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

SwedenSvSF

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

Luftgevärsmärke sittande

SvSFAir Rifle Badge, seated

Course of fire12 × 10 shots or 3 × 40 shots, seated at a table, with a rest or with a sling

LevelSeries10 shots, ×12Series, decimalRound40 shots, ×3Round, decimal
Seated with a rest
Bronze7681304324
Silver8489336356
Gold9297368388
Gold, one star96101384404
Gold, two stars98103392412
Gold, three stars100105400420
Seated without a rest, with a sling
Bronze8085320340
Silver8893352372
Gold9499376396
Gold, one star96101384404
Gold, two stars98103392412
Gold, three stars100105400420
  • Seated at a table at 10 m, in every seated class.
  • Points in each of twelve 10-shot series, or in each of three 40-shot rounds; the decimal columns give the decimal-scored minimum, without its decimal.
  • All levels may be won in the same year.
  • Results from announced competitions, club level or above, only.

Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.11.1.1, p. 82, and 13.4.2, p. 78

Luftgevärsmärke stående

SvSFAir Rifle Badge, standing

Course of fire12 × 10 shots or 3 × 40 shots, standing; the class badge on 3 × 40 only

Junior, up to 20

LevelSeries10 shots, ×12Series, decimalRound40 shots, ×3Round, decimal
Bronze6267248268
Silver6873272292
Gold7479296316
Gold, one star8085320340
Gold, two stars8489336356
Gold, three stars8893352372

By class

LevelRound40 shots, ×3Round, decimal
BronzeClasses L17–L3320340
SilverClasses L17–L4344364
GoldClasses L17–Elit372392
  • Standing at 10 m.
  • Points in each of twelve 10-shot series, or in each of three 40-shot rounds; the decimal columns give the decimal-scored minimum, without its decimal.
  • The junior badge is for shooters up to the year they turn 20, in any class; the class badge counts only in the classes shown, and its rounds also move a shooter up a class.
  • All levels may be won in the same year; a mästarmärke and årtalsmärken follow over later years.
  • Results from announced competitions, club level or above, only.

Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.11.1.2, p. 83, and 13.4.2, p. 78

Luftgevärsmärke knästående

SvSFAir Rifle Badge, kneeling

Course of fire12 × 10 shots or 3 × 40 shots, kneeling; the any-class badge on 3 × 40 only

Junior, up to 20

LevelSeries10 shots, ×12Series, decimalRound40 shots, ×3Round, decimal
Bronze7075280300
Silver7479296316
Gold8085320340
Gold, one star8489336356
Gold, two stars9095360380
Gold, three stars96101384404

Any class

LevelRound40 shots, ×3Round, decimal
Bronze336356
Silver360380
Gold384404
  • Kneeling at 10 m.
  • Points in each of twelve 10-shot series, or in each of three 40-shot rounds; the decimal columns give the decimal-scored minimum, without its decimal.
  • The junior badge is for shooters up to the year they turn 20; the other is open to every class, on rounds only.
  • All levels may be won in the same year.
  • Results from announced competitions, club level or above, only.

Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.11.1.2, p. 83, and 13.4.2, p. 78

Musketörmärket

SvSFMusketeer Badge

Course of fire2 × 5 shots after 5 sighters, with or without a rest

DisciplineEach series5 shots, twiceOr in all10 shots
Air rifle, 10 m3570
Korthåll, 50 mSmallbore rifle2550
Rifle 6.5, 200 m3570
Rifle 6.5, 300 m2550
  • Points in each of two 5-shot series after five sighters, with a rest (or without), or in all ten shots.
  • The rulebook suggests it as a test at propaganda and recruiting days, such as Skyttets dag; the 6.5 mm rifle shoots the 300 m card at either distance.

Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.7, p. 80, and 8.15, p. 73

Luftgevär 10 m

SvSFAir Rifle Badges, 10 m

Course of fire10 × 5 shots or 5 × 10 shots

Level5-shot series×1010-shot series×5
Propagandamärke (promotion badge)
Bronze3774
Silver4080
Gold4386
Påbyggnadsmärke (advanced badge)
Bronze4386
Silver4590
Gold4794
  • Points in each of ten 5-shot series or five 10-shot series.
  • The advanced badge needs promotion-badge gold in an earlier year; 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, a higher level the year after the one below at the earliest.

Skyttemärken SvSF (2023-01-12), pp. 1–2 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

Schweizer Volksschiessen Gewehr 10m (SVS-G10)

SSVSwiss Popular Shoot, 10 m rifle

Course of fire10-shot passes, as many as one likes, added up; standing free or rested (senior veterans also seated)

ClassBronzeor a Fr. 4 cardSilveror a Fr. 8 cardGoldor a Fr. 12 card
With a 10 m licence, standing free
U10–U17Juniors, to 1662122180
U19–U21Juniors, 17–2070138204
Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–5974146216
VeteranenVeterans, 60–6970138204
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over62122180
With a 10 m licence, standing rested
U10–U17Juniors, to 1666130192
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over66130192
With a 10 m rest licence (Auflage-Lizenz)
SeniorenSeniors, 46–59; standing rested84166246
VeteranenVeterans, 60–69; standing rested82162240
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over; standing rested76150222
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over; seated rested82162240
Without a licence, standing rested
U10–U17Juniors, to 1666130192
U19–U21Juniors, 17–2070138204
Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–5974146216
VeteranenVeterans, 60–6970138204
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over66130192
  • Kranz points: the points of every 10-shot pass on Scheibe 10 added up, as many passes as one likes.
  • Open to everyone, no licence needed, as often as one likes from 1 October to 30 April, at a club.
  • A licensed shooter who reaches silver in two passes standing free (U10–U17 and Seniorveteranen also standing rested) also gets a Sportschützenkarte toward the Sportschützenauszeichnung.

AFB SVS-G10, Ausgabe 2026/2027 (Reg.-Nr. 5.11.02), §§ 2, 4.1, 5, 7 and 8, pp. 1–4

Schweizer Vereinswettschiessen Gewehr 10m (SVWS-G10)

SSVSwiss Club Shoot, 10 m rifle

Course of fire2 × 10 single shots, unlimited practice before each; standing free or rested (senior veterans also seated)

ClassPoints20 shots
Standing free
U10–U17Juniors, to 16152
U19–U21Juniors, 17–20156
Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–59160
VeteranenVeterans, 60–69156
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over152
Standing rested
U10–U15Juniors, to 14156
SeniorenSeniors, 46–59176
VeteranenVeterans, 60–69170
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over164
Seated rested
SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over170
  • Points for the Vereinsstich: two passes of 10 single shots on Scheibe 10, one shot per bull, each after as much practice as one likes.
  • Shot once a season, 1 October to 31 March, on one’s own club’s range, by licensed members of a club taking part.
  • The limit gives a Kranzkarte, its value set by the cantonal federation, and a Sportschützenkarte toward the Sportschützenauszeichnung; the same results rank the clubs.

AFB SVWS-G10, Ausgabe 2026/2027 (Reg.-Nr. 5.12.02), §§ 2, 5 and 9, pp. 1–3; Reglement SVWS-G10, Ausgabe 2023, Art. 5, 12 and 13

Sportschützenauszeichnung Gewehr 10m und 50m

SSVSport Shooter Award, 10 m and 50 m rifle

Course of fireThe Volksschiessen (two passes) and the Vereinswettschiessen, at 10 m or 50 m

LevelVolksschiessenSportschützenkartenVereinswettschiessenSportschützenkarten
Gilt pinVergoldete Sportschützennadel88
Bronze medalBronzene Sportschützenmedaille8 more8 more
Silver-plated medalVersilberte Sportschützenmedaille8 more8 more
Gilt medalVergoldete Sportschützenmedaille8 more8 more
  • Sportschützenkarten, a series each for 10 m and 50 m: a licensed shooter earns one by reaching silver in two passes of the Volksschiessen, and one by reaching the limit of the Vereinswettschiessen (both above).
  • At most one card a year from each counts, each card once, and cards issued since 1 January 1981 are valid.
  • The club applies through its cantonal federation, which sends the claim on by 1 October.
  • At 50 m, holders of the older Eliteschützenauszeichnung receive the next level up.

Reglement SA G-10/50, Ausgabe 2011 (Reg.-Nr. 5.70.01), Art. 2–5 and 8, pp. 1–2

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”

3 Positions (3P) Air Rifle

NSRA

Course of fire60 shots at 10 m: 20 prone, 20 standing, 20 kneeling, in that order

AwardPoints60 shots
Mastershot585
Expert573
Class A560
Class B550
Class C525
Class D505
Class A JuniorUnder 18490
Class B JuniorUnder 18460
Class C JuniorUnder 14, out of 300200

Minimum scores for 60 shots at 10 metres: 20 prone, 20 standing and 20 kneeling, in that order.

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 5

Sporter Air Rifle

NSRA

Course of fire60 shots at 10 m, 20 each prone, standing and kneeling, in that order; or 40 standing

AwardCourse 13 × 20, 60 shotsCourse 2Standing, 40 shots
Mastershot565350
Expert550330
Class A530310
Class B500285
Class C470240
Class D450220
Class A JuniorUnder 18435210
Class B JuniorUnder 18405190
Class C JuniorUnder 14, out of 20017090

Minimum scores at 10 metres for either course: 60 shots, 20 each prone, standing and kneeling in that order, or 40 shots standing.

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 6

10 Metre / 6 Yard Air Rifle

NSRA

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

Award10 m40 shots6 yd40 shots, Air 7 card
Mastershot380394
Expert365388
Class A345378
Class B325365
Class C300350
Class D280340
Class A JuniorUnder 18270335
Class B JuniorUnder 18240315
Class C JuniorUnder 14, out of 200115150
  • Minimum scores for 40 shots, at 10 metres on the ISSF card or at 6 yards on the NSRA Air 7 card.
  • No sighters once the first competition shot is fired.

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 7

United States3PAR Council, CMP and NRA

3PAR Junior Achievement Award Pins

The National Three-Position Air Rifle Council, which sets the pin scores, is a federation of youth-serving organisations, among them the American Legion, 4-H, USA Shooting, the CMP and the cadet commands of the armed services. The CMP publishes the Council’s rules and runs its match sanctioning. The Council’s EIC programme gives badges for credit points won with placings and qualifying scores: bronze at 3 points, silver at 15 and the gold Junior Distinguished Badge at 30.

National Standard Three-Position Air Rifle Rules, 16th ed. (2026–2028), rules 1.1, 1.5, 1.7 and 1.9; Appendix C, pp. 73–78; CMP, “How to Apply to Have Your 3PAR Matches Sanctioned”

Junior Achievement Award Pins

3PAR Council

Course of fireOne 3 × 10 or 3 × 20 match: 10 or 20 shots each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order

CourseGoldSilverBronze
Sporter class
3×1030 shots255+240–254220–239
3×2060 shots510+480–509440–479
Precision class
3×1030 shots290+280–289270–279
3×2060 shots580+560–579540–559
  • Points in one 3×10 or 3×20 match — 10 or 20 shots each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order — on 10 m air rifle targets with ISSF ring sizes, at a competition sanctioned by the National Council, postal matches and leagues included; at competitions only.
  • For school-age juniors, until 31 August of the year they graduate from high school, with no minimum age.
  • Sporter and precision are the program’s two rifle classes.
  • Match sponsors buy the pins from CMP.

National Standard Three-Position Air Rifle Rules, 16th ed. (2026–2028), rules 1.9, 3.1 and 5.3.2–5.4, pp. 2, 5, 31–33; Appendix C, 7, p. 77

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 Rifle Achievement Award

CMP

Course of fireOne 60-shot 10 m air rifle match (AR60)

EventGoldSilverBronze
Air Rifle, 60 shotsDecimal scoring≥622.5617.0–622.4606.0–616.9

Decimal points over one 60-shot 10 m air rifle match (AR60) on the ISSF 10 m air rifle 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 6.4.1 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”

International Air Rifle Qualification

NRA

Course of fireAt 10 m: 10 shots bench or prone supported; 20 prone and 40 standing; then 40 or 60 standing

RatingShotsPointsTimes
Pro-MarksmanBenchrest or prone-supported10704
MarksmanProne201004
MarksmanAnd standing402404
SharpshooterStanding402806
ExpertStanding403206
Distinguished Expert4036510
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions403602

Or, from Sharpshooter on, 60 shots

RatingPointsTimes
Sharpshooter4204
Expert4804
Distinguished Expert54310
Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions5162
  • Points over the shots given (10 a shot at most); Times is how many such scores the rating takes — Marksman takes both its prone and its standing score four times.
  • Any .177 spring, pneumatic or CO2 air rifle without lens sights, on the AR-5 at 10 metres; at the entry ratings several shots may share a bull.
  • From Sharpshooter on, all shooting is standing.
  • 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. 16–17

Air Rifle Qualification

NRA

Course of fire5 or 10 shots in one position, bench or supported at first; from Expert, 3 × 10 or 3 × 20 shots

RatingShotsSporterPrecisionTimes
Pro-MarksmanBenchrest or supported prone515208
MarksmanProne530355
MarksmanStanding510115
SharpshooterKneeling512155
SharpshooterProne1070803
SharpshooterStanding1040503
SharpshooterKneeling1050603

Expert and Distinguished Expert: three-position aggregates

Rating30 shots3×1060 shots3×20Times
ExpertLine 12204503
ExpertLine 22304703
ExpertLine 32404903
Distinguished ExpertSporter–5008
Distinguished ExpertPrecision–5208
  • Points over the shots given — 5 shots of 50, or 10 shots, one a bull, of 100 — and over the aggregates, for the sporter and precision classes; Times is how many such scores.
  • Expert’s three score lines share one cell that names no class (as printed).
  • Distinguished Expert also counts with these scores four times at an NRA postal or at two NRA sanctioned matches.
  • Rifles to the NRA sporter or precision position air rifle rules, metallic sights only, on the AR-5/10 at 10 metres.
  • 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. 22–23

NRA JROTC Qualification Courses — Air Rifle

NRA

Course of fire10 shots, one a bull: bench or supported, prone, kneeling or standing; from Expert, 3 × 10 prone, standing and kneeling

RatingShotsSporterPrecisionTimes
Pro-MarksmanBenchrest or supported prone1040452
MarksmanProne10556010
SharpshooterKneeling10657010
SharpshooterStanding10556010
SharpshooterProne10707510
ExpertAll three positions3×102192345
Distinguished ExpertAll three positions, shoulder to shoulder3×10240255–
  • Points over the shots given, one shot a bull — of 100 for 10 shots, of 300 for 30 — for the sporter and precision classes; Times is how many such scores.
  • Only for cadets enrolled in a JROTC program; the JROTC instructor runs it.
  • Expert takes five separate 30-shot courses, 10 shots each prone, standing and kneeling, each fired as one unit.
  • Distinguished Expert must be fired in shoulder-to-shoulder competition — postal matches do not count — and the guide prints no number of times for it (as printed).
  • Metallic sights only, on the AR-5/10 at 10 metres.

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 48–49

How it is shot

Target height · Course · Final · Mixed team
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
Course
The qualification is 60 shots in 1 hour 15 minutes, or in 1 hour 30 minutes where paper targets are used. On paper, every competition card takes one shot, and there are four sighting cards.ISSF rule 7.7.4
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, scored in decimals. 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
Mixed team
In the mixed team event, each athlete fires 30 shots in 40 minutes, or in 1 hour where paper targets are used.ISSF rule 7.7.4

Dimensions

10 rings · 45.5 mm

Card 80 × 80 mm or larger · 4.5 mm scoring gauge (.177)

RingColourDiameterCentre within
10White0.5 mm0.02 in2.5 mm
9Black5.5 mm0.22 in5 mm
8Black10.5 mm0.41 in7.5 mm
7Black15.5 mm0.61 in10 mm
6Black20.5 mm0.81 in12.5 mm
5Black25.5 mm1.0 in15 mm
4Black30.5 mm1.2 in17.5 mm
3White35.5 mm1.4 in20 mm
2White40.5 mm1.6 in22.5 mm
1White45.5 mm1.8 in25 mm

Under the ISSF rules, a shot counts as an inner ten only when the hole covers the whole 10 ring.

Source: ISSF Rule Book, Edition 2025 (Second Print 07/2026), effective 1 July 2026, rule 6.3.4.3. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .

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