ISSF 50m Pistol target

The card of the ISSF event of the same name, a mandatory World Championship event for men, women and juniors that is not on the Olympic programme. It is shot one-handed with a single-loaded rimfire pistol free of limits on weight, trigger pull and size, and there is no final: the 60-shot match decides the medals.

Shot one? Score it from a photo

The ISSF 50m Pistol target, drawn to scale: 500 mm across, with the 200 mm black over rings 7 to 10

Courses of fire

60 shots
CourseShotsMaximum
Free Pistol 606 × 10 · 90 min (105 on paper)60600

Badges

5 countries
GermanyBDMP, DSB and KB

Leistungsabzeichen des BDMP

BDMP proficiency badges

The BDMP awards its badge only to shooters who have met their sporting and financial obligations to the federation. Its rules also set levels for PPC 1500, the Bianchi Cup and long-range rifle from 300 to 800 m. Every claim is checked against the match’s result list before it reaches the federal office, and each pin comes with a certificate signed by the BDMP’s president.

Shot at BDMP competitions only — the German and Landes championships, and supra-regional matches with at least 8 shooters from 3 clubs (SLGs) — by members of the BDMP and of friendly federations; one badge per weapon type per competition.

BDMP-Handbuch, Register 5, Leistungsabzeichen-Ordnung (June 2026), 1.3, 4.0–4.1, 5.2–5.3 and 6.0, pp. 46–49

Leistungsabzeichen des BDMP

BDMPBDMP Performance Badge

Course of firePistols, 3 × 5 shots, 5 min a series (DP 3: 120, 90 and 60 s), SP 6 × 5; rifles, 20 to 50 shots at 100 or 50 m

Pistols and revolvers, 25 m

EventShotsBronzeSilverGold
DP 1 u. DP 3Service pistol; DP 3 with its shoulder stock15100120130
DP 2Service pistol, improved15105125135
DR 1Service revolver15105125135
SAR 1 u. SAR 2Single-action revolver15105125135
SPSport pistol30220255270

Rifles on the same card, 50 and 100 m

EventShotsBronzeSilverGold
DG 1 - 100mService rifle, prone20120160180
DG 3 - 100mNational Rifle Match A50350380410
DG 4 - 100mNational Rifle Match B50320350380
LAR 1 - 100mLever-action rifle, rifle cartridge, prone20100125150
LAR 2 - 50mLever-action rifle, pistol cartridge40200250300
  • Rings in one competition result.
  • DP 1, DP 2, DR 1 and SAR: three 5-shot series of 5 minutes; DP 3: three short series of 120, 90 and 60 seconds; SP: six 5-shot series of 5 minutes (the Ordnung says only “SP”; SP 3 and 4 shoot half their shots on the duel card).
  • The rifles shoot this card at 100 m — DG 1 and LAR 1 prone, DG 3 and DG 4 standing, kneeling or sitting and prone, partly timed — and LAR 2 at 50 m.
  • A shooter applies for the level the score reaches, through the Landesverband and by the end of the following year; no two levels in one weapon type on one day, and no second try that day.

BDMP-Handbuch, Register 5, Leistungsabzeichen-Ordnung, 6.0, p. 48, and rules 1.0–5.4, pp. 46–47; Sportordnung (24.02.2026), C.3–C.13, D.6–D.16

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 fire25 m pistols, 40 or 60 shots (Jugend 30); 50 m pistol, 60; rifles, 30 or 40; rested, 30; muzzle-loaders at 25–100 m

Junioren, Herren and Damen

ClassBronzeSilverGold
25m Pistole (2.40), 60 shots
Junioren I–II17–20430457484
Herren I–III21–60443471498
Damen I–III21–60434461487
Herren and Damen IV–V61 and over430457484
25m Zentralfeuerpistole (2.45): 40 shots as printed, 60 in the Sportordnung
Junioren I; Herren and Damen I–III19–60429456482
Herren and Damen IV–V61 and over422449475
25m Pistole 9x19, Revolver .357 and .44 Magn., Pistole .45 ACP (2.53, 2.55, 2.58, 2.59), 40 shots
Junioren I; Herren and Damen I–III19–60302320339
Herren and Damen IV–V61 and over288306324
25m Standardpistole (2.60), 60 shots
Every class17 and over416442468
50m Pistole (2.20), 60 shots
Junioren I–II17–20360383405
Herren and Damen I–III21–60406431456
Herren and Damen IV–V61 and over400425450
KK 100m (1.35), 30 shots
Junioren; Herren and Damen I–II17–50234249263
Herren and Damen III–IV51–70227241255
Herren and Damen V71 and over216230243
KK-Unterhebelrepetierer (1.56), 40 shots at 50 m
Junioren I and older19 and over254269285
Ordonnanzgewehr (1.58 O, 1.58 G): 30 shots as printed, 40 in the Sportordnung
Junioren I and older19 and over227241255

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

EventBronzeSilverGold
25m Pistole (2.40)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20425452479
25m Zentralfeuerpistole (2.45)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20424451477
25m large-bore events (2.53, 2.55, 2.58, 2.59)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20297315334
25m Standardpistole (2.60)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20411437463
50m Pistole (2.20)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20355378400
KK 100m (1.35)Junioren I–II weiblich, 17–20229244258
KK-Unterhebelrepetierer (1.56)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20249264280
Ordonnanzgewehr (1.58 O, 1.58 G)Junioren I weiblich, 19–20222236250

Schüler and Jugend

ClassBronzeSilverGold
25m Pistole (2.40), 30 shots
Jugend15–16190210235

Auflage (rested), Senioren

ClassBronzeSilverGold
100m KK Gewehr Auflage (1.36), 30 shots, in tenths
Senioren 151–60250266281
Senioren 261–65247263278
Senioren 366–70245260276
Senioren 471–75241256271
Senioren 576–80240255270
Senioren 681 and over236250265
50m Freie Pistole Auflage (2.21), 30 shots
Senioren 151–60191203215
Senioren 2–361–70186197208
Senioren 4–571–80183195206
Senioren 681 and over176187198
25m Sportpistole Auflage (2.42), 30 shots
Senioren 1–251–65223237250
Senioren 3–466–75212225238
Senioren 576–80208221234
Senioren 681 and over204217228

Para classes

ClassBronzeSilverGold
25m Pistole (2.40), 40 shots
92 and 93SH1/AB1 m and w ohne HM: holding free314332352
50m Pistole (2.20), 60 shots
92 and 93SH1/AB1 m and w ohne HM: holding free362384406
KK 100 m (1.35), 30 shots
90, 92 and 93SH2/AB2 mit HM, SH1/AB1 ohne HM193205216

Vorderlader (muzzle-loaders), from 18

EventBronzeSilverGold
Perkussionsgewehr (7.10)50 m, standing106112118
Perkussionsfreigewehr (7.15)100 m, prone106112118
Perkussionsdienstgewehr (7.20)100 m, prone9298103
Perkussionsdienstgewehr 50m (7.21)50 m, standing828892
Steinschlossgewehr (7.30)50 m, standing9298103
Steinschlossgewehr liegend (7.31)100 m, prone768185
Perkussionsrevolver (7.40)25 m889499
Perkussionspistole (7.50)25 m102109115
Steinschlosspistole (7.60)25 m9298103
  • 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.
  • 25m Pistole and Zentralfeuerpistole shoot half their shots on the duel card, Nr. 10, and so do the 40-shot large-bore events.
  • Vorderlader from 18, with no numbers for Herren and Damen V.

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 firePistols, 40 or 60 shots; 100 m smallbore, 30; muzzle-loaders, 15; rested, 30

EventShotsRingsTenthsDecimal scoring
Jugend, born 2009–2011
KK-Sportpistole (2.40)40285–
Junioren and adults, born 2008 or earlier
KK 100m (1.35)30275–
Freie Pistole (2.20)60510–
KK-Sportpistole (2.40)60530–
GK-Zentralfeuerpistole (2.45)60530–
Gebrauchspistole/-revolver, alle Disziplinen (2.50)40365–
Standardpistole (2.60)60520–
Perkussionswaffen (7.00)Percussion muzzle-loaders15138–
Steinschlosswaffen (7.00)Flintlock muzzle-loaders15125–
Auflage (rested), Senioren
KK 100 m, auch ZF (1.36/1.44)Senioren I und 230288297.5
KK 100 m, auch ZF (1.36/1.44)Senioren 3 und 530283292.5
Freie Pistole (2.21)Senioren I und 230265–
Freie Pistole (2.21)Senioren 3 und 530260–
Sportpistole (2.42)Senioren I und 230275–
Sportpistole (2.42)Senioren 3 und 530270–
  • 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

KBShooting Proficiency Pins

Course of fireOne 15-shot series, or 30 for the 30-shot pin: sport pistol 25 m, free pistol 50 m; service rifles 100 m, 10 shots

Kleine Leistungsnadeln (small pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
SP, sport pistol, 25 m
J Sch / Jun M859095
J Sch / Jun J9095100
Damen9095100
Schützen95100105
Damen Alt859095
Alters9095100
Damen Sen808590
Senioren859095
Damen Sen I + II707580
Sen I + II758085
FP, free pistol, 50 m
Klasse I110115120
Klasse II105110115
Klasse III100105110
Klasse IV95100105

Große Leistungsnadeln (large pins)

ClassBronzeSilverGold
SP, sport pistol, 25 m
J Sch / Jun M97101105
J Sch / Jun J102106110
Damen102106110
Schützen107111115
Damen Alt97101105
Alters102106110
Damen Sen9296100
Senioren97101105
Damen Sen I + II858993
Sen I + II879195
FP, free pistol, 50 m
Klasse I114118122
Klasse II109113117
Klasse III104108112
Klasse IV99103107

Große Schießspange and goldene Eichel

ClassSchießspangeGoldene Eichel
SP, sport pistol, 25 m
J Sch / Jun M109107
J Sch / Jun J114112
Damen114112
Schützen119117
Damen Alt109107
Alters114112
Damen Sen104102
Senioren109107
Damen Sen I + II9795
Sen I + II9997
FP, free pistol, 50 m
Klasse I127125
Klasse II122120
Klasse III117115
Klasse IV112110
GK L1–L6, service rifles, 100 m
Klasse I8381
Klasse II7775
Klasse III7169
Klasse IV6563
  • 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.
  • GK L shoots its Schießspange and Eichel with 10 shots.

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: sport pistol, smallbore or large-bore, or free pistol

ClassSP-KK/SP-GK
Jungsch. Mädchen240
Jungsch. Jungen245
Junioren Mädchen240
Junioren Jungen245
Damen250
Schützen265
Damen Alt245
Alt260
Damen Senioren235
Senioren255
Damen Senioren I215
Senioren I250
Damen Senioren II205
Senioren II230
Behinderte I245
Behinderte II240

FP / 5

ClassFP
Klasse I240
Klasse II230
Klasse III220
Klasse IV210
  • 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 (service rifles 10), the best 8 days averaged

Hangers: the yearly average

ClassBronzeSilverGold
SP, sport pistol, 25 m: at least 8 days
J Sch / Jun M9095100
J Sch / Jun J9398103
Damen95100105
Schützen100105110
Damen Alt9095100
Alters95100105
Damen Sen859095
Senioren9095100
Damen Sen I + II808590
Sen I + II859095
FP, free pistol, 50 m: at least 8 days
Klasse I105110115
Klasse II100105110
Klasse III95100105
Klasse IV9095100
GK L1–L6, service rifles, 100 m: at least 8 days
Klasse I606570
Klasse II556065
Klasse III505560
Klasse IV455055
  • 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 (service rifles 20), on at least 5 days

Every series, and the average

ClassSilverGold
SP, sport pistol, 25 m: at least 5 days
J Sch / Jun M220230
J Sch / Jun J220230
Damen220230
Schützen240250
Damen Alt190200
Alters220230
Damen Sen180190
Senioren190200
Damen Sen I + II170180
Sen I + II180190
FP, free pistol, 50 m: at least 5 days
Klasse I220225
Klasse II210215
Klasse III200205
Klasse IV190195
GK L1–L6, service rifles, 100 m: at least 5 days
Klasse I130140
Klasse II125135
Klasse III120125
Klasse IV115120
  • 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 (service rifles 20), on at least 8 days (free pistol and service rifles 5)

Every series

ClassBronzeSilverGold
SP, sport pistol, 25 m: at least 8 days
J Sch / Jun M202222232
J Sch / Jun J202222232
Damen202222232
Schützen222242252
Damen Alt182202212
Alters202222232
Damen Sen172192202
Senioren182202212
Damen Sen I + II162182192
Sen I + II172192202
FP, free pistol, 50 m: at least 5 days
Klasse I208218228
Klasse II198208218
Klasse III188198208
Klasse IV178188198
GK L1–L6, service rifles, 100 m: at least 5 days
Klasse I123133143
Klasse II118128138
Klasse III113123133
Klasse IV108118128
  • 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

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 firePistols, 60 shots; Meesterkaart 8 × 5, 5 min a series; historic arms, 13 shots in 30 min, best 10 count

Pistool

ProefShotsScore
Vrij Pistool (4.01)50 m. Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A60507
Sportpistool zwaar kaliber (4.04)Senioren, veteranen60535
Sportpistool licht kaliber (4.05)Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A60546
Standaard Pistool (4.07)Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A60517
Meesterkaart zwaar kaliber (4.14)Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A40365
Meesterkaart licht kaliber (4.15)Senioren, veteranen, junioren-A40368

Historische wapens

ProefScoreBest 10 of 13 shots
25 m
Mariëtte R (6.01)Percussion revolver, replica88
Colt O (6.02)Percussion revolver, original86
Kuchenreuter O (6.03)Percussion pistol, original88
Kuchenreuter R (6.04)Percussion pistol, replica86
Cominazzo O (6.05)Flintlock pistol, original80
Cominazzo R (6.06)Flintlock pistol, replica80
Twigg (6.09)Breech-loading pistol, a model before 190082
Webley (6.10)Breech-loading revolver, a model before 190086
50 m, standing
Lamarmora O (6.11)Military percussion rifle, original84
Lamarmora R (6.12)Military percussion rifle, replica84
Dreyse (6.13)Military breech-loader, a model before 190088
Vetterli O (6.14)Free musket or rifle, original88
Vetterli R (6.15)Free musket or rifle, replica88
Pope (6.22)Breech-loading rifle, a model before 190088
Pennsylvania O (6.23)Flintlock rifle, original83
Pennsylvania R (6.24)Flintlock rifle, replica83
100 m, prone
Minie O (6.25)Military percussion rifle, original80
Minie R (6.26)Military percussion rifle, replica80
Whitworth O (6.27)Percussion rifle, original88
Creedmoor (6.33)Breech-loading rifle, a model before 190082
Beaumont (6.34)Military breech-loader, a model before 190082
  • The score is the match total.
  • Vrij Pistool is shot at 50 m, the others at 25 m; Sportpistool shoots its 30 duel shots on the rapid-fire card, the Meesterkaart eight 5-shot series of 5 minutes.
  • Historische wapens: 13 shots in 30 minutes, the best 10 counting, under the MLAIC rules, which the KNSA applies to its own breech-loading events too; O is an original arm, R a replica.

KNSA, Overzicht klasseringseisen seizoen 2026/2027 (14 Sept. 2026), 4.01–4.15, 6.01–6.34; SWR deel VI (01-10-2026), 6.2, p. 16, and 6.7, pp. 17–18; SWR deel VII (01-10-2024), 1.3, 1.6, 2.2, pp. 3–5; MLAIC Rules 2024, p. 24; SWR deel I (01-10-2026), H20, pp. 30–32

NorwayNSF

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 fireEach event’s full course; 25 m pistol and centre-fire count precision and duel stages together

EventGoldSilverBronze
50 m free pistol50m Fripistol, 2A548525495
25 m standard pistol25m Standardpistol, 5565550520
25 m pistol25m Finpistol, 6F579570540
25 m centre-fire pistol25m Grovpistol, 6G579570540
  • Finpistol and grovpistol count the whole match, whose duel stage is shot on the rapid-fire card.
  • 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”

Pistolskyttemärket

SPSFPistol Shooting Badge

Course of fire3 × 5 shots, 5 min a series, standing; or, for gold, 2 × 15 shots one-handed (2½ min, 20 s and 10 s a series)

Precision series

LevelABC
Bronze323334
Silver383940
Gold434546

Gold, instead: two 15-shot rounds

Weapon groupPoints
A and R121
B127
C130
  • Points in each of three 5-shot precision series, 5 minutes each, standing, within one calendar year, in training or competition; the badge also takes three timed series against a figure target, or a standard medal in field shooting.
  • Gold can instead be won with two rounds of three 5-shot series in 2½ minutes, 20 seconds and 10 seconds, without a support hand, reaching the second table’s total.
  • Bronze can be won the first year, silver a year later at the earliest, gold a year after that.
  • From the year after a shooter turns 55, each series needs one point less; after 65, two.

Skjuthandboken 2026 (21st ed.), P 5.1.1, pp. 452–453

Precisionsskyttemärket

SPSFPrecision Shooting Badge

Course of fireThe total of a precision match of 6, 7 or 10 × 5 shots

LevelABC
6-series match (30 shots)
Bronze194200206
Silver231237243
Gold262274280
7-series match (35 shots)
Bronze226233240
Silver269276283
Gold305319326
10-series match (50 shots)
Bronze322332342
Silver383393403
Gold434454464
  • Match totals, reached at three different precision competitions — national, regional or district — within one calendar year.
  • Open to shooters who met the bronze requirements of Pistolskyttemärket the year before; one level a year, each after the one below.

Skjuthandboken 2026 (21st ed.), P 5.8.1, p. 464

Elitmärket

SPSFElite Badge

Course of fire5 × 5 shots precision, 5 min a series, and 5 × 5 shots rapid fire, 3 s a shot

LevelPoints
Bronze45
Silver48
Gold49
  • Points in each of five 5-shot precision series, 5 minutes each, on the precision card, and in each of five 5-shot series on the rapid-fire card at 3 seconds a shot — both, within one calendar year, in training or competition.
  • From the year after gold in Pistolskyttemärket; one level a year, each after the one below.

Skjuthandboken 2026 (21st ed.), P 5.4.1, p. 458

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

Fripistol 50 m

SvSFFree Pistol Badge, 50 m

Course of fire10 × 10 shots

LevelPointsper 10-shot series
Bronze80
Silver85
Gold90
  • Points in each of ten 10-shot series.
  • 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.
  • Gold with one, two or three stars follows for the gold scores met in three more years each.

Skyttemärken SvSF (2023-01-12), pp. 2 and 7

Sport och grovpistol 25 m

SvSFSport and Centre-fire Pistol Badge, 25 m

Course of fire10 × 5 shots precision and 10 × 5 shots rapid fire

LevelPrecisionper 5-shot seriesRapid fireper 5-shot series
Bronze4242
Silver4545
Gold4848
  • Points in each of ten 5-shot precision series and in each of ten 5-shot rapid-fire series.
  • 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.
  • Gold with one, two or three stars follows for the gold scores met in three more years each.

Skyttemärken SvSF (2023-01-12), pp. 2 and 7

Standardpistol 25 m

SvSFStandard Pistol Badge, 25 m

Course of fire5 × 30 shots, each as two 5-shot series in 150 s, two in 20 s and two in 10 s

LevelPointsper 30-shot round
Bronze235
Silver255
Gold265
  • Points in each of five 30-shot rounds of two 5-shot series in 150 seconds, two in 20 and two in 10.
  • 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.
  • Gold with one, two or three stars follows for the gold scores met in three more years each.

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

Eidgenössische Konkurrenz Pistole 25/50m (EK-P25/50)

SSVFederal Competition, 25 and 50 m pistol

Course of firePrecision 2 × 5 shots, 5 min a series; rapid 2 × 5 shots, 30 s a series

Präzisionsprogramm: 2 × 5 shots, 5 minutes each

ClassRF/CFRimfire or centrefireOPOrdnance pistol
E/SElite and seniors, 21–599086
U19–U21 / VJuniors 17–20, veterans 60–698884
U13–U17 / SVJuniors to 16, senior veterans 70 and over8682

Seriefeuerprogramm: 2 × 5 shots, 30 seconds each

ClassRF/CFRimfire or centrefireOPOrdnance pistol
E/SElite and seniors, 21–599288
U19–U21 / VJuniors 17–20, veterans 60–699086
U13–U17 / SVJuniors to 16, senior veterans 70 and over8884
  • Points for the 10 shots of each programme: the precision programme on the ISSF precision face (PP10 / 50 cm), the rapid programme on the ISSF rapid-fire face.
  • One limit gives a Kranzkarte worth Fr. 8 or a simple wreath badge; both, a Kranzkarte worth Fr. 10 or the special wreath badge.
  • Licensed shooters, under supervision, once a year per distance, 15 March to 30 September.
  • The 50 m half, a Standstich on the P10 face and a Feldstich on B10, is awarded the same way with limits of its own.

AFB EK-P25/50, Ausgabe 2026 (Reg.-Nr. 4.51.02), §§ 3–5, pp. 1–2; Reglement EK-P25/50, Ausgabe 2016, §§ 1.4, 2.1, 3 and 4.1

How it is shot

Status · Positions · Pistol · Sighters · Course · Final · Ties
Status
The ISSF recognises 50m Pistol for men, women, men junior and women junior and makes it a mandatory World Championship event; it does not have Olympic status.ISSF pp. 185 to 187
Positions
The athlete stands free, without any support, and holds and fires the pistol with one hand only; the wrist must be visibly free of support.ISSF rule 8.7.1
Pistol
Any .22 rimfire pistol chambered for long rifle cartridges may be used, loaded with one cartridge only. Its weight, trigger pull, size, barrel length and sight radius are unrestricted, and hand covers are allowed if they do not cover the wrist.ISSF rules 8.4.3.4 and 8.12
Sighters
Athletes are called to the line 25 minutes before the start; the match opens with 15 minutes of preparation and sighting time, with unlimited sighting shots.ISSF rule 6.11.9.8
Course
The match is 60 shots in 1 hour 30 minutes, or 1 hour 45 minutes where electronic scoring targets are not available. On paper, each competition card takes five shots, and there are two sighting cards.ISSF rules 6.11.9.8 and 8.11
Final
There is no final: the medals are decided by the ranking after the qualification.ISSF rule 6.11.9.8
Ties
It is scored in whole rings, counting inner tens. 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 rules 6.11.9.8 and 6.15.1

Dimensions

10 rings · 500 mm

Card 550 × 520 mm or larger · 5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)

RingColourDiameterCentre within
Inner tenBlack25 mm0.98 in15.3 mm
10Black50 mm2.0 in27.8 mm
9Black100 mm3.9 in52.8 mm
8Black150 mm5.9 in77.8 mm
7Black200 mm7.9 in102.8 mm
6White250 mm9.8 in127.8 mm
5White300 mm11.8 in152.8 mm
4White350 mm13.8 in177.8 mm
3White400 mm15.7 in202.8 mm
2White450 mm17.7 in227.8 mm
1White500 mm19.7 in252.8 mm

Source: ISSF Rule Book, Edition 2025 (Second Print 07/2026), effective 1 July 2026, rule 6.3.4.5. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .

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