ISSF 50m Rifle target

Course of fireThree positions, 3 × 20 or 3 × 40 (Jugend 30 shots); 30 shots; 60 prone; rested, 30

Junioren, Herren and Damen

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

Schüler and Jugend

Auflage (rested), Senioren

Para classes

• 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.
• KK-Liegendkampf’s shots are printed “60/Zehntel” without saying whether its numbers are whole rings or tenths; Herren III’s 3x20 bronze, 426, is as printed.

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

Course of fireThree positions, 3 × 20 or 3 × 40; 30 shots; 60 prone; rested, 30

• 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

Course of fireOne 15-shot series, or 30 for the 30-shot pin; smallbore rifle or rested

Kleine Leistungsnadeln (small pins)

Große Leistungsnadeln (large pins)

Große Schießspange and goldene Eichel

• 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

Course of fireThe 60-shot English Match, smallbore prone at 50 m

Kleine Leistungsnadeln (small pins)

Große Leistungsnadeln (large pins)

Große Schießspange and goldene Eichel

• Rings in the 60-shot English Match, smallbore prone at 50 m.
• The small pins in order within one calendar year, on different days; then one award a year, in order; after that, the Eichel each year.
• 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.
• Behinderte: their age class, 5 rings less.

Schießsportordnung des KB (Stand 28.02.2023), XI, pp. 47–49, and p. 68

Course of fireChampionship matches, in the prescribed positions: smallbore rifle, smallbore rested, or English Match

• 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.

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

Course of fireEach practice day’s first series of 15 shots (English Match 60), the best 8 days averaged

Hangers: the yearly average

• 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

Course of fireEach shooting day’s first series of 30 shots (English Match 60), on at least 10 days (rested and English Match 5)

Every series, and the average

• 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

Course of fireEach shooting day’s first series of 30 shots (English Match 60), on at least 8 days (English Match 5)

Every series

• 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

Course of fire60 shots at 50 m: prone, kneeling, or 3 × 20

The score is the match total, on the ISSF 50 m card; one cross for every category that shoots the proef.

KNSA, Overzicht klasseringseisen seizoen 2026/2027 (14 Sept. 2026), 2.01–2.06; SWR deel III (01-10-2026), 6.2, pp. 6–7; SWR deel I (01-10-2026), H20, pp. 30–32

Course of fireThe event’s full match: 60 shots prone, or 3 × 20

• Prone in decimals, 3×20 in whole rings.
• 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

Course of fire12 × 5 shots, or 3 rounds of 4 × 5 (or 6 × 5), prone at 50 m, with or without a rest

• Prone at 50 m, with or without a rest, for shooters up to the year they turn 20, in any class.
• Points in each of twelve 5-shot series, or in each of three rounds of four 5-shot series, or six in the alternative round.
• All levels may be won in the same year.
• Results from announced competitions, club level or above, only.

Regelbok Nationellt skytte (2026-03-02), 13.11.2, p. 84, and 13.4.2, p. 78

Course of fire3 rounds of 4 × 5 shots (or 6 × 5) at 50 m; all prone, or prone, standing and kneeling

• Points in each of three rounds of four 5-shot series at 50 m, or six in the alternative round, all prone or in positions; one badge for both.
• Each level counts only in the classes shown, and its rounds also move a shooter up a class.
• Bronze, silver and gold 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), 13.11.2, p. 84, and 13.4.2, p. 78

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

• 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

Course of fire10 series in one position for bronze and silver; 5 each prone, kneeling and standing for gold

• Points in a series (its length is not printed; ISSF series are ten shots).
• Bronze and silver take ten such series in any one position, gold five in each of the three; with a sport rifle a standing series needs two points less.
• 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 and 7

Course of fire10er-Stich: 10-shot passes added up; 5er-Stich: 10 single shots, one pass; prone free or rested

10er-Stich on Scheibe 10, passes added up

5er-Stich on Scheibe 5, one pass

• In the 10er-Stich the points of every 10-shot pass are added up, as many passes as one likes.
• The 5er-Stich is 10 single shots on Scheibe 5, where a 10 or 9 counts 5, an 8 or 7 counts 4, and so on; its passes are not added up.
• Open to everyone, as often as one likes, 1 April to 15 October, and any number of awards may be taken.
• A licensed shooter who reaches silver in two passes prone free (U13–U17 and Seniorveteranen also rested) also gets a Sportschützenkarte toward the Sportschützenauszeichnung.

AFB SVS-G50, Ausgabe 2026 (Reg.-Nr. 5.51.02), §§ 2 and 4–9, pp. 1–4; TRG Art. 26

Course of fire2 × 10 single shots, unlimited practice before each; prone free or rested

• Points for the Vereinsstich: two passes of 10 single shots on Scheibe 10, at most two shots per card, each after as much practice as one likes.
• Shot once a season, 15 May to 10 September, 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-G50, Ausgabe 2026 (Reg.-Nr. 5.52.02), §§ 2, 5 and 9, pp. 1–3; Reglement SVWS-G50, Ausgabe 2023, Art. 5, 12 and 13

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

• 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

Course of fire40 deliberate shots prone at 50 yd, 50 m or 100 yd; or a Dewar, 20 at 50 yd or m and 20 at 100 yd

Dewar: 20 at 50 yd or m, 20 at 100 yd

• Minimum scores for 40 deliberate shots prone, at 50 yards (card 5002), 50 metres (MM12 or MM13) or 100 yards (1001 or 1003BM), or for a Dewar: 20 shots at 50 yards or metres and 20 at 100 yards.
• Class D’s Dewar minimum is printed as 345.

NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 10

Course of fire3 × 20 shots: 20 each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order, at 50 m, 50 yd or 50 ft

Points over one 3×20 match — 20 shots each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order — on the 50 m ISSF target (A-50), its 50-yard reduction (A-51) or the 50-foot USAS-50, at a CMP-sanctioned smallbore competition; at competitions only.

CMP Smallbore Rifle Competition Rules, 8th ed. (2026), rules 6.4.1 and 11.1, Table 6, pp. 31, 59

Course of fireMetric position: 10, 20 or 40 shots each prone, standing and kneeling, at 50 ft, 50 m or 50 yd

• For NRA junior shooters who equal or surpass 570 in an NRA registered metric position smallbore rifle tournament, at competitions only.
• Metric position matches are 10, 20 or 40 shots in each of prone, standing and kneeling, on the NRA/USAS-50 at 50 feet or on the A-50 or A-51 at 50 metres or yards (Rule 7.5).
• The club dates from 1 January 1976.

NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules (revised February 2026), NRA Honorary Clubs, p. 77, and Rule 7.5, p. 18