KNSA 50m Rifle target
The international smallbore rifle card as the Dutch federation, the KNSA, uses it. Besides the ISSF prone and three-position matches, Dutch shooters fire a national 60-shot kneeling match on it, smallbore carbines shoot here too, and a match puts at most two shots on a card. A skill cross rewards 560 prone, 540 kneeling or 525 in three positions. The same card is also used as the BDS Nr.3 50m Rifle (BDS, Germany), the DSB Nr.3 50m Rifle (DSB, Germany), the FFTir 50m Rifle (FFTir, France), the ISSF 50m Rifle (ISSF) and the NRA A-50 50m Rifle (NRA, United States).
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Courses of fire
60 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Prone 606 × 10 · 654.0 in decimals | 60 | 600 |
| Kneeling 606 × 10 · 65 min (75 with target carriers), sighters included · 654.0 in decimals | 60 | 600 |
| 3 positions 3×203 × 20 · 654.0 in decimals | 60 | 600 |
Same event elsewhere
| Event | Compared with KNSA 50m Rifle |
|---|---|
| ISSF 50m Rifle Prone | The same course |
Badges
Netherlands · KNSA
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 fire60 shots at 50 m: prone, kneeling, or 3 × 20
| Proef | Shots | Score |
|---|---|---|
| KK Geweer liggend 50mtr (2.01) | 60 | 560 |
| KK Geweer 3x20 50mtr (2.04) | 60 | 525 |
| KK Geweer knielend 50mtr (2.06) | 60 | 540 |
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
How it is shot
Time · Shots per card · Combined 3×20 · Ammunition · Championships · Skill cross · Skill cross matches
- Time
- The national 60 shots kneeling take 1 hour 5 minutes on electronic targets, or 1 hour 15 minutes with target carriers, sighting shots included, on the international card.KNSA rule 6.5.4
- Shots per card
- A smallbore 50 m match puts at most two shots on each card, and only one where world records can be set.KNSA rules 3.2.6 and 3.2.8
- Combined 3×20
- At championships where kneeling, prone and 3 × 20 are all shot, the 3 × 20 may be made of the first 20 kneeling and first 20 prone shots, then 20 standing, shot in that order; this holds for the ISSF 3 × 20 too.KNSA rule 6.5.3
- Ammunition
- Only .22 LR rimfire ammunition with an all-lead bullet, coated with nothing but grease, is allowed; high-velocity ammunition, over 360 m/s, is not.KNSA rule 4.4
- Championships
- At the Dutch smallbore rifle championships the ISSF rules apply, except that the senior men’s qualification is scored in whole rings, not tenths; the eight best of the championship shoot the final, whatever their category.KNSA rules 18.1 and 18.2
- Skill cross
- A KNSA skill cross (vaardigheidskruis) on this card takes 560 in the 60 shots prone, 540 kneeling or 525 in 3 × 20, the same for every category.KNSA Overzicht klasseringseisen 2026/2027, nos. 2.01, 2.04 and 2.06
- Skill cross matches
- A skill cross can be won once a year per test at most, and only at KNSA classification matches, championships or international matches where an authorised KNSA representative is present.KNSA deel I rules 20.4 a and b
Dimensions
10 rings · 154.4 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inner ten | Black | 5 mm0.20 in | 5.3 mm |
| 10 | Black | 10.4 mm0.41 in | 8 mm |
| 9 | Black | 26.4 mm1.0 in | 16 mm |
| 8 | Black | 42.4 mm1.7 in | 24 mm |
| 7 | Black | 58.4 mm2.3 in | 32 mm |
| 6 | Black | 74.4 mm2.9 in | 40 mm |
| 5 | Black | 90.4 mm3.6 in | 48 mm |
| 4 | Black | 106.4 mm4.2 in | 56 mm |
| 3 | White | 122.4 mm4.8 in | 64 mm |
| 2 | White | 138.4 mm5.4 in | 72 mm |
| 1 | White | 154.4 mm6.1 in | 80 mm |
Source: KNSA Schiet- en Wedstrijdreglement, deel III Klein Kaliber Geweer, versie 01-10-2026, rule 6.5.4. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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