NSRA 20yd Pistol (PL14) target
The NSRA’s free pistol card, and the card of Lightweight Sport Rifle: a .22 rimfire, air or CO2 rifle of at most 4.5 kg, shot standing with any sights by shooters in ordinary street clothes. An LWSR team league and the LSR proficiency badges are shot on it, including a timed course of five-shot strings in 150, 20 and 10 seconds.
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Courses of fire
20 or 30 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Light Sport Rifle2 × 10 · 218.0 in decimals | 20 | 200 |
| 20 yd Free Pistol 202 × 10 · 10 min per series · 218.0 in decimals | 20 | 200 |
| Light Sport timed6 × 5 · 150 s / 20 s / 10 s per series · 327.0 in decimals | 30 | 300 |
Badges
United Kingdom · NSRA
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”
LSR Standing Any Sights
NSRA
Course of fireStanding: 40 deliberate shots; or 60 timed in 5-shot series, four each of 150 s, 20 s and 10 s
| Award | Course 1Deliberate, 40 shots | Course 2Timed, 60 shots |
|---|---|---|
| Mastershot | 385 | 570 |
| Expert | 370 | 555 |
| Class A | 350 | 525 |
| Class B | 330 | 500 |
| Class C | 320 | 470 |
| Class D | 300 | 430 |
| Class A JuniorUnder 18 | 290 | 420 |
| Class B JuniorUnder 18 | 260 | 390 |
| Class C JuniorUnder 14, out of 200 | 100 | – |
- Minimum scores standing with a lightweight sport rifle (LSR) and any sights, at 20 yards on PL14 or at 25 metres on the NSRA PL19 card.
- Course 1 is 40 deliberate shots; Course 2 is 60 timed shots, four 5-shot series in 150 seconds each, four in 20 seconds and four in 10.
NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet, V04 (January 2026), p. 8
How it is shot
LWSR league · LWSR rifle · Clothing · LSR badge · Time · Gauging · X ring
- LWSR league
- Lightweight Sport Rifle (LWSR) is shot standing on this card: in the NSRA’s LWSR team league each member fires 20 shots per round at 20 yards (or at 25 m on the PL19), with any sights.NSRA Summer Competitions Booklet 2025, competition 150
- LWSR rifle
- An LWSR rifle fires .22 rimfire Short, Long or Long Rifle, or is an air or CO2 rifle of .22 or less; it weighs at most 4.5 kg with sights and all accessories, and has no minimum trigger weight.NSRA rules 8.2.3.1 and 8.3.3
- Clothing
- LWSR shooters wear conventional street clothing suited to the weather, with shoes that leave the ankle free; specialised shooting clothing is not allowed, except strap-on elbow pads, and a shooting glove or ordinary glove may be used.NSRA rule 8.9
- LSR badge
- The NSRA’s LSR standing proficiency badge is shot on this card at 20 yards: either 40 deliberate shots, or 60 timed shots in strings of 5, four strings each in 150, 20 and 10 seconds.NSRA Proficiency Badges booklet V04, January 2026, p. 8
- Time
- Fired with a pistol, each 10-shot series has 10 minutes unless the competition’s rules state otherwise; the series starts at the command “Fire”, and every shot fired after it counts.NSRA rule 9.5.6.6
- Gauging
- The pistol cards are gauged inward: the edge of the hole nearest the centre sets the value, and when the gauge’s flange touches a line, the higher value counts. Shots outside the scoring rings have no value.NSRA rule 5.1.6 and Appendix A
- X ring
- Where a competition scores the X (inner 10) ring, a shot in or touching it counts as 10 and one X.NSRA rule 5.1.9
Dimensions
10 rings · 179.3 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 5.59 mm0.22 in | 5.6 mm |
| 10 | Black | 14.73 mm0.58 in | 10.17 mm |
| 9 | Black | 33.02 mm1.3 in | 19.31 mm |
| 8 | Black | 51.31 mm2.0 in | 28.46 mm |
| 7 | Black | 69.6 mm2.7 in | 37.6 mm |
| 6 | Black | 87.88 mm3.5 in | 46.74 mm |
| 5 | White | 106.17 mm4.2 in | 55.89 mm |
| 4 | White | 124.46 mm4.9 in | 65.03 mm |
| 3 | White | 142.75 mm5.6 in | 74.18 mm |
| 2 | White | 161.04 mm6.3 in | 83.32 mm |
| 1 | White | 179.32 mm7.1 in | 92.46 mm |
The card
- Card
- The NSRA’s competition lists give the PL14, or the PL14/06, as the 20-yard Free pistol card.NSRA Postal Competitions handbook, Dec 2025, p. 13
Source: NSRA Rules and Regulations for the conduct of Small-bore and Air Rifle, Small-bore and Air Pistol and Crossbow Competitions, Printing incorporating all amendments effective as at 15 April 2024, rule Appendix A (Target Dimensions), Pistol Targets — PL14. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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