SSV 10m Air Rifle target
The air rifle face as the Swiss shooting federation (SSV) uses it in competitions of its own. Anyone can shoot the Volksschiessen at a club, without a licence and as often as they like, collecting a bronze, silver or gold wreath award as their points add up; licensed shooters meet in club, group and cantonal team competitions. The same card is also used as the DSB Nr.1 10m Air Rifle (DSB, Germany), the IAU 10m Crossbow (IAU), the ISSF 10m Air Rifle (ISSF), the NRA AR-5 10m Air Rifle (NRA, United States) and the SvSF 10m Air Rifle (SvSF, Sweden).
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Courses of fire
10 to 60 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Association match6 × 10 · 75 min, after 15 min of preparation and sighting · 654.0 in decimals | 60 | 600 |
| Group championship4 × 10 · 436.0 in decimals | 40 | 400 |
| Volksschiessen109.0 in decimals | 10 | 100 |
| Club round2 × 10 · 218.0 in decimals | 20 | 200 |
Same event elsewhere
| Event | Compared with SSV 10m Air Rifle |
|---|---|
| ISSF 10m Air Rifle | The same course |
Badges
Switzerland · SSV
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)
| Class | Bronzeor a Fr. 4 card | Silveror a Fr. 8 card | Goldor a Fr. 12 card |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a 10 m licence, standing free | |||
| U10–U17Juniors, to 16 | 62 | 122 | 180 |
| U19–U21Juniors, 17–20 | 70 | 138 | 204 |
| Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–59 | 74 | 146 | 216 |
| VeteranenVeterans, 60–69 | 70 | 138 | 204 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 62 | 122 | 180 |
| With a 10 m licence, standing rested | |||
| U10–U17Juniors, to 16 | 66 | 130 | 192 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 66 | 130 | 192 |
| With a 10 m rest licence (Auflage-Lizenz) | |||
| SeniorenSeniors, 46–59; standing rested | 84 | 166 | 246 |
| VeteranenVeterans, 60–69; standing rested | 82 | 162 | 240 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over; standing rested | 76 | 150 | 222 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over; seated rested | 82 | 162 | 240 |
| Without a licence, standing rested | |||
| U10–U17Juniors, to 16 | 66 | 130 | 192 |
| U19–U21Juniors, 17–20 | 70 | 138 | 204 |
| Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–59 | 74 | 146 | 216 |
| VeteranenVeterans, 60–69 | 70 | 138 | 204 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 66 | 130 | 192 |
- 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)
| Class | Points20 shots |
|---|---|
| Standing free | |
| U10–U17Juniors, to 16 | 152 |
| U19–U21Juniors, 17–20 | 156 |
| Elite / SeniorenElite and seniors, 21–59 | 160 |
| VeteranenVeterans, 60–69 | 156 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 152 |
| Standing rested | |
| U10–U15Juniors, to 14 | 156 |
| SeniorenSeniors, 46–59 | 176 |
| VeteranenVeterans, 60–69 | 170 |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 164 |
| Seated rested | |
| SeniorveteranenSenior veterans, 70 and over | 170 |
- 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
| Level | VolksschiessenSportschützenkarten | VereinswettschiessenSportschützenkarten |
|---|---|---|
| Gilt pinVergoldete Sportschützennadel | 8 | 8 |
| Bronze medalBronzene Sportschützenmedaille | 8 more | 8 more |
| Silver-plated medalVersilberte Sportschützenmedaille | 8 more | 8 more |
| Gilt medalVergoldete Sportschützenmedaille | 8 more | 8 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
How it is shot
Volksschiessen · Club competition · Group championship · Federation match · Wreath awards · Gauging · Ties
- Volksschiessen
- Clubs hold the Volksschiessen between October and April. Anyone may shoot it, without a licence and several times a year, in passes of 10 single shots, as many passes as they like.SSV AFB SVS-G10 2, 3, 4.1 and 5.2
- Club competition
- In the Vereinswettschiessen, licensed members shoot once a season for their club: two passes of 10 single shots, one shot to each bull. The club score rests on compulsory results from 70 % of its licensed shooters, at least six.SSV AFB SVWS-G10 2, 5.2 and 6
- Group championship
- In the Swiss group championship, club groups (four elite shooters, or three juniors) shoot three main rounds, each shooter firing 40 shots standing free a round (20 for U10 to U17), before the finals.SSV AFB SGM-G10 5.1 to 5.3
- Federation match
- In the Verbandsmatch, each cantonal federation may enter one elite and one junior team; every shooter fires 60 shots standing free, scored electronically in tenths, and teams rank by their shooters’ average.SSV AFB SVM-G10 3.1, 4.2, 4.4 and 4.5.1
- Wreath awards
- The Volksschiessen adds up the points of all passes: standing free, a licensed elite or senior shooter needs 74 for a bronze wreath award, 146 for silver and 216 for gold; juniors, veterans and rested shooters have limits of their own.SSV AFB SVS-G10 5.2.2 and 7.1 to 7.3
- Gauging
- A shot takes the higher value when its hole or the gauge touches that ring. Doubtful shots take a 4.5 mm “negative” gauge on rings 3 to 10, a “positive” one on rings 1 and 2, and the 10 m pistol’s for inner tens.SSV Art. 22.3 and 23
- Ties
- Unless a competition’s own rules say otherwise, a tie goes to the shooter with more 10s, then 9s, 8s and so on, sighters not counted, and then by age: juniors first, youngest first, then senior veterans, veterans, seniors and elite, oldest first.SSV RW Art. 20
Dimensions
10 rings · 45.5 mm
Card 100 × 100 mm · 4.5 mm scoring gauge (.177)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | White | 0.5 mm0.02 in | 2.5 mm |
| 9 | Black | 5.5 mm0.22 in | 5 mm |
| 8 | Black | 10.5 mm0.41 in | 7.5 mm |
| 7 | Black | 15.5 mm0.61 in | 10 mm |
| 6 | Black | 20.5 mm0.81 in | 12.5 mm |
| 5 | Black | 25.5 mm1.0 in | 15 mm |
| 4 | Black | 30.5 mm1.2 in | 17.5 mm |
| 3 | White | 35.5 mm1.4 in | 20 mm |
| 2 | White | 40.5 mm1.6 in | 22.5 mm |
| 1 | White | 45.5 mm1.8 in | 25 mm |
Under the SSV rules, a shot counts as an inner ten only when the hole covers the whole 10 ring.
The card
- Scoring scales
- This face is scored as “Scheibe 10” (1 to 10 a shot) or “Scheibe 100” (up to 100, electronically or by approved gauges). An inner ten is 93 to 100 there, 10.2 to 10.9 in tenths, or on paper the white dot shot away completely.SSV Art. 25
Source: SSV Regeln für das sportliche Schiessen (RSpS), Teil B: Technische Regeln Gewehr (TRG), Ausgabe 2022 (DOK 1.10.4022 d, Rev. 14 of 09.07.2021; in force for 10 m since 1 October 2021), rule Art. 25 (Scheibenbilder Gewehr 10m). Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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