NRA A-25 100yd Rifle target
The A-25 carries the longest stage of NRA Conventional Prone: a 40-shot match of its own, ten shots to a bull, and the longer half of the Dewar course, named after the International Dewar Team Match. In prone aggregates, a tie that survives the X count goes to the total on these cards.
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Courses of fire
40 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Conventional prone2 × 20 · 20 min per series | 40 | 400 |
Badges
United States · CMP and NRA
CMP Achievement Awards
Every CMP rulebook, from air gun and smallbore to service rifle, pistol and the CMP Games, sets achievement awards as an incentive to take part and improve. In EIC matches, shooters already Distinguished, who earn no more credit points, still compete for achievement pins. If extreme weather lowers every score in a CMP Games match, or many competitors are new, the match director may lower the bronze score, but not below the 40th-percentile competitor.
Gold, silver or bronze for equalling or exceeding the cut score in one match at a CMP-sanctioned or CMP-run competition. The cut scores come from earlier national championship scores, set so that roughly the top 40 percent of competitors earn an award: the top sixth of them gold, the next two sixths silver, the rest bronze.
CMP Air Rifle and Air Pistol Competition Rules, 5th ed. (2026), rule 11.1; CMP Highpower Rifle Competition Rules, 29th ed. (2026), rules 4.11.3, 9.3.9–9.3.10 and 10.3.3; CMP Games Rifle and Pistol Competition Rules, 13th ed. (2026), rules 4.8 and 4.8.4
Rimfire Sporter Benchrest
CMP
Course of fire40 record shots at 100 yd in 30 min, after 5 min of sighters, from a benchrest
| Match | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rimfire Sporter Benchrest40 shots | 396+ | 385–395 | 373–384 |
- Points over 40 record shots at 100 yards on the A-25, in 30 minutes after a five-minute sighting period, from a benchrest with at most two sandbag supports, with a .22 rimfire sporter rifle (T-, O-, TU- and M-Class may be ranked apart; one set of scores for all).
- At competitions only: medals at the National Matches and CMP Competition Games, pins that clubs order for their CMP-sanctioned matches.
CMP Games Rifle and Pistol Competition Rules, 13th ed. (2026), rules 4.8 and 9.7, pp. 39–40, 94; Annex A, p. 104
NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program
The NRA dates the programme to 1903 and measures shooters against par scores in 23 qualifications, from BB gun to shotgun and multi-gun. Awards are ordered from the NRA’s Program Materials Center: the discipline’s patch at the start, then a rocker, medal, pin and certificate for each rating. NRA members who reach Distinguished Expert get its packet free, and those who earn it in 2 or 3 of rifle, pistol and shotgun become Double or Triple Distinguished.
Ratings are earned in order, from Pro-Marksman up, at the shooter’s own pace; a score counts only toward the rating being worked on and cannot be held for a higher one, and the repetitions need not be fired in a row or in one session. Distinguished Expert firing is witnessed by an NRA member, instructor or coach, unless it is shot in competition.
NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 1–3 and 53–54; NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program, “Courses of Fire” and “FAQs”
Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Qualification
NRA
Course of fire10, 20 or 40 shots each prone, standing and kneeling; up to Sharpshooter also a 5-shot bull or a 10-shot card
Aggregate Course: 10 shots in each position
| Rating | Pointsof 300 | Times |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 120 | 2 |
| Marksman | 170 | 4 |
| Sharpshooter | 220 | 6 |
| Expert | 250 | 8 |
| Distinguished Expert | 273 | 10 |
| Distinguished ExpertAt a 3-Position NRA Postal | 273 | 4 |
Stage Skill Course
| Rating | Shots | Points | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-MarksmanProne | 5 on a bull | 20 | 10 |
| MarksmanProne | 5 on a bull | 25 | 10 |
| SharpshooterKneeling | 5 on a bull | 15 | 10 |
| SharpshooterProne | 10, one a bull | 75 | 3 |
| SharpshooterStanding | 10, one a bull | 40 | 3 |
| SharpshooterKneeling | 10, one a bull | 50 | 3 |
Stage Skill Course: Expert and Distinguished Expert aggregates
| Rating | 30 shots | 60 shots | 120 shots | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpertLine 1 | 230 | 460 | – | 1 |
| ExpertLine 2 | 240 | 248 | – | 1 |
| ExpertLine 3 | 250 | 500 | – | 1 |
| Distinguished Expert | – | 540 | 1080 | 10 |
- Aggregates: points over 10, 20 or 40 shots in each of prone, standing and kneeling.
- Stage course up to Sharpshooter: points on one 5-shot bull (of 50) or on a 10-shot card, one shot a bull (of 100).
- Times is how many such scores.
- Expert’s three stage lines are printed one time each, the second as "248/600" (as printed).
- Distinguished Expert also counts with a 60- or 120-shot aggregate four times at 3-position NRA Postal matches.
- Any .22 rimfire rifle with iron sights; the A-17 or NRA-USAS 50 at 50 feet, the A-23 at 50 yards, the A-25 at 100 yards.
- Open to everyone, NRA members or not; practice, league and match scores all count.
NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 24–25
Smallbore Rifle Prone Qualification
NRA
Course of fireProne, one card: one shot a bull at 50 ft, or 20 shots at 50 to 200 yd; or the Dewar, 20 at 50 yd and 20 at 100 yd
| Rating | Distance | Target | Points | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 50 ft | NRA-USAS 50 | 40 | 10 |
| Marksman | 50 ft | NRA-USAS 50 | 55 | 10 |
| Sharpshooter | 50 ft | NRA-USAS 50 | 70 | 10 |
| Sharpshooter | 50 yd | A-23 | 140 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 50 yd | A-23 | 180 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 50 yd | A-27 | 165 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 100 yd | A-27 | 175 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 100 yd | A-25 | 170 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 200 yd | A-25 | 180 | 5 |
| SharpshooterDewar course | 50 and 100 yd | A-23, A-25 | 370 | 5 |
| ExpertDewar course | 50 and 100 yd | A-23, A-25 | 376 | 5 |
| Distinguished Expert40-shot aggregate | – | – | 385 | 10 |
| Distinguished ExpertIn Dewar competition, iron sights only | 50 and 100 yd | A-23, A-25 | 385 | 2 |
- Points on one card: of 100 for the NRA-USAS 50 at 50 feet (one shot a bull), of 200 for 20 shots on the A-23 or A-27 (five a bull) or the A-25 (ten a bull).
- The Dewar course is 20 shots at 50 yards on the A-23 and 20 at 100 yards on the A-25, of 400 — the course of the NRA National Smallbore Championships.
- Times is how many such scores.
- Any .22 rimfire rifle with iron sights, fired prone.
- Open to everyone, NRA members or not; practice, league and match scores all count.
NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 24–25
How it is shot
Course · Dewar course · Time · X ring · Dewar ties · Aggregate ties · Scoring overlay
- Course
- The 100 yd match is 40 shots, or 20 in its short form, ten to a bull; a 20-shot stage is a 10-shot string on each of two bulls, and targets are customarily changed after each 20 shots.NRA rules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.2.1; glossary
- Dewar course
- The Dewar course is 20 shots prone on the A-23 at 50 yd and 20 on this card. Its namesake, the International Dewar Team Match, uses metallic sights; domestic matches are also fired with telescopic sights.NRA rule 17.5(a)(1); glossary
- Time
- Prone time is one minute per record shot, set for each stage rather than checked shot by shot; time left unused does not carry over to another string or stage.NRA rules 8.1 and 8.2(b)
- X ring
- Any hole touching the outside edge of the X ring counts as an X. X's break ties first, rank scores and set national records in outdoor conventional prone.NRA rules 14.3(c) and 15.7.1
- Dewar ties
- A Dewar tie still level on X's goes to the higher score at 100 yd, then X's at 100 yd, then the 100 yd bulls from the last back; then the same at 50 yd.NRA rule 15.7.1(a)(2)
- Aggregate ties
- In prone aggregates, ties still level on X's go to the total on all 100 yd cards (A-25 or A-33), then X's at 100 yd, then the bulls in reverse order.NRA rule 15.7.1(b)
- Scoring overlay
- Where groups of two or more shots, or holes joined by a tear, partly obliterate the X, 10 or 9 rings of an outdoor card, scorers value them with the NRA Smallbore Rifle Scoring aid overlay, not a plug gauge.NRA rule 14.3(d)
Dimensions
6 rings · 304.8 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 25.4 mm1.0 in | 15.5 mm |
| 10 | Black | 50.8 mm2.0 in | 28.2 mm |
| 9 | Black | 101.6 mm4.0 in | 53.6 mm |
| 8 | Black | 152.4 mm6.0 in | 79 mm |
| 7 | Black | 203.2 mm8.0 in | 104.4 mm |
| 6 | White | 254 mm10.0 in | 129.8 mm |
| 5 | White | 304.8 mm12.0 in | 155.2 mm |
The card
- Card
- The card has three bulls and is for Conventional Prone only.NRA rule 4.11
Source: NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules, Revised February 2026, rule 4.11. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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