NRA A-26 50m Rifle target

Course

The 50 m match is 40 shots, or 20 in its short form, five to a bull; targets are customarily changed after each 20 shots, with the same time limit for both halves.NRA rules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.2.1

National records

40 shots at 50 m on this card and 40 at 50 yd on the A-27 count toward the same national record, and either is one of the four matches of the 1600 aggregate.NRA rule 17.5(a)(3) and (5)

Time and sights

Prone time is one minute per record shot, set for each stage; in the NRA's one-day Conventional Prone this match is fired with any sights, the 50 yd match and the Dewar with metallic sights.NRA rules 8.2(b) and 7.6

Sighters

Outdoors, a first sighter landing wholly below a line midway between the sighting and record bulls must be reported to the range officer before another shot on the card; any later shot below that line counts as a record shot.NRA rule 9.2.1(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

Aggregate ties

In conventional prone aggregates, ties that survive the X count and the 100 yd checks are decided by the same checks on the A-26 or A-27 cards, then on the 50 yd A-23 cards.NRA rule 15.7.1(b)

Extra shots

If a shooter fires more than the required shots on a card, only the required number of lowest-value hits count, less one point for each excess hit, taken from the highest hit; a 10X or 10 so penalised becomes a 9.NRA rule 14.7(a)

5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)

The card

Card

The card is printed with five or six bulls (A-26/5, A-26/6) and is for Conventional Prone only.NRA rule 4.9