NRA A-27 50yd Rifle target
The A-27 lets a range measured in yards shoot the metric stage of NRA Conventional Prone: it is the metric target reduced for the shorter yard distance, five shots to a bull. Forty shots on it count toward the same national record as forty on the A-26, and in the NRA's one-day Conventional Prone this match is fired with any sights.
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Courses of fire
40 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Conventional prone2 × 20 · 20 min per series | 40 | 400 |
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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 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 · Records · Sights · X ring · Ties · Same-hole shots
- Course
- The match is 40 shots, or 20 in the short form, five to a bull; targets are customarily changed after each 20 shots, with the same time, one minute per record shot, for both halves.NRA rules 7.1, 7.2, 7.2.1 and 8.2(b)
- Records
- 40 shots on this card at 50 yd count toward the same national record as 40 on the A-26 at 50 m, and either is one of the four matches of the 1600 aggregate.NRA rule 17.5(a)(3) and (5)
- Sights
- In the NRA's one-day Conventional Prone, this match is fired with any sights, while the 50 yd A-23 match and the Dewar use metallic sights.NRA rule 7.6
- 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
- Ties
- Prone ties still level on X's go to the last stage, then bull by bull from the last; failing that, X's of higher value, holes clear of the X ring's edge, are counted and the steps repeated.NRA rules 14.3(e) and 15.7.1(a)
- Same-hole shots
- If three or more shots group so that a required shot could have gone through the enlarged hole unseen, and nothing shows it went elsewhere, the shooter gets the benefit of the doubt, any such hit scoring in the higher of two possible rings.NRA rule 14.9
Dimensions
7 rings · 128 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 9.1186 mm0.36 in | 7.36 mm |
| 10 | Black | 18.2626 mm0.72 in | 11.93 mm |
| 9 | Black | 36.5506 mm1.4 in | 21.08 mm |
| 8 | Black | 54.8386 mm2.2 in | 30.22 mm |
| 7 | Black | 73.1266 mm2.9 in | 39.36 mm |
| 6 | Black | 91.4146 mm3.6 in | 48.51 mm |
| 5 | White | 109.7026 mm4.3 in | 57.65 mm |
| 4 | White | 127.9652 mm5.0 in | 66.78 mm |
The card
- Card
- The card is the 50 m target reduced for firing at 50 yd, printed with five or six bulls (A-27/5, A-27/6), for Conventional Prone only.NRA rule 4.7
- Numbering
- Cards hang vertically with the highest-numbered bull at the bottom; for ties, bull numbers run on in sequence through the whole course of fire.NRA rules 4.1 and 15.2
Source: NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules, Revised February 2026, rule 4.7. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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