NRA A-51 50yd Rifle target
The A-51 is the ISSF 50 m target scaled down for yard ranges, used for NRA Metric Prone and Metric Position (prone, standing, kneeling) at five shots a bull. A hole touching its inner ten is a centre shot, the first tie-breaker, and F-Class smallbore shooters are advised to use it when shooting prone alongside target rifles.
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Courses of fire
40 or 60 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Metric prone2 × 20 · 20 min per series | 40 | 400 |
| Metric 3×203 × 20 · 20 min / 40 min / 30 min per series | 60 | 600 |
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
Smallbore Rifle Three-Position Achievement Pin
CMP
Course of fire3 × 20 shots: 20 each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order, at 50 m, 50 yd or 50 ft
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-Position, 3×20 shots50 m, 50 yd or 50 ft | 575+ | 562–574 | 548–561 |
Points over one 3×20 match — 20 shots each kneeling, prone and standing, in that order — on the 50 m ISSF target (A-50), its 50-yard reduction (A-51) or the 50-foot USAS-50, at a CMP-sanctioned smallbore competition; at competitions only.
CMP Smallbore Rifle Competition Rules, 8th ed. (2026), rules 6.4.1 and 11.1, Table 6, pp. 31, 59
NRA Honorary Clubs
NRA smallbore rifle has the 400, 570, 800, 1600 and 3200 Clubs, high power rifle the 448, 495, 792 and 990 Clubs, and precision pistol the 2600, 2650 and 2670 Clubs. The 400 Club was organised at Camp Perry in 1933 with 12 charter members, for 400 over the Dewar course with metallic sights at the National Matches; since 1951 it has also taken such scores from the Smallbore Rifle Regionals.
Membership for equalling or surpassing the club’s score in an NRA sanctioned tournament, at competitions only; the competitor or the tournament sponsor sends NRA the score with a copy of the official bulletin, and a memento is awarded.
NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules (February 2026), NRA Honorary Clubs, p. 77; NRA High Power Rifle Rules (January 2026), NRA Honorary Clubs, pp. 83–84; NRA Precision Pistol Rules (February 2026), NRA Honorary Clubs, p. 63
The 570 Club
NRA
Course of fireMetric position: 10, 20 or 40 shots each prone, standing and kneeling, at 50 ft, 50 m or 50 yd
| Course | Score |
|---|---|
| Metric positionJunior shooters | 570 |
- For NRA junior shooters who equal or surpass 570 in an NRA registered metric position smallbore rifle tournament, at competitions only.
- Metric position matches are 10, 20 or 40 shots in each of prone, standing and kneeling, on the NRA/USAS-50 at 50 feet or on the A-50 or A-51 at 50 metres or yards (Rule 7.5).
- The club dates from 1 January 1976.
NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules (revised February 2026), NRA Honorary Clubs, p. 77, and Rule 7.5, p. 18
How it is shot
Metric Prone · Metric Position · Rifle · Records · Perfect score · Ties · Position ties
- Metric Prone
- Metric Prone here is 40 or 60 shots, or 20 in the short form, five to a bull, at one minute per record shot; the metric Dewar adds 20 shots on the A-33 at 100 yd to 20 on this card.NRA rules 7.4, 7.4.1, 8.2(b) and 17.5(g)(1)
- Metric Position
- NRA Metric Position is 10, 20 or 40 shots in each of prone, standing and kneeling, five to a bull, with one minute per record shot prone, 1½ minutes kneeling and 2 minutes standing, plus at least five minutes per position change.NRA rules 7.5 and 8.2(c)
- Rifle
- Metric Position is shot under the Any Rifle rule, which a sponsor may not waive: any safe trigger, nothing more than 3 in behind the shoulder, and no hooks around the body or shoulder.NRA rule 3.2
- Records
- In Metric Prone, 40 or 60 shots here count toward the same national records as on the A-50 at 50 m; Metric Position records may be set on either card, indoors or outdoors, each at its own distance.NRA rule 17.5(g) and (i)
- Perfect score
- A perfect score in an individual match, every shot a ten, lets the shooter keep firing under the same conditions until a shot leaves the ten, to break ties and set national records; for records, a multi-position event continues standing.NRA rule 9.7
- Ties
- With no X ring, ties go first to centre shots: any hole touching the inner ten ring.NRA rule 14.3(f)(3)
- Position ties
- In Metric Position, ties go to centre shots, then the higher standing score, then kneeling and prone, then stage by stage and bull by bull from the last, standing first.NRA rule 15.7.2(b)
Dimensions
10 rings · 140.7 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 4.096 mm0.16 in | 4.85 mm |
| 10 | Black | 9.034 mm0.36 in | 7.32 mm |
| 9 | Black | 23.664 mm0.93 in | 14.63 mm |
| 8 | Black | 38.295 mm1.5 in | 21.95 mm |
| 7 | Black | 52.925 mm2.1 in | 29.26 mm |
| 6 | Black | 67.556 mm2.7 in | 36.58 mm |
| 5 | Black | 82.186 mm3.2 in | 43.89 mm |
| 4 | Black | 96.816 mm3.8 in | 51.21 mm |
| 3 | White | 111.447 mm4.4 in | 58.52 mm |
| 2 | White | 126.077 mm5.0 in | 65.84 mm |
| 1 | White | 140.708 mm5.5 in | 73.15 mm |
The card
- Card
- The card is the ISSF 50 m target reduced for firing at 50 yd, its dimensions derived from the 50 m target, with six bulls, for NRA Metric Position and Metric Prone.NRA rule 4.8
Source: NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules, Revised February 2026, rule 4.8. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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