NRA B-2 50ft Pistol target
The B-2 is the NRA’s Standard American slow fire target reduced for indoor gallery ranges, where it carries the slow fire stage of the Gallery Course. Each ten-shot string has 10 minutes, with no sighting shots; in an individual match, a perfect score is followed by extra five-shot strings until a shot falls outside the highest ring, to break ties or set records.
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Courses of fire
20 or 10 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Gallery Slow Fire2 × 10 · 10 min per series | 20 | 200 |
| Gallery NMC slow10 min | 10 | 100 |
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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”
Conventional Bullseye Pistol Qualification
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Course of fireSlow fire 10 shots in 10 min; timed 2 × 5, 20 s a string; rapid 2 × 5, 10 s a string; standing, one hand
Stage course: slow, timed and rapid fire
| Rating | Slow fire10 shots in 10 min | Timed fire2 × 5 shots, 20 s each | Rapid fire2 × 5 shots, 10 s each | Aggregate30 shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 40 ×5 | – | – | – |
| Marksman | 50 ×5 | – | – | – |
| Sharpshooter | 60 ×5 | – | – | – |
| No rating printed | 68 ×4 | 58 ×3 | – | – |
| No rating printed | 72 ×4 | 70 ×3 | 50 ×3 | – |
| No rating printed | 76 ×4 | 82 ×3 | 70 ×4 | – |
| Expert | – | – | – | 250 ×5 |
| Distinguished Expert | – | – | – | 269 ×10 |
| Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions | – | – | – | 258 ×2 |
Aggregate Skill Course: 10 slow, 10 timed and 10 rapid-fire shots
| Rating | Pointsof 300 | Times |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 125 | 2 |
| Marksman | 175 | 2 |
| Sharpshooter | 210 | 2 |
| Expert | 250 | 2 |
| Distinguished Expert | 269 | 10 |
| Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned competitions | 258 | 2 |
- Points of 100 for 10 shots and of 300 for the 30-shot aggregate; ×5 is five times.
- An aggregate counts only when its 30 shots are fired as one unit in one session.
- Any rimfire or centrefire pistol or revolver, fired standing with one hand; Pro-Marksman and Marksman may use a bench or both hands.
- Slow fire on the B-16 at 25 yards, the B-6 at 50 yards or the B-2 at 50 feet, timed and rapid fire on the B-8 at 25 yards or the B-3 at 50 feet (or the TQ-6 and TQ-7 at 25 feet, the B-4 at 20 yards).
- The stage table has three rows without a rating name (as printed; Sharpshooter bars in earlier editions).
NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), pp. 10–11
How it is shot
Gallery Course · Positions · Probationary match · Sighters · Gauging · Ties · Perfect score
- Gallery Course
- The Gallery Course at 50 feet is one 10-shot slow fire string in 10 minutes on the B-2, plus two 5-shot strings each of timed fire (20 seconds) and rapid fire (10 seconds) on the B-3; it may also be fired outdoors.NRA section 7
- Positions
- The firing position is standing, with the pistol held in one hand only; the other hand may give it no support, and clothing, body and pistol must be clear of artificial support.NRA rule 5.5
- Probationary match
- The One or Two Hand Probationary Precision Pistol Match, fired at up to 50 yards on the B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, B-8 or B-16, lets competitors use one or two hands; it gives classifications only up to Expert and no National Records.NRA section 24
- Sighters
- Sighting shots are not allowed as part of the course of fire; practice matches or practice targets are allowed if all competitors have an equal chance to enter or use them.NRA rule 9.2
- Gauging
- A shot hole whose leaded edge touches the outside of a ring scores the higher value; close shots are decided with a scoring gauge.NRA rule 14.3
- Ties
- Ties at a single stage go first to the most X’s (the B-2 has no X ring), then the fewest misses, then the fewest hits of the lowest value, then of the next lowest, and so on.NRA rules 4.2 and 15.3
- Perfect score
- In an individual match, a perfect score (all X’s where the target has an X ring) is followed by further five-shot strings, at rapid fire in a three-stage match, until a hit lands outside the highest ring; this breaks ties or sets National Records.NRA rule 9.7
Dimensions
7 rings · 186.2 mm
5.6 mm scoring gauge (.22)
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Black | 22.86 mm0.90 in | 14.23 mm |
| 9 | Black | 39.12 mm1.5 in | 22.36 mm |
| 8 | Black | 56.64 mm2.2 in | 31.12 mm |
| 7 | Black | 78 mm3.1 in | 41.8 mm |
| 6 | White | 105.66 mm4.2 in | 55.63 mm |
| 5 | White | 141.22 mm5.6 in | 73.41 mm |
| 4 | White | 186.18 mm7.3 in | 95.89 mm |
Source: NRA Precision Pistol Rules, Revised February 2026, rule 4.2. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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