NRA FC 600yd Rifle target

The MR-1FC is the F-Class centre pasted over the Mid-Range MR-1, adding a smaller X ring and moving every old ring down one value. The F-Class Mid-Range National Championships are fired entirely on it: three 20-shot matches a day for three days, then two four-person team matches. The same card is also used as the NRA MR-1FC 600y Rifle (NRA, United States).

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The NRA FC 600yd Rifle target, drawn to scale: 1219.2 mm across, with the 914.4 mm black over rings 6 to 10

Courses of fire

20 or 15 shots
CourseShotsMaximum
F-Class match 2022 min20200
F-Class Fullbore 1517 min15150

Badges

United States · NRA

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”

F-Class Rifle Qualification

NRA

Course of fireProne, single-loaded: 5 or 10 shots at 100–1,000 yd; from Expert, 15 or 20 at each of three mid- or long-range distances

RatingDistanceShotsPointsTimes
Pro-Marksman100 yd5255
Marksman200 yd5305
Sharpshooter300 yd5255
Sharpshooter300 yd10655
Sharpshooter500 yd10655
Sharpshooter600 yd10705
Sharpshooter1000 yd10605

Expert and Distinguished Expert: a mid- or long-range aggregate

RatingPercent45 shots60 shotsTimes
ExpertIn a tournament82%3694924
Distinguished ExpertIn NRA sanctioned F-Class competition91.5%41154910
  • Points over the shots given, prone, one cartridge loaded at a time; Times is how many such scores.
  • A mid-range aggregate is 15 or 20 shots at each of 300, 500 and 600 yards on one day, a long-range one the same at 800, 900 and 1,000; an aggregate short of the score is refired whole.
  • Distinguished Expert takes 10 aggregates, "or 5 NRA sanctioned F-Class competitions" (as printed).
  • Any centrefire rifle and rest as the F-Class rules allow.
  • Cards: the MR-63FC, MR-65FC, MR-1FC and LRFC centres on their full targets, or the MR-31 at 100 yards and the MR-52 at 200.
  • Open to everyone, NRA members or not.

NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program guide book, 11th ed. (January 2021), p. 29

How it is shot

Rests · Divisions · Championships · Regional Course · Time · F-Class Fullbore · Gauging
Rests
F-Class is fired prone from the shoulder, the rifle on a front and/or rear rest or on a bipod and/or sling with a rear rest; the rules call it a modification of High Power prone, not a form of bench rest.NRA rules 3.2 and 5.4
Divisions
F-Open rifles may be of any calibre up to .35; F-TR rifles are limited to unmodified .308 Win/7.62 NATO or .223 Rem/5.56 NATO cases and are fired off a bipod and/or sling.NRA rules 3.1(a) and 3.1(b)
Championships
The F-Class Mid-Range National Championships are fired entirely at 600 yd: three 20-shot matches a day for three days, then two four-person team matches of 20 shots per member.NRA rule 7.21
Regional Course
The 120-shot F-Class Regional Course spends its first day here — three individual matches at 600 yd — and its second on three matches at 1,000 yd.NRA rule 7.19
Time
Time is one minute per shot, sighters included when specified, and each match is announced as two sighters plus the record shots — 22 minutes for a 20-shot match.NRA rules 8.1, 8.2(a) and 10.7
F-Class Fullbore
F-Class Fullbore matches here are 10 or 15 shots. On day 3 of the F-Class Fullbore Mid-Range National Championship three 15-shot individual matches, fired two or three to a firing point, and a team match are shot here, all with two convertible sighters.NRA Sec. 22, rules 7.3 and 7.11
Gauging
Hits are scored on the diameter of the bullet actually fired, with a gauge flange from .224 in (5.56 mm) to .308 in (7.62 mm); electronic targets are set to the shooter’s bullet diameter where possible, otherwise .308.NRA rules 10.17 and 14.3

Dimensions

6 rings · 1219.2 mm

7.82 mm scoring gauge

RingColourDiameterCentre within
X ringBlack76.2 mm3.0 in42.01 mm
10Black152.4 mm6.0 in80.11 mm
9Black304.8 mm12.0 in156.31 mm
8Black457.2 mm18.0 in232.51 mm
7Black609.6 mm24.0 in308.71 mm
6Black914.4 mm36.0 in461.11 mm
5White1219.2 mm48.0 in613.51 mm

Source: NRA F-Class Highpower Rules, Revised January 2026, rule 4.6. Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .

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