NRA MR-1 600yd Rifle target
The MR-1 is the Mid-Range target with an enlarged black, used only at this distance: the full-distance card for the prone slow-fire stage of NRA High Power’s National Match Course, and for most of the Mid-Range National Championship. In 20-shot matches here unlimited sighters may be allowed, with coaching until the first record shot.
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Courses of fire
20, 10 or 60 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| NMC slow fire22 min | 20 | 200 |
| Short course12 min | 10 | 100 |
| Mid-Range aggregate3 × 20 · 22 min per series | 60 | 600 |
Badges
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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”
High Power Rifle Qualification
NRA
Course of fire50, 80 or 100 shots: 200 yd standing slow, sitting or kneeling rapid, 60 s; 300 prone rapid, 70 s; 500–600 prone slow
| Rating | Scoreof the possible | Times |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 40% | 2 |
| Marksman | 55% | 2 |
| Sharpshooter | 70% | 3 |
| Expert | 80% | 3 |
| Distinguished Expert | 88% | 10 |
| Distinguished ExpertAt two NRA sanctioned high power competitions | 84% | 2 |
- Percent of the possible score over a 50-, 80- or 100-shot course, any of them at any rating, its four stages fired in one session: standing slow fire at 200 yards, sitting or kneeling rapid fire at 200 (60 seconds), prone rapid fire at 300 (70 seconds), prone slow fire at 500 or 600.
- Times is how many such scores.
- Any U.S. service rifle or centrefire rifle with metallic sights; a sling in every position but standing.
- Cards by range length: 600 yards SR, SR-3 and MR-1; 300 yards SR, SR-3 and MR-63; 200 yards SR, SR-42 and MR-52; 100 yards SR-1, SR-21 and MR-31.
- 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. 26–27
How it is shot
Course · Championships · Mid-Range · Sighters · Perfect scores · Pit marking
- Course
- The National Match Course’s 20-shot prone slow-fire stage is fired on the MR-1 at 600 yd, or on the MR-65 at 500, or on the MR-1’s reductions at 100, 200 and 300 yd.NRA rule 7.14
- Championships
- Days 2, 3 and 4 of the four-day National Championship course each include a 20-shot prone slow-fire match on the MR-1.NRA rule 7.23
- Mid-Range
- The Mid-Range National Championship fires three 20-shot matches on the MR-1 on days 2 and 4 and one on days 1 and 3; an alternate programme puts all four days at 600 yd.NRA rules 7.25 and 7.25.1
- Sighters
- In 20-shot 600 yd matches unlimited sighters may be allowed; the shooter may then change rifle or sights and be coached until the first record shot, with no extra time.NRA rule 9.2(b)
- Perfect scores
- A shooter who fires a perfect score, all X’s, in an individual match fires on until a shot leaves the X ring; the extra shots are recorded apart from the total, as in 200-20X plus 3X.NRA rule 9.7
- Pit marking
- Where targets are worked from pits, each slow-fire shot is marked before the next: the spotter moves to the new hole, the old hole is pasted, and the target goes back up — on average in 15 to 18 seconds.NRA rules 10.14 and 14.17
Dimensions
6 rings · 1524 mm
7.82 mm scoring gauge
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 152.4 mm6.0 in | 80.11 mm |
| 10 | Black | 304.8 mm12.0 in | 156.31 mm |
| 9 | Black | 457.2 mm18.0 in | 232.51 mm |
| 8 | Black | 609.6 mm24.0 in | 308.71 mm |
| 7 | Black | 914.4 mm36.0 in | 461.11 mm |
| 6 | White | 1219.2 mm48.0 in | 613.51 mm |
| 5 | White | 1524 mm60.0 in | 765.91 mm |
The card
- F-Class
- For all F-Class shooting the MR-1FC centre is pasted over this card: its new X ring counts 10 and an X, the old X ring becomes the 10, the old 10 the 9, and so on.NRA F-Class Rules, Sec. 4 note and rule 4.6
Source: NRA High Power Rifle Rules, Revised January 2026, rule 4.6(a). Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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