NRA MR-52 200yd Rifle target
The MR-52 scales the Mid-Range MR-1 down so that the prone slow-fire stage of NRA High Power’s National Match Course, normally fired at 600 yd, can be shot at a reduced distance. With the SR and SR-42 the whole course can then be fired at one distance, and NRA keeps national records for that version.
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Courses of fire
20 or 10 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Slow fire prone22 min | 20 | 200 |
| Short course12 min | 10 | 100 |
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”
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
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
| Rating | Distance | Shots | Points | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-Marksman | 100 yd | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Marksman | 200 yd | 5 | 30 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 300 yd | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 300 yd | 10 | 65 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 500 yd | 10 | 65 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 600 yd | 10 | 70 | 5 |
| Sharpshooter | 1000 yd | 10 | 60 | 5 |
Expert and Distinguished Expert: a mid- or long-range aggregate
| Rating | Percent | 45 shots | 60 shots | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpertIn a tournament | 82% | 369 | 492 | 4 |
| Distinguished ExpertIn NRA sanctioned F-Class competition | 91.5% | 411 | 549 | 10 |
- 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
Course · National Match · Regional Course · Time · Perfect scores · Ties
- Course
- On its own it carries 10- or 20-shot prone slow-fire matches at 200 yd, which NRA marks as a reduced target and distance course.NRA rule 7.8
- National Match
- At 200 yd the whole 50-shot National Match Course can be fired on three cards — SR for standing and sitting or kneeling, SR-42 for prone rapid, MR-52 for 20 shots prone slow — and NRA keeps national records for it.NRA rule 17.5(l)
- Regional Course
- In the 200 yd 100-shot Regional Course the prone slow-fire stage is fired twice, so 40 of the 100 shots go on the MR-52.NRA rules 7.16 and 17.5(n)
- Time
- Slow fire allows one minute per shot, sighters included when specified; in the national-record courses on this card two sighters are fired and recorded in each stage, so a 20-shot stage runs 22 minutes.NRA rules 8.1, 8.2(a) and 17.5
- 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
- Ties
- Ties go first to the most X’s over the course, then to the higher score and more X’s at the longest or simulated longest range, which in a National Match Course fired at 200 yd is the MR-52 stage.NRA rules 4.3(c) and 15.4
Dimensions
6 rings · 502.7 mm
7.82 mm scoring gauge
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 45.466 mm1.8 in | 26.64 mm |
| 10 | Black | 96.266 mm3.8 in | 52.04 mm |
| 9 | Black | 147.066 mm5.8 in | 77.44 mm |
| 8 | Black | 197.866 mm7.8 in | 102.84 mm |
| 7 | Black | 299.466 mm11.8 in | 153.64 mm |
| 6 | White | 401.066 mm15.8 in | 204.44 mm |
| 5 | White | 502.666 mm19.8 in | 255.24 mm |
The card
- X ring
- The X is an inner circle that breaks ties without changing the total: the highest value on an NRA high power target is 10, so the inner circle is marked X, the Roman numeral ten.NRA Glossary, “X” Ring
Source: NRA High Power Rifle Rules, Revised January 2026, rule 4.3(c). Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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