NRA SR 200yd Rifle target
The SR is the military Short Range target. In NRA High Power’s National Match Course it is the full-distance card for the standing and sitting stages: ten slow shots standing, then ten rapid shots sitting or kneeling in 60 seconds, reloading after the second or fifth. In the four-day National Championship every standing and sitting or kneeling match is fired on it.
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Courses of fire
10 or 20 shots
| Course | Shots | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| NMC offhand slow12 min | 10 | 100 |
| Regional standing22 min | 20 | 200 |
| NMC rapid fire 1060 s | 10 | 100 |
| Regional rapid2 × 10 · 60 s per series | 20 | 200 |
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
As-Issued and Special Military Rifle Matches
CMP
Course of fire10 prone slow (Course B 20), 10 prone rapid (A in 80 s), 10 standing; B adds 10 sitting or kneeling rapid in 70 s
| Match | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course A: 30 shots | |||
| M1 Garand Rifle Match | 278+ | 269–277 | 258–268 |
| Springfield Rifle Match | 278+ | 270–277 | 260–269 |
| Vintage Military Rifle Match | 277+ | 266–276 | 253–265 |
| Modern Military Rifle Match | 285+ | 277–284 | 268–276 |
| Unlimited Modern Military | 291+ | 284–290 | 274–283 |
| Unlimited Garand Rifle Match | 285+ | 279–284 | 263–278 |
| Course B: 50 shots | |||
| M1 Garand Rifle Match | 464+ | 451–463 | 430–450 |
| Springfield Rifle Match | 464+ | 451–463 | 430–450 |
| Vintage Military Rifle Match | 463+ | 448–462 | 425–447 |
| Modern Military Rifle Match | 464+ | 445–463 | 425–444 |
| Unlimited Modern Military | 475+ | 455–474 | 433–454 |
| Unlimited Garand Rifle Match | 475+ | 465–474 | 445–464 |
- Points over one match at 200 yards on the SR target, or all of it at 100 yards on the SR-1.
- Course A: 10 shots prone slow fire, 10 prone rapid fire from standing in 80 seconds, 10 standing slow fire; Course B: 20 prone slow fire, 10 prone rapid, 10 sitting or kneeling rapid in 70 seconds, 10 standing.
- Each match has its own rifles: as-issued M1 Garands, M1903 Springfields, other vintage military rifles, modern military rifles, and the unlimited classes.
- At competitions only: medals at the National Matches and CMP Competition Games, pins that clubs order for their CMP-sanctioned matches.
CMP Games Rifle and Pistol Competition Rules, 13th ed. (2026), rules 4.8, 5.5–5.6 and 6.6, Tables 3 and 4, pp. 39–40, 49–52, 62–63; Annex A, p. 104
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
National Match · Championships · Positions · Time · Reloading · Gauging · Ties
- National Match
- In the 50-shot National Match Course the SR carries two stages when they are fired at 200 yd: 10 shots standing in slow fire and 10 sitting or kneeling in rapid fire; at 100 yd the SR-1 replaces it.NRA rule 7.14
- Championships
- The four-day National Championship course fires all its standing and sitting or kneeling matches on the SR at 200 yd: three 20-shot slow-fire standing matches and three 20-shot rapid-fire sitting or kneeling matches.NRA rule 7.23
- Positions
- Standing means erect on both feet, nothing else touching the ground or any support; the rifle rests on both hands, cheek, shoulder and upper arm, the forward elbow may rest against the body or on the hip, and the sling may give no support.NRA rule 5.12
- Time
- Slow fire allows one minute per shot, sighters included when they are specified; a 10-shot rapid-fire string sitting or kneeling allows 60 seconds.NRA rules 8.1, 8.2(a) and 8.2(b)
- Reloading
- In rapid fire the shooter loads 2 or 5 rounds when the targets appear and, after firing them, reloads 8 or 5. Reloading before the 2nd or 5th shot is fired scores zero for the whole 10-shot string.NRA rule 10.1.7
- 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
- Ties
- Ties go to the most X’s over the course, then to the higher score at the longest (or simulated longest) range; where slow and rapid fire are shot at one range, rapid-fire scores are compared before slow-fire scores.NRA rules 15.4 and 15.7
Dimensions
6 rings · 939.8 mm
7.82 mm scoring gauge
| Ring | Colour | Diameter | Centre within |
|---|---|---|---|
| X ring | Black | 76.2 mm3.0 in | 42.01 mm |
| 10 | Black | 177.8 mm7.0 in | 92.81 mm |
| 9 | Black | 330.2 mm13.0 in | 169.01 mm |
| 8 | White | 482.6 mm19.0 in | 245.21 mm |
| 7 | White | 635 mm25.0 in | 321.41 mm |
| 6 | White | 787.4 mm31.0 in | 397.61 mm |
| 5 | White | 939.8 mm37.0 in | 473.81 mm |
The card
- Card name
- SR is short for the military “Target, Rifle, Competition, Short Range”, the target for 200 and 300 yd; NRA uses the abbreviation in naming its reduced versions, such as the SR-1.NRA rules 4.1 and 4.3(a)
Source: NRA High Power Rifle Rules, Revised January 2026, rule 4.3(a). Sizes are nominal. Dimensions checked ; page updated .
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