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Bullseye Pistol is a uniquely American shooting sport. Someone can email me if I'm wrong about that, but the only rules I know for Bullseye Pistol are the NRA Conventional Pistol rules.
That isn't to say Bullseye isn't shot elsewhere. The Aussies sent a team to the 2007 Nationals, and I know it is shot, at least informally, in some Latin American venues and maybe in Canada.
But that old .45 Caliber pistol is just mighty hard to come by for the average non-American citizen.
The rest of the world shoots International Pistol, sanctions by the ISSF. USA Shooting (USAS) is the sanctioning body for International Pistol events in the USA, having spun off from the NRA a few years back.
At the Phoenix Rod and Gun Club, we shoot five international pistol disciplines, six if you count Sport Pistol.
Major differences from Bullseye equipment and procedures include:
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All disciplines are shot using iron sights (no red dot sights allowed).
- Sighters are allowed.
- No handling ammunition until the command LOAD is given. Time is given to load magazines in those events where 5 shot strings are fired.
- Before the course begins, you are holding at a READY position, which is 45 degrees down. Unlike Bullseye, where you can start your string with your arm horizontal. In International, you take the READY position on the command "ATTENTION!"
- Eye and side blinders are limited in size.
50 Meter Free Pistol
Free Pistol is called "free" because the rules are fairly open. These
are single shot .22 LR pistols, with anatomic wrap-around grips and
very long barrels. A Free Pistol event is shot at 50 meters, though at
PR&GC we shoot at 50 yards. It's entirely a Slow Fire event. 60
shots in 2 hours is a lot of time, so it seems. The 2 hours includes
unlimited sighters -- once you take a competition shot, your sighters
are done.
If you haven't tried Free Pistol, don't think you must have
a special gun. I took the dot off my Hammerli and shot my first half
dozen or so Free Pistol events using my 208s, and shot "OK" scores.
10 Meter Air Pistol
Air Pistol is also a Slow Fire event. Men take 60 shots in 1 hour, 45 minutes. Women take 40 shots in 1 hour, 15 minutes.
Unlimited sighters are allowed, but once you shoot a competition shot, no more sighters are allowed.
And if you take a "shot" with air and no pellet, too bad. It's a Zero.
25 Meter Center Fire Pistol
30 shots are "Precision" fire -- we think "Slow Fire," and 30 shots are shot in "Duel Fire." That'll take a little explaining.
The pistols are either .32 Caliber or .38 Caliber. No .45 Caliber, sorry! (The PR&GC's Tuesday night CF events consider .45 with iron sights acceptable -- great practice with your hardball gun using SWC bullets!)
"Duel" stage is fired in 5 shot strings. Starting in the "READY" position -- 45 degrees down, the targets are edged. The target will face you for three seconds, during which you raise your pistol and fire. The targets then edge for 7 seconds and you return to the Ready position. This cycle repeats for the 5 shots.
You don't pre-load your magazines. When the LOAD command is given, you have 60 seconds to pick up your ammo and load your five shots for the string, and get ready for the string.
25 Meter Rapid Fire Pistol
Rapid Fire changed from .22 Caliber Short to .22 LR a few years back,
making this game both harder to shoot, and more accessible to folks as
the .22 Short pistols were not common.
A Rapid Fire bay has two firing positions. Each shooter has a bank
of 5 turning targets edged at the beginning of the string. The "READY"
position is 45 degrees down, and the shooter can raise the pistol and
fire when the targets face. Then you have either 8, 6, or 4 seconds to
engage each of the 5 targets with a single shot before the targets edge
again. Believe me, 4 seconds goes by very fast.
Each shooter takes 30 shots (10 each at 8, 6 and 4 seconds), then swap sides for another 30 shots.
You don't pre-load your magazines. When the LOAD command is given,
you have 60 seconds to pick up your ammo and load your five shots for
the string, and get ready for the string.
25 Meter Standard Pistol
This will be the most familiar to Bullseye shooters, excepting the iron sights. The course is 20 shots each of Slow Fire, Timed Fire and Rapid Fire.
But each string starts from the READY position (45 degrees down).
You don't pre-load your magazines. When the LOAD command is given,
you have 60 seconds to pick up your ammo and load your five shots for
the string, and get ready for the string.
25 Meter Sport Pistol
Sport Pistol is a Juniors and Womens event, using the Center Fire course of fire and .22 LR pistols with iron sights.
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