25M Center Fire Pistol

550mm x 550mm
Precision

550mm x 550mm
Rapid Fire

25m Centre Fire Pistol

25m Centre Fire Pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is normally a men-only event.
The name Center-Fire comes from the ignition system of these calibers as opposed to the
Rimfire of .22 cartridges.

Calibres.

Other than the calibre used, the Centre Fire event is exactly the same as the 25m Pistol Women, and Men's Sport Pistol events.

The 25m Centre Fire match is shot with a handgun of any calibre between 7.62 mm (.30")
and 9.65 mm (.38"). The most popular choices by far are specially designed sport pistols and revolvers in .32 calibre. Using a revolver is not a disadvantage because there are no speedy
series of shots involved. The name Center-Fire comes from the ignition system of these
calibers as opposed to the Rimfire of .22 cartridges.

There is no Final round for the Centre Fire Pistol event.

What Happens.

In Australia this event is also shot by women at most competitions.25m Centre Fire match precision and rapid-fire, have two stages of 30 shots each.

Distance = .25 metres

Calibre _= .32 & .38

Minimum trigger pull = 1000g.

Rapid Fire Stage

Number of shots/time = 30 shots, in six series of 5 shots.

Each series consists of 5 exposures of the target, each exposure is for 3 seconds;
the shooter fires one shot per exposure.

Rapid Fire Stage target = 10 ring of 100 mm diameter, each ring increases by 100 mm.

The top 8 contestants having the highest scores progress on to the final, which consists of four additional rapid-fire stage series of 5 shots each. The final score is added to the qualification score