The National Match is a simple objective bullseye course of 30 rounds fired on three targets. Official NRA targets are readily available, calibrated to score consistently at a various distances (50 ft, 25 yds, or 50 yds with the longest slow fire distance being 50 yards and the timed and rapid targets shot at 25 yards).
Remember that official NRA bullseye is shot strong hand only.
Match Stages:
- Slowfire: 10 rounds on slowfire target in 10 minutes.
- Timed fire: 10 rounds on timed/rapidfire target, in 2 strings, each consisting of 5 shots in 20 seconds.
- Rapidfire: 10 rounds on timed/rapidfire target, in 2 strings, each consisting of 5 shots in 10 seconds.
Scoring: Any bullet hole crossing a scoring line is awarded the higher score. A perfect score on all three targets is 300 points.
| Points | Percentage | Ranking |
| Less than 255 pts | Below 85% | Marksman |
| 255-269 pts | 85%-89.99% | Sharpshooter |
| 270-284 pts | 90%-94.99% | Expert |
| 285-290 pts | 95%-96.99% | Master |
| 291 & up | 97% & up | High Master |
Official rankings are issued only by the NRA through sanctioned matches. Shooting an Expert target under your own timer won't qualify you as a Bullseye Expert.
A thanks to Matt VDW at GlockTalk for some distance corrections on National Match conditions.