Wayne Frazee.com
Login
Handguns - Standards - Bullseye National Match
  • Home
  • Personal
  • Handguns - Standards - Bullseye National Match

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 PercentageRanking
Less than 255 ptsBelow 85%Marksman
255-269 pts85%-89.99%Sharpshooter
270-284 pts90%-94.99%Expert
285-290 pts95%-96.99%Master
291 & up97% & upHigh 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.



Last Modified: 03-30-05
All content and materials Copyright ©2004 by Wayne S. Frazee. All Rights Reserved.

Please note that the postings on this site, including news, scribblings, past writings, posted files, and other material, are my own and don't necessarily represent neither Avanade's nor Avanade's Customers' positions, strategies or opinions nor that of any organization I have previously worked with or represented.