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What is International?

Shooting has the 3 largest number of events in the 2008 summer Olympics. There are several disciplines of international pistol shooting.  Men's air pistol, women's air pistol, woman's sport pistol, standard pistol, center fire pistol, rapid fire pistol and free pistol.

Competitors fire from a standing position, using only one hand and scopes are not allowed.  Air guns using .177 caliber lead pellets, .22 caliber pistols and any center fire pistol .30 caliber to 9mm are allowed.  There are vary stringent rules for each discipline concerning barrel length weight and grips.  Please refer to the link below for a full copy of the rules.  The

Men's & Woman's air pistol are fired at 10 meters with a minimum of 1.5 minutes per shot.  One, three or five shots may be fires on each target depending upon the match.  Woman only fire forty shots while men fire 60 shots.

Standard pistol is vary similar to Bullseye.  Only .22 pistols are used  Barrel length is limited to six inches and muzzle brakes are not allowed, but the biggest difference is that when firing timed and rapid fire the pistol is held down in the ready position. The pistol may not be raised until the targets begin to turn.  Unlike Bullseye where the pistol is held on target before the targets turn. 

Center fire pistol fires thirty shots slow fire and 30 shots dueling (rapid).  during the dueling stage the targets are turned for three seconds in which time the shooter raise the pistol and fires one shot.  The targets will then turn.  Seven seconds later the targets again turn for three seconds and one shot is fired.  Any center fire pistol from .30 caliber though 9mm (38 Special) revolver or auto can be used.

Woman's sport pistol is a combination of standard pistol and center fire.  The standard .22 pistol is used and the course of fire is that of center fire.

Rapid fire (.22 cal only) competitors fire one shot each on five separate targets.  Yes five targets at once.  The first stage is fired in eight seconds, six second sand then four seconds to fire one shot on each of the five targets.!

Free pistol is fired with the .22 caliber pistol.  There are vary few restrictions on the "free" pistol.  Such as barrel length, trigger pull or pistol weight.  The course of fire is similar to that of the air pistol.

Olympic finals procedures are rather complicated and are not used in most NRA sanctioned matches.  Please use the links below for more details.

The NRA and the Olympics

The NRA is not the governing body for Olympic shooting in the USA. According to the Olympic  committee, political originations can not be the governing body for any sport.    The ISSF (see link below) is the governing body for Olympic international shooting.  USA Shooting (see link below) is the governing body for Olympic shooting in the USA; however,  NRA does support international shooting.  In NRA matches the the rules are some what simplified.  In NRA matches Ranges may elect to use slightly smaller targets for 25&50 yards instead of 25&50 meters. Additionally the NRA provides even smaller targets for indoor 50 foot ranges to simulate 25&50 meters.  ISSF rules require all .22 and center fire pistols be fired at 25&50 meters.