The Target Pistol Australia (TPA) 25m Service Pistol event is a 65-shot event for centrefire self-loading pistols or revolvers chambered for 9mm and .38/.357 handguns. Specifically the event is for “shorty’s”, ie a revolver with a barrel length not exceeding 4″ or a self loading pistol with a barrel not exceeding 5″.

This match requires the competitor to engage paper targets at 25, 10 and 7 yards, in both slow and rapid fire modes. The event involves a range of shooting positions including prone, sitting, kneeling, firing from behind a barricade, freestanding, swapping hands and shooting unsighted. The Service 25m match does not require drawing from a holster but from the 45 degree ready position. Each competitor utilises a bank of five targets mounted side by side.

PISTOL: Any centre fire revolver or semi-automatic pistol of calibre 7.62mm to 9.65mm (.30″ to .380″)

PISTOL SPECIFICS:
• Overall weight less than 1300g
• Minimum trigger pull 1360g.
• Maximum sight radius 150mm
• Barrel length less than 130mm

RESTRICTIONS: Open sights only, no scopes or red dot sights are allowed. All shots are to be loaded from the pocket, speed loaders are not permitted.

AMMUNITION: Centrefire ammunition of calibre 7.62mm to 9.65mm (.30″ to .38″) may be used with a minimum Power Factor of 60,000.

(Power Factor = Bullet weight (in grains) multiplied by the muzzle velocity (in feet per second.)

TARGET: ISSF Rapid Fire targets x 5 per shooter.

COURSE OF FIRE: The 65-shot competition is divided into various stages shot at different distances:

• Stage 1: 25 shots at 25yards
• Stage 2: 15 shots @ 25 yards
• Stage 3: 15 shots @ 10 yards
• Stage 4: 10 shots @ 7 yards

SCORING: Maximum possible score is 650.

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