ISSF Center Fire
The Official Southern Gauteng Sport Shooting Association Website for all ISSF AND NPA/PPC Pistol Shooters
THIS IS A VERY ROUGH OUTLINE OF FREE PISTOL.
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The Centre Fire match remains one of the most popular events, although it too has been around for a lot of years. The match consists of two separate 30-shot courses of ire. One is the Precision course shot at 25m on a bulls eye target (50mm 10-ring), with 6 minutes allowed for each five-shot series.
The other is the Duelling course, which is also shot at 25m, but on turning targets. One shot is fired with each exposure of the target as it turns toward the shooter for 3 seconds and away for 7 seconds, with the shooter lowering their arm to 45° between each exposure of the target.
Any centre fire calibre from .32 to .38 can be used in a revolver or self- loader, provided the barrel is no longer than 150mm and the trigger pull is no
lighter than 1360g. Many target-grade revolvers are available for this match, mainly in .38 Special or .357 Magnum, although there are some .32-calibre revolvers also available. The heavier trigger pull specified for Centre Fire requires firm control of the handgun in both the Precision and Duelling series and this coupled with the recoil of the centre fire ammunition make this quite a difficult, but popular event for the new shooter.