PPC Distinguished Pistol
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Distinguished Pistol Match
Match for Pistols, max. 5″
60-shot course (Match 5 of 150 shot course) /distance: 7-25m
Pistol
Ammunition
Sights
Safety
Specially Prohibited
Grips
Modifications
Allowable Accessories
None Allowable Accessories
Pistol
- Factory manufactured (catalogue item) center fire semi-auto pistol of .35 caliber or larger
- Barrel length not to exceed 5″ (replacement barrels cannot be longer than the original)
- Trigger pull 3,5 pound (=1589 gram)
- Any accessories, parts and components which are manufactured to duplicate, in materials and dimensions, the original as offered by any manufacturer of the pistol, will be accepted
Ammunition
- Factory or hand loaded
- Full metal jacket, hollow point or semi-wadcutter or wadcutter.
Sights
- Open sights from any manufacturer are acceptable.
- Rear sight may fixed or adjustable and fixed open front sights may not extend beyond the front of the slide
- Max. sight radius 7,5 “
- No full-length Bo-Mar type ribs on slide
Safety
- No internal modification may be made that would render the pistol less safe than originally designed by the manufacturer.
- All standard safety features of the pistol must operate properl
Specially Prohibited
- Any system of recoil control based on compensators, barrel venting or barrel porting
- Weighted Grips or grip panels
Grips
- The pistol must be equipped with standard issue or commercially available grips of the same size and design
- Thumb rest grips or those flared at the base are not allowed.
- Rubber sleeve: see number 11 of “allowed accessories”
Modifications
- No external modifications are permitted
Allowable Accessories
- Ambidextrous safety
- Beavertail grip safety
- Extended magazine release
- Full length recoil spring guide rod
- Extended slide release
- Rubber covered or synthetic main spring housing
- Aluminum or synthetic trigger
- Magazine base pads
- Checking or stippling to the finish
- Any exterior finish, e.g..: armoloy, teflon, black oxide, etc.
- Commercially manufactured rubber sleeve on grips is allowed providing no safety features are disengaged.
None Allowable Accessories
- Sight Ribs
- Extended front sights
- Compensators
- Magna-ported or ported barrels
- Barrels which extend beyond the slide or bushing, to make them longer than the original
- Flared magazine well which flares the base of the grip
- Extended magazines
- Grips which flare the base
- External weight systems