Competitions

Pistol Australia is the premier target pistol shooting association in Australia.  Through its affiliation with Australian International Shooting Limited (AISL), Pistol Australia is the only Australian association with the mandate to field Australian Target Pistol Shooting Teams to the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and other international target shooting competitions including International Shooting Sport Federation  (ISSF) World Cups, National Rifle Association (NRA) of America Bianchi Cup, NRA World Action Pistol Championships and the International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) World Cup.

Also through its association with AISL, Pistol Australia is affiliated with the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF), Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and the Oceania Shooting Federation.

Other Pistol Australia affiliations include the International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU), World Association 1500 and the National Rifle Association (NRA) of America.

Pistol Australia therefore supports ISSF Matches, PA Matches, WA1500 Match, Metallic Silhouette Shooting and International 1920 Match and fields teams to represent Australia in related international competitions. Pistol Australia also conducts national championships in these events as well as the annual PA Air Pistol Competition.

ISSF Matches

The ISSF matches include 10 Air Pistol, 25m Pistol, Sport Pistol, Rapid Fire Pistol, Center Fire Pistol and Standard Pistol.  More...

PA Matches

PA matches include Service Pistol and Black Powder. The Service Pistol event for 9mm and ·38/·357 pistols consists of 90 shots fired at distances varying from 50 to 7 yards with the pistol holstered at the commencement of each series.  Shooters must hold a current PA Holster Accreditation to compete or train in this event.  PA Service Pistol targets are used for this event and set in a bank of four targets per shooter.  The 25m  (Aggregate) Black Powder event combines both precision and rapid-fire, in two stages each of 20 shots.  More...

WA1500 Match

At its basics, the ‘WA’ stands for World Association; the ‘1500’ is the maximum score (150 shots at a target with a 10-ring).  Pistol Australia has recently been successful in gaining affiliation with WA1500 and adopted the 150-shot match as a PA match.  While the international body lists three courses of fire, for the introduction of this match only the 150-shot match has been adopted; this is the ‘world championship’ match.  More...

Metallic Silhouette Shooting

Metallic Silhouette shooting is a series of target shooting matches that involve shooting at metal cutouts or rams, pigs, chickens and turkeys cut to different scales and set at varying distances from the competitor depending on the specific match.  Matches can be shot with air guns, black powder firearms handguns and rifles. More...

International 1920 Match

In Australia International 1920 Match comprises four (4) courses of fire shot at the National Rifle Association (NRA) of America’s Action Pistol Bianchi Cup.  NRA Action Pistol match comprises sixteen (16) different recognised courses of fire.  The four (4) courses of fire in International 1920 Match include the Falling Plates, the Mover, the Practical and the Barricade events.  More...