TPA Competition Code of Conduct – click here: Approved TPA Competition Code of Conduct Policy – Effective 1 February 2025
PA Dress Guidelines – 2025 TPA-Dress-Code-Guidelines
Pistol Australia Grades – click here for the current list of PA grades
Grades are set by the National Coaching Council – they are included here for the convenience of officials involved in producing results of competition.
The following rules and regulations are the current versions
ACTION MATCH
Action Pistol Rules that are recognized by Pistol Australia are found in the NRA Action Pistol Rules
Link to NRA Action Pistol rules NRA Rule Book for Action Pistol
BLACK POWDER MATCHES
Rules for the Black Powder matches – Black Powder Rules 2025
For a Summary of the 2023 rule change (formatted to be pasted into the current 2020 rulebook) Click here for 2023 changes
GENERAL TECHNICAL RULES (GTRs)
Pistol Australia General Technical Regulations (GTRs) – TPA GTR’s 2025 v1
ISSF
1. ISSF General and Specific Pistol Rules with PA variations – PAPrint-ISSFRules-2023-2nd print
2. ISSF Supported Rest Shooting Rules 2017 Supported Rest Rules
3 Link to ISSF website for the full ISSF rulebook ISSF Rulebook
SERVICE MATCHES
Special Technical Rules for the Service matches – Service Rules 2025
For a Summary of the 2023 rule changes (formatted to be pasted into the current 2022 rulebook) Click here for 2023 changes
(Includes rules 7.1.4 & 7.1.5 that had a few words accidentally omitted in the last printing of the rulebook)
WA1500
Link to WA1500 website for all WA1500 rules – WA1500 Rulebook – 2023
CLARIFICATION ON WA60 DISTINGUISED REVOLVER AND WA48 STANDARD REVOLVER PROJECTILE DESIGN & WEIGHT
Link to the old NRC website