PA Dress Guidelines – click here
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
The Bianchi Action Pistol Match is now conducted by the ‘Civilian Marksmanship Program’. This is the program that is used at PA Nationals
Link to CMP Action Pistol rules CMP Rule Book for Action Pistol
Other 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 2023
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) – PA GTRs January 2020
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 2023
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
Optical Sight – rule clarification / interpretation – WA1500 Optical – Clarification re sights
Link to the old NRC website