50m Free Pistol

Free pistol discipline referred to as 50m Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting types, dating back to the 19th century and only having seen marginal rule changes since the 1930s.

The pistol used must be a 5.6mm .22 calibre, and may only be loaded with one round at a time. It must also be operated by one hand and not supported by any other part of the shooter's body.

Free Pistol

The disipline  starts with the elimination a course of 60 shots within a maximum time of two hours highest single shot score 10.9. After the elimination the top 8 shooters go through to the final where an additional 10 shots are fired and the winners decided. The target is the same as in 25 m Standard Pistol, and with double the distance this explains the lower result level.

570 out of the maximum 600 is considered a world-class result.
 

50m Free Pistol Target

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World Record
50m Free Pistol - 581 Alexsander Melentiev 1980, Moscow

Olympic Record
50m Free Pistol - 581 Alexsander Melentiev 1980, Moscow

50m Free Pistol Final World Record - 676.2( 577+99.2) William Demarest 2000, Milan 

ELEY Ammunition for 50m Free Pistol

ELEY have a complete range for all levels of rifle shooting we would recommend:

Beginners -ELEY Team

Intermediate- ELEY Match

Competition Level - ELEY Tenex

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