Test

NRA Basic Pistol Qualification

Five aimed shots into a 4-inch circle with no clock, stepping back from 10 feet to 20 as each group stays in.

Pistol

Live fire

15 rds

10–20 ft

Setup

A 4-inch circle. Start aimed in, with no time limit. Not an official NRA course of fire: it follows the live fire of the NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting course as Strategies and Standards for Defensive Handgun Training records it. 15 rounds.

Steps

3 steps · 15 rds

1
Fire 5 into the circle. All 5 in, move back.
10 ft · 5 shots
2
Fire 5 into the circle. All 5 in, move back.
15 ft · 5 shots
3
Fire 5 into the circle.
20 ft · 5 shots

#	Instruction	Distance	Shots	Par	Repeats
1	Fire 5 into the circle. All 5 in, move back.	10 ft	5	—	1
2	Fire 5 into the circle. All 5 in, move back.	15 ft	5	—	1
3	Fire 5 into the circle.	20 ft	5	—	1

Scoring

Pass or fail at each distance: all 5 in the circle moves you back. For more, hold a B-8's X-ring, or put every hole touching.

Scored on

Nothing scored

Written for

Fire: Live fire
Platforms: Pistol

Targets

4-inch circlePreferred
Every shot in the circle

Where it came from

NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting course · Source