SERVICE PISTOL

Service Pistol Matches The Service Pistol Match is a national level match governed by PA (Pistol Australia) which started life with a name modelled on a law enforcement agency’s training course. The name was disfavoured in some Australian States and became replaced with the term “Service Pistol Match”.

In 1989, the US NRA Action Match was imported into Australia as a result of interested shooters wishing to learn and develop skills in this match. PA introduced the use of holsters in the service match, thus the name of the original form changed to be called “Service Pistol Match Unrestricted” and matches which required drawing from holsters became known as “Service Match”, although the course of fire is the same. Both matches require a high degree of precision.

They are both a 90-shot match in which targets are set at 50 yards, 25 yards, 10 yards and 7 yards. Shooters are required to engage 4 targets from all of these distances in different timed series from various shooting positions, such as shooting from behind a barricade, shooting with the dominant or non-dominant hand and shooting unsighted, etc.

They are popular matches amongst the shooting disciplines conducted at the Coffs Harbour Pistol Club.