r/canadaguns • u/22GageEnthusiast • 24d ago

Competitions/matches Recently started my journey on becoming an "Olympic" sports shooter.

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Recently started attending bullseye/sport pistol practices at the gun club. I also plan to compete in sanctioned SFC matches as well. This is the gun that I've chosen to borrow from the club in the meantime. It's a Ruger Mark II Target. The gun belongs to the club but I will stick to using this exact model every time so I can build familiarity with it.

Hopefully by the end of the year I will have accumulated enough practice sessions and matches to get an exemption letter so I can buy my own "Olympic" style handgun.

I know the state of firearm laws in Canada are trash at the moment but I will continue to enjoy the sport/hobby any way I can.

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u/One_Salary_9068 24d ago

Are you doing the 25 or 50 m... And witch target do you use. I want to by some target on the SFC website but not sure witch one 🤔

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

20m/25m. The club provides the targets.

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u/One_Salary_9068 24d ago

How many bullet do you need to shoot per practice ?

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

65-70 rounds per practice/match

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u/One_Salary_9068 24d ago

So what exactly do you need to do in a 25m olympic style match ?

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

So the practices/matches are either the Bullseye Pistol or Sport Pistol disciplines. I'd say look it up on Youtube for reference. Tbh some people find these disciplines boring cuz essentially all you're doing is standing still, shooting at a target one handed at 20m/25m and that's it.

However, I like how difficult it is and even after a few sessions I've already seen slow improvement. Just gotta keep doing it and just take in and advice/pointers from the more experienced people there.

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u/One_Salary_9068 24d ago

You keep saying 20/25m... But i tought olypic style is 25m... Im asking for the examption purpose 😁

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u/22GageEnthusiast 24d ago

Bullseye is 20m and the Sport Pistol is supposed to be 25m but I think they do 20m for practice. That's why I can't say for sure between 20m or 25m.

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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U 23d ago

25 yards, our range predates a Metric Canada
About 23m, our targets are scaled appropriately

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u/One_Salary_9068 24d ago

So unless im mistaken ... There is only one discipline (Olympic 25m rapid fire pistol) is a men's-only shooting event where athletes use .22 caliber pistols to shoot at five distinct targets in rapid succession. The target distance is exactly 25 meters away. Shooters have only four seconds per round to hit all five targets. So im trying to inderstand how far appart are those targets. Are they on the same paper?

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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U 23d ago edited 23d ago

https://backoffice.issf-sports.org/getfile.aspx?mod=docf&pane=1&inst=455&file=ISSF-Rule-Book-2026-Edition-2025-Second-Print-07-2026-Effective-1-July-2026.pdf

Page 199, standard pistol target, 25m

That being said, our targets are a little bit smailler as the range predates Metric in Canada and was designed in yards, not meters. The targets are about 10% closer and 10% smaller.