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Is anyone familiar with the NRA's Marksmanship Qualification Program (MQP) for pistols? I'm trying to guide my son through the courses of fire, but it's confusing.
A citation from the NRA's website is at the top of the attached pic. I understand it to require the following for the Marksman rating...
First (red outlines in the pic),
Then (yellow outlines in the pic),
Or does it spec' all the repeats should be on D-1 or D-2 targets? That would be 20 shots on plates, 80 shots on D-1/D-2?
Further, it seems like the dimensions of the D-1 and D-2 targets convey a strong advantage to using the D-1 targets at 30 feet. My rationale is this:
Am I missing something on that? Anyone familiar with this program who can help?
A citation from the NRA's website is at the top of the attached pic. I understand it to require the following for the Marksman rating...
First (red outlines in the pic),
- At 15 feet: 10 strong-side shots, followed by 10 weak-side shots on a 9 inch plate (staying 1" away from the edge)
- Repeat this four times for a total of 100 shots
Then (yellow outlines in the pic),
- Repeat once more on a D-1 or a D-2 target (depicted on the bottom of the pic below).
- But there are no guidelines on where you must hit the D-1 or D-2 target?
Or does it spec' all the repeats should be on D-1 or D-2 targets? That would be 20 shots on plates, 80 shots on D-1/D-2?
Further, it seems like the dimensions of the D-1 and D-2 targets convey a strong advantage to using the D-1 targets at 30 feet. My rationale is this:
- The "B" ring at 30 feet has a 12-inch diameter
- Shooting from 15 feet divides the distance in half. So you would expect the "B" ring to be 6 inches. But it's 3.35 inches.
Am I missing something on that? Anyone familiar with this program who can help?