This section of the Campbell River Gun Club provides Training and a Safe Environment for people to shoot Pistols.  The principle objective is to encourage shooters to participate in target shooting in the international pistol events.

Most international pistol shooting is done at 25 meters distance.  The two exceptions are Air Pistol (10 meters) and Free pistol at 50 meters.

   Free Pistol -  Meaning free of restrictions regarding weight, trigger pull and sight radius.  Calibre is .22 lr. This is the ultimate slow fire precision event, with 60 shots fired over a two hour time period with open sights.

    Rapid-Fire Pistol - If you think of Free Pistol as the marathon event then Rapid-Fire is the sprint event for men. One shot on each of 5 targets in tow series each of 8, 6, and 4 seconds, for a total of thirty shots.   This is repeated a second time for a grand total of 60 shots over-all.

   Centre Fire - This event is for any centre fire cartridge pistol up to .38 calibre. Pistols must have a minimum trigger pull of 1360 grammes (3 lbs.), maximum barrel length of 156 mm (6") and open sights. The event is divided into two stages each of 30 shots. The precision stage is fired first, 30 shots in 36 minutes. (5 shot series in 6 min. each).  The second stage is shot on rapid fire targets which are exposed for three seconds, turned away for 7 seconds, and repeated over a series of 5 shots for a 30 shot total.    

    Sport Pistol - This woman's discipline was first introduced to the Olympic scene in 1984. It is a 60 shot match fired at 25 meters distance conforming to the centre fire discipline but it is restricted to 22 caliber guns with a trigger pull of 1000 gms (2 lbs.).

    Standard Pistol - This event combines elements of precision and rapid fire.  Any pistol which conforms to the rules ( .22 cal., 156mm barrel, 1000gms trigger pull ) can be used.  60 shots are fired in three twenty shot series.  Two and a half minutes for 5 shots; twenty seconds for 5 shots; ten seconds for 5 shots.

     Air Pistol - This event is shot by both men and women, but they shoot in separate matches. Men fire 60 scoring shots over   105 minutes and women fire 40 scoring shots in 75 minutes. These precise .177 caliber air or CO2 powered handguns have a trigger pull of 500 gms minimum and are shot at 10 meters distance like the Air Rifle event.

Shooting takes place weekly, on the indoor range during the winter months and outdoors on the new range during the summer months.  The club traditionally hosts 1 provincial level match every year.

Pistol clinics to teach safe gun handling and the basic elements of pistol shooting
are held on demand with sufficient applicants

For more information, contact the Section Director for 2010 who is;

Ralph   -  250 285 -3684