Merit Sheme

The SPA Merit Badge program is open to any shooter who is either an individual member of the SPA or a member of an SPA affiliated club. Ways to gain the merit badges are:-

· Members or clubs can purchase stickers from the SPA (£1) and shoot the discipline at their club, authenticated by their club official and sent to the SPA by post.

· Alternatively individuals can enter at any SPA competition meeting. Members can nominate before shooting, pay a £1 entry fee and shoot concurrently with the selected discipline competition they have entered.

The cost of the merit badge, along with the discipline bar, if successful is £5.00.

Gallery Rifle Police

25m

12 shots in 2 minutes (including reload)

15m

12 shots in 2 strings of 6

In each string the target will make 6 appearances of 3 seconds

1 shot per appearance

10m

6 shots

Target will make 3 appearances of 3 seconds

2 shots per appearance

Marksman

Minimum score 290 + 5 x’s

Expert

Minimum score 295 + 7 x’s

Master shot

Minimum score 300 + 10 x’s

Muzzle Loading Pistol

25m

Percussion or Flintlock

13 shots in 30 minutes

Best 10 to count

Marksman

Minimum score 75

Expert

Minimum score 85

Master shot

Minimum score 90

Air Pistol 10m

40 shots 60 Shots

Master shot

Minimum score 368 560

Expert

Minimum score 360 545

Marksman

Minimum score 355 530

Sport Rifle Precision 25m

3 series of 10 shots

Each series had 10 mins

Marksman

Minimum score 270

Expert

Minimum score 280

Master shot

Minimum score 290

Bars available are: Black Powder Pistol, Free Pistol, Free Pistol Air, Air Pistol, Muzzle Loading Pistol, Standard Air Pistol, Centre Fire, Gallery Rifle, Standard Rifle and Sport Rifle.