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In Field Pistol the targets are made from 9mm or 12mm steel at ½ the scale and the targets in Air Pistol are made from 3mm steel plate at 1/10th scale In the 50m Rimfire match the targets are made from 5mm or 6.5mm steel at 1/5th scale while targets in the 100m Rimfire match are made from 5mm or 6.5mm steel at 3/8th scale. In the Big Bore match the chicken and pig silhouettes are made from 12mm steel while turkey and ram silhouettes are made from 9mm steel. Not surprisingly, the pistols and loads of yesteryear also developed into the specialist equipment available to today’s keen competitor.Īll targets should be made from various types of hardened steel to avoid projectile damage and steel thickness varies depending on the type of match. The competitions grew and State Championships were conducted until the first Amateur Pistol Shooting Union of Australia (now Pistol Australia Inc.) National Championship was held in Narrabri, NSW in March 1987. Ranges became more and more elaborate and led to some in Australia that are equal to any in the world today. Many shooters doubted the possibility that pistols could be used accurately at range distances up to 200m to hit and knock over a steel target weighing more than 25kgs for the score to count.Įnthusiasm did, however, prevail and a number of clubs built small, basic ranges and Open competitions were held. Metallic Silhouette shooting was established in Australia in the early 1980s and was completely different to all other pistol matches in Australia at that time. With some modifications these original rules still form the basis for the matches contested today.

The first major Pistol Metallic Silhouette Championships was held in Tucson, Arizona, in 1975 and following the 2nd Championships in El Paso, Texas in 1976, rules for pistol shooting including the size and type of silhouettes, stand height, range distances, shooting equipment allowed and match operation procedures were further developed.

The competition found its way into southern USA and the pig silhouette shot at 300m was added in 1967.

However, at that time the sport was mainly for high power rifles and consisted of 30 shots - 10 shots each at chickens at 200m, turkeys at 385m and rams at 500m. By 1948 metal animal silhouettes (cutouts) were used in place of livestock and the first metallic silhouette match, known as Siluetas Metalicas, was held in Mexico City in 1952. Metallic Silhouette shooting descended from a Mexican sport dating back to the early 1900s where live animals were used as targets and the bounty was feasted on after the competition. Matches can be shot with air guns, black powder firearms, handguns and rifles. Metallic Silhouette shooting is a series of target shooting matches that involve shooting at metal cutouts of rams, pigs, chickens and turkeys cut to different scales and set at varying distances from the competitor depending on the specific match.

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