III. Designing of Stages

3.1. Main principles

3.1.1. Practical shooting competitions must be designed, constructed and conducted in accordance with the general safety requirements for the use of firearms and non-firearms during practical shooting competitions and other safety requirements specified in these Rules.

3.1.2. Shooting Stages should be designed so as to primarily test the shooting skills of athletes, rather than their physical abilities.

3.1.3. Stage design principles should be balanced in terms of speed of exercise and shooting accuracy.

3.1.4. Shooting tasks of practical shooting are various. No Stage should be repeated often, so as not to become a criterion for shooting skills of practical shooting.

3.1.5. Competition in practical shooting is a free style. Athletes are allowed to solve the presented shooting tasks at their own discretion. After the start signal, the Stage conditions may not oblige the athlete to make mandatory reloads, take certain positions, racks or shooting positions, except as noted below. Conditions can also be created and barriers and other physical constraints built in order to force the athlete to adopt a certain position, stand or choose a shooting position.

In competitions of city and club levels it is not obligatory to observe the requirements of free style or to limit the number of shots.

3.1.6. Competitions in practical shooting are different in complexity and reasonably take into account the difference in height and build of athletes.

3.1.7. Competitions with a handgun, shotgun, carbine, handgun caliber carbine the minimum ammunition power factor restriction is applied.

3.1.8. With the use of these Rules for the handgun, competitions may be held with the use of devices of domestic production for firing cartridges equipped with rubber or similar in their properties non-lethal metal projectiles (soft bullet handgun).

3.1.9. Competitions with a soft bullet handgun, small-caliber handgun and small-caliber carbine, air handgun and air carbine are exempt from the requirements of the minimum power factor.

3.2.Types of Stages

3.2.1. Practical shooting competitions should include basic and special Stages.

3.2.1.1. Basic Stages:

3.2.1.1.1. short;

3.2.1.1.2. medium;

3.2.1.1.3. long.

3.2.1.2. Special Stages:

3.2.1.2.1. classification;

3.2.1.2.2. shoot-off;

3.2.1.2.3. high-speed;

3.2.1.2.4. MLS type;

3.2.1.2.5. mixed.

3.2.2. Short Stages:

3.2.2.1. for a handgun, air handgun, small-caliber handgun and soft bullet handgun does not require more than 12 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not allow to make more than 9 shots from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.2.2. the carbine does not require more than 5 shots to complete the Stage for manual reloading classes and 10 shots for semi-automatic classes. The design of the Stage and its construction does not envisage shooting down more than 5 scoring targets from one shooting position or direction and does not give the athlete the opportunity to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.2.3. the shotgun does not require more than 8 test shots to complete the Stage and is limited to a maximum of 12 shots;

3.2.2.4. the small-caliber carbine and air carbine does not require more than 10 shots to complete the Stage; pistol caliber carbine does not require more than 12 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not allow to make more than 10 test shots from one shooting position or direction.

3.2.3. Medium Stages:

3.2.3.1. for a handgun, air handgun, small-caliber handgun and soft bullet handgun does not require more than 24 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require more than 9 test shots from one shooting position or direction and does not give the athlete the opportunity to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.3.2. no more than 10 shots are required for the carbine to complete the Stage for the manual reload classes and 20 shots for the semi-automatic classes. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require the defeat of more than 5 scoring targets from one shooting position or direction and does not give the athlete the opportunity to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.3.3. the shotgun does not require more than 16 shots to complete the Stage and is limited to a maximum of 24 test shots. The design of the Stage and its construction does not allow to make more than 8 shots from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.3.4. the small-caliber carbine and air carbine does not require more than 20 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require the defeat of more than 5 scoring targets from one shooting position or direction and does not allow the athlete to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.3.5. a pistol caliber carbine does not require more than 24 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require more than 10 test shots from one shooting position or direction and does not allow the athlete to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction.

3.2.4. Long Stages:

3.2.4.1. for a handgun, air handgun, small-caliber handgun and soft bullet handgun does not require more than 32 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require more than 9 test shots from one shooting position or direction and does not give the athlete the opportunity to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.4.2. the carbine does not require more than 20 shots to complete the Stage for manual reloading classes and 40 shots for semi-automatic classes. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require the defeat of more than 5 scoring targets from one shooting position or direction and does not allow the athlete to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.4.3. the shotgun does not require more than 28 shots to complete the Stage and is limited to a maximum of test shots. The design of the Stage and its construction does not allow to make more than 8 shots from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.4.4. the small-caliber carbine and air carbine does not require more than 40 shots to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require shooting of more than 5 scoring targets from one shooting position or direction and does not allow the athlete to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction;

3.2.4.5. for pistol caliber carbine no more than 24 shots are required to complete the Stage. The design of the Stage and its construction does not require more than 10 test shots from one shooting position or direction and does not allow the athlete to hit all targets from one shooting position or direction.

3.2.5. Features of application of targets in separate cases are defined by technical regulations.

3.2.6. Recommended balance for competitions, matches - ratio 3 short Stages, 2 medium Stages and 1 long Stage.

3.2.7. Classification shooting

Classification shooting - special competitions for athletes to pass the national classification.

Classification competition must be constructed in accordance with these Rules and conducted in strict accordance with the description and their drawings.

3.2.8. Shoot-off shooting competitions

Shoot-off shooting competitions - special competitions or competition held separately from the main competition .

Two athletes simultaneously hit identical and adjacent groups of targets in the course of one or more qualifying matches.

It is recommended to use WPSF Hard Targets, as well as the location of the final target for each athlete in such a way that it covers the target of another athlete when it falls, with the winner determined whose target will be below:

3.2.8.1. for a handgun, air handgun, air carbine, pistol caliber carbine, small-caliber handgun and a small-caliber carbine, each group of targets does not require more than 12 shots;

3.2.8.2. for a carbine, each group of targets does not require more than 6 shots for manual reloading classes and 12 shots for semi-automatic classes;

3.2.8.3. for a shotgun, each group of targets does not require more than 8 shots;

3.2.8.4. each athlete must perform a mandatory recharge after hitting his first target and before hitting his last target. Violation of this requirement leads to automatic defeat in a duel.

3.2.9. Speed MLS Stages:

3.2.9.1. used in competitions in high speed shooting;

3.2.9.2. only hard or paper targets are used for speed Stages.

3.2.9.3. Schemes of their location are determined by the organizer of the competition. The athlete who spends the least time (including penalty seconds) performing all the Stages becomes the winner.

3.2.10. Practical Stages:

3.2.10.1. used in competitions on practical shooting;

3.2.10.2. only falling hard or paper metric or practical shooting targets are used;

3.2.10.3. Vickers and Limited Vickers scoring types are used. The results are converted into the final percentage.

3.2.11. Mixed Stages:

3.2.11.1. used in competitions of multigun dynamic shooting;

3.2.11.2. consist of tasks designed to perform with different types of firearms and non-firearms;

3.2.11.3. falling hard or targets are used for mixed Stages.

3.2.12. "Speed", "SOF type" or "mixed" Stages cannot be combined in one competition.

3.2.13. Short, classification, speed and SOF type Stages may include mandatory reloads and may determine a stable, shooting position and / or starting position. When a mandatory reload is required, this must be completed after the athlete has fired the target for the first time and before he or she fires the last target. Violation of this rule is punishable by one procedural fine.

3.2.14. Conditions of basic and classification Stages for handgun competitions may require shooting only with a strong or only a weak hand without the use of physical support (Velcro, etc.). Shooting with the specified hand should be carried out only from a certain moment and until the end of the Stage.

3.2.15. Conditions of basic and classification Stages for a carbine, a pistol caliber carbine, a small-caliber carbine cannot require shooting only from a weak shoulder.

3.2.16. Conditions short and classification Stages for shotgun may require shooting only from a weak shoulder.

3.2.17. Stage designers can allow the athlete to expect a starting signal anywhere within a limited and well-marked shooting range.

3.2.18. Organizers of competitions are obliged to adhere to the basic principles of designing and construction of Stages. Non-compliant shooting Stages will not be sanctioned and will not be published or declared as authorized practical shooting competitions.

3.2.19. The location of targets and their schemes or props used in shooting Stages that have been found to be illogical or impractical shall not be approved.