Similar competitive event?

[kannonfyre]

When I plink with a handgun, I often wind up shooting either a .38 special revolver or a .22 pistol at 25 meters at a standard ISSF precision pistol target. While I do not take forever, I generally load at a comfortable pace, use breath control, focus on good sight alignment and use the best trigger control that I can. The idea is to shoot for score and not speed. I usually use a 40 shot string (.38 special) or 50 shot string (.22LR) for each target.

Are there any established pistol events that come close to what I do for fun?

 

[Steve C]

What you are shooting is similar to the slow fire section of Bullseye competition as shot in the US. A full Bullseye competition consists of 3 series of targets, slow fire, timed fire and rapid fire and 3 categories of each series for Rim fire, Center fire, and Service Pistol. A complete match is usually a full day event.

Many clubs will shoot a modified match for friendly league style competition that can be shot in around an hour using .22 rim fire only. This provides an economical but challenging match that can be run in an evening after work.

For more information about Bullseye shooting see Bullseye Pistol - Online Encyclopedia

 

[MrBorland]

How 'bout handgun silhouette? Not shooting for group size, but deliberate accurate shooting nonetheless. Looks like there's something for everyone;

http://www.oregonshooting.com/sil/article.htm

 

[M67]

The precision stage of international 25 m pistol (rimfire and centerfire) is shot at the targets and range you describe. The stage is six series of five shots each. Time limit for each series is five minutes.

The rapid fire stage consists of six series of five shots each, fired at the all black targets with bigger score rings. Before each shot, the targets turn away from the shooters for seven seconds, then the target appears for three seconds during which time the shooter will raise the gun from the ready position (45 deg to the ground) and fire one shot, repeated five times for each series.

International Standard Pistol is rimfire only, shot at 25 m and the precision target you use. Four series of five shots each with a time limit of 150 seconds, four series at 20 seconds and four series at 10 seconds. Again you start with the target edge-on to the shooter and the gun in the ready position, you're not allowed to move your arm until the target appears.

All of this is of course fired one handed. Notch and post iron sights only.

See http://www.issf-shooting.org/