FREE PISTOL
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2026MASS. RIFLE ASSOCIATION, WOBURN (MCLAUGHLIN RANGE)
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2026 Early Bird Entry Fee Through June 1: $32
2026 Entry Fee After June 1: $42
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 3
Tentative Schedule
Check-in: 10:00 a.m.
Prep & Sighters: 10:15 a.m.
Competition: 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Eligibility
An athlete must meet one of the following criteria:
- A full-time resident of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont or Connecticut
- A registered member of a shooting club in Massachusetts. Athletes using the club membership for eligibility may not also be a member of a non-Massachusetts club.
- Athletes who are permanent Massachusetts residents and attend school out of state are eligible to compete.
- Athletes who are full-time students at an academic institution in Massachusetts are eligible to compete.
- Minimum age 13 years old
- Maximum age 80 years old
Open to male and female competitors
Separate divisions for male and female
Free Pistol Course of Fire
The free pistol match will be fired on the McLaughlin Range, a 50-yard outdoor range with covered firing points, and will be held rain or shine. We have range access starting a bit after (TBA) and the preparation period will begin at (TBA) sharp.
The match will follow current USA Shooting rules, but there will be no final. The match consists of a 15 minute preparation and sighting period followed by 60 record shots fired 10 shots per target (the rules say 5, but that's impractical because we have to walk downrange to score) in a total time of 1 hour 45 minutes. The time duration for each 10-shot record target will be 17 minutes and 30 seconds. Any safe .22 caliber pistol can be used for this event. Each shot must be individually loaded - if you're using a semi-auto you may use the magazine but it may only contain one round. Likewise, revolvers may have only one round in the cylinder. Free pistol is an iron-sights event, USAS and ISSF rules do not permit the use of any optical elements mounted on the firearm. Please bring an empty-chamber indicator such as a length of weed-whacker wire or a chamber plug with a flag.
Competition will consist of 60 shots for all divisions
