10M match shooting question...

[daved]

I seem to recall someone answering this question before, seems like it was =ed, but I don't remember the answer.  When you shoot 10 meters, I assume the measurement is from the face of the target to what?  The shooters feet, or the end of the guns muzzle?  Or is it like darts, with a specific height to the bull, and the distance is measured from the center of the bull to the shooting line?  TIA.

Dave

[nmmike]

This info is from the 1984 NRA international pistol rules so if nothing has changed the measurements are:
Ground to center of target = 140 cms.(55 in.) +/- 20 cms.(8 in.).
Distance = 10 meters +/- 0.05 m (2 in.). Distance is measured from the face of the target to the firing line (that point beyond which the competitor may not place any part of his foreward foot).
Mike

[ribbonstone]

So if you could hold up (steady) a 9 1/2 meter barrel, you'd be totally unconcerned about wind.

[Gene_SC]

LOL Dave, I would think it is at the end of muzzle to face of target, That is my guess but what do i know.. hehehe

Gene

[-=ed]

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I was told, and believe I read, that the feet, or any part of the body that touches the ground, have to be behind the line