ISSF 25 meter center-fire pistol

25 meter center-fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events, and is normally a men-only event. Its origin lies in competitions with military-style service pistols, and as such its history dates back to the 19th century.

25 meter pistol (formerly called sport pistol) is essentially the women's equivalent of this event, the only difference being the smaller rimfire caliber handguns used (often the same models only chambered for the smaller caliber).

Handguns

Caliber

The name center-fire describes the type of cartridges used distinguishes this event from other ISSF events shot with handguns chambered for small caliber rimfire cartridges.

The rules specify that matches are to be shot with handgun of any caliber between 7.62 mm (.30) and 9.65 mm (.38), but the most popular cartridge is the .32 S&W Long Wadcutter, because it has good performance characteristics. Many countries also have laws restricting civilian ownership of firearms chambered for cartridges also used by military forces which would not apply to the rather obscure .32 S&W Long.

Type

Using a revolver is not a disadvantage because the "rapid-fire" stage is not as demanding or fast as the true rapid-fire event of 25 meter rapid fire pistol. The current record is set with a revolver (Toz 49). The most popular handgun choices, however, are larger caliber versions of rimfire semi-automatic pistols originally designed for 25 meter standard pistol. Many of these pistols can be changed from one caliber to the other by simply changing the barrel and magazine. Examples of such firearms are usually from companies specializing in firearms for ISSF events like Pardini Arms, Benelli, Morini, Walther and Hämmerli and include:

• Hämmerli SP20
• Pardini HP
• Morini CM32M
• Walther GSP
• Benelli MP-90 and Benelli MP-95

Course of fire

File:25 Meter Precision and 50 Meter Pistol Target.svg

The 25 and 50 meter pistol target, with a diameter of 500 mm

A center-fire match consists of two parts of 30 shots each, both shot at 25 m:

• A precision stage where 5 shots are to be fired during a 5-minute period.
• A rapid-fire stage where, for each shot, the shooter has 3 seconds to raise his arm from a 45-degree angle and fire.
• As with all ISSF pistol disciplines, all firing must be done with one hand, unsupported.

The score zones of the targets are different for the two stages, but scores are usually similar for the two courses. In the precision stage, the target is the same as in 50 meter pistol (although at half the distance), with a 10-zone of 5 cm diameter, and in the rapid-fire stage, the target is the same as in 25 meter rapid fire pistol, with a 10-zone of 10 cm diameter.

Popularity

The event has not made it into the Olympic Games, and so gains little attention. It is part of the ISSF World Shooting Championships however, as well as the CISM World Championships. It is also notable for being the inspiration for the 25 meter pistol event, which is an Olympic event for women.

World Championships, Men

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1947	Template:Flagicon Stockholm	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete
2022	Template:Flagicon New Administrative Capital	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete	REDIRECT Template:Flag athlete

World Championships, Men Team

Year	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1947	Template:Flagicon Stockholm	Template:Flagicon Finland Kallio M. Mauri Kuokka Jaakko Eliel Rintanen Vaeinoe Villiam Skarp	Template:Flagicon Sweden Helmisalo A. Holmberg E. Sven Lundquist Torsten Elis Ullman	Template:Flagicon Great Britain Bennett R. Staton B. Henry Albert Steele Willott B.
1949	Template:Flagicon Buenos Aires	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Leo Benner Hancock W. Logie C. Harry Wendell Reeves	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Heinz Ambuehl Gaemperli H. Heinrich Keller Beat Rhyner	Template:Flagicon Finland Kallio M. Leonard Ravilo Jaakko Eliel Rintanen Eino Antton Saarnikko
1952	Template:Flagicon Oslo	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Leo Benner William Mc Millan Harry Wendell Reeves Walter Rudolph Walsh	Template:Flagicon Sweden Fagerholm E. Holmberg E. Roback C. Schoett G.	Template:Flagicon Mexico Rafael Bermejo Pedro Avilés Jose Reyes Carlos Rodriguez
1954	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Anton Jasinsky Konstantin Martazov Makhmud Umarov Lev Vainshtein	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Leo Benner John Jagoda William Mc Millan Harry Wendell Reeves	Template:Flagicon Cuba Tomas Cabanas Rafael Antonio Cadalso Fernandez Dediot L. Rodriguez C.
1958	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Karel Mucha František Maxa Vladimír Kudrna Vaclav Trojan	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Anton Jasinsky Vassili Sorokin Makhmud Umarov Lev Vainshtein	Template:Flagicon United States Huelet Leo Benner David Carter William Mc Millan Aubrey Smith
1962	Template:Flagicon Cairo	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Efim Haydurov Igor Bakalov Vladimir Stolipin Albert Udachin	Template:Flagicon United States William Blankenship Franklin Green William Mc Millan Cecil Wallis	Template:Flagicon East Germany Joachim Fichtner Johann Garreis Lothar Jacobi Gottfried Wehle
1966	Template:Flagicon Wiesbaden	Template:Flagicon United States William Blankenship John Ditmore Franklin Green Emil Heugatter	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Igor Bakalov Renart Suleimanov Vladimir Stolipin Albert Udachin	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Ladislav Falta Lubomír Nácovský Josef Šváb Jaroslav Veselý
1970	Template:Flagicon Phoenix	Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia Ladislav Falta Hynek Hromada Vladimír Hurt Lubomír Nácovský	Template:Flagicon United States William Blankenship Jimmie Dorsey Elmer Hilden Francis Higginson	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Igor Bakalov Grigori Kosych Afanasij Kuzmin Vladimir Stolipin
1974	Template:Flagicon Thun	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Grigori Kosych Victor Torshin Georgi Zapolskich Mikhail Ziubko	Template:Flagicon United States Bonnie Harmon Francis "Frank" Higginson Bobby Tiner Milo Vlasin	Template:Flagicon Finland Eino Kohvakka Seppo Makinen Vaino Markkanen Lassi Riitinki
1978	Template:Flagicon Seoul	Template:Flagicon Finland Olavi Johannes Heikkinen Seppo Makinen Hannu Paavola Seppo Saarenpaeae	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Marcel Ansermet Philippe Klay Reinhard Ruess Alex Tschui	Template:Flagicon Sweden Ove Gunnarsson Boo Levin Staffan Oscarsson Ragnar Skanåker
1982	Template:Flagicon Caracas	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Afanasij Kuzmin Igor Puzirev Sergei Rysev Vladas Turla	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Marcel Ansermet Reinhard Ruess Sigisbert Schnyder Alex Tschui	Template:Flagicon Finland Seppo Makinen Hannu Paavola Paavo Palokangas Jouni Vainio
1986	Template:Flagicon Suhl	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Igor Basinski Afanasij Kuzmin Oleg Tkachyov	Template:Flagicon Switzerland Hans Buerkli Anton Kuechler Alex Tschui	Template:Flagicon Austria Dieter Aggermann Hermann Sailer Karl Pavlis
1990	Template:Flagicon Moscow	Template:Flagicon Soviet Union Miroslav Ignatiuk Afanasij Kuzmin Sergei Pyzhianov	Template:Flagicon Finland Seppo Makinen Asko Makinen Reijo Paerepalo	Template:Flagicon United States Don Nygord Eduardo Suarez Darius Young
1994	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Russia Sergei Poliakov Sergei Pyzhianov Valentin Osipenko	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Miroslav Ignatiuk Taras Magmet Oleg Tkachyov	Template:Flagicon South Korea Lee Sang-Hak Lee Ki-Choon Park Byung-Taek
1998	Template:Flagicon Barcelona	Template:Flagicon South Korea Park Byung-Taek Lee Sang-Hak Kim Sung-joon	Template:Flagicon Russia Sergei Pyzhianov Mikhail Nestruev Sergei Alifirenko	Template:Flagicon Belarus Igor Basinski Siarhei Yurusau Kanstantsin Lukashyk
2002	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Template:Flagicon South Korea Park Byung-Taek Lee Sang-Hak Kim Sung-joon	Template:Flagicon Norway Petter Bratli Paal Hembre Erik Baekkevold	Template:Flagicon Ukraine Oleksandr Petriv Oleg Tkachyov Roman Bondaruk
2006	Template:Flagicon Zagreb	Template:Flagicon Russia Mikhail Nestruev Sergei Poliakov Sergei Alifirenko	Template:Flagicon South Korea Park Byung-Taek Hong Seong-Hwan Lee Sang-Hak	Template:Flagicon North Korea Kim Hyon-ung Ryu Myong-yon Kim Jong-su
2010	Template:Flagicon Munich	Template:Flagicon Brazil Júlio Almeida Emerson Duarte José Carlos Batista	Template:Flagicon France Sebastien Blachouin Franck Dumoulin Thierry Riedinger	Template:Flagicon South Korea Hong Seong-hwan Park Byung-taek Jang Dae-kyu
2014	Template:Flagicon Granada	Oleksandr Petriv Roman Bondaruk Pavlo Korostylov	Template:Flagu Leonid Ekimov Alexei Klimov Anton Gourianov	Template:Flagicon Brazil Emerson Duarte Júlio Almeida José Carlos Batista
2018	Template:Flagicon Changwon	Kim Young-min Kim Jin-il Jang Dae-kyu	Clément Bessaguet Alban Pierson Boris Artaud	Yao Zhaonan Jin Yongde Zhao Xiankun

Current world records

Template:Shooting WR CFP Men ISSF Teams

Current world records in 25 metre center-fire pistol
Men (ISSF)
	Men (CISM)
Teams		1763	Template:Flagu (Gao, Jin, Liu)	2006	Rena Template:Cc3

World champions

Year	Venue	Individual	Team
1947	Stockholm	Template:Flagathlete
1949	Buenos Aires	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1952	Oslo	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1954	Caracas	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Country data Soviet Union
1958	Moscow	Template:Flagathlete
1962	Cairo	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Country data Soviet Union
1966	Wiesbaden	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1970	Phoenix	Template:Flagathlete
1974	Thun	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Country data Soviet Union
1978	Seoul	Template:Flagathlete
1982	Caracas	Template:Flagathlete
1986	Suhl	Template:Flagathlete
1990	Moscow	Template:Flagathlete
1994	Milan	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
1998	Barcelona	Template:Flagathlete
2002	Lahti	Template:Flagathlete
2006	Zagreb	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2010	Munich	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagu
2014	Granada	Template:Flagathlete