This is a timed event in which participants fire air pistols at targets placed 10 meters away from the shooter. In the Open Air event, shooters have 1 hour, 45 minutes to fire unlimited "sighters" and 60 record shots. In the Women's Air event, shooters have 1 hour, 15 minutes to fire unlimited sighters and 40 record shots. Sighters are shots fired in order to center the sights and for the shooter to warm up.
Maximum scores:
Open Air: 600 (10 points max per shot x 60 shots)
Women's Air: 400 (10 points max per shot x 40 shots)
This is a timed event in which participants fire .22 caliber single-shot pistols at targets placed 50 feet from the shooter. Shooters have 2 hours to shoot unlimited sighters and 60 record shots.
Maximum score: 600 (10 points max per shot x 60 shots)
Semi-automatic .22 caliber pistols are fired at targets placed 50 feet from the shooter. After the 5-shot sighter series, 60 shots are fired in the following order:
PRECISION FIRE: Four 5-shot strings, each string shot in 2.5 minutes
TIMED FIRE: Four 5-shot strings, each string shot in 20 seconds
RAPID FIRE: Four 5-shot strings, each string shot in 10 seconds
Maximum score: 600 (10 points max per shot x 60 shots)
Semi-automatic .22 caliber pistols are fired at targets placed 50 feet from the shooter. Only women may shoot this event. The event consists of two parts, with 5-shot sighter strings prior to each part:
PRECISION FIRE: Six 5-shot strings, each string shot in 5 minutes
RAPID FIRE: Six 5-shot strings. Shooters hold the gun at a 45 degree angle for 7 seconds, at the buzzer, they have a three second window in which to lift the gun and fire, before a second buzzer sounds. After firing the shot, the shooter's arm returns to the 45 degree angle and the shooter awaits the next buzzer to fire the next shot in the same fashion.
Maximum score: 600 (10 points max per shot, 60 shots.)
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No prior shooting experience is necessary.
All MIT undergraduate students in full time enrollment (more than 36 units) are eligible to shoot competitively on the team. Recruitment happens during the beginning of the school year with the Athletic Midway which is held during R/O week.
If you are a grad student or employee, there is a pistol club at MIT that practices on Tuesday nights and goes to local competitions. For more information, call the range at x3-3296 on Tuesday evenings (5-7pm) during the school year.
The season runs from September to March, with the first match in October. Practice is currently from Monday to Thursday. The range is open for the team from 4:30 to 7:00 pm (except on Tuesdays, when it closes at 6:30).
As with other sports, practice is required, absences must be excused, and participation at home matches is expected. As your level of proficiency increases, you will be asked to go to away matches. You must be patient as it takes as much time to develop proficiency in pistol as it does in any other sport. However, if you practice and stick with it, maybe you can join the ranks of our All-Americans, All-Stars, and nationally ranked teams!
The is also a pistol P.E. class available, but slots are limited. Sign-ups are on P.E. registration days twice a semester.
For more imformation on signing up for the class, please visit the MIT Athletics page.