IPSC Disciplines

Practical Shooting is divided into a number of disciplines – Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol Calibre Carbine, Mini-Rifle and Action Air.

Each discipline has a separate rule book, and there are multiple variations between disciplines.

IPSC matches cannot mix disciplines on a single stage and are usually limited to a single Discipline. However a Tournament or a Grand Tournament include stages from a number of disciplines, and are conducted using the Tournament rules.

Disciplines: Handgun

The handgun discipline consists of multiple divisions – all of which are available in Australia, however they are limited in choices of calibre (up to .38″) and in capacity (10-round magazines)

Disciplines: Rifle

Rifle divisions are restricted in Australia (subject to local laws) to Manual Action Open (MAO), Manual Action Standard (MAS) and Manual Action Lever Release (MALR), while Semi-Automatic Open (SAO) and Semi-Automatic Standard (SAS) are not available.

Disciplines: Shotgun

Shotgun divisions have different restrictions in Australia (subject to local laws). The Shotgun divisions are Open, Modified, Standard and Manual.