Merit Badge Scheme

The SPA Merit Badge program is open to any shooter who is either an individual member of the SPA or a member of an SPA affiliated club.  Ways to gain the merit badges are:-

F     Members or clubs can purchase stickers from the SPA (£1) and shoot the discipline at their club, authenticated by their club official and sent to the SPA by post. 

F     Alternatively individuals can enter at any SPA competition meeting. Members can nominate before shooting, pay a £1 entry fee and shoot concurrently with the selected discipline competition they have entered. 

The cost of the merit badge, along with the discipline bar, if successful is £5.00.  A certificate will also be awarded.

Discipline	Course of Fire	Marksman Standard Score	Expert Standard Score	Master Shot Standard Score
Air Pistol, 10m	3 series of 10 shots Each series has 10 minutes	260	270	280
Sport Rifle Precision, 25m	3 series of 10 shots Each series has 10 minutes	270	280	290
Gallery Rifle  Police	F     25m - 12 Shots in 2 minutes including reloading   F     15m -  12  Shots - 2 strings      of 6.  In each string the target will make 6 appearances of 3 seconds – one shot per appearance   F     10m - 6  Shots - the target will make 3 appearances of 3 seconds – two shots per appearance.	280	290	295
Muzzle Loading Pistol, 25m Percussion or Flintlock	13 shots in 30 minutes - best 10 to count	75	85	90