The World Association Precision Pistol Competition 1500 provides an international ‘career pathway’ as an alternative to the ISSF pathway. Commencing in 2007 TPA has sent teams to World Championships every year. Perth has hosted a world cup.
The WA1500 Match events are very similar to our TPA Service Pistol events as these, and a number of other Service Pistol type matches around the world, share common ancestry.
The WA1500 Match events all start from the holster. A current TPA holster accreditation is mandatory for all shooters participating in these events.
Each event consists of strings of 6, 12, 18 or 24 shots fired at distances ranging from 3 yards to 50 yards. Series time limits are short at the closer distances, much like Service Pistol, but the shooting is generally not quite as fast as Service Pistol which results in some very accurate shooting by the top exponents.
WA1500 Match Events
The WA1500 international rules include the following events conducted in Australia:
150-Shot events:
- Revolver 1500 – open class revolver, max. 6″ barrel (calibre .32 or larger).
- Pistol 1500 – open class pistol, max 6″ (calibre .35 or larger)
- Optical Sight Revolver 1500 – as above but with electronic or red dot optical sight
- Optical Sight Pistol 1500 – as above but with electronic or red dot optical sight
60-shot events (the 60-shot course of fire is as for Match 5 from the 150-shot events)
- Distinguished Pistol Match – “light-modified” standard pistol max 5″ (calibre .35 or larger).
- Distinguished Revolver Match – standard revolver max. 6″ barrel, (calibre .38 special, 158 gn projectile).
- Open Match pistol or revolver, also electronic sights, red dots etc. (as far as allowed by law).
48-shot events
- Standard Revolver 4.25″ Match – standard revolver, max 4.25″ barrel, (calibre .38 special, 158 gn projectile)
- Standard Semi Automatic Pistol 5.5″ Match – out of the box, mass produced centrefire semi-auto pistol max. 5.5″ barrel, (calibre .35 or larger)
The Target
WA1500 Match Target
