Rimfire .22 LR · Handgun .22LR
Handgun .22
The handgun in .22 LR, one of IPSC’s rimfire disciplines, with three divisions: Open, Standard and Classic.
In short
The .22 handgun is one of IPSC’s rimfire disciplines and uses factory .22 LR ammunition only.
It has three divisions: Open, with optics, compensators and no capacity limit, and Standard and Classic, where the handgun has to fit the IPSC box and a magazine holds at most 10 rounds at the start.
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The IPSC box
In Standard and Classic the handgun must fit a 225 × 150 × 45 mm box.
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Behind the hip
In Standard and Classic, gun and magazines are worn behind the hip bone.
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Close to the body
Gun and equipment sit within 50 mm of the belt in every division.
Divisions
Everyone shoots the same courses; standings are worked out per division. Pick a division to see its rules.
Handgun .22
Open
Optics and compensators allowed, magazines up to 170 mm, no capacity limit.
- Ammunition Factory .22 LR
- Minimum trigger pull No restriction
- Maximum gun size No restriction
- Maximum magazine length 170 mm
- Maximum capacity No restriction
- Maximum distance of gun and equipment from the belt 50 mm
- Gun and magazines behind the hip bone No
- Optical or electronic sights Yes
- Compensators, ports, suppressors Yes
Handgun .22
Standard
The handgun, magazine inserted, must fit the IPSC box; at most 10 rounds in a magazine at the start. No optics or compensators.
- Ammunition Factory .22 LR
- Minimum trigger pull No restriction
- Maximum gun size IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm
- Maximum magazine length IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm
- Maximum capacity 10
- Maximum distance of gun and equipment from the belt 50 mm
- Gun and magazines behind the hip bone Yes
- Optical or electronic sights No
- Compensators, ports, suppressors No
Handgun .22
Classic
.22 handguns with the classic 1911 profile, inside the IPSC box; at most 10 rounds in a magazine at the start. No optics or compensators.
- Ammunition Factory .22 LR
- Minimum trigger pull No restriction
- Maximum gun size IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm
- Maximum magazine length IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm
- Maximum capacity 10
- Maximum distance of gun and equipment from the belt 50 mm
- Gun and magazines behind the hip bone Yes
- Optical or electronic sights No
- Compensators, ports, suppressors No
| Rule | |||
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| Ammunition | Factory .22 LR | Factory .22 LR | Factory .22 LR |
| Minimum trigger pull | No restriction | No restriction | No restriction |
| Maximum gun size | No restriction | IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm | IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm |
| Maximum magazine length | 170 mm | IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm | IPSC box, 225 × 150 × 45 mm |
| Maximum capacity | No restriction | 10 | 10 |
| Maximum distance of gun and equipment from the belt | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Gun and magazines behind the hip bone | No | Yes | Yes |
| Optical or electronic sights | Yes | No | No |
| Compensators, ports, suppressors | Yes | No | No |
The specs summarise the division pages on ipsc.org. The official rules always take precedence.
Divisions on ipsc.org
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