Everything else on this blog is about pistol divisions, because that's where the overwhelming majority of USPSA shooters are. But USPSA governs a second, separate discipline entirely: Rifle, Shotgun, and Multigun, under its own rulebook, with its own divisions and its own classification — none of which touches your pistol standing at all.
A separate rulebook, the same core idea
Pistol matches run under USPSA's Competition Rules. Rifle, Shotgun, and Multigun is governed by a completely separate rulebook, but the underlying scoring philosophy carries over: it's still points divided by time, so speed and accuracy still trade off against each other the same way they do on the pistol side.
Multigun means transitions, not just a bigger gun
A multigun course of fire can call for rifle, shotgun, and handgun all within the same stage — engaging different targets with whichever gun the stage requires, then transitioning to the next. The added skill isn't just "shoot a rifle well" — it's gun-to-gun transitions, reloads across three different platforms, and target engagement at distances a pistol bay never asks for.
Divisions work the same way they do in pistol
This discipline has its own set of divisions — Open and Modified among them — each with its own equipment rules, the same basic concept as Carry Optics vs. Limited vs. Open on the pistol side, just built around a completely different set of guns.
It has its own national championship
USPSA runs a Multigun Championship as the marquee event for this discipline, entirely separate from the pistol Nationals.
Your classification doesn't cross over
Whatever class you've earned in Carry Optics, Limited, or any pistol division has no bearing here — Rifle, Shotgun, and Multigun is tracked as its own, completely separate record.
Related reading: USPSA divisions explained · What is USPSA?
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