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NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course 2025 Proven Practice Questions & Expert Solutions| 2025, Exams of Military leadership

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NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course 2025
You should always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot
-Correct Answer True
Grip consistency is essential for accurate shooting. -Correct Answer
True
Ammunition should not be present when cleaning a pistol. -Correct
Answer True
The single most important selection criterion revolves around the
purpose of the firearm. -Correct Answer True
Your breath should be let out slowly and steadily until the shot is
fired. -Correct Answer False
Your non-dominant eye should be used for aiming the pistol. -Correct
Answer False
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You should always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Grip consistency is essential for accurate shooting. -Correct Answer ✔

✔ True

Ammunition should not be present when cleaning a pistol. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

The single most important selection criterion revolves around the purpose of the firearm. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Your breath should be let out slowly and steadily until the shot is fired. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False

Your non-dominant eye should be used for aiming the pistol. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False

You should always keep your gun unloaded until you are ready to use it. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Pistols that are fired regularly do not need to be cleaned. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False

Aiming consists of two stages: sight alignment and sight picture. - Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Trigger control is one of the most important shooting

fundamentals. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

The major components of breech-loading pistols include the frame, the barrel, and the action. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

The Natural Aiming Area refers to the natural alignment of the shooter and the gun in any position. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

The first Rule for Safe Gun Handling can be ignored while dry-firing. - Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False

Aiming consists of: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ sight alignment and sight picture.

When aiming a pistol, the eye can only focus on one object at a time; therefore, you should focus on the (BLANK) so that it appears clear and sharp. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ front sight

To ensure you use the correct ammunition for your gun: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ a. check the information stamped on the barrel and/or slide.

b. check your owner's manual.

c. check the cartridge box and cartridge headstamp.

d. all of the above.

When a cartridge fails to fire immediately, you should: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ keep the pistol pointed in a safe direction and, after waiting at least 30 seconds (as a precaution in case of a hangfire), open the action and remove the cartridge.

When gripping the pistol, you should: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ use the same grip each time that you hold the pistol.

Follow-through is important because: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ it integrates, maintains and continues all shooting fundamentals before, during and immediately after firing the shot.

The frame of a pistol is: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ is the central component of most pistols.

The four components of a pistol cartridge are: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ case, primer, powder charge and bullet.

Some of the benefits of the Isosceles Position are: -Correct Answer ✔

✔ it is natural and easy to assume.

Double-action refers to the type of action: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ in which pulling the trigger performs two tasks: cocking and releasing the hammer.

firearm.

The basic rule for sight adjustment is: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ move the rear sight in the same direction that you want hits on the target to move.

Trigger control when shooting refers to: -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ the technique of pulling the trigger without causing any movement of the aligned sights.

As the gun powder burns, it creates high-pressure gas that begins to push the bullet down the bore. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Consistency, balance, support, natural aiming area, and comfort are elements of a good shooting position. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Proper sight alignment is having the front sight even with the top of the rear sight, and the front sight centered in the notch of the rear sight so that there is an equal amount of space on each side of the front sight. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

A squib load develops less than normal pressure or velocity after ignition of the cartridge powder charge. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

A gun that is properly maintained will function more reliably, shoot more accurately and last longer. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

ALWAYS keep your gun pointed in a safe direction. -Correct Answer ✔

✔ True

The safety on a pistol is a mechanical device that can fail. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

Pistols should be stored so that they are not accessible to unauthorized persons. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ True

A misfire is a perceptible delay in the ignition of a cartridge after the primer has been struck by the firing pin. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False

Most pistol cartridges can be fired from any handgun. -Correct Answer ✔ ✔ False