NRA Basic Pistol instructor coarse. Exam
Questions And Answers 2025 Update.
What is the inside of a barrel called? - Answer✔A Bore
What are two components of rifling? - Answer✔Lands and grooves
What is the "action" of a firearm? - Answer✔A group of moving parts used to load, fire, and
unload
Sight Picture - Answer✔The relationship between the eye, front sight, rear sight, and target.
What are the Five fundamentals of pistol shooting? - Answer✔Eye Dominance, Handgrip,
Aiming, Breath Control, and Hold Control.
What is the NRA top three gun owner's safety rules? - Answer✔Always keep the gun pointed in
a safe direction
Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
What is Hold Control? - Answer✔Allows to shooter to maintain proper sight alignment and
sight picture while firing a shot.
- Good Grip
-Minimize the Arc of movement
what is Sight Alignment? - Answer✔the process of lining up a firearm's rear and front sights
-Equal Light
-Equal Hight
What are the three components of a pistol? - Answer✔Frame, Barrel, and Action
What is a Misfire? - Answer✔A complete failure to fire (Dud)
What is a Hangfire - Answer✔Delay in the explosion of the charge after the trigger is pulled.
How Long can a Hangfire last? - Answer✔The delay can last 30 seconds or more.
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