BELL TARGET SHOOTING · PAPER TARGETS
UK Virtual Air Rifle League
The national bell target shooting league
Bell Target - Eight shots, eighteen feet (or 21!), one five inch steel plate. Every score from every club member, recorded on the night and ranked in real time. Choose pistol or rifle disciplines. ***Sign up for free now and subscribe to the newsletter to keep informed ready for the full launch in early 2027.***
New registrations are held as probationary until a league admin approves them.
What is bell target shooting?
Bell target shooting is a traditional British air rifle and air pistol discipline, shot indoors at a small steel target from 6 or 7 yards. Each card is a set number of shots scored to a decimal, and a perfect centre shot scores 5.1. The kit is modest and the skill ceiling is enormous, which makes bell target one of the friendliest ways into competitive shooting. UKVARL lets clubs across the UK shoot on their own range nights and compete in one national league.
Virtual Bell Target Match cards
Nominated scorers and checkers enter all eight shots per shooter. Your score and league position updated instantly.
Check out the FAQs page
Bell Target Shooting League table
Competitors individually ranked on cumulative aggregate score across the season, tie-broken on 5.1s.
More about UKVARL
The 5.1 Club
Every clean shot on the plate, counted and ranked. All-time and this season.
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Your season
Progress charts, shot distribution and personal bests for every card you shoot.
Challenges
Team admins challenge another club to a friendly, or run an internal club shoot.
Run to the book
Scoring follows the WARL September 2023 constitution to the letter — 5.1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 0 and 7 from 8.
Check out the UKVARL scoring systemPaper target scoring
UKVARL Score — paper target scoring from a photo
Shoot your paper card, photograph it on your phone and let UKVARL Score do the marking. The app lines the printed rings up with your photo, finds every shot and works the score.
- Photograph the card on your phone — the app straightens and sharpens it for you.
- Rings are fitted to the printed lines automatically, with fine manual adjustment when you need it.
- Shots are measured to the pellet edge and totalled for you, shot by shot.
- Save your scans to build progress charts, group size and point of impact trends.
UKVARL Score is an assistive tool. Alignment and shot detection are accurate estimates taken from a photograph, so always check the marking yourself before you submit a score.
Currently Free to follow and shoot, £12 a year to shoot in early 2027
Anyone can register and shoot in the league for free until early 2027 when we start the new season. After that, a full membership unlocks card entry, scoring and competition entry.
Free member
- League tables and club standings
- Club, team and member profiles
- The 5.1 Club and Roll of Honour
- Fixtures, results and the Cup draw
Full member
- Everything a free member sees
- Enter and score match cards
- Virtual League, Cup and challenges
- Progress charts and PDF reports