The Australian Army Sports Pistol Association (AASPA) entered nine teams in the Australian Police and Services Pistol Championships at the Queensland Police Pistol Club in Brisbane from July 12-14.
The Queensland Army team finished second overall, with a combined score of 6648 out of a possible 7200.
Army's Queensland team had some of the best individual scores, with Corporal Aaron Turner placing 12th and Corporal Qi Hang, of 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry,) placing 18th out of the 120 shooters.
Teams of up to five compete, with the top four scores from each day being combined.
A service pistol match starts at 50m lying, then kneeling, then standing and firing from both hands, before progressing up the range with shorter target exposure times the closer shooters are to a target.
The service pistol competition was designed for police and service personnel who may have to use a handgun to provide deadly force for self-protection in the course of their duties.
AASPA president Major Brett Cooper said: "This year has been a very successful year for AASPA competitors, with many achieving personal best results in service match.
"We were lucky to able to spend a few days at Lone Pine Barracks to use the School of Infantry's ranges to do a training camp before going into our competition."
