Showdown is two boxes, two big rectangles a long way out, two small plates close in, and a stop plate in the middle. It is the only stage besides Outer Limits where where you stand is part of the rules, and the box-rotation requirement is the most common paperwork mistake in the sport.
Two 10-inch plates, two 18″×24″ rectangles and one 12-inch stop plate. Two 3′×3′ boxes, 6 feet apart. Five strings, best four counted.
Our own scale plan of SC-102 · Showdown, drawn from the dimensions published in Appendix B of the SCSA Competition Rules, edition 2026-03. Seen from above, shooting boxes at the left.
| Target | Size | Distance from the box | Offset from center | Height to top |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18″×24″ rectangle | 18 x 24 inches | 75 ft | 9 ft left | 5 ft 6 in |
| 18″×24″ rectangle | 18 x 24 inches | 75 ft | 9 ft right | 5 ft 6 in |
| 10″ plate | 10 inches | 30 ft | 4 ft left | 5 ft |
| 10″ plate | 10 inches | 30 ft | 4 ft right | 5 ft |
| 12″ stop plate | 12 inches | 36 ft | on the center line | 5 ft |
The stage peak is the aggregate of your 4 counted strings. Divide it by 4 and you get a par time you can set on a shot timer today.
| Division | Stage peak | Per string |
|---|---|---|
| Rimfire Rifle Optics | 7 s | 1.75 s |
| Rimfire Pistol Optics | 7.5 s | 1.88 s |
| PCC Optics | 7 s | 1.75 s |
| Open | 9.5 s | 2.38 s |
| Carry Optics | 9.75 s | 2.44 s |
| Production | 10 s | 2.50 s |
| Single Stack | 10.5 s | 2.62 s |
| Iron Sight Revolver | 12 s | 3.00 s |
Peak times verified against SCSA’s live classification system on September 8, 2026. The full 16-division table is on our peak times page.
You must shoot three strings from one box and two from the other, in any order. If you shoot four from the same box, you are required to reshoot — and only the reshoot counts (rule 8.2.4). It is not a time penalty, it is a lost run and a re-set, and it happens to somebody at nearly every club match.
Say your rotation out loud to the RO before you start. It takes two seconds and it removes the whole problem.
The two rectangles are 75 feet away — 25 yards, the third-longest targets in the sport behind only the 105-foot targets on Outer Limits and Speed Option. They are big, 18 by 24 inches, and a 4 MOA dot only covers about an inch at that range, so the target is not the constraint. The constraint is the group you can actually hold offhand at 25 yards under a clock, which for most shooters is a great deal larger than an inch.
The near plates at 30 feet and 4 feet either side of center are almost free. The whole stage is decided by how fast you can find the far rectangles and how confidently you leave them.
Same five targets, eight different problems. The full set, plus the data behind them:
Sources
SCSA Competition Rules, edition 2026-03, effective March 1, 2026 — Appendix B (stage diagrams), rule 2.1 (target height) and the chapters cited inline. Peak times from SCSA’s live classification system, retrieved September 8, 2026. The diagram above is our own drawing made from the published dimensions. If a measurement here does not match the stage as your club sets it, the rulebook and your match director are the authority — and we would like to know about it.
The date under the headline is the last time we checked this page against its sources — not the day it was first written. Rulebooks get amended, regulations change and season dates move, so we review these guides on a regular cycle and re-stamp the date whenever we revise one. If you find something here that has changed before we caught it, email [email protected] or tell us at the counter; we will verify it against the source and correct it.
We write these because people ask us at the counter. Everything in them we either sell, service, or shoot ourselves — and if you'd rather talk it through than read about it, come in.
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