Indoor Smallbore shooting is done from the PRONE position - shooters lie on the ground.  Beginners will rest the front of the rifle on a stand, and then progress to wearing a jacket and sling and supporting the rifle with both hands.

TSNZ Members can shoot at a social, club, association, representative, championship or national level, with Clubs shooting every week and there being many competitions run during the Indoor Season, which runs from 1 April to 30 September.  

Shooters are graded at the end of each Indoor Season, and can move either up or down depending on how they have shot that year. Grades are D (up to 89.99), C (90.00 - 93.99), B (94.00 - 96.49), A (96.50 - 97.74), and Master (97.75 - 100.00).  New shooters will usually enter at D Grade.

Most of the ranges in the North Island are 25 yards long, while the South Island has mainly 20 yard ranges, and target sizes are slightly different at each of these distances so that results are comparable.   Ranges can vary from city ranges with 20 mounds, to small country ranges with 6, and from purpose-built facilities to temporary ranges in community halls, and everything in between. 

Most NZ indoor ranges currently use paper targets for Smallbore shooting. 11-bull targets are used, with the centre dot being uncounted sighting shots, and the other 10 dots scoring a maximum of 10.1, for a perfect score of 100.10. Matches may be 10 shots in 12 minutes, or 20 shots in 22 minutes. 

There is one NZ indoor range running on electronic targets, and these shooters have only one aiming mark to shoot at.  Their scores are shown immediately for both the shooters and those watching from the social area. 

 

Indoor shooters can participate just at Club level only if they want to, shooting once a week (or less) at their local range, or can compete in a variety of different events both locally and around NZ:

• Local Championships - these are run almost every weekend throughout the season, details can be found on the website Calendar.  All TSNZ members can enter these competitions, and as the entries are graded shooters from D Grade upwards all have the chance to win at their own level.
   
• Inter-Club and Inter-Association shoots - either travelling to each others ranges and asPostal competitions.
   
• NDC - National District Championships - where shooters are selected to represent their locality in Open, Composite or Junior teams.
   
• Island matches - Teams of Ten in the North Island and Andrew and Faulkner in the South Island. 
   
• North vs South Interisland match - shooters have to qualify to be selected for this prestigious event, and once there if they shoot well have the opportunity to make it into New Zealand teams - Open, Women, Juniors or Veterans.
   
• School competitions - both postal and shoulder-to-shoulder matches exist specifically for Secondary School students.

Many of the Clubs around NZ have their own equipment they can let new shooters use, so initially there is very little cost to having a go at Smallbore shooting.  

Clubs are able to set up Social Group or Business House shoots, and there is no need for a firearms licence to go along to one of these.  

Once a shooter decides to continue they usually start to buy their own equipment, and the TSNZ Trading Shop sells a huge variety of equipment for those who want to invest in their sport.