The offhand targets for 200 yd are the number 3 and number 4.  Hits outside the scoring rings on those are scored 10 points.
Same for the number 1, 100 yd offhand target. That is half the size of the #3 and #4.

The # 8 that is fired offhand at 50 yd, 5 shots per bull, states on it that outside the scoring rings are scored a miss.

The indoor offhand target that is the #7, 50 ft target is scored as outside the scoring rings is a 10.

So unless it is marked on the target, or stated otherwise in a match  then a hit ,outside the scoring rings is scored as 10, in offhand matches only.

That is what I see from the rule book, and from memory.

Lets see if I got it right.

I always feel bad when scoring 10 for a shot outside the ring. ASSRA Schuetzenmasters allow it but somehow it feels wrong.

Other thing that feels strange after shooting other target sports is re-firing a total miss. I understand but cannot say for sure 10 holes on the paper are scored even if you have to shoot more than 10.

Anybody know what the rule is ? .

Boats

Pete;
Regarding the "ten shots on the target". When ASSRA was organized (in 1948, I believe) the people that founded the organization came from The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Matches. That rule was in effect at Friendship (home of the NMLRA) and was carried over. It shortly became a "Tradition".

We actually have a goodly number of offhand shooters. I was one until four ruptured discs decreed otherwise. It sure as h*ll ain't from choice!

Dale53

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I frequently disagree with Pete, but in this case he is just being foolish. He sreems to suggest that it is possible to shoot only 10 shots offhand and have EACH and EVERY one of those shots hit the paper! I can testify to the absolute FACT that this is impossible, as I have demonstrated many times and can demonstrate on demand!
Why do you think we have spotting scopes, Pete? To count those shots that are on the paper.
This kind of talk is going to discourage the old timers and new shooters as well, and should be kept off this forum-MR. MODERATOR! 
joe b.

The rules are the rules and when when you shoot a match you have to follow what ever the club allows.

However allowing total misses not to count and giving 10 points to a shot outside the scoring rings is just kidding youself.

It's like in golf, many people talk about there scores.  And don't say a word about Mulligans, dropping another ball when one goes out of bounds, improving there lie and many other ways to pump up egos while hiding lack of ablity.

The WSU rule is the way to go as far as I am concerned.   

Boats

The 10-shots-per-target would work fine if we were shooting short relays and only one target up at a time.  But with longer relays and multiple targets in play few of us shoot ten consecutive shots at one target. 
 
Frankly I'm just beginning to try offhand shooting, with the 22s,  ANYTHING that would increase my score would help my ego, but the 50yd targets don't allow the "anything that hits the paper counts for something" rule. 
I personally don't see as how it would really have much impact. I have a hard time imagining a situation where it would affect the top ten order in any given match. The top shooters won't be hurt by it and it would help encourage the "have-nots" to keep trying.
  In my relatively short time in the ASSRA the single most common complaint is the lack of new shooters. It is discussed and cussed by almost e veryone and at every event.  "how do we get more, new recruits to the game.  Besides the obvious cost of the sport, the daunting gap between the scores of the good shooters and the rest of us is another factor.
  I HAVE talked to a number of repeat non-shooting visitors to the EG matches. These are guys who have the guns and who shoot them elsewhere but won't compete because their scores wouldn't be worth it.
  I posit that that allowing the any-hit-counts-for-something rule is to encourage the entry level shooters.  As I recall from history thats why they allowed it in the Muzzleloading days and why it got carried over into the early ASSRA.

There are actually quite a few Offhand shooters at the EG matches.  A lot more than are reflected in the published match results since a large majority of the targets fired are never turned in.  There are a lot of offhand shooters who never turn one in so their name doesn't show up.

Its pretty easy for us to play the "old-time" card when we are riding out our pet peeves, whether its actions, calibres, powders, sights, or rules.  I'm sure there are a lot of things that the "old-timers" would find perplexing about the way we play their game now.  some they'd turn their nose up at, others they'd grab with both hands and run with. .   

Just my extremely personal opinion
wayne

It's not that we are missing the target completely, but it's those invisible bullet eaters that grab and eat our bullets before they get to the target. 
Instead of getting our shorts all in a bind, let's put our efforts into something postive to make us better off hand shooters.
What are the techniques that have helped us become better off hand shooters- I could sure use the help.
I know one good technique for me is, practice, practice, practice. Yes, I can miss the target with the best of them.
I like what Pope said about good targets are the abscence of bad shots, or something to that. I just wish I could use up my supply of bad shots.
Bob