As the Highpower Rifle game increased in popularity, pistol and Smallbore rifle shooters became interested too. Pistol shooters began to hold matches and develop their own rules. Pistol Silhouette shooters adopted the rifle rules, using the standard Highpower Rifle targets, set at distances from 50 meters to 200 meters. Pistol silhouette shooting has become almost as popular and widespread as the Highpower rifle game in the USA.

The use of smallbore .22 rifles in Silhouette shooting was achieved by making a scaled down version of the Highpower Rifle game. It is fired at one-fifth scale targets and one-fifth the distances of Highpower Rifle. Smallbore rifle Silhouette shooting uses rifles chambered for .22 rimfire only. It is fired at one-fifth scale targets (NRA regulation size targets) at distances from 20 to 100 metres.