The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) was founded in May 1976 at the Columbia Conference in Missouri, USA, and the Norwegian Association for Practical Shooting (Norges Forbund for Praktisk Skyting, NFPS) was formally established in 1979 as IPSC Norway.

The association was named NFPS until 4 Match 2013 when the assembly ble hetende NFPS helt frem til den 4. mars 2013 da general assembly adopted the name Dynamisk Sportsskyting Norge.

In 1992, DSSN established the Norwegian part of the International Range Officers Association was established as the National Range Officers Institute of Norway (NROI Norway).

Unlike IPSC, the ammunition does not have to satisfy any power factor requirements.

Since the 2012 season, there are two different measurement boxes for checking equipment compliance.

Class 3 is for pistols only, which must fit inside a box measuring 185 × 135 × 34 mm with any of its empty magazines inserted.

Class 4 is for revolvers only, and require a bullet diameter of 7.5 mm (e.g. .32 ACP) or larger.

No measurement box is used, instead there is a requirement that the barrel length is no longer than 80 mm (approx.

There is no lower trigger pull weight limit, but only "double action" revolvers are allowed.

The holster position must satisfy the same requirements as for the IPSC Open division.

There are some differences between the Nordic ruleset and the one used in the European Steel Challenge Championship.

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