INTRODUCTION
Target Shooting, indoor and outdoor sport in which contestants tire small arms at stationary targets. The sport is similar to trapshooting (see Trapshooting and Skeet), which uses catapulted targets.
RULES AND EQUIPMENT
The standard target is a square of cardboard with concentric black and white rings around a black circular center is known as the bull's eye. The in a target-shooting contests is to place a series of inside the bull's-eye. Both rifle and pistol matches are contested with a various classes and calibers of firearms. Typical events include team and individual matches for women, men and juniors. Contestants are classified, in ascending order, as tyros or or beginners, marksmen, sharpshooter, experts, and masters. Rifle- and pistol-shooting championship are sponsored each year by USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). Shooting events are also included in the Olympic Games.
Rifle matches are divided into small-bore and high-power events. High-power rifles are center fire arms of at least .22 caliber that are fired at distances ranging from 200 to 1000 yd(182.9 to 914.4 m); small-bore rifles are .22-caliber arms that are fired at distances ranging from 50 to 200 yd(45.7 to 182.9m). Both types usually weigh considerably more than standard hunting guns, a characteristic that lends that target arms great stability and accuracy. The small-bore and high-power events are subdivided into contests for firearms with optical sights and those with metallic sights. The chief component of an optical sight is a small telescope mounted on a barrel, which provides a magnified view of the target. Metallic sights are comparatively simple mechanical guides affixed to the barrel that are designed to facilitate the proper aiming of rifle; such sight provide no magnification and thus impose a greater test of shooting skill than do optical sights. Contestants in rifle matches fire in turn form prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing positions.
Target Shooting, indoor and outdoor sport in which contestants tire small arms at stationary targets. The sport is similar to trapshooting (see Trapshooting and Skeet), which uses catapulted targets.
RULES AND EQUIPMENT
The standard target is a square of cardboard with concentric black and white rings around a black circular center is known as the bull's eye. The in a target-shooting contests is to place a series of inside the bull's-eye. Both rifle and pistol matches are contested with a various classes and calibers of firearms. Typical events include team and individual matches for women, men and juniors. Contestants are classified, in ascending order, as tyros or or beginners, marksmen, sharpshooter, experts, and masters. Rifle- and pistol-shooting championship are sponsored each year by USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). Shooting events are also included in the Olympic Games.
Rifle matches are divided into small-bore and high-power events. High-power rifles are center fire arms of at least .22 caliber that are fired at distances ranging from 200 to 1000 yd(182.9 to 914.4 m); small-bore rifles are .22-caliber arms that are fired at distances ranging from 50 to 200 yd(45.7 to 182.9m). Both types usually weigh considerably more than standard hunting guns, a characteristic that lends that target arms great stability and accuracy. The small-bore and high-power events are subdivided into contests for firearms with optical sights and those with metallic sights. The chief component of an optical sight is a small telescope mounted on a barrel, which provides a magnified view of the target. Metallic sights are comparatively simple mechanical guides affixed to the barrel that are designed to facilitate the proper aiming of rifle; such sight provide no magnification and thus impose a greater test of shooting skill than do optical sights. Contestants in rifle matches fire in turn form prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing positions.
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