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  2. Target practice - Wikipedia

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    A soldier fires his weapon on a firing range during target practice Archery target practice in US Army. Target practice is a key part of both military training and shooting sports. It involves exercises where people shoot weapons at specific targets. The main goal is to improve the shooter's accuracy and skill with firearms. Through repeated ...

  3. XM913 chain gun - Wikipedia

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    The XM1202 Target Practice-Tracer round is a full-bore training round 50 mm in diameter. With the intended purpose of drill firing and gun ballistic tests, the XM1202 round likely shares similar ballistic performance to the XM1204 HEAB-T round.

  4. XM274 - Wikipedia

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    The projectile was embedded in the solid propellant (liquid propellant was originally intended, but later moved to a separate project), [2] shortening the length of the round and allowing a rotating breech block to be used and increasing the rate of fire. [4] All types of ammunition were 406mm in length and 132mm in diameter, with each weighing ...

  5. Plastic bullet - Wikipedia

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    Plastic bullet (target shooting): a blunt, lightweight handgun bullet intended for short-range target practice, not intended for use as a weapon. [10] Both types of plastic bullet intended for riot control have caused deaths. [11] [12] Plastic bullets are generally used for riot control. Some plastic bullets are intended to be skip fired ...

  6. Shooting range - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement personnel train on an indoor range. A rangemaster is shown supervising. A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions.

  7. Frangible bullet - Wikipedia

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    The United States used frangible lead/Bakelite M22 bullets in aircraft .30 caliber machine guns for target practice at armored RP-63 manned target aircraft. [11] The lower density M22 bullets were of the same shape as conventional M2 bullets for reliable function through self-loading machine guns, but weighed only 110 grains (7.1 g) in ...

  8. Point shooting - Wikipedia

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    Side view of handgun point shooting position. Point shooting (also known as target-[1] or threat-focused shooting, [2] intuitive shooting, instinctive shooting, subconscious tactical shooting, or hipfiring) is a practical shooting method where the shooter points a ranged weapon (typically a repeating firearm) at a target without relying on the use of sights to aim.

  9. List of 40 mm grenades - Wikipedia

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    The MK281 is a new type of 40 mm target practice grenade ammunition that has been accepted for use into the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. It is "green" because it is non-toxic and non-dud producing (since it is a training round), meaning that there is no unexploded ordnance left to clean up on the range and heavy metals ...