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2. Shooting target - Wikipedia

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   Popular in action shooting, metallic silhouette, long range shooting and various field target/field shooting disciplines. Bouncing targets — freely moving targets made from a type of "self-healing" elastomer material, which roll/flip and bounce along the ground when shot with a bullet.

3. Shooting range - Wikipedia

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   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. Some shooting ranges are operated by military or law enforcement agencies, though the majority of ranges are privately owned by civilians and ...

4. Electronic scoring system - Wikipedia

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   Electronic targets are used for all types of sport shooting, from airguns through to large calibre rifle shooting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Targets may be static, "running" (moving targets on rails, like the ISSF 50 meter running target ) as well as electronic and "reset" knock down targets used by militaries. [ 3 ]

5. Deflection (ballistics) - Wikipedia

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   This technique is necessary when the target will have significantly displaced its position during the time the projectile would take to reach the target, which can become the case over very long distances (e.g. a long sniper shot), due to fast moving targets (e.g. aerial dogfight against an opposing aircraft, or anti-aircraft fire against ...

6. Sniper - Wikipedia

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   Adjusting the scope allows for more accurate shots, because the cross-hairs can be aligned with the target more accurately, but the sniper must know exactly what differences the changes will have on the point-of-impact at each target range. [9] [page needed] For moving targets, the point-of-aim is ahead of the target in the direction of movement.

7. International Practical Shooting Confederation - Wikipedia

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   Some typical examples of moving target setups are swingers, bobbers, clamshells, movers, and drop turners. Scoring of the targets is done by the Range Officer. For the competitor to get the relevant scoring value or penalty points, the bullet hole must at least touch the line of the scoring area. [8] (Breaking the relevant scoring line is thus ...

8. The Bianchi Cup - Wikipedia

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   The Moving Target (Mover) Event: Competitors fire from within shooting boxes at distances ranging from 10 to 25 yards at a target moving from left to right, with the target exposed for six seconds. The event draws top shooters from all over the world.

9. Shooting ranges in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Recreational target shooting is generally allowed on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management; much target shooting is unsupervised, outside the auspices of purpose-built or organised ranges. [1] [4] States may also allow shooting on state-administered public lands. "Dispersed recreational shooting" has resulted in a number of ...