Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1st United States Sharpshooters were an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During battle, the mission of the sharpshooter was to kill enemy targets of importance (i.e., officers, NCOs, and artillery crews) from long range. The first regiment of volunteers began service in late November 1860.
Sharpshooter. A wood engraving depicting an unidentified sharpshooter for the Army of the Potomac on picket duty during the American Civil War. A sharpshooter is one who is highly proficient at firing firearms or other projectile weapons accurately. Military units composed of sharpshooters were important factors in 19th-century combat.
Above are three marksmanship competition badges on a U.S. Marine Corps service uniform; from left–to–right: Distinguished Marksman Badge, Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge, and the Inter-Division Pistol Competition Badge. In the United States (U.S.), a marksmanship badge is a U.S. military badge or a civilian badge which is awarded to ...
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting. [1][2] In modern military usage this typically refers to the use of projectile weapons such as an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle (or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges. The proficiency in precision shooting is known ...
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, [1] rifles [2] and shotguns [3]) and bows / crossbows. [4][5]
Sharps rifle. .52-caliber (0.52" dia.) 475-grain (30.8 g) projectile with 50-grain (3.2 g) charge, later converted to .50-70 in 1867. The Model 1874 rifles and carbines were available in a variety of calibers, including .45-70, .45-110, and .45-120. Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles ...
1st Maine Sharpshooters Battalion. 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Regiment. 1st Ohio Sharpshooters Battalion. 1st United States Sharpshooters. 2nd United States Sharpshooters. 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion. 23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion. 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion. 66th Illinois Infantry Regiment.
Years active. 1985- present. David T. Cloft is a competitive smallbore and long range rifle shooter from the United States, who has won seven National Championships and has set 11 US National Records. [2] In 1999, he became the first American to be Knighted by the Princess of Buedingen, Germany, after winning their annual Schutzenfest. [3]