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2. 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 ...

3. Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute

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   The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, pronounced "Sammy") is an association of American manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and components.. SAAMI is an accredited standards developer that publishes several American National Standards that provide safety, reliability, and interchangeability standards for commercial manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and compo

4. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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   Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, airguns and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness or death. Gun safety includes the training of users, the design of firearms, as well as the formal and informal regulation of gun production, distribution, and usage. [1]

5. Shooting ranges in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Tourist destinations in gun-friendly U.S. states often have rental ranges catering to domestic and international tourists. Target shooting is generally allowed on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management; a great deal of target shooting is done unsupervised, outside purpose-built (or organised) ranges. [1]

6. NRA Precision Pistol - Wikipedia

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   Bullseye pistol was the inspiration for the ISSF international 25 m Standard Pistol (82 feet) event and like the ISSF pistol events, the development of skills required to shoot one-handed at 5.5-inch (14 cm) and 8-inch (20 cm) bullseye targets at 25 and 50 yards (23 and 46 m), respectively, takes considerable training to achieve proficiency. [3]

7. United States Practical Shooting Association - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] The rapid shooting on-the-move style of Practical Shooting gave birth to the term "Run and Gun" so commonly used today to describe the sport. For more than 30 years the sport has served as the test bed for new products and the unofficial R&D for the firearms industry.

8. International Practical Shooting Confederation - Wikipedia

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   Manual Action Standard, usually simply referred to as the "Manual Standard division", is limited to iron sights only, and no muzzle brakes or bipods are allowed. [20] Manual Action Standard 10 (MAS10) (between 2012 and 2017) was a trial division that allowed iron sights only, a magazine capacity of 11 rounds (10 in the magazine plus 1 in the ...

9. International Defensive Pistol Association - Wikipedia

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   The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA), founded in 1996, is an organization based in Bogata, Texas that governs a practical shooting sport (IDPA), which is based on defensive pistol tactics, everyday carry equipment, and full-charge service ammunition, to solve simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Competitors (shooters ...