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A biathlon rifle is a specialized rifle designed for use in a biathlon ... The shooting range was reduced to 50 m in 1978 with the standardization of the rimfire ...
Equipment. Skis, poles, rifle. Presence. Olympic. 1924 (military patrol) 1960 (officially) The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds.
German Tina Bachmann with an Anschütz Fortner biathlon rifle in .22 Long Rifle. Anschütz 1827 Fortner is a straight-pull action biathlon rifle designed by Peter Fortner junior and produced in cooperation with J. G. Anschütz. The rifle has been dominant in the sport of biathlon since the late 1980s, and is the current sport standard.
m/38 short rifle, m/41 sniper rifle, m/94 carbine. "Swedish Mausers" are a family of bolt-action rifles based on an improved variant of Mauser 's earlier Model 1893, but using the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge, and incorporating unique design elements as requested by Sweden. [2] These are the m/94 (Model 1894) carbine, m/96 (Model 1896) long ...
Moose biathlon ( Finnish: Hirvenhiihto) is a winter sport variation of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing, range estimation of paper targets resembling a moose, and rifle shooting using fullbore biathlon rifles. The Finnish Hunters' Association holds competitions, which were first developed in Finland in the 1970s.
Holmenkollen National Arena (Norwegian: Holmenkollen nasjonalanlegg) is a Nordic skiing, ski jumping and biathlon venue located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It consists of the large ski jumping hill Holmenkollbakken, the normal hill Midtstubakken and a stadium for cross-country skiing and a shooting range for biathlon.
Moose biathon (Finnish Hirvenhiihto) is a variation of biathlon comprising cross-country skiing, range estimation and rifle shooting at paper targets of moose. Moose shooting with cross-country running (Finnish Hirvenjuoksu ) is a summer variant where the skiing part is replaced with running.
Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint Biathlon World Championships. In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters. [1]