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2. Targeteer (pistol) - Wikipedia

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   Fred Lefever first made it in 1937, and he based it on the Colt Woodsman pistol's design. [1] The Targeteer was designed as a low-power BB gun for indoor target shooting. The weapon originally used a smaller-sized BB. The first models had the box designed to be folded into a backstop with a revolving target in the box.

3. Shooting range - Wikipedia

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   Civilian targets are usually made of paper or a plastic coreflute, sometimes with a canvas or hessian back on the larger long-range types. Most competitive targets are a solid black circle on a white background. The black circle may have scoring rings. Targets of other shapes may be used such as used in pistol (hand gun) target shooting.

4. Bullet trap - Wikipedia

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   They can function as a backstop by themselves or be part of a larger backstop, e.g. placed in front of a thick rubber wall or a bay of sand. The bullet trap may also provide means to recycle bullet materials and/or prevent release of toxic heavy metals (such as lead dust from fragmented bullets) from the shooting range.

5. Shooting target - Wikipedia

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   Shooting targets are objects in various forms and shapes that are used for pistol, rifle, shotgun and other shooting sports, as well as in darts, target archery, crossbow shooting and other non-firearm related sports. The center is often called the bullseye. Targets can for instance be made of paper, "self healing" rubber or steel.

6. Ricochet - Wikipedia

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   Tracer elements separating from M2 Browning.50 BMG machine gun rounds after hitting the target or backstop. A ricochet (/ ˈ r ɪ k ə ʃ eɪ / RIK-ə-shay; French:) is a rebound, bounce, or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile. Most ricochets are caused by accident and while the force of the deflection decelerates the ...

7. .22 CB - Wikipedia

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   Designed to be a cross between the .22 BB and .22 Short, and first cataloged in 1888 [2], it "managed to combine about all the disadvantages...[of both] into one generally useless cartridge", [3] being no more accurate than either while being noisier than the .22 BB Cap, and penetrating much deeper, requiring a backstop as strong as for the .22 Short, thereby negating the CB Cap's advantages ...

8. Rubber bullet - Wikipedia

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   Rubber bullets, powered only by primer, are usually used for short-range indoor target practice or training, generally with handguns. They are intended only for target shooting, unlike paintballs or airsoft pellets, which are intended for use on suitably protected live targets. Rubber bullets, if used with a suitable backstop, can be recovered ...

9. 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.