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In matches organized by the International Practical Shooting Confederation, both steel and paper targets are used. Currently the only paper targets used for handgun is the IPSC Target (formerly Classic Target) and the 2/3 scaled down IPSC Mini Target (formerly IPSC Mini Classic Target). The center of these paper targets is called the A-zone.
IBS uses several different target types for different distances and disciplines. [3] IBS 100 yard target Measures 8 in × 15.5 in (200 mm × 390 mm), and has black lines on white paper. IBS 200 yard target Measures 8 in × 16.5 in (200 mm × 420 mm), and has black lines on white paper. IBS 300 yard target
NRA Precision Pistol, formerly known as NRA Conventional Pistol, [1] is a national bullseye shooting discipline organized in the United States by the National Rifle Association of America. Emphasis is on accuracy and precision, and participants shoot handguns at paper targets at fixed distances and
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at steel targets representing game animals at varying distances, seeking to knock the metal target over. Metallic silhouette is shot with large bore rifles fired freehand without support out to 500 meters, and with large bore handguns from the prone ...
For target shooting, a wadcutter cuts a very clean hole through the paper target, making it easier to score and ideally reducing errors in scoring the target in the favor of the shooter. [1] Because the flat nosed bullet is not well suited for feeding out of a magazine, wadcutters are normally used in revolvers or in specially designed semi ...
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.
An unlimited class "railgun". Benchrest shooting is a shooting sport discipline in which high-precision rifles are rested on a table or bench – rather than being carried in the shooter's hands – while shooting at paper or steel targets, hence the name "benchrest".
Melville range has a total of five bays. One bay contains seven targets with retrievable mechanisms out to 50 metres (55 yards). Four bays offer gallery rifle and pistol turning targets at 25 and 50 metres (27 and 55 yards). Gallery rifles and pistols only can be shot on this range. Prone .22 calibre rifles can be shot by special arrangement.