Shooting sports

The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. Shooting with bows and arrows is not treated in this article, but at Archery. Sometimes hunting is also considered a shooting sport, and indeed shooting on live pigeons was once an Olympic event.

Related Topics:
Shooting - Gun - Airgun - Archery - Hunting - Pigeon - Olympic

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The shooting sports are categorized by the type of firearm or target used. The web site www.wheretoshoot.org identifies 20 different shooting sports, but does not claim that the list is complete.

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