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'''Shooting''' is the act of causing a [[gun]] to fire at a target.
'''Shooting''' also describes sports events where people test their accuracy by firing firearms at artificial, especially designed targets. There are several types of shooting events using different firearms shooting different types of targets (some moving, some static) over different distances.
The [[shooting sports]] may be usefully broken down by type of gun. For the pistol, there are various Olympic controlled by the ISSF [http://www.issf-shooting.org/] and Olympic-style sports, and organizations for what is known as [[practical shooting]], [[International Practical Shooting Confederation|IPSC]] and [[IDPA]]. For the rifle, there are several benchrest or hunter marksmanship competitions. For the shotgun, there are a variety of clay target sports.
<h3>Shooting technique</h3>
* Follow through
: After the firing, align the sights with the target again. According to shooting coaches, the discipline of realigning the gun to the target after the bullet has left the barrel somehow improves the steadiness of the hand, probably due to unconscious [[muscle memory]] that works against the [[recoil]].
<h3>The Olympic shooting events</h3>
*Pistol
: 10m Air Pistol Mens (60 shots, precision, standing)
: 10m Air Pistol Womens (40 shots, precision, standing)
: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Mens (30 + 30 shots, 5 shots in 8, 6 and 4 seconds, standing)
: 25m Pistol Womens (30 precision + 30 shots rapif fire stage, standin)
: 50m Pistol Mens (60 shots, precision, standing)
*Rifle
: 10m Air Rifle Mens (60 shots, precision, standing)
: 10m Air Rifle Womens (40 shots, precision, standing)
: 50m Prone Rifle Mens (60 shots, precision, prone)
: 50m 3x40 Rifle Mens (40 shots prone, 40 shots kneeling, 40 shots standing, precision)
: 50m 3x20 Rifle Womens (20 shots prone, 20 shots kneeling, 20 shots standing, precision)
*Shotgun
: Trap Mens (125 targets)
: Trap Womens (75 targets)
: Double Trap Mens (150 targets)
: Skeet Mens (125 targets)
: Skeet Womens (75 targets)
See also: [[Wikibooks:MarksmanShip|The Marksmanship WikiBook]] (still needs considerable work)
[[Category:Firearms]]
[[Category:Shooting sports]]
[[Category:Olympic sports]]
[[Category:Individual sports]]
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