Shooting - more information

National associations

British Shooting
National Small-bore Rifle Assn.
British Clay Target Shooting Fedn.
British Shooting and Conservation (includes hunting)

Disability Target Shooting GB Great Britain
British Blind Sport has a section on shooting.

Shooting - news

World Cup Silver for Faulds
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Richard Faulds (UK Olympic team) won Silver in the ISSF World Cup in the USA.
Full story © British shooting

Team for Beijing World Cup
Friday, 21 March 2008
Meet the team for the ISSF World Cup in Beijing, the test event for the Olympic Games.
Full story © British shooting

GB win three medals in pre-Beijing shooting championships
Britain won three medals at the Para-Oceania Championships, the final qualifying event for the Beijing Paralympics.
November 2007
Full story © Disability Now

Shooting - stars

all-time greats

OBE for Gault
29 December 2007
Mick Gault has been given an OBE. He is the most successful English Commonwealth Games athlete ever, winning fifteen medals since 1994.
Full story © Donald McIntosh, British Shooting

Shooting

Want to join in a sport that takes self-discipline and control, but not great fitness? Where the disabled compete equally, and that you can do all year round?

get into target shooting!

Target shooting is almost all done in clubs, who usually have ranges, guns and equipment. Try the sport there safely and cheaply.

Target shooting takes concentration, self-discipline and self-control. You need mental and physical calmness for top scores. You can compete at club, county, Commonwealth, Olympic and Paralympic Games level. Air and small bore weapons can be used at indoor ranges, making shooting an all-year sport.

target shooting includes:

Air rifles and pistols - popular and low-cost and their competitions go right up to Olympic standard.
“Small-bore" rifles (of .22 calibre) are usually used at short (25 yard) range but can go up to 100 yards.
Larger “full-bore" rifles are shot at targets further away, up to 1000 yards.
Clay pigeon and skeet shooting is done with shotguns, at clay targets shot in the air by machine at random angles and times.
Muzzle-loading weapons are antiques or modern replicas. They loaded by pouring gunpowder (“black powder”) down the muzzle or into the front of the cylinder of a five- or six-shot revolver, and are shot at targets over ranges of about 20 yards.

The American sport of Cowboy action shooting is also gaining a toehold here. Competitors wear period clothes and fire period weapons (single-action revolvers, lever-action rifles, and either double-barrel or pump-action shotguns) at a variety of metal and reactive targets.

safe shooting

Guns are dangerous if not handled with knowledge and great care. Joining a club is the best way to get the right training. Any gun larger than a small air-gun must be licensed by the police, and for this club membership is usually necessary.

shooting: a profile

take part? just you | small group | with family
where? inside | outside
energy/fitness level? relaxed
sociability? usually able to talk
disability access*? on equal terms
can be played? competitively | as friends
contact sport? non-contact
try it cost? low
play it cost? low | moderate

* Individual circumstances vary hugely, and this affects participation in any sport. This guide is necessarily general in nature and may not suit your situation.

giving target shooting a try?

Going to give target shooting a go? Great – the next step is to find a club near you. Follow one of the more information links, or go to the club page National Small-bore Rifle Association, follow the links to your local county association, and from there follow links to your local club. ISee also other hints on the getting started page.

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