Shooting Events

Shooting as a recreational sport for hunting has been practiced by people all across the globe since the firearms were available. But gradually, shooting became a part of sports world with the formations of various sports authorities in different regions to overlook the shooting events. And now, shooting both as an individual sport and as a sport for major sporting events like Commonwealth Games, and Asian Games is widely followed.

Every country has its respective sports authority to look after their internal affairs, but the shooting's nodal sports authority that governs all the international shooting events is the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). The ISSF now has around 157 national shooting federations from 137 affiliated countries as its members.

The ISSF organizes plenty of shooting events in a shooting calendar. Following are some of the major shooting events that shooters and sports fans look forward to:

• World Championships
• Olympic Games
• Commonwealth Games
• Asian Games
• Continental Championships
• World Championship for shotgun
• World Cups
• World Cups Finals

There are mainly four disciplines of shooting. They are:

• Rifle shooting
• Pistol shooting
• Shotgun shooting
• Running target shooting

Rifle shooting: As the name suggests, rifle shooting is done by rifle. In rifle shooting, shooters aim at a 10 rings target and they are awarded different points according to the rings they hit. Maximum points are given for hitting bullseye.

Pistol shooting: In this shooting event, a shooter fires with a pistol at a 10 rings target. Pistol shooters have to fire with standing position. Shooters are supposed to shoot with just one hand, with out giving any support to their wrists.

Shotgun shooting: In shotgun shooting events, which is divided into trap shooting, double shooting, and skeet event. In this shooting event, a shooter has to hit a clay targets that are released into the air after the shooters say he is ready.

Running targets: In this shooting events, a shooter has to take aim at moving targets that are adjusted to move fast and slow. In this event, shooters have to shoot from 50m and 10m distances. Shooters are not supposed to take support and have to shoot in a standing position.