Practical shooting, also known as dynamic shooting or action shooting, is a set of shooting sports where the competitors try to unite the three principles of precision, power, and speed, by using a firearm of a certain minimum power factor to score as many points as possible during the shortest amount of time. While scoring systems vary between organizations, each measures the time of which the course is completed, with penalties for inaccurate shooting. The courses are called "stages", and are shot individually by the shooters. Usually the shooter must move and shoot from several positions, fire under or over obstacles and in other unfamiliar positions. There are no standard exercises or set arrangement of the targets, and the courses are often designed so that the shooter must be inventive, and therefore the solutions of exercises sometimes varies between shooters.
Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. They are distinguished roughly as follows, with variations within each group:
The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four competitions per year in each event. For the best shooters there is since 1988 a World Cup Final.
The ISSF World Shooting Championships are governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. World Shooting Championships began in 1897, after the successful 1896 Summer Olympics, and although the ISSF was not founded until 1907, these early competitions are still seen by the organization as the beginning of a continuous row of championships. By this logic, the 2006 competition in Zagreb was called the 49th ISSF World Shooting Championships. These championships, including all ISSF shooting events, are held every four years since 1954. For the shotgun events only, there is an additional World Championship competition in odd-numbered years. These extra competitions are not numbered. In running target, there will be World Championships in Olympic years.
The 2009 ISSF World Cup is the twenty-fourth annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Four qualification competitions are held in each event, spanning from April to June, and the best shooters will qualify for the ISSF World Cup Final, which will take place in China in October. The shotgun finals were originally scheduled for Istanbul, but were later moved to the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field, while the rifle and pistol events will be held at a range in Wuxi. Apart from those who qualify through the 2009 World Cup competitions, the defending champions and the reigning Olympic champions will also be invited to the final. The host country may also participate with at least two shooters regardless of qualification.
The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Handgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Rifle and Shotgun.
Raine J. Peltokoski is a Finnish sport shooter who has won the IPSC European Rifle Championship three times, and the IPSC European Shotgun Championship once (2006). He is sponsored by Lapua ammunition and Armi Dallera Custom rifles. He also has 7 Finnish Rifle Championship gold medals, one silver medal (2007) and one bronze medal (2005).
Karam Lehal ,born on 10 February 1994, in Sangrur, Punjab, India) is an Indian skeet shooter.
The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot is the highest level shotgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Shotgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Rifle.
The 1990 European Shooting Championships was the 36th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1992 European Shooting Championships was the 38th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1994 European Shooting Championships was the 40th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1996 European Shooting Championships was the 42nd edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1998 European Shooting Championships was the 44th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 2002 European Shooting Championships was the 48th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 2004 European Shooting Championships was the 50th edition, of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1956 European Shotgun Championships was the 1st edition of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1957 European Shotgun Championships was the 2nd edition of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1958 European Shotgun Championships was the 3rd edition of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
The 1969 European Running Target Championships was the 2nd edition of the running target competition, European Running Target Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.
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