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Disciplines guides
Plain-English guides to target shooting in Australia, each checked against its sources and dated.
9 guides
- Disciplines
Action shooting
Practical and action pistol shooting, where accuracy and speed both count, the bodies that run it in Australia and how newcomers get started.
3 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Air rifle and pistol
10 metre air rifle and air pistol, the Olympic precision events usually shot indoors with .177 calibre target guns, who runs them and how to try them.
2 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Black powder
Target shooting with muzzleloading and other black powder firearms, the classes and distances, who runs it and how to find a club.
2 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Choosing a discipline
Pistol, rifle, shotgun, action and air compared by pace, what drives the cost and where you can shoot, to help you pick what to try first.
3 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Clay target
Shotgun shooting at moving clay targets, including trap, skeet and sporting clays, the bodies that run it and how to try it.
2 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Fullbore rifle
Long-range target rifle shooting, including Target Rifle and F Class, the distances involved, the national body and how to have a go.
3 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Metallic silhouette
Knocking down steel animal-shaped targets at known distances with rifles or handguns, the main formats, who runs them and how to try it.
2 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Pistol shooting
Target pistol in Australia, from 10 metre air pistol to 25 and 50 metre events, who runs it and how to try it.
2 min readReviewed - Disciplines
Smallbore rifle
Precision .22 rimfire target rifle shooting, its main events and distances, the national body and how to get started.
2 min readReviewed