competitive shooting

Precision firearm contest

Competitive shooting encompasses sports in which participants fire guns at targets for score, speed, or accuracy.

Disciplines range from Olympic events like rifle and pistol shooting to practical shooting sports that simulate defensive scenarios.

She competes in competitive shooting at the national level.

The term covers everything from formal target matches to action-oriented competitions like IPSC and three-gun.

Related

rifles · marksmanship · range · sight picture · mental focus · trigger control · follow-through · bullseye · pistols · recoil management · airguns · national championships · shotguns · ammunition · recoil · eye dominance · grouping · holster

Categories
Opposites
purpose of shooting

competitive shootingwarfare

Armed conflict between groups

armed conflict · combat · military engagement · hunting · poaching

competitive vs. non-competitive activity

competitive shootingplinking

Recreational informal shooting

activity type

competitive shootingpacifism

Antiwar moral stance

nonviolence · meditation · disarmament · peace movement · conscientious objection

Family

shoot, competition, shooting

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG