rifle shooting

Precision target discipline

Rifle shooting is the sport or practice of firing rifles at targets.

It encompasses competitive disciplines like Olympic target shooting, where precision is paramount, and recreational activities like plinking at cans.

She took up rifle shooting in college and made the varsity team.

The term also covers hunting applications where accuracy matters.

Opposites
weapon type in marksmanship

rifle shootingarchery

Shooting with bows

traditional archery · bow hunting · slingshot · blowgun · spear throwing

distance/range in shooting sports

rifle shootingpistol shooting

Competitive firearm accuracy sport

shotgun shooting · skeet shooting · trap shooting

activity type

rifle shootingpacifism

Antiwar moral stance

nonviolence · mediation · diplomacy · healing · disarmament

Family

rifle, shooting

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG