target practice
Honing your aim
Target practice is the activity of repeatedly shooting at a target to improve one's aim and accuracy with a firearm or other projectile weapon.
The target may be stationary or moving, and sessions typically take place at a shooting range or in a suitable outdoor area.
Figuratively, if someone or something becomes target practice, they are being subjected to repeated criticism or attack: The new policy became target practice for opposition lawmakers.
Exact center target
- aimPurpose or direction
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- shootingDischarging a weapon
sighting · zeroing · calibration · grouping · windage · elevation · trigger control · sight picture
Repetitive training routines
- repetitionAct of redoing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- coachOne who instructs
fundamentals · muscle memory · dry fire · live fire · shooting range · gun range · lane · backstop
bullseye
Exact center target
shooting · sighting · zeroing · calibration · grouping · windage · elevation · trigger control · sight picture · follow-through
drills
Repetitive training routines
- repetitionAct of redoing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- instructorOne who teaches skills
coach · fundamentals · muscle memory · dry fire · live fire · shooting range · gun range · lane · backstop · ear protection
- combat drillsbayonet charge, combat stance, military drill, precision drill, basic training
- combat trainingbasic training, boot camp, combat drills, drills, drilling
- marksmanshipmarksmanship, dry firing, accuracy, aim, shooting technique
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
- Police Trainingpolice academy, academy, cadets, recruits, trainees
target practicefirefight
Exchange of gunfire
battle · warfare · armed conflict · the real thing · gunfight
target practicemurder
Deliberate unlawful killing
assassination · killing · hunting · poaching · armed robbery
target practicebattlefield conditions
Circumstances of armed conflict
practice, target, targets, targeted, targeting, untargeted, targeter