What is target shooting?
Target shooting has been a popular pastime and sport in Australia for many years and produced sportsmen and women who have competed in the various target shooting disciplines at the elite levels of the Commonwealth and Olympic Games and other international competitions. It is a skilful, challenging sport and the different disciplines include trap or clay target, pistol, small bore and fullbore rifle, air rifle and air pistol. All of these are international sporting shooting disciplines and many are Olympic and/or Commonwealth Games events in which Australian team members have been medal winners over many years. The sport appeals to all ages, and people from a wide and diverse background. It can also be described as a sport that, even at the highest level, does not require the elite standard of physical fitness demanded by some other sports. Target shooting is exactly what it says. Participants shoot at various types of targets according to the shooting discipline. The targets range fro
