Shooting words, in the order you need them
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Words
- Range
- Discipline
- Firing point
- Course of fire
- Rifle shooting
- Pistol shooting
- Prone position
- Standing position
- Kneeling position
- Ten ring
- Air rifle
- Group
- Three-position rifle
- Air pistol
- Rapid fire pistol
- Running target
- Inner ten
- Clay target
- Trap
- Skeet
- Double trap
- Pull
- Straight
- Miss
- Station
- Double
- Lost target
- Flash target
- Qualification
- Final
- Elimination
- Decimal scoring
- Series
- Stage
- Match shots
- Sighting shots
- Olympic event
- Hit-miss scoring
- Shoot-off
- Tie-breaking
- Ranking lists
- Electronic scoring target
- Bib number
- Mixed team event
- World Cup
- Relay
- Chief Range Officer
- Jury
- Deduction
- Safety flag
- Range commands
- Crossfire
- Malfunction
- Dry firing
- Sight picture
- Trigger pull
- Recoil
- Choke
- Diopter sight
- Natural point of aim
- Follow through
- Lead
- Hold
- Zeroing
Rules
- How do you win in pistol shooting?
- How does the 10 m air pistol event work?
- How does the 25 m pistol event work?
- How does rapid fire pistol work?
- What are the other pistol events?
- What happens between the call to the line and the last shot?
- How must a pistol be held, and what is the ready position?
- Who shoots in a final, and what are the rules before the first shot?
- How does the 10 m air pistol final work?
- How does the rapid fire pistol final work?
- How does the 25 m pistol final work?
- What happens when two athletes have the same score?
- How does the mixed team event work?
- What do the yellow, green and red cards mean in shooting?
- How does an athlete challenge a decision or a score?
- What happens to a shot fired at the wrong time or at the wrong target?
- What happens when the gun does not fire?
- What are the safety rules on a shooting range?
- Can a coach help an athlete during a match?
- What kind of pistol is allowed?
- What may a pistol athlete wear and bring to the line?
- Who inspects the equipment, and when?
- How do you win in rifle shooting?
- How does the 10 m air rifle event work?
- How does the three positions event work?
- What are the other rifle events?
- What happens between the call to the line and the last shot?
- What makes a legal rifle position?
- Who shoots in a final, and what are the rules before the first shot?
- How does the 10 m air rifle final work?
- How does the 50 m rifle three positions final work?
- What happens when two athletes have the same score?
- How does the mixed team event work?
- What do the yellow, green and red cards mean in shooting?
- How does an athlete challenge a decision or a score?
- What happens to a shot fired at the wrong time or at the wrong target?
- What happens when the gun does not fire?
- What are the safety rules on a shooting range?
- Can a coach help an athlete during a match?
- What kind of rifle is allowed?
- What may a rifle athlete wear?
- Who inspects the equipment, and when?
- How do you win in skeet shooting?
- What happens in a round of skeet?
- What does a skeet range look like, and how do the targets fly?
- When is a target scored as lost, and when is it thrown again?
- What is the ready position in skeet?
- Can a shooter refuse to shoot at a target?
- How does a skeet final work?
- How are ties broken in skeet shooting?
- How does the mixed team event work in skeet?
- Can a referee's call be checked on video?
- What do the yellow, green and red cards mean in shotgun shooting?
- How does a shotgun shooter protest a decision?
- What happens if the shotgun does not fire?
- What are the safety rules on a shotgun range?
- What guns and ammunition are allowed in skeet?
- What do shotgun shooters have to wear?
- How are shooters grouped, and what if one is late?
- Who are the officials in skeet shooting?
- How do you win in trap shooting?
- What happens in a round of trap?
- What does a trap range look like, and how do the targets fly?
- When is a target scored as lost, and when is it thrown again?
- How long does a trap shooter have, and how must they stand?
- Can a shooter refuse to shoot at a target?
- How does a trap final work?
- How are ties broken in trap shooting?
- How does the mixed team event work in trap?
- Can a referee's call be checked on video?
- What do the yellow, green and red cards mean in shotgun shooting?
- How does a shotgun shooter protest a decision?
- What happens if the shotgun does not fire?
- What are the safety rules on a shotgun range?
- What guns and ammunition are allowed in trap?
- What do shotgun shooters have to wear?
- How are shooters grouped, and what if one is late?
- Who are the officials in trap shooting?