Trap shooting rules rules, for watching
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- 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?
Where these rules come from
| Tag | Document |
|---|---|
| ISSF plus rule number | ISSF Official Statutes, Rules and Regulations, Edition 2025 (Second Print 07/2026), effective 1 July 2026. Chapter 9, Shotgun Rules: rules 9.1 to 9.19, read in full. Rules beginning 6. are General Technical Rules from chapter 6: 6.3.6 (clay targets) and 6.4.18 (trap ranges) were read in full |
| R | "Why the rule exists", or a point reasoned from the rule, not stated in it |
| C | Common usage or general knowledge, not a rule |
All checked on 14 October 2026. This is the ISSF's own file, fetched from the link on its rules page. It is the current edition. Not covered: the drawings and tables in rule 9.20 (the ten trap setting tables were seen in part) and the referee hand-signal drawings in 9.5.5.3, which the text file does not carry; the rest of chapter 6 (the dress code in 6.20, the general rules on coaching in 6.12 and on protests in 6.16); the ISSF General Regulations, including Olympic qualification; anti-doping; double trap, which is no longer in the rule book's event list; national variations, which rule 9.1.6 allows.
Not covered: the drawings and tables in rule 9.20 (the ten trap setting tables were seen in part) and the referee hand-signal drawings in 9.5.5.3, which the text file does not carry; the rest of chapter 6 (the dress code in 6.20, the general rules on coaching in 6.12 and on protests in 6.16); the ISSF General Regulations, including Olympic qualification; anti-doping; double trap, which is no longer in the rule book's event list; national variations, which rule 9.1.6 allows.