[Inquisitor]

The decline of the Nation of Cowards thread notwithstanding, does anyone here participate in any competitive shooting sports?

I have been considering expanding my Olympic repertoire into at least 10m Pistol (probably air pistol to start) and was wondering if anyone had any experience.

Besides, having my pistol skills useful for something other than shooting bad guys seems like not a bad idea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSF_shooting_events

[iamzack]

Lame.

[Blue Lion]

I saw a gun on TV. That's about as close as I've gotten to firearms.

Oh and I've been pulled over by cops for speeding.

[iamzack]

i used to shoot rifles

[Blue Lion]

Soooooo why was it lame?

[Mobius]

Does competitive hunting count?

I think it does.

[BengalTiger]

Does airsoft count?

[Knight Templar]

Does shooting at terrorists count?

Does airsoft count?

No.

[iamzack]

By terrorists, do you actually mean arabs?

[NGTM-1R]

Never shot competitively (indeed, it's been years since I practiced against a black-spot target). I practice pistol mainly, .22 and .45 (amusingly, my .22 and .45 actually have consecutive serial numbers. One of them is a conversion for targetshooting.), because of a lack of suitable ranges around here for rifle.

I also wish there was a suitable range for bow here somewhere.

[Grizzly]

By terrorists, do you actually mean arabs?

No, he means Counter-Strike .

Does shooting with the longbow count? I did that a few times, and I am quite good at it.

[Inquisitor]

While I am sure those count as competitions, I actually interested in Olympic type events, as linked in the original post.

Though I did find an IPSC like Airsoft league:
http://www.actionairgun.com/

But yeah, was looking for formal target shooting type things...

[Tyrian]

Just for clarification, are we talking gun sports or any form of shooting in general?

I just ask because I used to do competitive target archery.  Won a number of tournaments, including one of the indoor state championships.  (No, I won't say which state, because then you could find out who I am. )

[Inquisitor]

We can probably find that out anyway

And gun shooting. Powder or air.

[Nuclear1]

The decline of the Nation of Cowards thread notwithstanding, does anyone here participate in any competitive shooting sports?

Not competitively, but I go trap shooting nearly every weekend.

Which is why I've got a permanent red bruise in my right shoulder socket.

[Dilmah G]

Dang, I couldn't be caught dead shooting that thing. But if you can then it's all good Does the competition account for speed and all that or is it just accuracy (the wiki was tl;dr)

[Inquisitor]

I think its pure accuracy, they might use speed to break ties. Its one of the questions I have.

http://www.pyramydair.com/p/gamo-compact-competition-air-pistol.shtml

That weapon is a single stroke pneumatic, apparently ~20lbs of force on the lever to prime it. Doing that 60 times sounds like it might make me cranky, doing it 60 times FAST, well...

[Mobius]

I perform very well with rifles due to my experience, good sight and self-control. I have intensified my "training" three and a half years ago, and the results are encouraging.

I used a hangun twice or thrice. The last time I used it was about 10 years ago.

[colecampbell666]

I shoot air rifles and pistols, looking forward to some C7/8 training this summer. I'm pretty good at paintball.

[Inquisitor]

Anyone interested in some honor system, bullseye competition?