Shooting 28495 218959221 2008-06-12T23:04:55Z 75.4.235.120 {{otheruses}} {{Unreferenced|date=December 2006}} [[Image:Manshooting.jpg|Homesteader shooting hawks with a Krag bolt-action rifle, 1940|thumb|200px|right]] '''Shooting''' is the act or process of firing [[gun]]s or other projectile [[weapon]]s such as [[Bow (weapon)|bow]]s or [[crossbow]]s.<br /> The word shooting can refer to game [[hunting]] which implies the hunting of [[upland game bird]]s such as [[grouse]] or [[Common Pheasant|pheasant]], rabbits, deer or other game animals. Shooting can also refer to the sport of [[shooting sports|target shooting]]. This includes [[shotgun]] ([[skeet]] or [[trap]]), all of which use [[sporting clays]]. Further, shooting refers to the sport of rifle and handgun precision marksmanship. Here, stationary paper targets or reactive metal targets are used. There is also a growing sport of [[Cowboy action shooting]]. Here, competitors wear attire from the late 1800s and fire period weapons (single-action revolvers, lever-action rifles, and either double-barrel or pump-action shotguns) at a variety of metal and reactive targets. The topic of shooting also encompasses the [[practical shooting]] sports of [[International Practical Shooting Confederation|IPSC]] and [[International Defensive Pistol Association|IDPA]] competition. These strive, with varying degrees of success, to simulate the conditions and requirements of defensive pistol combat. Their goal is to train participants for real-world self defense using one's personal handgun of choice. And, there is yet another practical shooting sport - [[3-Gun]] competition - in which contestants use [[handgun]], [[rifle]], and [[shotgun]] to engage various paper or steel targets during the course of fire. All of these various forms of shooting can be fascinating and rewarding activities for people of all appropriate ages. The utmost consideration, and one which takes precedence over everything else, is '''safety'''. Like many activities such as mountain climbing, skiing, or sky-diving, there is an element of danger involved. And especially here, this danger demands a sober understanding and respect for firearms and the specific rules for the safe handling of them. ==See also== *[[Wikibooks:Marksmanship|The Marksmanship WikiBook]] *[[Bullseye (shooting competition)]] *[[Shooting sports]] {{Commonscat|Shooting}} [[Category:Firearms]] [[Category:Shooting sports| ]] [[bs:Streljaštvo]] [[bg:Стрелба]] [[de:Schuss]] [[ko:사격]] [[id:Penembakan]] [[it:Tiro (balistica)]] [[he:קליעה]] [[lt:Šaudymas]] [[ja:射撃]] [[no:Skyting]] [[pl:Strzelectwo]] [[sl:Strelstvo]] [[sv:Skytte]] [[tr:Atıcılık]] [[zh:射击]]