subject: Shooting in the club - more than just a sport [print this page] Today's shooting clubs are mainly sports clubs, whose members actively pursue the sport of shooting and racing challenge to the Olympic Games. Accuracy, best in the middle of the slices in ten feet away, is the ultimate aim of the training. Achieve the best marksmen among the 399 or even 400 rings of 400 possible. This requires a lot of training and rest, which will be shown to young people and adults by experienced and trained instructors and taught. The correct breathing, the proper position, concentration and stamina. In surrender 40 shots, that's just for young people is a challenge. Since patience is required. But like all the other sports too, practice makes perfect.
Besides the rifle, usually the air rifle or air pistol, the shooter needs a quite extensive equipment. For the quiet state shooting boots provide with wide and flat sole. A fairly stable shooting jacket made of leather or strong cloth gives the upper body strength. A glove for the left hand in right, helps firm and sure to keep the gun during the attack. A strap that is attached to the gun and the jacket provides a total for a peaceful stand for archery, pistol, crossbow target shooting or throwing other additional equipment added. This is not just a better sport, but for a start, the required utensils usually made by the clubs available.
Probably the most widespread is the air rifle and the rifle shooting. In the air rifle is the rule in competitions, the standing position to ten feet away slices. When the small-caliber disc is 50 meters away. In round matches, that is, in competitions of clubs within a national association, is usually shot standing. But there are also the so-called three-position shooting. It begins lying on a special couch. Then shot kneeling, his elbows resting on his knee, back on the couch. Last then standing. In the discipline of "running target" is shooting at a moving from left to right pane. Known and also an Olympic sport is the shooting at clay targets, also called clay pigeons. With archery, archery and the summer biathlon rifle clubs offer a wide selection of interesting target shooting.
The strict rules of the shooting range order
Exceptions for younger must be requested by their parents at the local district office. With small caliber weapons may be fired only from 18 years ago. Young people are usually trained by youth leaders. Either the parents are, or they give their consent in writing to the Head for shooting training. In general, it is not allowed, and adult club members to stay alone on the firing range. The weapons must be separated from the ammunition, kept tightly closed. A special weapon and a gun permit can be applied over 18 years. It must be a minimum one-year membership are shown in a shooting. In addition, the training leader to confirm in writing that the applicant has appeared at least once a month for training. This is only an excerpt from the rules on safety and responsibility of the shooting clubs.
