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Scottish Target Shooting (STS) is the governing body for shooting sports in Scotland. STS represents and supports its clubs and members in promoting and developing shooting sports in Scotland, engaging with sportscotland , Team Scotland, the Scottish Government, British Shooting and others.
English Target Shooting Federation (ETSF) Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain (MLAGB) National Rifle Association (NRA) National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA) Scottish Target Shooting (STS) United Kingdom Practical Shooting Association (UKPSA), international member of IPSC. Welsh Target Shooting Federation (WTSF)
The Army Target Shooting Club (ATSC), embracing all target shooting disciplines, was formed in 1981; it is a Home Office Approved Club and is a branch of the ARA. Membership of ATSC was extended to members of the Territorial Army (TA) in 2013. The ATSC maintains a clubhouse with accommodation at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley.
Shooters are graded on a rolling average of their previous 20 scores from national or regional Field Target events shot to BFTA rule and the grades are banded as follows: AA grade shooters are those with an average score of 85% or above. A grade shooters are those with an average score greater than or equal to 75% and less than 85%.
Hunting was formerly a royal sport, and to an extent shooting still is, with many kings and queens being involved in hunting and shooting, including King Edward VII, King George V (who could shoot over a thousand pheasants on a single day), [7] King George VI and Prince Philip, although Queen Elizabeth II did not shoot. Shooting on the large ...
The National Small-bore Rifle Association (NSRA) is the national governing body for all small-bore rifle and pistol target shooting in the United Kingdom, including airgun and match crossbow shooting. The NSRA is based at the Lord Roberts Centre, within the grounds of the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey. National postal ...
Pistol shooting for sporting purposes was effectively banned in 1997, although a temporary exemption was made for competitors to bring Section 5 firearms into the UK for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. This exemption only applied to the Games period and Home Nation pistol shooters had to train abroad prior to the Games.
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