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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 club originally shot under Elphinstone Hall in the heart of the University of Aberdeen campus, with a later move to the Portlethen Club where they shared the range. In the 1990s the Aberdeen University Rifle Club moved to the Denwood Target Shooting Centre, which boasts a 20 lane 50m range, a 20 lane 100 yard range and a multipurpose indoor 25 yard range with the capacity for 10m air rifle.
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 ...
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 Scottish Sports Council was established in 1972 by royal charter. [1] The body works in partnership with public, private and voluntary organisations. As an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government , Sportscotland advises ministers and implements government policy for sport and physical recreation.
As a skill-based sport, target shooting became open to women from an early point. Participation was in open competition alongside men rather than separate events, although in practice many clubs refused to accept female members. In 1891, Winifred Leale of the Guernsey Rifle Club became the first woman to compete in an NRA Competition.
Handguns, shotguns and air rifles are permitted in various calibres. There is currently no limit on magazine capacity for rifles or handguns. Shotguns are limited to a magazine capacity of 2 cartridges for field use. The shotgun capacity can be increased, upon application to the PSNI firearms branch, for target shooting use.