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... Sport Federation]] recognizes several shooting events, some of which have Olympic status. They are divided into four disciplines: rifle, pistol, shotgun and
|align=left|[[Olympic trap|Trap]]
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...and Winans ranges. The original Cheylesmore range was opened for the 1948 Olympic games. Recently relocated, it still facilitates 30 lanes at 25 metres. To
...ting Centre]] was opened. The NCSC offers world class facilities for DTL, Skeet, ABT, Double Trap and Universal Trench.
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...any sells American Trap, American Skeet, Olympic and Doubles Trap, Olympic Skeet, Pigeon and Sporting models.
Perazzi shotguns are widely used by [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] competitors, including [[Kim Rhode]], who won a gold medal in Atlanta in
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...r rifles only, or they can specialize in certain shooting sports such as [[Skeet shooting]] or [[10 m Air Pistol|10 m Air Pistol]]/[[10 m Air
...] caliber) rifle ranges are typically 50 metres (55 yd) to accommodate the Olympic [[50 m Rifle]] event, but they can occasionally extend to 200 metres (219 y
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... Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event (albeit only once, in 1900). The shooting sports are categorized by t
...edals in 10 men's and 7 women's events -- slightly fewer than the previous Olympic schedule.
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...Shotguns are also used for target shooting sports such as [[skeet shooting|skeet]], [[trap shooting|trap]], and [[Sporting Clays (shooting)|sporting clay]]
[[Image:shotgun-skeet.jpg|right|thumb|United States Navy crew members skeet shooting on the USS ''Missouri'']]
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...g one with Olympic status (often called [[Olympic Skeet]] or International Skeet), and many with only national recognition.
...t" is derived from the Scandinavian word for "shoot". During World War II, Skeet was used in the American military to teach gunners the principle of leading
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...any versions including [[Olympic Trap]], [[Double Trap]] (which is also an Olympic event), [[Down-The-Line]], and Nordic Trap. American Trap is most popular i
... is ''clay pigeons''. The layout of modern trap shooting is different from skeet shooting in that there is only one house that releases targets and the shoo
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