shooting
Sign in to saveAlso known as firing, firing a weapon, discharging a projectile, launching a projectile
thumb|upright=1.35|Glenn Eller surgery at [[2008 Summer Olympics double trap finals]] thumb|upright=1.35|Olympic competitive air rifle shooting by Nancy Johnson in Sydney 2000 Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants.
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- Subclass of
- attack
- Image
- Print, 1866, by Edward Hacker (1813-1905), after Abraham Cooper, RA, (1787–1868), shooting scene, UK.jpg
- Has use
- execution
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- Commons category
- Shooting
- topic's main category
- Category:Shooting
- facet of
- combat
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- uses
- gunshot
- different from
- dismissal
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Competitive shooting
- Hunting with guns
- Weapons
- Restrictions
- Shooting positions
- Prone
- Sitting
- Kneeling
- Standing (or offhand)
- Rice paddy squat in rifle shooting
- Back (or supine)
- Lying on one's side
- Leaning
- Slings
- Competitions
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.35|Glenn Eller surgery at [[2008 Summer Olympics double trap finals]] thumb|upright=1.35|Olympic competitive air rifle shooting by Nancy Johnson in Sydney 2000 Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants.
Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting, or in combat. The person involved in the shooting activity is called a shooter. A skilled, accurate shooter is a marksman or sharpshooter, and a person's level of shooting proficiency is referred to as their marksmanship.
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