Disciplines
Action Match
Action match is a demanding and dynamic handgun shooting discipline for revolver and self-loading pistol shooters. The discipline was established in 1979 by former Los Angeles Police Department officer John Bianchi. Action match incorporates variations of existing handgun competitions, like IPSC...
LEARN MOREAir Rifle Field Target
Air rifle field target is a simulated field-type event that lends itself to a bush-type environment, though it may be contested on a more traditional range line. Shooters use air rifles capable of sufficient accuracy, that can hit the reactive ‘fall-when-hit’ targets of various sizes at ranges...
LEARN MOREBenchrest
Benchrest is a precision rifle shooting discipline where shooters aim to put five or 10 shots into the smallest possible group on paper targets placed at 50, 100, 200 and 300 yards. Groups are measured from the centre to the centre of the two widest shots in a group. Rifles are fired from rests,...
LEARN MOREBig Game Rifle
Big game rifle is a rifle shooting discipline that aims to foster the collection, preservation and use of vintage and modern classic large-calibre big-game rifles, particularly those of British origin, including black powder and early Nitro cartridge firearms. The matches aim to simulate...
LEARN MORECombined Services
Combined services is a rifle and handgun shooting discipline that commenced in Victoria and Queensland in the 1980s. The discipline was designed to promote the safe handling and proper care of military or service firearms, as well as provide organised competitive shooting of the firearms. The...
LEARN MOREField rifle, 3-positional, scoped air rifle and NRA any sight
Field rifle and 3-positional is a rifle discipline that aims to improve hunting marksmanship under rifle range conditions. It teaches competitors the capabilities and limitations of their equipment. Field rifle is a rimfire and centrefire rifle shoot designed around the four most used field...
LEARN MOREFly Shoot
Fly Shoot is a shooting discipline that caters exclusively to rifles. The discipline includes Rimfire and Centrefire matches generally shot at 200 yards and 500m respectively. Each match comprises five targets, with the target having a ‘fly’ 30mm in size as the X-ring and scoring rings around...
LEARN MOREGallery Rifle
Gallery rifle includes short- and medium-distance shooting events for rifles and pistols chambered in pistol-calibre cartridges. The international rule book comprises four main events: gallery rifle centrefire, gallery rifle smallbore, long barrelled revolver and long barrelled pistol. Gallery...
LEARN MOREHandgun Metallic Silhouette
Handgun metallic silhouette is a rimfire and centrefire revolver and pistol shooting discipline where competitors aim to knock down metal animal-shaped targets. The targets are placed on steel stands in group of five and set at several distances, with the competitors having a certain amount of...
LEARN MORELever Action
Lever action caters exclusively for lever-action rifles and includes two categories - classic calibre and open calibre. Lever action aims to improve hunting marksmanship skills and includes animal profile targets or paper ring targets. The matches require a variety of shooting positions and...
LEARN MORELong Range Precision
Long range precision is a handgun, rifle and black powder discipline that aims to refine and develop the accuracy of firearms, ammunition and equipment for shooting at extreme distances. The handgun events vary from rimfire to centrefire calibres and are shot up to 500m, while the rifle events...
LEARN MOREMuzzleloading
Muzzleloading is an interactive discipline that caters to the original and replica rifles, muskets, handguns and shotguns that were used during Australia’s colonial days. Each firearm category has its own classes and subsections. The rifle events are shot from the offhand, cross-sticks/prone,...
LEARN MOREPractical Shooting
Practical shooting is one of the fastest growing shooting sports in Australia. The discipline - which caters to rimfire and centrefire pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns - is attracting attention because of its high-speed and high-energy. Practical shooting is a challenging and...
LEARN MOREPrecision Rifle
Precision Rifle is fast, fun, and exhilarating which is why it’s one of the fastest growing shooting sports in the world. Precision Rifle is where the competitors are trying to unite the three principles of precision, positions and speed to score as many points as possible during the given amount...
LEARN MORERifle Metallic Silhouette
Air, rimfire, centrefire, service and black powder rifles are used when participating in rifle metallic silhouette shooting. The aim of this discipline is to knock down metal animal-shaped targets. The targets are placed on steel stands in banks of five at various distances, with the competitors...
LEARN MOREShotgun Shooting
Shotgun permits the use of any smoothbore shotgun up to 12-gauge to shoot clay targets. The discipline includes four main competitions. Sporting clays is usually held in a bush setting, with competitors shooting from six or seven stands and traps throwing targets to simulate hunting. 5-stand has...
LEARN MORESingle Action
Single action uses original or replica firearms that were commonly used in the Old West period of 1800 to 1899. This includes single-action revolvers, lever-action and slide-action rifles and carbines, lever-action and pump-action shotguns, and side-by-side shotguns without automatic ejectors. A...
LEARN MORETarget Pistol
Target pistol is an international rimfire and centrefire revolver and self-loading pistol shooting discipline. There are six main classes and several side matches, with each based around the class of the handgun and ammunition used and many having their roots in different eras and types of service...
LEARN MOREWorking Gundogs
Working gundogs is a shotgun discipline that promotes the use of trained gundogs for hunting and retrieving in the field. The discipline conducts training, trials and competitions at various levels. The four main working gundogs disciplines include retrieving; hunt, point and retrieve; spaniel; and...
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