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Trap shooting

Index Trap shooting

Trapshooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shooting shotguns at clay targets). [1]

50 relations: Adam Bogardus, American Civil War, Annie Oakley, Australia, Beretta DT-10, Browning Arms Company, Buffalo Bill, Canada, Choke (firearms), Cincinnati, Clay pigeon shooting, Commonwealth Games, Double-barreled shotgun, Down-The-Line, Ear canal, Glenn Eller, Great Britain, International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF Double trap, ISSF Olympic trap, ISSF shooting events, ISSF World Cup, John Philip Sousa, Kim Rhode, Krieghoff, Lindenwood University, Nordic countries, Nordic Shooting Region, Passenger pigeon, Perazzi, Pigeon-shooting, Purdue University, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Shotgun, Skeet shooting, South Africa, Sparta, Illinois, Sporting clays, Stock (firearms), Susan Nattrass, Texas A&M University, United States, USA High School Clay Target League, Vandalia, Ohio, Virginia Tech, William Frank Carver, Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics.

Adam Bogardus

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Beretta DT-10

The Beretta DT10 is an over and under shotgun.

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Browning Arms Company

Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandifer Browning Company) is an American maker of firearms and fishing gear.

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Buffalo Bill

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Choke (firearms)

In firearms, a choke is a tapered constriction of a shotgun barrel's bore at the muzzle end.

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Cincinnati

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Clay pigeon shooting

Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, and formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, is the art of shooting a firearm at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets.

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Double-barreled shotgun

A double-barreled shotgun is a shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two shots to be fired in quick succession.

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Down-The-Line

Down-the-line (DTL) clay pigeon shooting is a variation of trap shooting which is very popular in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, France the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Ear canal

The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM; meatus acusticus externus) is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear.

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Glenn Eller

Walton Glenn Eller III (born January 6, 1982) is an American trap shooter and five-time U.S. Olympic athlete (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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International Shooting Sport Federation

The International Shooting Sport Federation, also known with the acronym ISSF, is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events.

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ISSF Double trap

Double trap is a shotgun shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events.

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ISSF Olympic trap

Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history of more than a hundred years.

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ISSF shooting events

The International Shooting Sport Federation recognizes several shooting events, some of which have Olympic status.

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ISSF World Cup

The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions.

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John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches.

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Kim Rhode

Kimberly Susan Rhode (born July 16, 1979) is an American double trap and skeet shooter.

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Krieghoff

Krieghoff is a manufacturer of high-end hunting and sport weapon in Ulm, Germany.

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Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States.

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Nordic countries

The Nordic countries or the Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, where they are most commonly known as Norden (literally "the North").

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Nordic Shooting Region

Nordic Shooting Region (NSR), established in 1921, is a union of some of the shooting associations from Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Passenger pigeon

The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America.

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Perazzi

Perazzi is a manufacturer of precision shotguns from Brescia, Italy.

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Pigeon-shooting

Pigeon shooting is a type of live bird wing shooting competition.

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Purdue University

Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana and is the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.

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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician and a former professional shooter.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.

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Skeet shooting

Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants, using shotguns, attempt to break clay targets mechanically flung into the air from two fixed stations at high speed from a variety of angles.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Sparta, Illinois

Sparta is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.

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Sporting clays

Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as "golf with a shotgun" because a typical course includes from 10 to 15 different shooting stations laid out over natural terrain.

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Stock (firearms)

A gunstock, often simply stock, also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun such as rifle, to which the barrelled action and firing mechanism are attached and is held against the user's shoulder when shooting the gun.

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Susan Nattrass

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Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M or A&M) is a coeducational public research university in College Station, Texas, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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USA High School Clay Target League

The USA High School Clay Target League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and the independent provider of shooting sports as an extracurricular co-ed activity to high schools for students in grades six through twelve who have their firearms safety certification.

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Vandalia, Ohio

Vandalia is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Dayton.

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Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as Virginia Tech, and traditionally known as VPI since 1896, is an American public, land-grant, research university with a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, educational facilities in six regions statewide, and a study-abroad site in Lugano, Switzerland.

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William Frank Carver

William Frank "Doc" Carver (May 7, 1851 – August 31, 1927) was a late 19th-century sharpshooter and the creator of a popular diving horse attraction.

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Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame honors distinguished members of Wisconsin's sports history.

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2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_shooting

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