A Beginner's Guide to Pro Shooting

[danish21]

A Beginner's Guide to Pro Shooting

The sport that got India its first and only silver medal at the Olympics



Since time immemorial when Maharajas of the erstwhile princely states reigned, shooting has been a part of Indian history. Training with a gun was an essential part of the royal grooming. Shooting as a sport developed over the years and took an organized form in 1951 in India, with the establishment of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), which is affiliated to the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF).

There are many things to the sport besides holding a gun and shooting at a target. You need extreme accuracy and precision to get that perfect shot and the maximum points. The shooting events are divided into three categories: Air Pistol and Air Rifle, Pistol and Rifle and Shotgun.

In the Air Pistol and Air Rifle events category, compressed air or carbon dioxide is used to discharge a 4.5 mm pellet made out of lead. These events are further divided into 10 and 50 meter events (which is the distance of the shooting target).

In the Pistol and Rifle category, the shooter fires a .22 inch caliber at the target. The pistol event is sub-divided further into 25 and 50 meter category. In the
rifle event, the shooter shoots from a distance of 50 meters at the target.

The shotgun is a smooth-bore firearm that fires round shots at clay targets. The shotgun event has two categories, known as Trap and Double Trap. In these single or double saucer-shaped clay targets are thrown into the air (when the shooters calls) from a machine known as Trap. The shooter, then, shoot these targets in air.

This sport is expensive as the equipment like guns, ammunition, metallic sight, apparel and eyewear come at a hefty price. The guns are imported into India from
various makers like Parazzi, Anschutz, Walther, etc.The prices of air and hand pistols start at Rs 1 lac and go up to 1.5 lacs, whereas for rifles and air rifles prices range between Rs 2 and 3 lacs. Shotguns come for around Rs 3 lacs. The import duty on these guns is nil for athletes who rank in the top 25 in India in the sport. If anyone other than the top 25 ranked shooters in India imports these guns, he has to pay a duty of 32 percent over the gun price.

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[msandhu]

Hi ,
Does someone knows of some good sites which have tips and tricks for better shooting and better shooting techniques.
Cheers
Mandeep

[mehulkamdar]

Danish,

I wish these websites would take note of IFG's efforts as a group in making the problemns faced by shooters more known. We are doing a good job even if the NRAI and we are at loggerheads.

Mandeep,

Have you checked out the links to videos on our Links page?

You might find more than a little to help beginners in shooting.

Cheers!

[mishradk]

A Beginner's Guide to Pro Shooting

.... whereas for rifles and air rifles prices range between Rs 2 and 3 lacs. Shotguns come for around Rs 3 lacs. The import duty on these guns is nil for athletes who rank in the top 25 in India in the sport. If anyone other than the top 25 ranked shooters in India imports these guns, he has to pay a duty of 32 percent over the gun price.
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Hi Danish,
Just thought of informing you .. Actually sports air rifle like FWP P700 is just 1470 Euros and Anz 9003 is 1600 Euros.. if i take Euro as 57 avg then P700 is 83500 and Anz 9003 is 91000. these prices were of Oct 2006.

About the shooters who are not is first 25 they have to pay total 37 % (duty + other tax) of the rifle's cost.. Actual duty is just 15%

yes extra cylinder , rifle cover and other things are extra ..

Regards
MishraDK

[penpusher]

Since time immemorial when Maharajas of the erstwhile princely states reigned, shooting has been a part of Indian history. Training with a gun was an essential part of the royal grooming.

This seems to imply that shooting was limited to just a few in the Indian society.Prior to the arms laws enacted post 1857,there was no restriction on the ownership of firearms in India.People,who were not from the ruling classes, could and did own firearms.The Jats of the area around Bharatpur were basically a peasant class and they did use firearms.The sikhs in Punjab also were from the middle and lower sections of the society and they also used firearms.Some would say,more effectively than the other native armies that the Hon'ble East India Company, encountered during the course of the colonisation of India.

penpusher

[cherian.k.k]

hello every one
try www.targetshooting.ca . this site contain lot of tips for shooting
cherian.k.k

[advitiyas]

great advise for a beginner like i m. thanks for those 'pricy' tips