Target Rifle Victoria - Air Rifle Shooting

Air Rifle

A shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from the Right
A closeup of a shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from the right
A shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from the left
A shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from behind
Another shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from behind
Another shooter in the Standing Air Rifle Position from the right

Air Rifle Shooting is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games Sport.

In this sport, the shooter must stand and hold the rifle. They are allowed to use a canvas or leather jacket, as well as canvas or leather pants and special flat soled shooting boots. The target is set at a distance of 10 metres, the skill involved to hit the 10 in this standing position is incredible.

Scoring

Each competition shot fired can score a maximum of 10 points. In Air Rifle, as the target is so small outward gauging is used to score the target. This means that a small gauge is inserted into the shot target, and depending on the outside position of the gauge as to what the score will be. There are also electronic scoring machines available, there are much faster and more accurate than the manual gauge method.

In Air Rifle there are two types of targets to shoot at, the first is a single target, this is a square piece of cardboard with one target printed in the middle (as below left photo). The second is a strip containing 10 targets. The scoring method is the same regardless of which type of target is used.

View our interactive scoring tutorial here: Air Rifle Scoring