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...r pistols and store them at a certain, secure site for the duration of the games.

... were effectively banned after World War II but the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games sparked a new interest in the sport of pistol shooting and laws were change ...l winning performances at the Olympics in shotgun, and in the Commonwealth Games in rifle, pistol and shotgun.

...s may be issued a PPW (Personal Protection Weapon) Licence. Even Britain's Olympic shooters fall under this ban; shooters can only train in Northern Ireland, ...nts to go ahead, as had been the case previously for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="olympics" />

...ts. The Call of Duty series has been known to widely use iron sights, with games taking place in WWII as well as present day. ... times by the time the projectile reaches the target; for example, with an Olympic-class [[air rifle]] shooter trying to hit the 10 ring, which is merely a do

...ns ranges. The original Cheylesmore range was opened for the 1948 Olympic games. Recently relocated, it still facilitates 30 lanes at 25 metres. To cater ... The facilities were greatly expanded to accommodate the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, when the [[National Clay Shooting Centre]] was opened. The

...1937]] &mdash; Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern [[Olympic Games]] died in Geneva, [[Switzerland]] at the age of 74.

... Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event (albeit only once, in 1900). The shooting sports are categorized by t ...edals in 10 men's and 7 women's events -- slightly fewer than the previous Olympic schedule.

...various ways. Both skeet and trap competitions are featured at the Olympic Games. ...hotgun]]). These [[combat shotgun]]s, while popular in movies and computer games due to their exotic nature, have yet to make a noticeable impression in the

...any versions including [[Olympic Trap]], [[Double Trap]] (which is also an Olympic event), [[Down-The-Line]], and Nordic Trap. American Trap is most popular i ...ve pigeons. Indeed, one of the names for the clay targets used in shooting games is ''clay pigeons''. The layout of modern trap shooting is different from s

...rst modern [[Olympic Games]] is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games were banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

...]]), and competitive sports, such as the [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] [[10 m Air Rifle]] and [[10 m Air Pistol]] events. ...are used in [[ISSF shooting events|target shooting events]] at the Olympic Games, governed by the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]] (ISSF).

...learned to shoot with her father. She won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games. In [[Shooting sports|gun sports]], men and women compete as equals. There