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Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman. Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field in hunting, in shooting sports or in combat.

Technique and safety considerations[link]

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Shooting technique differs depending on factors like the type of firearm used (from a handgun to a sniper rifle), the distance to and nature of the target, the required precision and the available time. Breathing and position play an important role when handling a handgun or a rifle. Some shooting sports, such as IPSC shooting, make a sport of combat style shooting. The prone position, the kneeling position and the standing position offer different amounts of support for the shooter. Holding the gun sideways, as is sometimes seen in movies and on television, is poor gun handling; it makes the weapon likely to jam as any ejected case may fail to leave the weapon completely.

The utmost consideration for many shooters is gun safety. Like many activities such as mountain climbing, skiing, or sky-diving, there is an element of danger involved. And especially here, this danger demands a sober understanding and respect for firearms and the specific rules for the safe handling of them. This is compounded by the fact that the danger can easily extend beyond the participants—a stray bullet can injure or kill people other than those actually firing or handling the arms involved. At public ranges, the safety of all participants depends on the knowledge of everyone at the range.

Practical uses[link]

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Shooting is used for hunting upland game birds such as grouse or pheasant, rabbits, culling, deer hunting or other wild game animals, or shooting pest animals. Sometimes "shooting" refers to the hunting activity itself.

Shooting is also used in warfare, self-defense, crime, and law enforcement. Duels were sometimes held using guns. Shooting without a target has applications such as celebratory gunfire, 21-gun salute or firing starting pistols, incapable of releasing bullets.

Entertainment shooting[link]

Because shooting is an activity enjoyed not only by enthusiasts that do not own their own equipment or live in areas where firearms use is heavily regulated, an emerging solution is the entertainment shooting industry. For many years clay shooting with shotguns has been the primary entertainment shooting offering. Now, some shooting ranges in large cities, like The Gun Store in Las Vegas, rent machine guns to customers. Jackson Hole Shooting Experience in Wyoming is a pioneer in the luxury entertainment shooting industry offering their Multi-Gun Shooting Experience in Wyoming (shootinjh.com in which a shooting instructor provides personal coaching as clients shoot dozens of rifles and handguns. Other luxury offerings are available in New York and Dubai. The NRA has a facility in Raton NM (Whittington Center) that offers introductory shooting opportunities.

Competitive shooting[link]

Marksmanship has inspired competition, and in several countries rifle clubs started to form in the 19th century. Soon international shooting events evolved, including shooting at the Summer Olympics (from 1896) and World Championships (from 1897). The International Shooting Sport Federation still administers Olympic and non-Olympic rifle, pistol, shotgun and running target shooting competitions, although there is also a large number of national and international shooting sports controlled by unrelated organizations.

Shooting supplies[link]

Government legislation in most countries requires shooters to have some form of shooting licence, and firearms are typically only available from registered firearms dealers.

See also[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Shooting

• Gun politics
• History of Firearms
• Wikibooks:Marksmanship
• Clay Pigeon Shooting

Look up pepper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Pepper or Peppers may refer to:

Plants and plant products[link]

The genus Piper (genus) of the pepper family (Piperaceae), including for example:

• Black pepper, white and green pepper, Piper nigrum
• Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper
• Long pepper, Piper longum

The genus Capsicum of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including for example:

• Banana pepper, a number of species and spices
• Bell pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Cayenne pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Chili pepper, a number of species
• Datil pepper, a Capsicum chinense cultivar
• Jalapeño, a Capsicum annuum cultivar

The genus Pimenta (genus) of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), including for example:

• Allspice (P. dioicia)
• Pimenta haitiensis
• Pimenta jamaicensis
• Pimenta obscura
• Pimenta racemosa (P. racemosa), West Indian bay tree

Other plants known as peppers:

• Aframomum melegueta, grains of paradise
• Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa
• Pseudowintera, horopito
• Pseudowintera colorata, New Zealand Pepperwood
• Schinus genus, peppercorn trees
• Tasmanian pepper, Mountain pepper or "pepperbush", Tasmannia species
• Zanthoxylum genus
  • Sichuan pepper, produced from the fruit of several Zanthoxylum species
• Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, American Pepperwood

People[link]

• Pepper (name)
• Peppers (name)

Fictional characters[link]

• Pepper, an orphan girl in the musical Annie
• Pepper, a character in the Chili's restaurant activity packages
• Pepper, a Dutch Warmblood horse with light blue highlights from the Horseland TV series
• Pepper, a bartender in the musical Mamma Mia! (and the movie Mamma Mia! The Movie)
• Pepper, one of the main characters in the animation Pepper and Kad
• Pepper Ann, the main character from the Disney TV series Pepper Ann
• Pepper Potts, the secretary of Iron Man in the Marvel comics universe
• Chris Pepper, character played by Peter Lawford in 1969 comedy One More Time (film) directed by Jerry Lewis
• Sgt. Floyd Pepper, a character from The Muppet Show and related works
• Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson, the central character in the 1970s Police Woman TV series, played by Angie Dickinson
• Waldo Pepper, protagonist of the film The Great Waldo Pepper
• Five Little Peppers, a family with five children in a children's literature series.

Music[link]

• Pepper (band), a rock-reggae band originally from Hawaii
• "Pepper" (song), a 1996 song by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers

Other[link]

• Dr Pepper, a carbonated soft drink
• Newark Pepper, a defunct Major League Baseball team from the Federal League
• Perets', a Ukrainian satirical newspaper also known as "Pepper"
• Pepper (baseball) and Pepper (volleyball), sports warm-up exercises
• Pepper (card game), an alternate name for Bid Euchre
• Pepper Ann, an animated series that debuted in 1997
• Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI), a web browser plugin interface
• Pepper II, an early 1980s video game by Exidy

See also[link]

• Salt-n-Pepa, an American hip hop duo
• All pages with titles containing "Pepper"

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