Field-Shooting or Terrain-Shooting (Danish: ''terrænskydning'', Norwegian: ''feltskyting'', Swedish: ''fältskytte''{{Cite web , url=http://www.sandvikensskyttegille.se/fs_info.php , title=Swedish: Fältskytte gevär förklarat {{! Sandvikens Skyttegille , access-date=2017-10-06 , archive-date=2017-04-17 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417011743/http://sandvikensskyttegille.se/fs_info.php , url-status=dead ) refer to a set of pistol and rifle shooting sport disciplines that usually are shot from temporary

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s in the terrain at varying (and sometimes unknown) distances, rather than at permanent shooting ranges at fixed distances. Some examples of Field-Shooting disciplines are: *

Nordic Handgun Field-Shooting Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in ...

competitions are shot with pistol and revolver in different classes depending on equipment, with classes up from small-bore .22 LR to large-bore .500 S&W Magnum. Matches are held outdoor throughout the year with varied

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s and distances, and are arranged by the Norwegian Shooting Association (NSF), the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI Shooting) and the

Swedish Pistol Shooting Association Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

(SPSF). *

Nordic Rifle Field-Shooting Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in ...

are shot with either small-bore .22 LR cartridge at 100 meters, or intermediate (such as

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) or battle rifle cartridges (such as the 6.5×55mm,

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or the

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) at distances from 100 to 650 meters. With 200 and 300 meters being ordinary shooting distance in Nordic Bullseye Rifle-Shooting, those targets placed well beyond 300 meters in Rifle Field-Shooting means that the competition format also can be classified as a

long range shooting Long range shooting is a collective term for shooting disciplines where the distance to target is significant enough that shooter has to put effort into calculating various ballistic factors, especially in regards to the deviating effects ...

discipline. Matches are usually held in the winter season with varied targets, and are arranged by the

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(DFS), the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI Shooting) and the Swedish Shooting Sport Association (SvSF). * Swiss field shooting under the

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. The annual championship has been held for over 130 years, and is shot at the same time in several decentralized locations gathering up to 135,000 participants, perhaps making this event the largest shooting competition in the world * Precision rifle competitions, like the

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(PRS), is both a field and long range shooting discipline where rifles with intermediate or battle rifle cartridges are shot in the terrain at varying distances from about 10 to 1000 meters. * Field Target is an outdoor

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discipline originating in the United Kingdom, but gaining popularity worldwide.

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Svenska Pistolskytteförbundet - Om pistolskytte-Fältskjutning (''Swedish Pistol Shooting Association: About Field-Shooting'')
Sport in Scandinavia Shooting sports

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