The Norwegian Metallic Silhouette Association, ''Norwegian'' Norges Metallsilhuettforbund (NMF), is the Norwegian association for
metallic silhouette shooting
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at steel targets representing game animals at varying distances, seeking to knock the metal target over. Metallic silhouette is shot with large bore rif ...
, a
shooting sport
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originating from
Mexico
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.
NMF is affiliated internationally with
International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union
The International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) is the international organization for metallic silhouette shooting, which was founded in 1992 in response to the fact that rules for metallic silhouette shooting started to diverge arou ...
(IMSSU). The shooting sport entered Norway in 1978, and NMF was established in 1981.
Norway was the first country to hold the European Championship in Metallic Shooting at the
Løvenskiold Shooting Range in 1986, an event which was repeated in 1988.
See also
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List of shooting sports organizations
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Other shooting sport organizations in Norway
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Det frivillige Skyttervesen
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Norwegian Shooting Association
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Dynamic Sports Shooting Norway
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Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers
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Norwegian Benchrest Shooting Association {{Short description, Norwegian sport association
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Norwegian Black Powder Union
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The Muzzle Loaders Associations Inte ...
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Norwegian Biathlon Association
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Scandinavian Western Shooters
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References
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1981 establishments in Norway
Sports organisations of Norway