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The BCTSA    AGM   will be held  
on March 6,     7 - 9pm
Sportstown, in Richmond ( where the Richmond Spring Air shoot is )

 

**  Passing of a friend  **

 

**  2010 Kamloops Regional Competition forms are posted here  **
 

54th Annual BC Indoor Rifle Championships

 

Report on Changes in ISSF Rules for 2009
 

The BRITISH COLUMBIA TARGET SPORTS ASSOCIATION is a registered, non-profit amateur sports organization that is the Sport Governing Body for Target shooting in B.C., representing and serving Rifle and Pistol target shooters throughout the province. The membership consists of individuals and clubs interested in furthering the target sports as a safe, recreational and competitive sport and to improve the public acceptance of target shooting sports.

The disciplines we cover are Silhouette, Air Rifle, Smallbore Rifle and all Pistol shooting

The sport sets no limits for those who are involved. Some want only an hour or so of recreation per week while others seek Olympic Gold Medals. Youths, adults and the very senior all participate throughout the province.

Male and female able bodied and disabled athletes, all enjoy shooting sports.

Target shooting is a year round recreation sport, outdoors in the summer and indoors in the winter with Clubs located throughout the province. As with most sports today, you can spend a lot of money, but many shooters invest only a few hundred dollars in equipment and find the cost of ammunition and targets far less than expected. Most clubs have equipment to lend beginners to help them get started.

If you would like to enter a competition, a classification system is used which assures that the thrill of winning is available to everyone, so you are competing against others of similar and known ability.

This organization is supported by the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts and our Junior Athletes are supported through the SportsFunder program.


What the B.C.T.S.A. does for you.
 

  • Promotes the safe handling and use of firearms.

  • Encourages and sponsors Junior shooting programs.

  • Publishes the quarterly "TARGET SPORTS" newsletter.

  • Conducts Provincial Championship Tournaments.

  • Standardizes and coordinates Target Rifle & Pistol Sports in B.C.

  • Selects, trains and manages B.C. Junior & Senior teams.

  • Conducts Training and Upgrading Clinics for Coaches and Officials.

  • Participates in B.C. Summer Games and Canada Winter Games competitions.

  • Provides organization assistance, program ideas & range layout advise to clubs.

  • Promotes favourable publicity for shooting and presents the sport correctly to the public and Government.

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  • Some Basic Information About Target Shooting - The BCTSA Way


    Guns.
    Throughout history they have been a tool for survival, a tool of war, and since joining Olympic competition in 1896, a tool as part of a highly skilled sport. World Championships were held for the first time in 1897in Lyon, France and in 1966 Shooting events were included for the first time in Commonwealth Games at Kingston, Jamaica.
    While most sports rely heavily on physical fitness, size and speed, shooting remains a contest of skill and precision. Although physical conditioning plays a large part in success on the shooting range, mental preparation is the most important factor for shooters, who must remain calm and completely focused on their targets under the enormous pressure of competition if they wish to excel.

    In the Smallbore Rifle events, shooters fire high precision .22 Calibre target rifles and .177 Calibre air rifles in Provincial, National and Olympic level competitions. Competitors are required to use standard metallic sights on their firearms in all events except running target and some Silhouette events, in which a telescopic sight is permitted. Standard long rifle .22 Calibre rimfire ammunition is used in all rifle events except air rifle, which specifies .177 Calibre lead pellets.

    Fullbore or Centerfire rifles are very similar in design to the smallbore guns but the distances shot vary from 100 M to 1000 Yds. and of course they shoot much larger calibre bullets.

    Firearms in target rifle events are outfitted with stocks that may have adjustable cheek pieces and butt plates to allow a custom fit to the individual athlete. Air guns used in competition either house a cylinder to store the compressed air or gas necessary to propel the pellets or use a cocking mechanism to drive a spring-loaded piston back. When the trigger is pulled, the piston forces a precise amount of air out of the barrel along with the projectile.

    Competition events are shot as Prone and 3-Position ( Prone, Standing & Kneeling ) for Smallbore and Highpower while the Silhouette, Running Target and Air Rifle events are Standing only events. More details on the different events may be found on various pages in this site.

    The six Pistol ISSF shooting events (including four Olympic events) consist of both precision and rapid-fire target shooting from distances of 10, 25, and 50 metres always shot from the Standing position. Guns are generally .22 calibre and .177 for the Air Pistols and are commonly custom fitted to each hand size and shape.

     

    There is also a 3-Position Air Rifle competition which is being introduced into Canada at this time and there are active groups shooting this sport in the USA and parts of Europe.
     


     

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    B.C. Target Sports Association,   Box 496,
    Kamloops, B.C.   V2C 5L2
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      Last Reviewed:  February 07, 2010