Running Target Competition

Running Target poster

Initially it was called running roebuck and was shot at a deer target with centrefires at 100m. It was then scaled down to running boar, which saw shooters using a rimfire to shoot at a pig target 50m away. These days, running target, a politically correct application, involves shooting at targets with dedicated target air rifles and 4x scopes from 10 metres.

Maximum rifle weight is 5.5kg. The match consists of 30 shots "slow runs" and 30 shots "fast runs". Slow runs means the target takes five seconds to pass across a two-metre gap. Fast runs means the target passes the same gap in 2.5 seconds.

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