Air and 22 rifle shooting
Created | Updated Jul 8, 2004
Target shooting is all about bettering yourself, having fun and if you’re lucky winning medals. Shooting is considered one of the most popular sports internationally. It requires good physical and psychological condition, as well as technical perfection. It is open to men, women and children of all ages for recreation. On the championship level, it is the only sport where you will see a great difference in age between competitors. There are many different disciplines of rifle shooting; these are the most popular ones:
Prone 22. rifle.
Prone is basically lying down shooting. Many people consider it to be the easiest discipline. The body is stretched out at an angle of about 10 to 20 degrees alignment direction of the right of the target and the right knee is slightly bent.
Kneeling 22. rifle.
Kneeling can be a hard position to learn because by kneeling in one spot for an hour cuts off the circulation in your leg. This is why it’s sometimes known as the knackering position. You have one leg down supported by a kneeling roll underneath the ankle and the other leg with the foot flat on the floor for support.
Standing rifle.
Standing is the most difficult of the 22. rifle positions and is also the
position for air rifle. In air rifle the bullseye (target) is 0.4 mm the
bullseye for 22. is substantially bigger. A solid standing position is
needed to minimize body sway. This discipline is often nicknamed
swaying because it causes a drastic amount of body sway. The
shooter needs to relax and minimize tension without falling over.
Feet are placed slightly more than shoulder width apart, the hip
are slightly thrust towards the target without moving the back, to
allow the shooter to place the supporting arms elbow in to this hip.
The shooter also leans slightly backwards to keep themselves
stable, this is known as backbend.
Prone 22. rifle.
Prone is basically lying down shooting. Many people consider it to be the easiest discipline. The body is stretched out at an angle of about 10 to 20 degrees alignment direction of the right of the target and the right knee is slightly bent.
Kneeling 22. rifle.
Kneeling can be a hard position to learn because by kneeling in one spot for an hour cuts off the circulation in your leg. This is why it’s sometimes known as the knackering position. You have one leg down supported by a kneeling roll underneath the ankle and the other leg with the foot flat on the floor for support.
Standing rifle.
Standing is the most difficult of the 22. rifle positions and is also the
position for air rifle. In air rifle the bullseye (target) is 0.4 mm the
bullseye for 22. is substantially bigger. A solid standing position is
needed to minimize body sway. This discipline is often nicknamed
swaying because it causes a drastic amount of body sway. The
shooter needs to relax and minimize tension without falling over.
Feet are placed slightly more than shoulder width apart, the hip
are slightly thrust towards the target without moving the back, to
allow the shooter to place the supporting arms elbow in to this hip.
The shooter also leans slightly backwards to keep themselves
stable, this is known as backbend.
