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ShooterShooting Shooting Act or process of firing firearms or other projectile weapons For other uses, see Shooting (disambiguation). Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting. When using a firearm, the act of shooting is often called firing as it involves initiating a combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellants. Glenn Eller surgery at 2008 Summer Olympics double trap finals Olympic competitive air rifle shooting by Nancy Johnson in Sydney 2000 Shooting can take place in a shooting range or in the field, in shooting sports, hunting,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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