Practical shooting

Practical shooting is a shooting sport in which competitors move through courses and engage targets for accuracy and speed under standardized rules.

International Practical Shooting Confederation: The international organization that governs practical shooting and sanctions competitions in multiple firearm disciplines. Its rules define the sport’s major international formats and competition standards.
Firearm safety: Practices and rules intended to prevent unintended injury or damage when handling firearms. Safe handling is a non-negotiable condition of every practical shooting activity.
Steel Challenge: A shooting sport in which competitors engage standardized steel targets on fixed courses against the clock. Its fixed layouts and steel targets contrast with practical shooting’s varied, scenario-like stages.
Jeff Cooper: An American firearms instructor and writer who shaped modern handgun training and practical shooting. Cooper helped develop the early practical handgun competitions that influenced IPSC.
United States Practical Shooting Association: The United States organization that governs practical shooting competitions affiliated with IPSC. Its rulebook and divisions structure practical shooting in the United States.
Dynamic shooting: A shooting-sport approach in which competitors move or change positions while engaging targets. Practical shooting belongs to the broader family of movement-based shooting sports.
Bullseye shooting: A precision shooting sport that scores carefully aimed shots at paper targets, usually from stationary positions. It emphasizes precision from set positions rather than movement through a course.
International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot: The IPSC’s international championship, bringing national teams and individual competitors together. The first World Shoot in 1975 marked the new federation’s international competition.
Hit factor: A shooting score calculated by dividing points earned by the time taken. Hit-factor scoring makes speed valuable while retaining a penalty for missed or low-value hits.
Marksmanship: The skill of accurately aiming and firing a weapon. Accurate hits earn points and prevent penalties, even when speed is rewarded.

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