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Shooting sports
Shooting sports
A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

have been contested at the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

at every games since 1966 with the exception of the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Events were open until they were segregated by gender in 1994 for pistol and most rifle events and in 2002 for trap and skeet events; the full bore rifle competitions remained open.

Timetable of shooting events

Event	1966	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006 Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held at various venues around Melbourne; the Clay Target shooting was held at the Melbourne Gun Club, in Lilydale.-Medal table:-Men's Trap :-Men's Trap :-Women's Trap :...
Men/Open Pistol Competitions
Free Pistol 50 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Free Pistol - Pairs 50 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Standard Pistol 25 metres									X	X
Standard Pistol - Pairs 25 metres									X	X
Centre-Fire Pistol 25 metres	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs 25 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rapid-Fire Pistol 25 metres	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs 25 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Air Pistol 10 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Air Pistol - Pairs 10 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Men/Open Rifle Competitions
Small Bore Rifle 50 metres	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Prone 50 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs 50 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions 50 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs 50 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Full Bore Rifle 300-1000 yards	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs 300-1000 yards				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Air Rifle 10 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Air Rifle - Pairs 10 metres				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Running Target 10 metres						X	X
Running Target - Pairs 10 metres						X	X
Men/Open Shotgun Competitions
Trap		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Trap - Pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Double Trap									X	X
Double Trap - Pairs									X	X
Skeet		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Skeet - Pairs				X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Women Pistol Competitions
Sport Pistol 25 metres							X	X	X	X
Sport Pistol - Pairs 25 metres							X	X	X	X
Air Pistol 10 metres							X	X	X	X
Air Pistol 10 metres							X	X	X	X
Women Rifle Competitions
Small Bore Rifle, Prone 50 metres							X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs 50 metres							X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions 50 metres							X	X	X	X
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs 50 metres							X	X	X	X
Air Rifle 10 metres							X	X	X	X
Air Rifle - Pairs 10 metres							X	X	X	X
Sport Pistol 25 metres							X	X	X	X
Women Shotgun Competitions
Trap									X	X
Trap - Pairs									X	X
Double Trap									X	X
Double Trap - Pairs									X	X
Skeet									X	X
Skeet - Pairs									X	X

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