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Air Gun Shooting Takes Aim at the Big Leagues

South Africa has a diverse air rifle sports-shooting community that gives old and young shooters a chance to test their shooting skills. As I grew up, I saw that selective schools around the country had 3 Position shooting. The objective here is to shoot at a bullseye target 10 m away in a standing, kneeling, and prone position. The air rifle you use is a low power Pre-Charge Pneumatic (PCP) that shoots a .177 calibre pellet in a form of a wadcutter.

This shooting sport really intrigued me. However, I was

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