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The International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) is the international organization for
/ref> Michel Boulanger was elected as the first president along with Jean-Pierre Beurtheret as the first secretary. It was established a competition ruleset which could only be revised every fourth year to give stability to the sport. The first IMSSU competition ruleset was largely based on the NRA metallic silhouette competition rules, but since 1997 NRA has published silhouette rules which differ from IMSSU.
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"There are currently 26 member countries.."
The International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) is the international organization for metallic silhouette shooting
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at steel targets representing game animals at varying distances, seeking to knock the metal target over. Metallic silhouette is shot with large bore rif ...
, which was founded in 1992 in response to the fact that rules for metallic silhouette shooting started to diverge around the world.
The European regional body is ''Association Européenne de Tir sur Silhouettes Métalliques'' (AETSM), which means ''European Metallic Silhouette Shooting Association''
History
The International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union was founded on 8 October 1992 in Paris, with founding members from Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the USA and the European silhouette federation AETSM.Internationaler Silhouettenclub - Glossar - I/ref> Michel Boulanger was elected as the first president along with Jean-Pierre Beurtheret as the first secretary. It was established a competition ruleset which could only be revised every fourth year to give stability to the sport. The first IMSSU competition ruleset was largely based on the NRA metallic silhouette competition rules, but since 1997 NRA has published silhouette rules which differ from IMSSU.
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Member associations
As of 2020 IMSSU has 26 member regions.IMSSU - MEMBER COUNTRIES"There are currently 26 member countries.."
See also
*List of shooting sports organizations
This is a list of national and international shooting sports organizations who promote sport shooting to civilian sport shooters, hunters, police, military and/or military reservists.
International governing bodies
* Amateur Trapshooting Ass ...
* International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association
Metallic silhouette shooting is a group of target shooting disciplines that involves shooting at steel targets representing game animals at varying distances, seeking to knock the metal target over. Metallic silhouette is shot with large bore rif ...
(IHMSA)
References
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