The International Precision Rifle Federation (IPRF) is an international federation for

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. The shooting takes place from various positions and at varied distances within a limited par time, so that the competitors need to have a good understanding about their

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so that they can compensate for wind and distance. Competitors are divided into different divisions based on their firearms and equipment. All competitors compete inside their division, and there can also be awards for the categories women, junior (competitors of 18 years or younger), senior (competitors of 55 years or older) and military/police. A match usually consists of several stages, and points are awarded by the number of hits.

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s are used to a large degree to make it easy to score points and as an economical alternative to electronic targets. Referees often use

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s to observe and count hits.

History

PRS shooting in its current form originated in the USA in the 2010s in the

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, which continues to this day as the american arm om precision rifle shooting. The National Rifle League (NRL) is another U.S. organization for precision rifle shooting. In the USA, the number of active competitors increased from 164 in 2012 to over 15 000 in 2020. In 2021 the International Precision Rifle Federation (IPRF) was founded, and in 2022 the first world championship was held at the Bitche Military Camp in Bitche, France. IPRF has affiliated associations in several countries: * Australia: Australian Precision Rifle Associatio

* Austria: Austrian Precision Rifle Association * Canada: Canadian Precision Rifle Associatio

* Chile: Federación Chilena de Rifles de Precisión * Czechia: Chezh Precision Rifle Association * France: French precision Rifle Associatio

* Georgia: Georgian Precision Rifle Federation * Germany: Federation of German Marksmen, Deutsche Precision Rifle Associationbr>
* Great Britain: Great Britain Precision Rifle Associatio

* Greece:

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* Hungary: Hungarian Dynamic Shooting Sport Federationbr>
* Indonesia: Indonesian Precision Rifle Association * Ireland: Irish Precision Rifle Association * Italy: PRS Itali

* Lithuania: Lithuania Practical Shooting Sport Federationbr>
* Namibia: Namibian Precision Rifle Association * Norway: PRS Norway, Precision Rifle Norwaybr>
* Poland: Polish Precision Rifle Association * Russia: Rossniping Tactical Shooting Associatio

(''Voluntarily withdrawn until further notice'') * Slovakia: Slovak Precision Rifle Association * Slovenia: Slovenia Precision Rifle Association * South Africa: South African Precision Rifle Federatio

* Spain: Spanish Precision Rifle Associatio

* Sweden: Swedish Shooting Sport Federationbr>
* United States: United States Precision Rifle Associatio

Equipment divisions

The participants are divided into separate divisions based on the type of equipment used. It is common to use Telescopic sight, scopes with adjustable magnification, and cartdidges with calibers between 6 mm and 6.5 mm (for example

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, 6.5 mm Creedmoor or 6.5×55 mm) because these tend to provide good ballistics at typical match distances and relatively little recoil. Internationally, the divisions used are Open (most permitted modifications), Limited and Factory (factory firearms with few modifications). Locally, other divisions may be used or none at all.

Matches

All competitors go through the same stages regardless of registered division and category. It is mainly competed individually, but at larger events there can also be team competitions where the results from the individual team members are pooled together to achieve a teams core.

2022 World Championships

In 2022 the first World Championship was held by the

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References

Shooting sports organizations Shooting sports

History

Equipment divisions

Matches

2022 World Championships

See also

References