The Norwegian Metallic Silhouette Association, ''Norwegian'' Norges Metallsilhuettforbund (NMF), is the Norwegian association 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 ...
, a
shooting sport
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
originating from
Mexico
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.
NMF is affiliated internationally with
International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union
The International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU) is the international organization for metallic silhouette shooting, which was founded in 1992 in response to the fact that rules for metallic silhouette shooting started to diverge arou ...
(IMSSU). The shooting sport entered Norway in 1978, and NMF was established in 1981.
Norway was the first country to hold the European Championship in Metallic Shooting at the
Løvenskiold Shooting Range
Løvenskiold shooting range, (Norwegian: ''Løvenskioldbanen''), was built in 1951 and is Norway's largest civilian shooting range. The range is used daily by sports shooters and hunters from many different clubs, and is also used by Oslo Police ...
in 1986, an event which was repeated in 1988.
See also
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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 As ...
Other shooting sport organizations in Norway
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Norwegian Shooting Association
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Dynamic Sports Shooting Norway
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Norwegian Black Powder Union
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Norwegian Biathlon Association
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Scandinavian Western Shooters
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References
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1981 establishments in Norway
Sports organisations of Norway