The Wolf Creek Shooting Complex, now known as the Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds, is a
shooting range
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located southwest of
Atlanta, Georgia
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,
United States
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, in
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
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. During the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, it hosted the
shooting
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event. Until 2002, it was also often used for
ISSF World Cup
The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four comp ...
competitions in rifle and pistol events, although such competitions, when held in the
United States
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, have now reverted to being carried out at
Fort Benning
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.
The venue is now owned by the
Parks & Recreation Department of Fulton County
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.
It has 20
trap
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Trap or TRAP may also refer to:
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and
skeet shooting
Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles.
Skeet is one of the t ...
combination fields, and nine lighted areas.
The facility has been host to several NSSA State and Zone skeet tournaments.
The range is also home to recreational shooting leagues such as the Atlanta Skeet and Trap League.
References
1996 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. p. 544.
1996 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 3. p. 460.
Claytargetsonline.com profile.Atlanta Skeet and Trap LeagueNational Skeet Shooting Association
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Buildings and structures in Fulton County, Georgia
Olympic shooting venues
Shooting ranges in the United States
Sports venues in Georgia (U.S. state)
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