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METALLIC SILHOUETTE SHOOTING

Metallic silhouette shooting is a sport where competitors attempt to knock off
metallic animal silhouettes with a single shot. The four standard animals
represented by the cutouts are chicken, pig, turkey and ram.

There are many categories of firearms and shooting positons. Firearms are
broadly divided into big bore and small bore rifles, big and small bore handguns
and the field pistol. There are further subcategories by firearm specification,
and shooting position. Distances vary from 25-500 meters. Often competitors
participate in several firearm classes in the same competition.

Silhouette shooting has an interesting if a bit gruesome history: originally
live farm animals were used as targets. These days the sport is of course
cruelty-free, and suitable for all shooters, juniors included. Generally men and
women compete together.

The sport is practiced on all continents. European shooters form the majority,
but there are many competitors from USA, Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa,
just to mention a few. The origins of the sport are however in Mexico, and the
first competition resembling the current format was held in 1948 in Mexico City.

Typically matches are 40, 60, 80 or 120 shots. There is only a single shot
allowed per target, and the silhouette must be knocked down for it to count as a
hit. After a shot, even if it is a miss, the shooter must move on to the next
target, in order from left to right. The winner of the match is the one with the
highest animal count, with various tiebreakers used if necessary.

Finland is a member of Association Européenne de Tir sur Silhouettes Métalliques
or AETSM and International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU). All
shooting sports in Finland are governed under the umbrella organisation Suomen
Ampumaurheiluliitto (Finnish Shooting Sport Federation)


SIPOO, FINLAND

2018 World Championships in Silhouette Shooting were held in Sipoo, Finland.

Sipoo (or Sibbo in Swedish) is a Finnish municipality located right next to the
capital Helsinki, so it has good connections to the city and the Helsinki-Vantaa
airport. There are not many hotels or accomodations in Sipoo itself, but
fortunately Helsinki and Vantaa both offer a large range of options.



Map of the area (Google maps)

Sipoo silhouette shooting range is best reached by car. Under normal conditions
the range is open for training 10-14 Saturday and Sunday.

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