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Sport shooting as a whole is one of the largest and most popular sports in the world.

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.

World governing bodies

Shooting

  1. Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) English: International Shooting Federation for Hunting Sports
  2. International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA)
  3. International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts (ICORE)
  4. International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF)
  5. International Hunting Rifle Shooting Association (IHRSA)
  6. International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU)
  7. International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
  8. International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), formerly known as UTI from French: L’Union Internationale des Fédérations et Associations nationals de Tir (UTI), or in English: International Union of National Shooting Federations and Associations.
  9. International T-Class Confederation (ITCC)
  10. Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee (MLAIC) (International Muzzle Loaders Federation)
  11. World Association PPC 1500 (WA1500)
  12. World Benchrest Shooting Federation (WBSF)
  13. World Fast Draw Association (WFDA)
  14. World Field Target Federation (Airgun) (WFTF)
  15. World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Federation (WRABF)

Archery

  1. International Crossbow Shooting Union (ICU), German: International Armbrustschützen Union (IAU)
  2. World Archery Federation (WA), formerly known as FITA from French: Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc
  3. World Crossbow Shooting Association (WCSA)

Other

  1. International Biathlon Union (IBU)
  2. International Military Sports Council (IMSC) French: Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM)
  3. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), (English: International Modern Pentathlon Union)
  4. International Police Sports Union (USIP), French: Union Sportive Internationale des Polices, Spanish: Unión Deportiva Policial Internacional
  5. World Shooting Para Sport, part of the International Paralympic Committee

Non-Sport

  1. Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)
  2. Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR)
  3. World Forum on Shooting Activities (WFSA)

Regional

  1. Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA)
  2. Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA)
  3. International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
  4. Single Action Shooting Society (SASS)
  5. Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA)

Continental

  1. African Shooting Sport Federation (ASSF), international member of ISSF.
  2. Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC), international member of ISSF.
  3. European Shooting Confederation (ESC), international member of ISSF.
  4. European Benchrest Shooting Federation (EBSF), international member of WBSF.
  5. Shooting Confederation of the Americas (SCA) (Confederacion Americas de Tiro, CAT), international member of ISSF.
  6. The West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFSC), international member of ICFRA.
  7. Oceania Shooting Federation (OSF), international member of ISSF.

Summary

Number Name Code Founded Web
1 International Shooting Federation for Hunting Sports FITASC 1921 https://www.fitasc.com/
2 International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations ICFRA 2003 https://www.icfra.com/
3 International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts ICORE 1991 https://www.icore.org/
4 International Gallery Rifle Federation IGRF 2007 http://galleryrifle.com/
5 International Hunting Rifle Shooting Association IHRSA 2014 http://internationalhuntingrifleshootingassociation.com/
6 International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union IMSSU 1992 https://www.imssu.org/
7 International Practical Shooting Confederation IPSC 1976 https://www.ipsc.org/
8 International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF 1907 https://www.issf-sports.org/
9 International T-Class Confederation ITCC 2014 https://t-class.org/
10 International Muzzle Loaders Federation MLAIC 1971 http://mlaic.org/
11 World Association PPC 1500 WA1500 2011 http://www.wa1500.org/
12 World Benchrest Shooting Federation WBSF 2001 https://www.world-benchrest.com/
13 World Fast Draw Association WFDA 1976 http://www.fastdraw.org/
14 World Field Target Federation WFTF 1980 http://www.world-field-target-federation.com/
15 World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Federation WRABF 2008 http://www.wrabf.com/

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