List of shooting sports organizations facts for kids
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.
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World governing bodies
Shooting
- Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) English: International Shooting Federation for Hunting Sports
- International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA)
- International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts (ICORE)
- International Gallery Rifle Federation (IGRF)
- International Hunting Rifle Shooting Association (IHRSA)
- International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union (IMSSU)
- International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)
- 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.
- International T-Class Confederation (ITCC)
- Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee (MLAIC) (International Muzzle Loaders Federation)
- World Association PPC 1500 (WA1500)
- World Benchrest Shooting Federation (WBSF)
- World Fast Draw Association (WFDA)
- World Field Target Federation (Airgun) (WFTF)
- World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Federation (WRABF)
Archery
- International Crossbow Shooting Union (ICU), German: International Armbrustschützen Union (IAU)
- World Archery Federation (WA), formerly known as FITA from French: Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc
- World Crossbow Shooting Association (WCSA)
Other
- International Biathlon Union (IBU)
- International Military Sports Council (IMSC) French: Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM)
- Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), (English: International Modern Pentathlon Union)
- International Police Sports Union (USIP), French: Union Sportive Internationale des Polices, Spanish: Unión Deportiva Policial Internacional
- World Shooting Para Sport, part of the International Paralympic Committee
Non-Sport
- Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)
- Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR)
- World Forum on Shooting Activities (WFSA)
Regional
- Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA)
- Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA)
- International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
- Single Action Shooting Society (SASS)
- Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA)
Continental
- African Shooting Sport Federation (ASSF), international member of ISSF.
- Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC), international member of ISSF.
- European Shooting Confederation (ESC), international member of ISSF.
- European Benchrest Shooting Federation (EBSF), international member of WBSF.
- Shooting Confederation of the Americas (SCA) (Confederacion Americas de Tiro, CAT), international member of ISSF.
- The West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFSC), international member of ICFRA.
- Oceania Shooting Federation (OSF), international member of ISSF.
Summary
Number | Name | Code | Founded | Web |
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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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