trapshooting: see shooting shooting, firing with rifle, shotgun, pistol, or revolver at stationary or moving targets. The term shooting is also used in Great Britain to mean small-game hunting.

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trapshooting

Shooting sport with moving targets. A shotgun (usually 12-gauge) is used. The targets are clay disks (called pigeons) that are sprung into the air from a trap. A later variant is skeet shooting. Trapshooting's origins date to the 18th century, when marksmen shot at live pigeons released from cages or box traps. The modern clay-pigeon variety has been included in Olympic Games competition since 1900. A single trap throws 25 targets at varying angles; each competitor fires four 25-target rounds.

Trapshooting

a shooting sport in which the targets are clay pigeons sprung from traps. The gunner stands at one of several stations located directly behind and a little to each side of a single trap or, in skeet, located along a semicircle with a trap at each end.

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He was a member of the Singletary Rod and Gun Club, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, trap shooting and golfing.

Edmund A. "Ed" Lapointe, 89 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

He was a finalist at the British Open Championships in Shropshire where more than 1,000 competitors took part as he continues to make an impact on the clay pigeon trap shooting circuit.

Athletics: Ryan aiming for Olympic glory; Junior Sport Clay pigeon ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Rhode (pronounced Roadie), a resident of El Monte, added another gold to her Olympic medal collection when she bested all comers in the women's double trap shooting event at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens.

TRIPLE MEDAL WINNER OLYMPIC SHOOTER RAISES MONEY FOR BOY SCOUTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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