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- From: ghm@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au (Geoff Miller)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: x-country skiing and target shooting
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.023704.6946@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 14:24:28 GMT
- Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
- Lines: 28
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- wixer!wixer.cactus.org!will@cs.utexas.edu (Bill Staniewicz) writes:
-
- #I don't recall the name for this sport but
- #I remember that it involves x-country skiing and
- #target shooting with a rifle. It was part of the
- #winter olympics.
-
- #My questions are:
-
- #What is the name of this sport?
-
- Biathlon.
-
- #Outside of olympic competition are there any opportunities
- #to compete?
-
- Depends where you are, but in principle yes. Certainly there are annual
- national and international championships.
-
- #What type of rifle and ammo is used?
-
- The rifles are somthing like a UIT Standard Smallbore (.22 LR) rifle,
- except that they use a 5-round magazine (spares usually carried in a
- holder underneath the stock) and have, in the latest versions, a very
- quick straight-pull bolt action.
-
- Geoff Miller (g-miller@adfa.oz.au)
- Computer Centre, Australian Defence Force Academy
-