10m Air Rifle
ISSF 10-metre air rifle.
3-Gun
Rifle, pistol and shotgun on the same course.
Action / Defensive
Defensive pistol courses of fire.
Benchrest
Precision from the bench, group or score.
Benchrest Airgun
Air rifle from the bench.
Big Bore
The club big-bore rifle shoots that fill South African ranges.
Bisley & Fullbore
Classic fullbore target rifle in the Bisley tradition.
Combat Rifle
Practical rifle on timed stages.
Compak
Compact sporting from a line of stands.
Down the Line
The club trap line most South African shotgun shooters mean by DTL.
ELR
Extreme long range — known-distance steel past a mile, often to two miles.
English Sporting
Simulated hunting birds on a course of stands.
F-Class
Supported-rifle target shooting at known distance.
FITASC
FITASC sporting and FITASC trap, walked as a parcours.
Field Target
Outdoor air rifle on knockdown targets.
Gong shoot / gong skiet
Also called gong shoot, gong skiet, gongskiet
Steel gong shoots, known in Afrikaans as gong skiet, are relaxed, social rifle events usually hosted on farms and at local clubs. Distances typically run out to around 800 m, which keeps them achievable for most licensed firearm owners and less intimidating than long range or precision series events. They are a good first step into organised shooting and a strong part of local and rural shooting communities.
Hunter Field Target
Hunting-position air rifle field course.
Hunting Rifle
Field-position hunting rifle matches.
IDPA
Defensive pistol, shot from concealment, scored on time and procedure.
IPSC
Practical pistol on stages against the clock.
IPSC Mini Rifle
IPSC stages with a .22 LR semi-automatic rifle.
IPSC Rifle
Practical rifle on IPSC stages.
Long Range Steel Gong
400 - 1000m prone gong shooting
Metallic Silhouette
Knock-down animal silhouettes at known distance.
Multigun
Mixed-firearm practical stages.
NRL Hunter
Hunting-position precision rifle on unknown-distance steel.
PCC
Pistol-calibre carbine, often shot alongside handgun leagues.
PR22 Rimfire
Rimfire precision rifle — the same game at a tenth of the ammunition cost.
Pin Shooting
Bowling pins off a table against the clock.
Precision Rifle
A match is a series of stages, each under a time limit of roughly 90 to 120 seconds, in which you engage steel targets from an improvised position — off a barricade, a roof prop, a tyre, a rock, or your pack on uneven ground. Distances are called or ranged, and often unknown until you walk up to the stage. The rifle is rarely the limiting factor. Reading wind, building a stable position quickly and getting your data right matter more than the last quarter-MOA of mechanical accuracy. Matches are squadded and shot in rotation, with your squad spotting and scoring for each other — which is why it is unusually easy to walk into as a newcomer. Centerfire is open on chambering: anything up to .308 calibre, under 3 200 fps. In practice that covers 22 Creedmoor, .243, 6 Dasher, 6mm and 6.5 Creedmoor and plenty else — the limits exist to protect the steel, not to prescribe a cartridge. Rimfire is the same game at a tenth of the ammunition cost, and the wind reading is harder rather than easier, which is why most centerfire shooters practise there.
Service Rifle
Issue-pattern or service-style rifle courses.
Skeet
Crossing clays from high and low houses.
Sport Pistol
Precision sport pistol on paper.
Steel
Timed steel plates from a box.
Target Pistol
Bullseye and ISSF-style target pistol.
Target Rifle
Sling-supported target rifle on paper.
Training
Instruction and introductory shoots, kept separate from match series.
Trap
Rising clay targets going away from the line.
Wingshooting
Live-bird and field shotgun sport.
Xtreme Steel
XSSSA practical rifle on natural terrain: target recognition, range estimation, wind, and the gear you can carry.