Free Rifle

Free rifle is the former name of four ISSF shooting events:

  • 300 metre rifle three positions
  • 300 metre rifle prone
  • 50 metre rifle three positions (for men; the female version was called standard rifle and then sport rifle)
  • 50 metre rifle prone (for men; the female version was called standard rifle and then sport rifle)

Famous quotes containing the words free and/or rifle:

    “I will never accept that I got a free ride. It wasn’t free at all. My ancestors were brought here against their will. They were made to work and help build the country. I worked in the cotton fields from the age of seven. I worked in the laundry for twenty- three years. I worked for the national organization for nine years. I just retired from city government after twelve-and-a- half years.”
    —Johnnie Tillmon (b. 1926)

    “At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
    —Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)