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)

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    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

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    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)