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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