If you regularly compete in sports shooting competitions, you will have to travel with your firearms a lot. In some cases, you may even have to travel abroad and take international flights. Firearms and even competition airguns can be dangerous if mishandled, and there are also some laws and legal matters you have to know when traveling with your sports shooting equipment.

For competition shooters, especially new ones, an upcoming tournament can be a cause for increased anxiety. For elite shooters, better performance in tournaments can mean bigger endorsement deals and sponsorships.

For the rest of us, here are some drills and techniques that you can use to calm yourself and focus before a competition to perform your best.

Purnavu Muiza is one of the biggest and most well know hunting shops in Latvia. They also have their own private shooting range located just underneath the shop that is now equipped with INTARSO SQ80 electronic scoring target. Situated in the suburbs of Latvia’s capital city Riga, the facility is well known by hunters and shooting enthusiasts in all three Baltic states.

Warming up and cooling down are vital parts of any recreational shooting. Expert sport shooters will have a vigorously planned warm-up and cool-down plan. An advanced sharpshooter will understand the benefits of keeping these valuable techniques within their routine.

Shooting is a sport that requires discipline, strength, flexibility, and concentration and, like any other elite athlete, competitive shooters must fuel their bodies with proper nutrition to maximize the quality of their performance.

There are some important things that you need to know before you visit a shooting range for the first time.

According to the ISSF rating, Agate ranks 9th in the Women’s Air Pistol discipline. Agate shoots 10-meter air pistol and 25-meter pistol. Trained by her coach, Vilnis Celmiņš, she is now on her way to Tokyo to represent Latvia at the 2021 Olympic Games.

Shooting has been an Olympic sport since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Let’s take a look at shooting sports’ history in the Olympic Games.

There are many things you can do to practice shooting from home. Even if you don’t live in a rural area where you can shoot from your back yard.