r/canadaguns • u/22GageEnthusiast • 24d ago

Competitions/matches Recently started my journey on becoming an "Olympic" sports shooter.

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Recently started attending bullseye/sport pistol practices at the gun club. I also plan to compete in sanctioned SFC matches as well. This is the gun that I've chosen to borrow from the club in the meantime. It's a Ruger Mark II Target. The gun belongs to the club but I will stick to using this exact model every time so I can build familiarity with it.

Hopefully by the end of the year I will have accumulated enough practice sessions and matches to get an exemption letter so I can buy my own "Olympic" style handgun.

I know the state of firearm laws in Canada are trash at the moment but I will continue to enjoy the sport/hobby any way I can.

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u/One_Salary_9068 23d ago

So forget about the 50m Olympic bullseye discipline; it was removed from the Olympics in 2020. What's left is the 25m rapid fire pistol event. This consists of shooting at 5 targets with 5 .22 caliber bullets in less than 5 seconds per shot. Besides, rumors say they are going to remove this discipline too. When that happens, well, that's game over—no more exemptions

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u/22GageEnthusiast 23d ago

"Rumours say"......can you back that up with actually sources? Or are you just another Liberal Party plant trolling the sub?

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u/One_Salary_9068 23d ago

Are you crazy 🤌🏼 .All im saying is, lets hurry up and lets all do it before they take out. And by the way, Summer olympic are every 4 years 😁