Posted March 3, 2017 10:10 am by Comments

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Note: This article was originally posted on NRA Blog: http://bit.ly/2lBP8He

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USA -(Ammoland.com)- Competitive shooting is just like karate, although there’s a lot less punching and kicking each other in the face.

The big similarities between martial arts and competitive shooting disciplines have to do with the whole idea of classification. The word classification means “the act or process of putting people or things into groups based on ways that they are alike.” In this context, you can think of classification as grouping people of similar skill level together for the purpose of healthy competition.

In karate, you’d never have a tournament where a black belt challenges a yellow belt. At the very least, you wouldn’t want to be the yellow belt in that matchup. Competition is more meaningful if those of the same proficiency, as demonstrated by their belt achievement, compete against each other.

Shooter classifications accomplish the exact same thing.


5 Shooting Classifications

To create equitable competitions, the NRA places competitors into five different classification buckets depending on how well they shoot over time. The classes are:

Marksman
Sharpshooter
Expert
Master
High …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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