Indoor Silhouette
Indoor silhouette is shot on the Falls Township Rifle & Pistol Association's 15 position indoor range. Participants may use .22 caliber pistols, .22 caliber rifles or Air Rifles (Springer’s, Piston, Co2 or Pre-charged) with iron sites or scopes. There are 40 shots per relay. The cost is $2.00 for members and $5.00 for non-members. Set up begins at 6 pm.
A silhouette is a steel profile of an animal (chicken, pig, turkey, or ram) standing on a pedestal. The object of the game is to knock as many silhouettes as possible off their pedestals, shooting one round at each silhouette. It is a very simple competition, with very simple scoring: You get a 1 for knocking an animal off its stand, a 0 for anything else. Although silhouette is an easy game to learn, it is not an easy game to master. The animals are rather small and the distances are rather large; you must shoot offhand (standing); a moderate breeze can move a bullet or a pellet the width of an animal; your concentration becomes more difficult to hold as you knock down five in a row, six, .... These factors make silhouette an endless challenge.
Air Rifle Silhouette at FTR&PA.
We shoot Air Rifle silhouette through out the year, October-May on the indoor range, June – September on the 50 yard range every Thursday night, and March – October every 3rd sunday of the month
The distances for Air Rife are;
Chickens 20 yds.
Pigs 30 yds
Turkeys 36yds
Rams 45 yds.
All Out door matches are NRA approved.
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