27 Jun 2017

First-person shooter

From This Way Up, 10:15 am on 27 June 2017

Practical shooting is a gun sport where the emphasis is on moving quickly between targets against the clock.

This Way Up's Simon Morton heads to a competition at the Rotorua Pistol Club – one the biggest and best range facilities in the Southern Hemisphere – to see how it's done.

Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas (accuracy, power, and speed) is the motto of the International Practical Shooting Confederation.

These are the key qualities you'll need to succeed at practical shooting, a gun sport where the emphasis is on moving quickly between targets against the clock, rather than taking aim and shooting from one spot.