Editing Practical shooting (section)

{{Short description|Shooting sport based around precision, power, and speed}}
{{Infobox sport
| name       = Action shooting
| image      = File:Open division master class competition shooter.jpg
| alt        = 
| imagesize  = 
| caption    = An Open division competitor during a stage.
| union      = [[International Practical Shooting Confederation]]
| first      = 1950s
| region     = Worldwide
| contact    = No
| team       = Yes
| mgender    = Yes
| type       = [[Shooting sport]]
| equipment  = [[Handgun]]s, [[rifle]]s, and/or [[shotgun]]s
| venue      = [[Shooting range]]
| olympic    = 
| world      = 
| paralympic = 
}}
'''Practical shooting''', also known as '''dynamic shooting''' or '''action shooting''', is a set of [[shooting sports]] in which the competitors try to unite the three principles of [[wiktionary:precision|precision]], power, and speed, by using a firearm of a certain minimum [[Power factor (shooting sports)|power factor]] to score as many points as possible during the shortest time (or sometimes within a set maximum time). While scoring systems vary between organizations, each measures the time in which the course is completed, with penalties for inaccurate shooting.

The courses are called "stages", and are shot individually by the shooters. Usually the shooter must move and shoot from several positions, fire under or over obstacles and in other unfamiliar positions. There are no standard exercises or set arrangement of the targets, and the courses are often designed so that the shooter must be inventive, and therefore the solutions of exercises sometimes vary between shooters.