Shotguns. No, and no.
It’d be nice if they had a long range category with real rifles. Most countries are already uncomfortable letting their people have access to Olympic pea shooters, so I don’t think we’ll ever see 1000 meter shooting as an event.
You do know shooting sport guns are built specifically for shooting sports at the Olympic level, right? You seem to think power is more important than accuracy. I doubt any of the athletes agree.
But I’m sure there’s some sort of “Redneck Games” or something where people use AR-15s with bump stocks and Colt .45s to target shoot. You should check YouTube.
I’m just not impressed with any marksmanship that maxes out at 50 meters. Regardless of how powerful a gun is it’s not impressive to be accurate at such a short range. I don’t care about how powerful the gun is, I just want to see it fling something far enough to be interesting.
I’m sure we’re all sorry that the world’s best target shooters don’t impress you. Unfortunately, no one took you into consideration when arranging the Olympics.
You know they hit about within a half inch circle at 55 yards. That is with iron sights and the weapon not supported! This is really remarkable. If my top of the head calculation is correct this is about 1 MOA. Better than the hardware error alone of older/ lower end guns.
It is still super boring to watch however.
