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An introduction to the sport of rifle, Nevada’s Fred Harvey

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Ryan Freeberg/Nevada Sagebrush. The Nevada Rifle team practices early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 5. Rifle is ranked in the top 20 in the nation.

Rifle requires a steady hand and even steadier mind. It’s a very different sport than anything typically found on a college campus. It doesn’t take brute force or a cunning mind, it only takes a focused one.

Athletes use air rifles and/or smallbore caliber rifles — smallbore refers to a caliber of .22 or .223 inches in diameter — and are tasked with hitting a target an average of 10 meters away for air, and 50 meters for smallbore.