A national rifle team is a traveling competitive marksmanship team from a country. Several countries field a national rifle team, such as Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Competitions are often a week long and have international participants.[1]
The National Rifle Team match was also the name of a competition held in the United States beginning in 1902 and often had international participation.
- ^ Morrow, Shayne. "A straight shooter (and then some): Local 17-year-old heading to England to compete with the Canada's national rifle team", Alberni Valley Times, Alberni, British Columbia, volume 54, number 97, May 21, 2003, page 1. (subscription required)