Gas pistol

Japanese: ガスピストル - がすぴすとる
Gas pistol

…Shooting competitions are broadly divided into clay shooting, which uses shotguns, and rifle shooting. Rifle shooting is shooting with a gun that has a barrel, so it is divided into rifle shooting and pistol shooting. In a broad sense, shooting with bows and crossbows is also considered shooting, but the performance of firearms has improved dramatically compared to those, so shooting competitions have become popular worldwide as a sport in which people compete in shooting skills with firearms. Another sport that uses firearms is hunting. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gas pistol" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…射撃競技は,散弾銃を使用するクレー射撃とライフル射撃に大別される。さらにライフル射撃は,銃腔(じゆうこう)に腔旋(こうせん)が切ってある銃を使った射撃であり,いわゆるライフル射撃とピストル射撃に分類される。広義には弓,弩(ど)などによるものも射撃だが,銃器の性能がそれらと比較し格段に向上したことで,射撃競技は銃器での射技を競うスポーツとして世界的に普及している。なお,銃器を使用する他のスポーツとしては狩猟がある。…

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