This is a revolver, rifle, shotgun competition, developed within the SSAA to take advantage of Australians pioneering heritage. The discipline was developed to promote the colonial period and to re-enact historical events where exploration, mixing of social cultures, searching for mineral wealth, mining and early settlement were taking place.
The Colonial period has been defined as the years between circa 1850 and not later than 1901 the Year of Federation.
The Australian exploration period is recognized as lasting much longer into the 1920's with the opening up of sections of the Northern Territory. There are a number of different categories in Colonial Action - each designed to cater for different colonial firearms.

Within the SSAA, muzzleloading involves competitive shooting with replicas of firearms used during Australia's colonial days.
Many of the excellent replicas available are exact in every detail and it surprises many people just how accurate these firearms can be in the hands of proficient shooters.
Being in touch with the guns the early settlers, farmers and bushrangers used transports you back in history. Many serious muzzleloaders have tried other types of shooting and have switched to what are lovingly described as 'smoke poles'.

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The SSAA’s gundog discipline was established to promote the use of trained gundogs in the field. Responsible hunters ensure that game is quickly dispatched and retrieved, and the gundog has been fulfilling this role for centuries.
However, all gundogs require training, and the Working Gundog Association of Australia (WGAA) is committed to providing gundog owners with training opportunities.
The SSAA provides a system of titles recognizing excellence in the traditional gundog tasks, and these awards are keenly sought after by handlers. All dogs competing in WGAA activities are registered on the WGAA data base.

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Broadly speaking, Rifle Metallic Silhouette (RMS) is a sport in which rifles are used to knock down metal targets at a variety of distances. Matches cater for centrefire, rimfire and air rifles. The sport originated in Mexico in the early 1950s and arrived in Australia in the late 1970s. RMS is a sanctioned discipline of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA).

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Most disciplines within SSAA have a Junior component so if you are keen to shoot a particular discipline, make contact with the relevant Chairman via these website contacts. Your National or State Championships run in conjunction with your chosen discipline and all Juniors are separated into two categories for those right up to the age of 15 years and then from 15 years to 18 years of age.

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Shotgunning is one of the original SSAA disciplines with the original set of rules established in 1988. With the increasing popularity of Sporting Clays or Simulated Field events SSAA developed and adopted versions of 5-Stand and Sporting Clays to promote as SSAA matches.
In January 2006 a new Shotgun Rule Book was approved with rules for these matches together with rules for High/Low Field Shotgun events.

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