CM FEDECAT is not a new body in fact it developed from the International Union of Hunting (UIC) created in Switzerland in 1921 to cover the disciplines of live pigeon, clay target and running deer. Britain was a founder member. The UIC established the rules for shooting sports. Then around 1969 the various international shooting groups developed in their own right and agreements were made which saw the UIT take sole control of the Olympic disciplines, and the other bodies shared the hunting and non-Olympic disciplines. These other international shooting groups developed into the CM FEDECAT and others that we see today.
Fedecat-UK was set up at the invitation of the World body CM FEDECAT in 2014 to continue the UK’s historic links by becoming an official member representing British shooters. This official membership allows British shooters to compete in the international calendar, embracing all the disciplines here and abroad.
Fedecat-UK is a recognized sports federation based in the UK. It is the only federation in the UK that can select GBR teams to compete in International competitions of the CM FEDECAT world calendar. Like other UK bodies it is also a 'not for profit' organisation.

The Hurlingham Club and Bisley.

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.In 1867 Frank Heathcote (1811-1879) obtained the leave of Mr Naylor to promote pigeon shooting matches at Hurlingham and soon after formed The Hurlingham Club, originally for this purpose and ‘as an agreeable country resort’. The Club went on to lease the estate from Mr Naylor in 1869 and in 1874 acquired the freehold for £27,500.
The pigeon is still the Club’s crest and until 1905 clouds of live pigeons were released each summer from an enclosure near the present Tennis Pavilion. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), an early patron, was a keen shot and his presence ensured the Club’s status and notability from the beginning.
​The Hurlingham Club.
In 1906 the Club embarked on a considerable scheme of improvements to the house and its precincts, for which Sir Edwin Lutyens  was the architect. This was also the year that saw the end of pigeon shooting at Hurlingham
Bisley
The quintessentially English Victorian Clubhouse was originally built in 1865 on Wimbledon Common, where Earl Spencer and the Duke of Cambridge had manorial rights. The Clubhouse acted as the headquarters for advisors to the government on the future of shooting.
​Queen Victoria opened the ranges with the first shot and coincidentally one of the attending councillors was the great grandfather of Bisley Shooting Group’s owner.

All modern day 'competition shooting' started with pigeons back in the 1750's in England

 Pigeon Competition Shooting was established in England in the 1750’s
Here are some quirkier facts.
1. In June 1827 Lord Kennedy and Squire Osbaldeston shot a four day live pigeon match for a bet of 2,000 guineas (£2,200). This was roughly the equivalent of around a quarter of a million pounds by today’s standards.

2. For many years there was an annual pigeon match between selected teams from the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

3. The pigeon employed for competition shooting was the Blue Rock, which was a coastal bird and a natural cliff dweller. 
4. The now universal 2¾ inch shotgun cartridge was originally produced to accommodate the increased load demanded by pigeon shooters when the rules were changed forbidding any bore of gun above that of 12‐bore to be used in competition. Features such as top‐rib extensions giving a treble locking facility, and side clips on the standing breech were also innovations introduced to combat the excessive loads used in live bird competitions.
Other ideas borrowed from wildfowling guns were also often incorporated into the design of the “Blue Rock Pigeon” gun.

5. In some pigeon competitions the one miss and you’re out rule was applied. This meant that the longest unbroken run of kills won the match.

6. As well as prize money, trophies, and occasionally a gun was presented to the winner of a match. Often some very strange prizes were awarded to the successful winners of live pigeon competitions. In rural areas in particular livestock was frequently on offer. 

7. Prior to the introduction of manually operated collapsible box traps and its variants, target pigeons were often released from under an old hat.

8. Much of the terminology from the live pigeon shooting days has been carried over into the inanimate bird shooting of today. For instance the sport itself is called Clay pigeon or Trap Shooting. A “trap” is still used to launch the target into the air and the target itself is universally referred to as a “bird” or a clay “pigeon”. The command “Pull” is still used to instruct the “trapper” when the “bird” is to be released, and a hit is registered as a “kill”, whilst a miss is termed a “lost bird”. Just as a malfunction of the “trap” or a damaged and erratically flying clay today is ruled a “no bird”, so too was its fitful counterpart or a bird that refused to rise in those bygone days when competition wing shooting was in its infancy.