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.
[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.
[1] At one time, Sir Henry St John Halford was the captain of the British National Rifle Team.
[5] This was one of the first teams from the United States to participate abroad in international competitions, which took place in Great Britain in the summer of 1875.
[10] The National Rifle Team match in 1909 was open to all branches of the military and the organized state militias and was held at Camp Perry, Ohio.