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Paloma Ferrea (Iron Dove) Pistol Club was organized in the spring of 1974 in Phoenix Arizona. The intent was to import the sport of Rifle Silhouette into the realm of pistol shooting. While this had already been done for large caliber pistols and pistols firing rifle cartridges over a course of fire out to 200 yards, it had not been done for smaller pistol calibers. Consequently, steel targets were scaled down to meet a standard at 40 yards for the Chickens (Gallina), 50 yards for the Pigs (Javelina), 75 yards for the Turkeys (Guajalote) and 100 yards for the Rams (Borrego). There are considerable differences of opinion as to where this new game was first conceived. El Paso and Tucson also claim this honor... Finally, we got a permanent home at Black Canyon Range after shooting on the Small Bore Range there for several years. Matches in Arizona were also held in several other cities; Tucson, Page, Safford, Payson, Prescott, Douglas, Sierra Vista, Nogales, Tombstone, Yuma come to..