The first shooting sportsclub (Luzerner Schiessgilde) was founded in 1446, but the first contests in shooting were in Zürich in 1772. In that same city the International Shooting Sports Federation was founded in 1907 under the name Union International de Tir. The first World Championships had already taken place in 1897, and shooting is also part of the Olympics from the beginning in 1896. Disciplines in pistols, rifles and shotguns, and rules have variated thru time.