Sports shooting target and corresponding launching device and apparatuses

A sports shooting target made of a biodegradable material, the target having a rotational axis (z) and attachment means configured for releasable attachment of the target to a launching head of a launching device, wherein the target is provided with trajectory stabilizing means that are configured to stabilize the trajectory of the target by gyro effect caused by rotation about said rotational axis (z) which stabilizing means further function as propelling means that cause forward movement of the target along its trajectory due to the rotation about said rotational axis (z), when the target is rotating, wherein said stabilizing means comprises a fan comprising fan blades that rotates in unison with the target, when the target rotates, such that the stabilizing means both provides said stabilizing gyro effect and forward propulsion (movement) of the target along a chosen trajectory wherein:

• the sports shooting target comprises a hub portion configured for releasable attachment to a corresponding portion of a launching head of a launching device;
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• the hub portion is provided with an inner circumferential surface facilitating release of the target from said portion of the launching head and defining an inner space;
• the target comprises a plurality of concentric ring members arranged about the rotational axis (z) of the target at different distances from the rotational axis (z) and outside the hub portion;
• the stabilizing means comprises first fan blades that extend radially from the hub portion to the ring member provided at the largest distance from the rotational axis (z);
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• wherein the hub portion further comprises inwardly sloping surfaces that converge towards the longitudinal rotational axis (z) of the target, wherein the sloping surfaces have similar slope angles relative to the longitudinal axis (z), whereby the hub portion of the target is attachable to the launching head from either side of the target.