founded in 1907 as the international shooting union (), and then changing its name in 1998, the issf affiliates nowadays over 150 national shooting federations from africa, americas, asia, europe and oceania. the issf presidency is held by mr. vladimir lisin, a russian steel tycoon since the 30th of november 2018. mr. lisin was also president of the european shooting confederation until october 2021. the issf headquarters is in munich, germany.