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Manufacturers Offer Discounts
On Steel Targets
Soon after the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced a Steel Target Grant Program to provide support for shooting ranges that plan to begin or expand Ruger Rimfire Challenge target-shooting events, a flood of applications poured in, forcing closure of new grant applications. The submitted applications were for a total of 26 steel target grant packages worth $30,000, for targets suitable for both indoor and outdoor target shooting ranges.
Published on May 1, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (0) | READ MORELocal Boy Scouts Councils
Apply for Grants from NSSF
For the third year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation will make available a total of $100,000 in challenge grants to encourage local Boy Scouts of America Councils to develop or expand their activities in target shooting and marksmanship.
Published on April 17, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (6) | READ MORENational Junior Olympic
Shooting Championships
Continue with Womens Rifle
The celebration of youth competitive shooting presses on into its second week Tuesday with the start of the Womens Air Rifle competition for the 2013 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC) at the United States Olympic Training Center, April 9-12 in Colorado Springs.
Published on April 9, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (4) | READ MOREFNH USA Partners with Peacemaker National Training Center
FNH USA will partner with Peacemaker National Training Center (PNTC), one of the largest competitive shooting facilities in the U.S., to support enhancements to Peacemakers main shooting complex, Liberty Range located in Gerrardstown, West Virginia, and a separate 250-acre area used for 3-gun competition.
Published on April 3, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MORENew Finals Format:
'Zero-Start' Shakes up Rifle Shooting
The game of competitive shooting changed at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Rifle Championships in Colorado Springs.
Published on February 20, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (7) | READ MORECalifornia Guardsman claims top honors
at Small Arms Championship
A California National Guardsman needed an extra suitcase to haul away the hardware he collected at this year's U.S. Army Small Arms Championship held at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 9-10.
Published on February 13, 2013 | READ COMMENTS (4) | READ MOREMossberg Sponsoring Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals
The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) announced that O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., will be one of the major sponsors of the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship. The 2013 Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championship will take place February 21-23 on the indoor ranges of the Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Published on November 28, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (0) | READ MOREEight Assistant Coaches Added to USA Shootings Re-Structured Shotgun Program
USA Shootings National Shotgun Coach Todd Graves (Hamilton, Ga.) has assigned eight highly-respected coaches to assist and participate in the formation of USA Shootings re-structured Shotgun program.
Published on November 28, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (0) | READ MOREU.S. Army Small Arms Championships Slated for January
The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, in conjunction with the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, will host the 2013 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships Jan 28-Feb. 8.
Published on November 27, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MORECMP Develops New Competition Tracker
The Civilian Marksmanship Program recently rolled out elements of its new Competition Tracker database program, which will allows competitors and clubs to update their own information, enter matches, get results, view historic match records and more.
Published on November 7, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (7) | READ MOREDel-Ton Introduces
New Rifle for 2013
Elizabethtown, NC-based Del-Ton has introduced a new rifle 2013 designed for the sport shooter. The DTI Evolution, $1300, weighs 6.5 pounds and is built for sporting applications, but in particular 3-gun competition. The DTI Evolution will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2013.
Published on September 26, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (8) | READ MORECombat-wounded vet ready
to make Paralympic history
Years of determination, hard work and resiliency have led Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson on the cusp of making history at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Published on August 28, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (5) | READ MORENSSF Offers Colleges $300,000 in Grants To Expand Collegiate Shooting Programs
(GunReports.com) To encourage collegiate target shooting at both varsity and club levels, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is inviting schools to apply for a total of $300,000 in grants to be awarded through its Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative. NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has awarded more than $650,000 to 75 colleges to help establish, expand and sustain shooting clubs and teams. Grant applications are available at
Published on August 20, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (15) | READ MOREBernosky wins 10th NRA National High Power Rifle Championship
Carl Bernosky of Ashland, Pennsylvania, won the 2012 National Rifle Association High Power Rifle Championship held at Camp Perry, Ohio, August 5-10. His second consecutive win, this year marked Bernosky's tenth National High Power title.
Published on August 20, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MORE$5K+ prizes available
in Youth Wildlife Art Contest
The National Rifle Association is now accepting entries for the 2012 George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest. Running annually since 1987, the contest is open to students in grades 1 through 12, including home-schooled children. NRA membership is not required. The deadline to enter is November 5, 2012.
Published on August 14, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREAnti-Hunting Twitter Mob
Urges Olympic Shotgunner
Corey Cogdell to Shoot Herself
Corey Cogdell is a Trap Shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, placing 11th in Womens Trap. She also hunts wild game. After Cogdell published photos on Facebook of herself posing alongside animals she killed, anti-hunting activists took to Twitter to threaten and insult her, the political website Twitchy.com
Published on August 6, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (12) | READ MOREEmmons Takes Bronze in Mens 50-meter 3-Position-Rifle Event
New Jersey resident Matt Emmons finished third in the mens 50-meter 3-position-rifle event earlier this week.
Published on August 6, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (4) | READ MORECurrent London 2012 Olympic Shooting Results
Here are current 2012 shooting-event results from the London Olympic Games, with finishes for U.S. shooters.
Published on August 6, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREDouble trap shooters
ambushed in London
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shotgun shooters Staff Sgt. Josh Richmond and Sgt. Glenn Eller fell short of their lofty expectations in Olympic double trap Wednesday at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Published on August 2, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREUSA's Vincent Hancock wins gold
in men's skeet shooting
Ignoring rain during the final, the USA's Vincent Hancock won his second gold medal in in mens skeet shooting. His score of 148 broke the Olympic skeet record of 145 he set en route to his first Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.
Published on July 31, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MOREAmerican Gray finishes fifth in Olympics first medal event
Jamie Gray, wife of a U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldier, finished in fifth place overall in the 10-meter air rifle after scoring a 499.7 in the first of her two Olympic events.
Published on July 28, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREOlympic Shooting Sports
on the Rise, But Not in the UK
The shooting sports are more popular than ever across the globe. With the lineups for the 2012 London Olympics set, there are a total of 390 shooters from 108 countries competing at the games. The number of competitors places shooting in the top four sports at the Olympics and the total countries represented is up from the two previous games, according to NRA-ILA.
Published on July 24, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (19) | READ MOREA Look at America's
Olympic Shotgun Shooters
Twenty U.S. Olympic Team shooters have begun their journeys to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. With just days left until the Opening Ceremony, here's a brief look at the shotgun shooters.
Published on July 24, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MOREMatarese Claims
US Open Sporting Clays Title
Anthony Matarese, Jr., beat out Bill McGuire and Wendell Cherry for top honors at the 2012 U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championships held July 17-22 at Caribou Gun Club in LeSueur, MN.
Published on July 24, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREKim Rhode Chases History in London
As she stood on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, a gold medal around her neck, 17-year-old Kim Rhode never dreamed that 16 years later, shed be chasing history across the Atlantic Ocean in London.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (5) | READ MOREGun Club of Americas GunStock
Event Raises More Than $13K
The Gun Club of America (GCA) recently presented a check for $13,049.50 to The Pathway Home.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREStreamlight to Field
All-Female Shooting Team
Streamlight will sponsor the only all-female shooting team at the 10th Annual Shooting Industry Masters competition July 20-21 at the Rockcastle Shooting Center, Park Mammoth Resort, Park City, KY.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MORESinclair International To Sponsor
NRA High-Power Rifle Championships
Sinclair International will sponsor the upcoming NRA National High-Power Rifle Championships taking place August 6-10, 2012, at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (5) | READ MORE2012 NRA Youth Education Summit
awards college scholarships
The National Rifle Association awarded $15,000 in college scholarships to attendees of the 2012 Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.), a seven-day expense paid educational experience in Washington, DC for rising high school juniors and seniors.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MOREBrian Zins wins 11th
NRA National Pistol Championship
Brian 'Gunny' Zins of Poland, Ohio, won his 11th National Pistol title this weekend during the NRA's National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio. Shooting an aggregate score of 2649-142x, Zins finished three points ahead of his nearest competitor.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (3) | READ MOREWilkinson Crowned Champion
in the FCSA Hunter Class Score
with his Steyr HS.50
Using an out-of-the-box Steyr HS.50 long-range precision rifle, Walter Wilkinson, 56, of Edgewood, NM, bested a field of 31competitors to take the Hunter Class Score World Championship title at the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association World Championships at the NRA Whittington Center near Raton, NM, held July 1st and 2nd.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MOREMarksmanship Unit Soldier
reinvents career, set to make history
Nine years after losing his leg in a rocket-propelled grenade attack while on patrol in Iraq, Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson has reinvented his Army career. Going from an Infantry squad leader to a wounded warrior, he is now a Paralympic shooter.
Published on July 17, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MORESmallbore Champs Get
Benchmade Knives, Benelli Shotguns
Benchmade Knife Company is supplying knives for the winners and second-place finishers in the Smallbore 3-Position and Prone Championships, held at the NRA's National Pistol and Rifle Championships in Camp Perry, which began this week.
Published on July 10, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MOREMetric Matches Kick off
Smallbore Summer Action
Is there just not enough competition going on for you even with Camp Perry? Can't wait until Camp Perry's rifle phases? Good, because NRA's third annual Metric National Championship is about to start, according to NRA's GOblog.
Published on July 10, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (6) | READ MORENRA's Facebook Page
Reaches 1,500,000 Likes
NRA's Facebook page has exploded in popularity, and this week reached its latest milestone of 1,500,000 likes.
Published on June 26, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (64) | READ MOREU.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
Welcomes New Commander
(GunReports.com) -- Soldiers, civilians, friends and family members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit welcomed a new commander on Wednesday to the Home of Champions in Fort Benning, Ga.
Published on June 26, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (5) | READ MORERemington and Bushmaster
Sponsor Major Rifle Matches
(GunReports.com) Remington and Bushmaster recently sponsored two of the biggest long range and high-power rifle competitions of the year at the Remington-Bushmaster Open-Long-Range Regional Championship and the Freedom Group Classic- High-Power Regional Championship.
Published on June 26, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MORENRA Pistol Trainers
Offer Two New Courses
NRA's Education & Training Department will offer two new courses this summer: Defensive Pistol and Certified Advanced Pistol Instructor.
Published on June 11, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (5) | READ MOREShoot For Gold Fundraiser to Benefit
USA Shooting Team Headed to London
The Lone Star State will be the center of a shooting-style send-off for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team for Shooting, June 15-16. Pioneer Natural Resources, the independent exploration and production company based in Irving, Texas, alongside Fayez Sarofim & Co. will host the Shoot for Gold Sporting Clays Fundraiser event with monies raised set to support the USA Shooting Teams participation in London.
Published on June 5, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MORESzarenski and Mowrer
to Represent USA
in Mens 50m Free Pistol
in London
Sergeant First Class Daryl Szarenski (WCAP/Seale, Ala.) finished the Mens 50m Free Pistol match in the same place he began itfirst. Szarenski overcame a broken pistol and finished the match with his back up trigger. He finished nearly 12 points ahead of the competition in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore in Fort Benning, Ga.
Published on June 5, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MOREShikar Safari Club International Foundation
Builds Trap Bunker & Skeet Field
to Support USA Shooting Team
On Friday, June 1, representatives of the Shikar Safari Club International Foundation joined with the USA Shooting National Team Members for Shotgun to officially fire the ceremonial first shots from the new international trap bunker the club helped construct.
Published on June 5, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (2) | READ MOREShooter targets Olympic Trials
after gold medal performance
in Italy
Untying a bag of experience that comes from being a three-time Olympian, Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parker, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, used some of that knowledge and claimed a gold medal at the Italy Rifle and Pistol World Cup May 17 in Milan.
Published on May 22, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MOREHigh Drama in the Desert
to Close 2012 U.S. Olympic
Team Trials for Shotgun
The 525 targets thrown in Mens Skeet during the two-part U.S. Olympic Team Trials werent nearly enough to decide one of the nominees for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Sunday in Tucson, Ariz. For three worthy adversaries, Olympic fate would go to sudden-death with a 25-target shoot-out.
Published on May 22, 2012 | READ COMMENTS (1) | READ MORE