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Why You Need To Attend NRA’s Advanced Long-Range School
First rule of long-range: Know what you are doing and learn the fundamentals before spending big bucks on gear. And know the value of a 100-yard zero!
2019 NRA National Pistol Championship
This is the last year the NRA National Pistol Championship will be conducted at longtime home Camp Perry. Registration is open until July 9, 2019
Ginny Thrasher Nominated For NCAA Woman Of The Year
Thrasher is one of 585 individuals that have been nominated for 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year honors
National Smallbore Outdoor Rifle Championship Centennial
“The adoption by the N.R.A. of a standardized course for practice with the small-bore should throw open a field of sport which will be especially attractive to boys as well as to the more mature riflemen who have learned that practice with the .22 calibre rifle is worthy of the highest skill. Also in States where there is a widespread interest in rifle practice among boys, the establishment of ranges should present no very great difficulties.”
—“Arms and the Man,” October 4, 1919
Looking Back At The 30th Anniversary NRA Bianchi Cup
With the 2008 addition of an every-man’s Production division, factory-issue sidearms and the shooters that were wielding them were eligible for more prize money than the pros for the first time at Bianchi the following year
Limited Edition Inland D-Day Ithaca Model 37 Combat Shotgun
Out of production since 1975, the Ithaca Model 37 Trench Gun is back just in time for the 75th D-Day anniversary. Only 100 will be made by Inland Manufacturing
New: Kestrel Weather Meter with Hornady 4DOF Solver
Kestrel Ballistics' highly-anticipated new handheld meter for long-range shooters is available now
Smith & Wesson Ships 3 Million M&P Shield Pistols
Since 2012, the M&P Shield pistol series has been a bona fide phenomenon. Now, Smith & Wesson has shipped over three million of the popular popular personal protection pistols
Jessie Harrison Captures 2019 USPSA Area 7 Ladies Open Championship
Jessie Harrison continues to shine in 2019, excelling at many top pistol competitions around the country
Michigan Junior Bullseye Pistol Competitive Shooter Anthony Wilder
Wilder on bullseye pistol: “[The] challenge, definitely the challenge of it … beating my scores that I have shot in the years past, every year always beating myself.”
Gallery: 2019 NRA Collegiate Rifle All-Americans
Pictures of the recipients of highest honor the NRA bestows upon collegiate rifle shooters, the All-American team nominations
2019 SCTP/SASP National Championships Could Shatter Previous Attendance Record
As of Friday, June 14, registrations for the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Nationals are already 20 percent ahead of the previous attendance record. There are youth athletes from 28 states already signed up!
5 Common Mistakes To Avoid At Your First Service Rifle Match
Here are five easy-to-avoid mistakes that former 'Top Shot' contestant Frank Melloni made during his first Service Rifle match
Schachle Takes Top Spot At 2019 D-Day Matches
This distinguished high power rifle high master shooter repeated as the overall winner of the 2019 Talladega D-Day Matches in Alabama
Results: First Annual Under-25 National High Power Rifle Championship
Under-25 F-Class rifle action at the NRA Whittington Center. This was the first year for this dynamic new championship
Conquering Cataracts
Cataracts doesn’t mean your shooting career is over. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly on having cataracts surgery as a competitive shooter.
AMU’s Cleland Fires First-Ever Service Rifle Perfect Score
U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Cleland sets new national record with a perfect score of 800 with a service rifle at the 2019 Charlie Smart Memorial Regional in Oak Ridge, TN, on June 2
Enlow Leaves Top Spot At USA Shooting
Keith Enlow officially resigned as USA Shooting CEO earlier this week for another professional opportunity.
4 Easy Mods To Improve Reloading-Die Performance
These four tricks will aid you in your quest for more accurate loaded ammunition.
Junior High Power Shooter Shannon Moriarty
Like father, like daughter. Shannon Moriarty and her dad, Christopher, enjoy shooting high power rifle together