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Return and Renaissance: U.S. International Rifle Shooting 1948-1966
After the United States withdrew from International Shooting Union sanctioned competition, U.S. international shooting was confined to the annual Dewar Team match and the Pershing Team competition.
Details Make the Difference
Don’t only ask trainers how questions, ask your trainer why. If the answer doesn’t make sense, keep asking for clarification until it does, or ask someone else who may explain differently.
Handloading Safety: Extrapolating Beyond Your Data, Part 1
Focus on not inadvertently exceeding the boundaries of known, safe data.
CCW Guardian Announces Partnership with Champion Shooter Julie Golob
Premiere Concealed Carry Permit Phone Application Partners with Professional Shooter to Develop Training and Resources for CCW Guardian App
NRA Announces 2016 Golden Bullseye Awards Winners
NRA Publications will present its annual Golden Bullseye Awards and Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award at an invitation-only breakfast on Friday, May 20, during the 2016 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Louisville, KY.
Cabot Guns to Debut Pistol Set Built from Meteorite
For the man or woman who has everything (on Earth), Cabot will offer a mirror image set of pistols constructed from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite.
Competitors' Corner: January 2016
There will be a delay in the change in the classification system for Silhouette competition. This is due to a delay in the upgrading of the NRA web site that was to coincide with this change to make it all flow together seamlessly. It will likely be 2017 before such changes move forward.
Monthly USPSA Matches at the CMP’s Talladega Marksmanship Park
Competitors were challenged at a USPSA match last November in Talladega, the sixth USPSA Match held at the park since it opened last year.
6 Key Tenets of Service Rifle Handloading
Some cardinal rules to help new gas-gun handloaders with safety and efficiency.
Throwback Thursday: Camp Perry 1986
In 1986, the NRA High Power Rifle Championship pitted two former champions going head to head. Patrick McCann and defending champion G. David Tubb, two of the most prolific performers in Camp Perry history, did not disappoint this year.
NRA Adaptive Shooting Program Vision
According to Disabled-world.com, the June 2014 Active People Survey out of England found that “72.1 percent of disabled people take part in no sport or physical activity, compared to 47.8 percent of non-disabled people.
50 Shooters Salute Jim Clark
Saturday’s funeral service at Shreveport’s University Church of Christ, honoring the late Jim Clark Jr., got off to a rousing start under the direction of longtime friend Curtis Shipley.
Steve Angeli—Perfect for 640 Shots
Over a four day stretch in June, Steve Angeli lay on the Palmyra Pennsylvania Sportsman's Association firing line, perhaps enjoying a home field advantage because that is his club, and shot 640 tens and X’s.
Taya Kyle Wins 2015 American Sniper Showdown
It was touted as the $1,000,000 shootout, and it had two of the nation's most recognizable names on the firing line. But when the shooting was done, the real winner was the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.
McPhail, Sanderson, Tagliapietra Earn Top Discipline Honors in 2015
Olympians Michael McPhail, Keith Sanderson as well as Paralympic hopeful Mike Tagliapietra have been named USA Shooting’s Athletes of the Year in their respective disciplines.
Plaque Honoring Ruby Fox Debuts at NRA Museum
The National Firearms Museum recently debuted a new plaque honoring Ruby Fox in its “Olympic and International Shooting” display. The plaque features a famous picture of Fox holding her signature Hämmerli 208, along with a gold NRA National Championship medallion she won at Camp Perry.
Handloading: Choosing Optimal Bullet Seating Length
Even within the same caliber (e.g., .223 Rem. or .308 Win.), there are many different chamber designs and each can require different COALs for best accuracy.
Geissele Scope Mount Preview
After having a fairly detailed tour of the production and an understanding of the monumental research and development that went into this project all I can say is WOW! This will be the new high water mark of Picatinny scope mount systems.
Milsurp Bullseye Pistols Possible, If Not Immediate
The first U.S. military surplus firearms released by the government since the early decades following WWII is now a possibility. The recently passed National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 allows the Secretary of the Army to annually transfer up to 10,000 surplus M1911/M1911A1 pistols to the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety (CMP) for subsequent sale to competitors and collectors.
Brian Zins On Fixing a Bad Sustained Fire String In Precision Pistol
Sustained fire in precision pistol shooting has to be one of the toughest things to master. Most shooters have heard the saying, “Win a match on the long line and lose in the short line.” This is very true, and fixing a bad sustained fire string comes into play with this phrase.