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Industry Legends Julie Golob, Doug Koenig and Jerry Miculek take the lead for Team Smith & Wesson in 2016.

What all started with a .22 rifle Christmas gift from his parents when he was only four, developed into a shooting lifestyle.

One weekend of instruction from six of the world’s best pro shooters.

A multi-fit holster line unlike anything you have seen before.

Safariland continues to innovate competitive shooting gear.

NRA action pistol draws them together not just as father and son, or coach and pupil, but as teammates, comrades, friends.

It drives virtually all action pistol games, and shooters can use it to their advantage.

Doug Koenig, Bruce Piatt and Tony Holmes will be available at Booth #1919. Visitors can learn how their guns run smoother.

Bianchi Cup wheelgunners will be especially interested in the .38 Special offering.

Learning how to handle firearms safely began with a Ruger Single-Six .22 revolver at four years old. Now 18, Brian Nelson still has “his official first gun,” a Henry Youth Model .22.

The Colt Competition Pistol, which is available in .45 ACP or 9mm, offers several features that competitive shooters will appreciate

Return to the Green Valley Rifle and Pistol Club and witness Koenig win an unprecedented 16th Bianchi Cup.

Premiere Concealed Carry Permit Phone Application Partners with Professional Shooter to Develop Training and Resources for CCW Guardian App

Competitors were challenged at a USPSA match last November in Talladega, the sixth USPSA Match held at the park since it opened last year.

The ten top shooting sports moments of 2015, as chosen by the Shooting Sports USA editorial staff.

Wife of American Sniper Takes on World-Renowned Shooting Champion for $1 Million to Benefit Chris Kyle Frog Foundation.

At seventeen, Tim Yackley is one of the top junior shooters in the country. It all started on his fourth birthday when his parents bought him the classic Red Rider BB Gun. His days were spent shooting pop cans in his bac…

Team SIG Captain Max Michel, Jr. won the Steel Master title, along with all three division titles, at the 2015 World Speed Shooting Championships. Michel set a world record in his first-ever Production Division win using…

The National Rifle Association is proud to announce the 2016 dates for its NRA Outdoors 3-Gun Introduction Schools. Registration is now open at www.nraoutdoors.com/schools.

The Bianchi Cup, presented by MidwayUSA, will have a format change for 2016. Everyone will complete the normal 1920 aggregate. The top individuals will compete in a second Championship Event to determine the Cup winners.…

Pro shooter Josh Lentz shares more of his top tips for revolver competition.

This pint-sized tool solves a lot of range problems.

James Avenell of Accuracy X won the inaugural Steamboat Challenge Action Pistol Regional with a score of 1916-168X.

Regardless of the game being shot, there is an optical lens prescription that can get iron sights on target.

The most basic skill set required of action pistol competitors is the one that will begin over 80 percent of all courses of fire—facing the first target in the array, then drawing and engaging it with two rounds when the…

On October 3, Ammo Alley Sporting Center and Training Academy in Hartsburg, Missouri hosted an introduction to competitive shooting class they call “Gun Fun.” The shooting discipline explored in this particular class was…

NRA Action Pistol, IDPA and IPSC competitors take note: SIG Sauer has introduced 125gr .38 Super +P Elite Performance Ammunition in V-Crown jacketed hollow point (JHP) and SIG FMJ full metal jacket loads.

NRA Action Pistol fans, mark your calendar: Midsouth Shooters Supply has been announced as Title Sponsor of the 2016 Crawfish Cup NRA Action Pistol Regional Championship.

Colton Cerino shot his first gun when he was only four years old, a Ruger 22/45 pistol.

Shooters from far and wide traveled to West Virginia to compete at the 2015 NRA World Shooting Championship presented by Magpul in September.

When asked if she ever “plinked” or shot just for fun, Ruby reflected for a moment and answered: “Shooting was always serious. It was a job that I loved. It was reverent. It was always a dress-up performance.”

This October 2-4, the Brownells Lady 3-Gun Pro-Am Challenge East Match will be held at the Clinton House Plantation in Clinton, South Carolina. The match will be limited to 250 female-only competitors, divided into profe…

A revolver's simple appearance can be deceiving, as David outlines in this article about preparing a "wheel gun" for match grade performance.

Nick Atkinson of Texas has won the inaugural Starlight 3-Gun Championship.

Bruce Piatt won the 2015 NRA World Shooting Championship.

It's not often you go to a match where both staff and competitors need to don glow sticks.

The first day of the NRA World Shooting Championship, presented by Magpul started out today with a bang.

This versatile reflex sight can compete in many shooting sports.

Last week, we addressed single-stage vs. progressive presses for the beginning handloader, and made the experience-based case that beginners would be better served by starting on a single-stage press.

Five-time Bianchi Cup Champion Bruce Piatt won his first Heavy Metal Optics Division at the FNH-USA 3-Gun Championship earlier this month.

Bullseye pistol favors accuracy and precision rather than pure speed.

The Starlight 3-Gun Championship is the result of a collaboration between industry leaders and Jim Shepherd, founder of the Outdoor Digital Network. Its goal is to build entertaining and engaging competitions that bring …

A question frequently asked by prospective handloaders: “Should I buy a single-stage press, or a progressive?”

Featuring the NRA World Shooting Championship presented by Magpul and Starlight 3-Gun Championship presented by Timney Triggers.

At age 11, Randi began Cowboy Action Shooting with her grandfather. She moved away from Colorado after earning a degree in Business Marketing and began her career with GLOCK in Georgia. A few years back she left GLOCK, r…

Are you interested in getting involved in Action Shooting? The NRA offers a free downloadable guide that will help give you a better understanding of NRA Action Pistol, as well as the Bianchi Cup National Action Pistol C…

Recently I had the opportunity to shoot my first team 3-gun match. Looking back now and thinking about the other teams and how my team worked together, I realize that there are a few things which make a team successful. …

The Generation III Gun championship has six divisions including Heavy Irons, Heavy Optics, Open, Tactical Irons, Tactical Optics, and Thursday Shooter. Award categories include Junior, Lady, Law Enforcement, Military, Ra…

NRA World Shooting Championship officials will evaluate a shooters ability to compete in Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun and Combined Firearms sports.

Easy to do—and can be a valuable learning experience

The Team Smith & Wesson member shared five of his top tips for revolver competition.

Whereas many might think of the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) in terms of the world’s toughest men, it also trains steely-eyed women champions.

This versatile semi-auto can compete in a lot of games.

Long-time MidwayUSA & NRA Bianchi Cup protest committee chairman Clive Whelan is set to retire.

On September 24-26, the NRA World Shooting Championship, presented by Magpul, will be held at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, West Virginia. The NRA will gather the world’s top shooters, as well as t…

In April Bruce Piatt won the Crawfish Cup regional match, which is held in Lake Charles, Louisiana, every year prior to the Bianchi Cup. While celebrating the win, I was informed that for the past three years, the winner…

Kim Rhode won the Women’s Skeet gold medal at this year’s Pan American (Pan Am) Games in Toronto. Team USA’s sole women’s skeet competitor was able to beat Argentinian Melisa Gil 15-12, dropping only one target in the go…

SFC Keith Sanderson of the U.S. Army Reserve is this year’s NRA National Pistol Champion, with a score of 2655-122X. The two-time U.S. Olympic team member won by 14 points in a classic muddy Camp Perry match for the reco…

What's new with Black Powder Target Rifle, F-Class, High Power Rifle, Smallbore Rifle and Silhouette. News from Sig Sauer and Rio Ammunition.

Seventy-five competitors from 16 states made their way to Southwest Louisiana for the 2015 Crawfish Cup. This was a major increase from the 51 competitors at the match in 2014.