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The Gibraltar Pistol Association had a small team participate in the IPSC Store Level 3 IPSC match that was held on the 30th and 31st of March. The match took place at the O Pinhal shooting range in Portugal with 9 stage…

The Gibraltar Pistol Association (GPA) attended the IPSC European Handgun Championships 2023, held in Corinth Greece between 18-29 September 2023. The GPA was represented by a team of five athletes at this prestigious ev…

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Taran Butler is considered one of the most versatile shooters in the world. He is the first ever USPSA Multigun National Tactical Champion and Weapons Trainer to the Stars.

The National Rifle Association is America's longest-standing civil rights organization. Together with our more than five million members, we're proud defenders of history's patriots and diligent protectors of the Second …

Team Beretta athletes Sal Luna and Ben Hardt secured third place finishes at the 2026 US IPSC Nationals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both competitors used Beretta's new 94X Performance pistol, which was showcased at the …

The Hillsdale College action shooting team wrapped up a successful fall of competition with a home USPSA match this past Saturday at the Ailes Action Shooting Range.

Gun trace records do not prove dealer wrongdoing. A Firearms Research Center rebuttal exposes how the data is used to target lawful gun dealers.

DOJ fights broader NFA relief in Brown v. ATF after letting the Texas ruling stand. Upcoming ATF guidance could reshape the fight for gun owners.

A Maryland judge recognized Glock-style pistols as protected arms but refused to block a sales ban starting Jan. 1, 2027. Connecticut reached the opposite result.

SAF secures a settlement ending Contra Costa County’s CCW bans on red dots, weapon lights and 1911/2011 pistols. Qualification requirements remain.

Learn 3-gun competition from scratch. What equipment you need, how divisions work, match format explained, and realistic cost breakdown. Find 20 matches near you.

Superstition Mountain Mystery 3Gun is the longest-running, largest multi-gun match of it’s kind. Every spring, this match is considered the “do NOT miss” season opener for multi-gunners, and it all happens in beautiful, …

Read: East Meets West: The Grand Power ARAQ Gives the AR Some AK Power from Dave Merrill on October 8, 2026 for Recoil.

Did you know Winchester dived into the wold of handguns? It was a few brief attempts that never made it passed the prototype stage

FPC challenges Denver’s nonresident carry ban and Colorado’s permit restrictions, advancing the fight for gun rights that do not stop at state lines.

SASP provides student athletes aged elementary through college with a supportive environment where shooting sports serve as catalysts for teaching life lessons and skills that emphasize positive character traits and citi…

The Bianchi Cup has been the gold standard in action pistol shooting competition since 1979.

Read: Canik Is Cooking With Gas: The Compensated Prime Radian Pistol from P.E. Fitch on October 7, 2026 for Recoil.

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Widely regarded as the winningest female competitive shooter in history, no other woman has amassed as many championships or set as many speed-shooting records.

Dennis Fusaro and Phil Journey seek petitions for the 2027 NRA board ballot. Chuck Michel and Jeff Knox back the reformers ahead of October 13.

DOJ says lawful self-defense carry is permitted in public national park buildings, but NPS guidance still describes a ban. Here’s what changed.

The CDC now cites 500,000 to 2.5 million defensive gun uses a year after gun-control activists pushed to remove the estimates in 2022.

CZ introduces four DUTY 9mm pistols with a serialized modular chassis, direct-mount optics compatibility and optional manual safeties.

By the end of the Soldier of Fortune convention, it was evident the invasion of ruthless mercenaries and swaggering gun enthusiasts _ which many locals had...

Held in Corinth, Greece, the 2026 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot V featured 30 stages over five days, welcoming almost 1,000 competitors from 50 countries and making it the biggest shotgun match in IPSC history! Four Divisions…

Spc. Aaron Eddins won the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s 2023 Area 5 Championships in Brooklyn, Michigan June 1-4.

Two U.S. Army Soldiers will compete at the 2025 International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot Handgun Championships in South Africa September 22-27.

MESA, Ariz. – Personnel from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), briefed the AZ-931 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), on opportunities within their resp…

Staff Sgt. Jacob Hetherington will compete at the 2025 International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot Handgun Championships in South Africa September 22-27. Hetherington is an instructor/competitive shooter w…

Eagle Pass, Texas- The inaugural Dissident Arms Shotgun Championships took place March 1-2, 2025. Besides being the inaugural match, this particular match also served as a Shotgun World Shoot Qualifier. The match proved …

Sgt. Jon Wiedell, an instructor/shooter assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s (USAMU) Action Shooting Team, shoots his shotgun at the 2025 Dissident Arms Shotgun Championships, at Eagle Pass, Texas, March 2, 2025…

Sgt. Houston Russell, an instructor/shooter assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s (USAMU) Action Shooting Team, shoots his shotgun during the 2025 Dissident Arms Shotgun Championships, at Eagle Pass, Texas, March…

Sgt. Jon Wiedell won the title of Duskin 3-Gun Champion for the third consecutive year at the 10th annual, six-stage Duskin 3-Gun match at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on June 6-7. Wiedell is a marksmanship instructor wit…

Sgt. Jon Wiedell, an instructor/shooter assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s (USAMU) Action Shooting Team, shoots his shotgun at the 2025 Dissident Arms Shotgun Championships, at Eagle Pass, Texas, March 2, 2025…

FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Action shooting is not something Soldiers learn in Army Basic Training or in military occupational specialty training. However, being a member of the Army Marksmanship Unit’s Action Shooting Team is an…

Sgt. 1st Class Kahl Harmon competes during a stage at Magnolia Madness, a Precision Rifle Series competition in Carthage, Mississippi March 21-22, 2026. Harmon, a competitive shooter and marksmanship instructor with the …

Sgt. Aaron Eddins, a marksmanship instructor/competitive shooter with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit's Action Shooting Team, competes at the 65th Interservice Rifle Championships in Quantico, Virginia June 8-10. The USA…

Staff Sgt. Jacob Hetherington won the Carry Optics Division of the 2026 U.S. Practical Shooting Association's Area 7 Championships in Epping, New Hampshire July 17-19. Hetheirngton is a marksmanship instructor/competitiv…

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tanner Wright, an instructor with the Weapons Training Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and a member of the Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp …

Morning light swept across the Bianchi Cup range in Hallsville, Missouri, signaling the start of another high‑stakes test of accuracy and composure. The Bianchi Cup is no ordinary match. It is the crucible of action pist…

Sgt. 1st Class Adam Sokolowski, a Somerville, New Jersey native with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Service Pistol Team, stands at the ready in the rain during The Falling Plate Event at the 2018 Bianchi Cup in Columb…

Princeton, Louisiana resident, Jerry Miculek with the Team Smith & Wesson, kicks off his stage with intensity during the 2018 Fort Benning Multi-Gun Challenge on November 18. The annual, three-day, action shooting style …

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – U.S. Marines from across the Corps competed in the annual U.S. Marine Corps Marksmanship Championship Competition on MCB Quantico, April 10-18.

Weapons Training Battalion-Quantico invites you to attend the annual Marine Corps Championships, hosted by the Marine Corps Shooting Team from April 10-18, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia.

Staff Sgt. Walter Johnson, a marksmanship instructor/competitive shooter with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Pistol Team, competes at the NRA Crawfish Cup. The annual action pistol competition includes four even…

FORT BENNING, Ga. – A U.S. Army Soldier has made shooting sports history on the world stage, not just once, but now, two years in a row. Sgt. 1st Class Adam Sokolowski with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) claimed…

U.S. Army Sgt. Katelin Bahten fires her pistol during the Bianchi Cup in Columbia, Missouri May 25. Bahten, a Harris County, Georgia resident and member with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Service Pistol Team, placed …

When he was a boy, Adam Sokolowski looked forward to his annual trips to Camp Perry, Ohio where he’d compete in pistol matches and interact with Soldiers. Back then, it was just something fun for a father and son to do t…

Sgt. Jon Wiedell won the title of Duskin 3-Gun Champion for the third consecutive year at the 10th annual, six-stage Duskin 3-Gun match at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on June 6-7. Wiedell is a marksmanship instructor wit…

A U.S. Army specialist claimed the champion title at the 2023 Magpul Texas 3-Gun Championships over 233 other national competitors in Burnet, Texas April 21-23. Spc. Jon Wiedell, a marksmanship instructor/competitive sho…

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Over 200 of the best multi-gun shooting sports marksmen in the Nation descended upon Fort Benning this past weekend to compete in the 2018 Fort Benning Multi-gun Challenge, held Nov. 16-18. The event …

Sgt. Aaron Eddins, a competitive shooter and marksmanship instructor with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Team, navigates a stage at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s Aim for the Coast Championships in Holt, Florida M…

When U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dan Antonio Deladingco, 9th Mission Support Group (MSG) executive assistant, first stepped onto a firing range nearly 16 years ago, he never imagined it would lead him to represent the Unit…

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samuel Lorino, a member of the Marine Corps Action Shooting Team, sprints to his first targets at Fredericksburg Rod & Gun Club, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Oct. 3, 2021. The Marine Corps Shooting Te…

The 2026 Federal U.S. Practical Shooting Association Multigun Nationals, held July 17–19 at the Forest Lake Sportsmen’s Club, brought together one of the strongest championship fields in recent memory. The match delivere…

Spc. Aaron Eddins won the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s 2023 Area 5 Championships in Brooklyn, Michigan June 1-4. The Wilkesboro, North Carolina native, navigated the 15-stage pistol competition, claiming the win…

Spc. Jon Wiedell, a Soldier with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, won the U.S. Practical Shooting Association’s 2023 Multigun Nationals in Forest Lake, Minnesota July 21-23.

Spc. Aaron Eddins was named the Dragon’s Cup 3.0 Open Division Champion at the U.S. Practical Shooting Association Pistol Match in Odessa, Texas April 20-23.