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The 7.5 Swiss: A Reputation For Precision
The 7.5 Swiss cartridge is historically significant and has superior precision when used in the K31 rifle.
The AR-15: A Brief History
The AR-15 has become “the most popular rifle in America.” Here’s the very short course on how it came to be, where it went to get here—and why we have such an amazing array of options available to us now.
Creedmoor Sports Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Giveaways
Since 1979, Creedmoor Sports has been helping competitive shooters hit the X-ring.
Collegiate Rifle: WVU Stays At No. 1, TCU Jumps To No. 2
For the second week in a row, the WVU rifle team is ranked No. 1 in the CRCA poll. TCU jumps two spots to No. 2. The two schools will face off in Morgantown on Oct. 26.
Review: Ruger Super GP-100
Ruger’s newest 8-shot revolver needs little to be match ready.
WATCH: Bullseye Pistol Aiming with Brian Zins
Twelve-time NRA National Pistol Champion Brian Zins reviews one of the top fundamentals for bullseye pistol shooters—aiming. This video covers both iron sights and red dots.
Team CZ-USA Sets New Guinness World Record, Shatters 14,176 Clays
It's official, David Miller and his handpicked team of five shooters set a new Guinness World Record—breaking 14,176 sporting clay targets over 12 hours on Saturday, October 12.
Review: SIG Romeo1 Pro
The Romeo1 Pro gives up none of the positives of the original—instead , this red dot adds a few of its own.
Gallery: 16 Of Our Favorite NRA Southwestern Trap Championships Photos
The First Annual NRA Southwestern Trap Championships at the NRA Whittington Center was a first-class event that all U.S. trap shooters should add to their calendars. This year there was over $20,000 in money, trophies and awards handed out to attendees.
2019 Georgia Conventional Prone And F-Class State Championship
The annual smallbore event at Georgia's River Bend Gun Club attracted 16 competitors this year.
125th Anniversary Savage Model 110 Collector’s Rifle
Own a piece of history with this limited edition Savage Model 110 that will only have 1,894 units available
Review: HIVIZ Fiber-Optic Sights
A quick way to brighten up your action shooting day. The bright red HIVIZ front sight will find white plates considerably faster than plain black blades.
Butler Promoted To WVU Rifle Assistant Coach
The Mountaineers have not lost a regular-season match since Butler, a graduate assistant, arrived in Morgantown, West Virginia. “I cannot wait to continue to build on the last two years of work on the line.”
2019 Eley High School All-Americans
Here’s a list of the outstanding rifle shooters at the high school level for this year
Competitors’ Corner: July 2019
Highlights from the July 2019 issue of Shooting Sports USA, the NRA's competitive shooting journal.
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