NRA Family
Welcome to the fun side of life as an NRA family! We offer basic instruction in gun safety, gun handling, firearms facts and NRA news for new shooters of all ages!
Updated: 5 days 7 hours ago
Upsy-Daisy! BB Gun National Championship Match Returns for 2023
This 5-meter, 4-position NRA-sanctioned match is in its 56th year of competition and crowns Individual and Team National Champions.
Living With Bears: How to Handle Composting
Composting is great, but it can attract unwanted visitors.
How to Adjust Your Iron Sights
Shooting good groups is just the beginning! Here's what's next.
Family Destination: Glacier National Park
The most spectacular, awe-inspiring mountain scenery in America? You be the judge!
Boots & Socks 101: Critical For Hunting, Hiking, Backpacking Success
Here's to a blister-free 2023!
When Your Hike Goes Rodeo
Here's what to do if the wilderness starts getting, well, a little wild.
How To Choose a Defensive Firearm Holster
There is no one best method of concealed carry...only the best method for you. Here's how to figure it out.
15-Year-Old Takes FITASC Title at NSCA Southeast Regional
Team Winchester's teenage sporting-clays competitor Connor Daniel blazed his way to the top of the leaderboard.
Cool Outdoor Job: Hunting Guide
A guide turned TV personality explains the challenges and rewards of this very cool career.
NRA Partners with NAFWS to Deliver Free Online Hunter Education
The National Rifle Association’s FREE, award-winning Hunter Education online course is now available to any federally recognized Native American tribe.
Throwback Thursday: Old Ranger's Colt
The sixgun whose legend lives on.
Hot-Blooded: Sightmark's Wraith Thermal for Post-Sunset Pests
Wild pigs are wildly destructive, intelligent and nocturnal ... and now they've met their match.
Car Camping: Seeing America On the Cheap
Take your family on an adventure that won't break the bank.
Trigger Control: How to Make Every Shot Count
From tactical to smallbore competition to big game, success depends on trigger control.
3 Welcome Surprises of Concealed Carry
What the author thought were invisible hurdles to CCW turned out to be welcome surprises ... you may find the same!
11 Things You Need In Your Survival Kit
Nobody ever plans to get lost in the woods; it just happens...and it can happen even to experienced outdoors people.
Rising Shooting Stars: Benjamin Holliger
He made the Top 20 at the 2022 National Matches ... at the age of just 15. What are his secrets?
Fun Friday: Pulp Fiction "Pumpkin" Revolver
A Hollywood moment that subverts the "Chekhov's Gun" trope...or does it?
5 Reasons To Wear Ear Protection Even While Hunting
The face of hunting has changed, so the face of hunters ought to as well.
Throwback Thursday: Oliver Hazard Perry & the Battle of Lake Erie
A tale of the War of 1812 and the era of sailing ships.