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Shooter gets a bang out of National Matches at Camp Perry

3:00pm Friday, August 17, 2012
by Jeff Thomas CAMP PERRY – As the National Matches at Camp Perry wind down and shooters leave after another successful year, it goes without saying it was one heck of a fun time. But isn't it always? I don't know about you, but the National Matches in High Power rifle shooting at Camp Perry is one of my favorite places in the world to be in late July and early August. It goes without saying I...

Headline: Minford youth wins Junior World Shoot

3:00pm Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Portsmouth Daily Times is reporting that while some of the top shooters in the world were in London for the 2012 Olympics, a rising star in the sport of skeet shooting was just returning home to Ohio after winning the 2012 Junior World Skeet Championship. From the article : Quinten Smith, a 16-year-old from Minford, traveled to Stockton, Calif., last month for the tournament and returned to...

$27,000 in Prizes at the NRA/Springfield M1A Match

3:00pm Friday, August 10, 2012
FAIRFAX, Va. - The sixth annual NRA/Springfield M1A Match will take place this weekend at the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio. The richest High Power event ever held, Springfield Armory is offering more than $27,000 in cash and merchandise prizes. "The National Matches at Camp Perry are a world-class event thanks to partners like Springfield Armory and their sponsorship...

U.S. Shooters Tally Four Olympic Medals

3:00pm Thursday, August 09, 2012
HANCOCK, GRAY AND EMMONS ADD MEDALS TO U.S. OLYMPIC EFFORT... Following the unprecedented achievement by Kim Rhode of individually medaling in five straight Olympic Games, three other Americans distinguished themselves by standing on the award-winners' podium. Vincent Hancock, gold medalist in the 2008 Olympics in Men's Skeet, became the first shotgun shooter to successfully defend a skeet title...

My Two days with Tactical Weapons Training Group

3:39pm Monday, August 06, 2012
by Clint Lake Whenever you go to a new firearms training school for the first time you’re never too sure what to expect. Will the instructors gravitate toward a ‘Stalinist’ style of teaching where they dictate from on high, expecting the peons to accept their crumbs of wisdom? Or will the instructors lean toward the ‘Yoda-ist’ style of teaching where they teach from experience, with patience,...

One For the History Books

7:00am Wednesday, August 01, 2012
by Jim Shepherd The birds on the South Carolina marsh had to think I'd lost my mind yesterday morning. After quietly watching them do the things that birds do for over an hour, I suddenly jumped away from my camera, did a fist pump, and whooped like a madman. Twitter feeds had confirmed the results of an Olympic event I was too nervous to watch online: Kim Rhode had achieved her goal of becoming...

Buckeye Vintage Skeet Championships: A Step Back In Time

3:00pm Thursday, July 26, 2012
by Larry S. Moore Vintage is used to describe many things including wine, art, automobiles and firearms. For the Buckeye Vintage Skeet Championship, vintage is a step back in time for skeet shooters. Vintage skeet pays tribute to the heritage of skeet shooting and the fine shotguns of an earlier period. Vintage may define the best and most typical of an age. I like that definition for the sport...

Defending yourself against a spree killer like the one in Aurora, Colorado

7:00am Tuesday, July 24, 2012
by Jeff Thomas Before I share some thoughts on how to survive a spree killer situation such as the one in Aurora, Colo., last week, I think it's important to talk about one piece of information I'm hearing likely is true: The Century 16 movie theater where 12 were killed and 59 wounded by a heavily armed man in a "no-gun" zone. Obviously the "no-guns" sign did not stop the murderer. And just as...

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