Junior Shooters and Forward Movement Training in Idaho

| June 19, 2014

By: Mike Sacks and Juniors Hi, everyone. As you know, we, at Junior Shooters magazine, care about kids and their parents and want you to have a place to go to find what is needed to get started in many different shooting venues. Questions are answered in our printed magazine and website about safety, guns […]

My First Ruger Rimfire Match

| November 12, 2013

By: Ashley Rumble (10) From Volume 14 Spring 2013 About two months ago, I was competing in my first shooting match, the Parma .22 Ruger Rimfire Challenge. I was using a Marlin fully-outfitted, tube-fed hunting rifle and a Smith and Wesson 22A. The pistol worked well, but the Marlin was an extremely heavy rifle more […]

Practical Edge Junior Team – USPSA

| October 27, 2013

The First USPSA Junior Team By: Jaret Maynard (15) My name is Jaret Maynard and I am 15 years old. I am also 1 of 11 kids on the Practical Edge Junior Shooting Team, the one and only junior team in the sport of USPSA. Right: Jaret Maynard shooting around a barrel stack on a […]

SCTP/SPP 2013 National Team Championships

| July 26, 2013

Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) Reports on Record Attendance at its National Team Championships Maumee, OH – The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) reported today that it had record breaking attendance at its National Team Championships. Over 2000 shooter athletes, which is an increase of over 30% from last year’s event, descended on the World […]

Junior Shooters Back issues

| April 13, 2013

I have been remiss in keeping new issues updated under our ARTICLES section for FREE DOWNLOADS of our print magazine. Normally, these are supposed to be posted three months after the print publication has reached the news stands. Volumes 9 – 13 have just been posted! CHECK THEM OUT! Just click on the header ARTICLES […]

Safety Basics–Today’s Handgun–From Kalkomey

| January 26, 2013

New E-book Teaches the Basics of Handgun Safety Safety is the most important aspect of teaching juniors, as well as adults, the joys of participating in the shooting sports. It is everyone’s responsibility and should be at the forefront of our thoughts not only during the teaching of shooting sports but also when participating in […]

USAMU Junior Camp 2012

| November 20, 2012

“Staff Sgt. Daniel Horner, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, coaches juniors on movement techniques Oct. 26 at the Fifth Annual USAMU Action Shooting Junior Clinic. Horner, a five-time United States Practical Shooting Association national champion, was among six USAMU instructors who hosted 27 juniors and their parents from across the country to help promote the sport of action shooting and connect America’s Army with America’s public.”

.22 LR Ammo For Your Semi-autos

| September 6, 2012

Getting the right .22 LR ammunition for your semi-automatic pistol or rifle may take some effort. .22 semi-autos are notoriously known for jamming. Each gun is usually very particular about what .22 LR ammunition it likes best. Getting ammo that won’t jam one-to-two times per magazine is important, especially if you are shooting in a […]

Champion Clays & Wobble Targets

| May 27, 2012

The Wobble Target: Champion Targets green wobble target is cool and it takes a pounding. We have been using it with both .22 LR and .223s. Occasionally, the .223 will throw it up in the air and take the base off but we just but it back together and continue shooting. We have been using […]

3-Gun Training With Junior Shooters Magazine Part 3

| May 26, 2012

Continuing the First Major 3-Gun Training of 2012 With Alisa (16), Hayden (12), River (13), and Poppy (13) Alisha Lierman (16) My first official 3-Gun training was fun and helpful. I had to go second, it was a little daunting at first being as how there were more people watching me. It just wasn’t my […]

3-Gun Training With Junior Shooters Magazine Part 2

| May 1, 2012

The First Major 3-Gun training of 2012 By: Duncan Dye (14) I thought the first big 3-gun training session of the year was great. Since I had the most experience with 3-gun of the five people that were there I had to go first so everyone else could see a way to run through the […]

3-Gun Training With Junior Shooters Magazine Part 1

| April 22, 2012

(Above right: Poppy Vorse shooting her S&W AR .22 LR during practice. She uses Blade-Tech holsters and magazine pouches, a GLOCK 17, a Mossberg SA-20, and a Next Generation Arms X7 rifle (lying next to her). Introduction By: Andy Fink with Duncan Dye (14), Alisah Lierman (16), Hayden Lierman (13), Poppy Vorse (13), River Vorse […]