Hunting Is Safer Than Golf and Most Other Activities

| December 5, 2011

To: ALL MEDIA For immediate release December 5, 2011 For more information contact: Bill Brassard Jr. 203-426-1320 Hunting Is Safer Than Golf and Most Other Activities (Not to Mention Football, Basketball and Soccer) View NSSF’s Hunting Injury Fact Sheet NEWTOWN, Conn. — Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: Hunting with firearms is safe; in fact, […]

Pride of Scotland, McIntosh, Wins Junior Air Rifle Title at Dixie Double USA Shooting’s Morrill Wins Open Class

| November 18, 2011

By: Steve Cooper, CMP Writer Reprinted courtesy: Christine Elder, CMP Communications Manager ANNISTON, ALABAMA – Jennifer McIntosh, 20, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and member of the Great Britain air rifle shooting team, was the high aggregate junior competitor in the third annual Dixie Double. The 60-shot X2 international match was fired at the CMP South Marksmanship […]

Parker, Rhode & Wallace Put USA on the Podium at the 2011 Pan American Games

| October 23, 2011

The 2011 Pan American Games Parker, Rhode & Wallace Put USA on the Podium  NEWS RELEASE                                                Contact: Katie Yergensen October 21, 2011                                            719-866-4896  USA Shooting                                    katie.yergensen@usashooting.org Courtesy USA Shooting GUADALAJARA, Mex.  Four-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) added yet another gold star to her resume today at the Pan Amercian Games in Guadalajara, […]

Where To Shoot – NSSF Can Help You

| October 4, 2011

NSSF Launches Redesigned WhereToShoot.org (On September 26, 2011, NSSF announced their redesigned their Where To Shoot web page. This is an outstanding resource and can be used by anyone. I get a lot of calls from parents about where to take their juniors shooting and always refer them to this site. Go check it out.) […]

Juniors Help Wounded Warrior Project

| August 11, 2011

August 3, 2011 – By: Paul Erhardt Courtesy of The Shooting Wire – www.shootingwire.com Between The Berms: Where There’s A Wills A fundraising effort for the Wounded Warrior Project is underway in the Area 8 region – the Mid-Atlantic states – of the U.S. Practical Shooting Association. To date, some 17 fundraising teams have raised […]

USA Shooting Athlete of the Month (Aug 2011) – Rachel Heiden is a Junior!

| August 9, 2011

Winchester Athlete of the Month – Rachael Heiden  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Heiden flashes a smile after winning the gold medal in Slovenia. Photo ISSF.) Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) may still be a junior category shooter, but that certainly isn’t reflected in her scores. Heiden competes at a world-class level and hasn’t let her age stop […]

Need a Place to Shoot?

| July 8, 2011

NSSF’s wheretoshoot.org website will help you locate a shooting venue nearly anywhere in North America By Tony Mandile Just beginning to shoot? Traveling on vacation or business, and you’d like to take the opportunity to shoot at stationary targets or bust a few clay birds? Looking for a league that will allow you to regularly […]

Fourth Annual USAMU Junior Camp

| June 30, 2011

USAMU set to hold annual Action Shooting Junior Clinic By Michael Molinaro USAMU PAO FORT BENNING, Ga. —The fourth annual U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Action Shooting Junior Clinic will be held Oct. 28-30 at Krilling Range here on Fort Benning. Champions from the USAMU’s Action Shooting Team, including three-time multi-gun national champion Staff Sgt. Daniel […]

SCTP Chooses Junior Shooters Magazine

| May 29, 2011

It is with great pleasure that Junior Shooters magazine welcomes the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) as the first shooting organization to make Junior Shooters magazine its official publication! This issue, Volume 9 / Summer 2011, is the inaugural issue for this event. There will be eight pages in each Junior Shooters publication dedicated to […]

Shooting News From CMP

| March 27, 2011

Five new articles are posted on The First Shot On-Line, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) electronic newsletter.  Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/0311/ default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles.  The First Shot On-Line front page also displays upcoming events and a link to the popular […]

CMP College Scholarships 2011-2012

| January 31, 2011

2011-2012 CMP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR JROTC AND ROTC RIFLE SHOOTERS Applications must be postmarked no later than 5 March 2011 The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) will provide scholarship assistance to encourage and reward outstanding and deserving students in JROTC/ROTC programs who also excel in rifle team programs at their schools. The CMP seeks applications from […]

Scholarship Essay Contest

| December 18, 2010

Bird Dog Foundation’s Scholarship Essay Contest for high school seniors who reside in Tennessee, Mississippi or Arkansas. There are NO fees or charges whatsoever to the entrant who is considering submitting an essay to our contest. The Bird Dog Foundation, Inc., is a 501 (c) (3), non-profit organization with a designation as an educational and […]