Gear for the Competitive Rifle Shooter – Creedmoor Sports

| April 23, 2010

By: Andy Fink Competitive rifle shooting is becoming more popular every year. New juniors are getting involved in competing in airgun, smallbore, and in long range all of the time. Precision air rifle and smallbore (.22 Long Rifle) are an important part of the Olympic shooting events (check out www.usashooting.com). The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP […]

Winchester Ammunition Supports United States Biathlon Team

| April 20, 2010

By: Jonathan Harling jonathan@chevalier-adv.com Photos Courtesy of: USA Biathlon (above – Sarah Studebaker) (Editor’s Note: Becoming a member of one of the US Olympic shooting teams is an outstanding objective for a junior to reach toward. We therefore support, and promote, all of those involved in promoting youth shooting sports and the US Olympic teams.) […]

Ruger’s SR-22 – Great For Practice & Lots of Fun

| December 28, 2009

By: Andy Fink Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., announced the introduction of the Ruger® SR-22TM Rifle on September 15, 2009. This semi-auto rimfire rifle is a ton of fun! The rifle combines the legendary reliability of the Ruger® 10/22® with the ergonomics and configurability of the new AR-style Ruger SR-556™. The new SR-22 Rifle allows […]

CMP JROTC Scholarship Program & U. S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle State Championship Postal Competition

| November 21, 2009

  The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) just came out with two new announcements important to juniors and their families. The U. S. Army Junior Open Air Rifle Championship is now taking entries for the 2009-2010 State Championship postal competition. This Championship is sponsored by the Army Marksmanship Unit and is open to all junior shooting […]

Daisy Announces 45th Annual BB Gun Championship Match July 2010

| November 20, 2009

By: Andy Fink Daisy Announces its 45th Annual International BB Gun Championship Match July, 2010 to be hosted by the City of Rogers, Arkansas. This is a location change so make sure you plan appropriately. “Rogers is the home of Daisy – and has been for over 50 years.  It makes sense to bring this […]

NRA Rule Books are now On-Line!

| November 20, 2009

By: Andy Fink You can now check out the official NRA rule books for all of the NRA shooting sports on line. Just got to: http://www.nrahq.org/compete/nra-rule-books.asp This lets new shooters and their families check out rules and know what equipment is needed to get involved in all different shooting sports. There are rule books for […]

Junior shooters learn from the best

| November 6, 2009

By Michael Molinaro USAMU PAO Photos By: Michael Molinaro FORT BENNING, Ga.- After spending all day in school, learning about math and social studies, most children can’t wait to get home and start playing with their friends. Two days a week, however, some kids from the area descend on Fort Benning to continue their education […]

Opportunity of a Lifetime for Junior Shooters

| July 4, 2009

By Michael Molinaro USAMU PAO FORT BENNING, Ga. Having the summer off is awesome enough for a kid, putting away the math book for three months and debating whether to go swimming or play ball all day. For some, a chance to hang out and pick the brain of an U.S. Olympian or a U.S. […]

University Of Michigan Rifle Team Receives Grant From Scholastic Shooting trust

| June 4, 2009

By: Andy Fink Press release by: Curt Morgret, Scholastic Shooting Trust We need to keep our youth involved in the shooting supports even when they go off to college. One way of doing this is by supporting your college shooting team, or becoming involved in starting a shooting team at your college. Junior Shooters magazine […]

Tips & Hints of the Week # 2 – Trigger Squeeze

| May 7, 2009

By: Andy Fink Squeezing the trigger is part of the fundamentals of being a good shot. There are a few shooting sports, such as fast draw, where the trigger is jerked somewhat versus squeezed, but not many. In all the rest, and especially precision shooting such as high power, or precision airgun, learning how to […]

Youth Hunters Education – Getting Kids Started Right

| February 20, 2009

Imagine a group of young kids and teenagers arriving at an open field and putting their shooting, gun handling, Kansas Hunting laws knowledge, and Hunters Educational Skills to the test.

My Life As A Cowboy Action Shooter

| February 11, 2009

By:Sarah Harp, aka Sage Chick (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) Howdy, my name is Sarah Harp, and my Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) alias is Sage Chick. I am 14 and I am a cowboy action shooter. Before I tell you any more about myself, let me tell you about cowboy action shooting. Cowboy […]