Junior Shooters

Posted By admin on September 23, 2009

By: Andy Fink

Are you concerned about the placement of your feet when you get into your shooting position? If you don’t, you should. Feet placement are just as important as your body, arms, and hands. There are a number of reasons for this. First, if you are participating in action shooting sports you may have to move to another shooting position or turn your torso. You want to make sure your feet are positioned correctly so that you don’t have to take extra steps or make additional movements which take extra time. If your feet are out of position when you turn your torso then you may be tensing your muscles, or be in a shooting position that is not as comfortable as it should be. I have seen beginners shoot Steel Challenge in a stage where they do not have to move positions, yet, as soon as the timer goes off they reposition their feet. This takes an extra 1/2 to 1 second.

Cowboy action shooting, USPSA, IDPA, and 3-gun events require lots of movement; movement that is either lateral, forward, or both. How you move and where you place your feet for your shooting position and getting ready to move to your next shooting position can mean a difference of 2-3 seconds per stage.

Now, you may say that you participate in a shotgun shooting sport where there is no movement, or in a precision shooting sport. Feet position in these sports is just as important. How you place your feet will affect your balance and make a difference if you can lean forward into the butt of the shotgun and maintain your balance comfortably, or are tense and using muscles you shouldn’t be straining. There are the same concerns in precision shooting but even more so.

There are usually three or four positions in most precision shooting sports. Standing comfortably allowing the arm and elbow that is supporting the hand holding the rifle without tensing the muscles means positioning the feet correctly and maintaining a balance that is conducive to complete relaxation.

If you are in a prone position or kneeling position and the feet are out of position you will tense muscles that should be relaxed resulting in more movement during your shot.

Take a moment to think about and focus on your feet position next time you go shooting and see if your scores start to slowly improve.

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Posted By admin on September 21, 2009

Double Trap and Skeet Shooters Qualify for 2010 World Championship Team
By: Mary Beth Vorwerk, USA Shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 21, 2009) – The remainder of the 2010 World Championship team for shotgun was selected at the 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match yesterday in Kerrville, Texas. Nineteen Double Trap and Skeet shooters will represent the U.S. next summer in Munich, Germany.                    (Vincent Hancock, 20-years-old, a member
                                                             of the USA National Team and 2008 Olympic
                                                             Gold Medalist)

The top three finishers from a combination of the match scores from the 2009 USA Shooting National Championships as well as the match and final scores from the 2009 Fall Selection make up the 2010 World Team. 

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Josh Richmond (Hilsgrove, Pa.), who is the 2009 Munich World Cup gold medalist, finished on top for the Open Double Trap Men with a total score of 627 targets.  Richmond’s USAMU teammate and 2008 Olympian Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) grabbed second place with 621 total hits.  Rounding out the Open Men’s Double Trap team for next year’s World Championships will be 16-year-old Billy Crawford (Johnstown, Ohio), who finished third with 619 targets. 

(From left: Derek Haldeman, (qualified for junior double trap team), Billy Crawford (who qualified for the Men’s Double Trap Open team) and Ian Rupert (qualified for junior double trap team – photo by Mary Beth Vorwerk)

Crawford also finished in first place for the juniors with a match score of 573 targets, but since he qualified for a spot on the open team, Derek Haldeman moved up into the top spot for the juniors after firing 557 targets. 
Ian Rupert (Sunbury, Ohio) finished second with 557 targets and Kelcey DePatis (Donovan, Ill.) took the third spot with 450 targets. 

Shari LeGate (Peyton, Colo.) also qualified for a spot on the 2010 World Championship team in the Women’s Double Trap event, which is only contested at the World Championships.  LeGate finished with a match score of 437 targets. 

USAMU member and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock, who most recently won the gold medal at the 2009 Shotgun World Championships in August, claimed a spot on the 2010 World team by taking first place in the Men’s Skeet event with 515 targets.  Hancock’s 2008 Olympic teammate Sean McLelland (Mission, Texas) grabbed the second spot with 508 targets and USAMU member Shawn Dulohery, a 2004 Olympian, took third with 506 targets. 

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode (El Mote, Calif.) lead the way for the Skeet women with 508 total targets.  Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) took second place with 505 targets and 2009 Shotgun World Championship Junior silver medalist Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.) grabbed the third spot with 497 hits.  
                                  (Amber English – Photo by Mary Beth Vorwerk)

Jon Michael McGrath (Tulsa, Okla.) took the top spot for the Junior Skeet Men with 506 hits, while B.J. Blanchard (Vidor, Texas) finished second with 503 targets.  T.J. Bayer (College Station, Texas) earned the third spot after finishing with 499 targets.
                                                             (Jon Michael McGrath)

Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.), the 2009 Minsk World Cup silver medalist, finished on top for the junior women with 484 targets.  Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) took second with 464 targets and Jaiden Grinnell (Port Angeles, Wash.) grabbed third place with 460 hits, rounding out the Junior Women’s Skeet team.                             (Brandy Drozd – photo by Rachel Connor NSSA)

The 2009 Shotgun Fall Selection Match was held at Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas and was the second of two matches held to select the team for the 2010 World Championships in Munich, Germany and is also the first “entry gate” in the 2012 Olympic Selection Process.  Twelve trap shooters were selected to the 2010 World Championship team on September 13.  

The top three athletes in each event will participate in up to three World Cup competitions in 2010, where they can earn points based on their final standing in those events.  Athletes who accumulate 45 or more points in 2010 and 2011 may be nominated to the 2012 Olympic Team, depending on the number of Olympic participation slots available in each event.

For complete results from the Fall Selection Match, please visit http://shootingandhunting.net/flyer6.htm

Mary Beth Vorwerk
USA Shooting
Media and Public Relations Manager
719-866-4896
www.usashooting.org
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Posted By admin on September 1, 2009

By: Sarah Bowers (For Kids BY Kids)
Photos By: Andy Fink

I am 17 years old and I?ve been shooting precision smallbore and precision air rifle for almost seven years now. I began shooting Anschutz rifles about three years after I started, and have been shooting the same rifles ever since. I?ve taken the rifles to state as well as national competitions all over the mid-west and they have held up very well to everything I?ve put them through.

Precision shooting is very different than any other genre of shooting. Instead of trying to shoot within a time limit like in tactical sports such as IDPA and cowboy action, you?re trying to stay as still as possible and take as much time as you need for each shot. Some shooters take as long a minute per shot. Obviously, there is a time limit. If there wasn?t matches would go on for hours and days! In International precision smallbore there are three positions; prone, kneeling and standing. In prone you receive ten minutes for ten shots, and kneeling and standing you receive 15 minutes for ten shots.

Anschutz, through Champion Shooter’s Supply, provided us two precision rifles to test and use: an 8002 S2 Compressed Air ALU air rifle used for standing international & Olympic precision shooting and the 1903 JR .22 Long Rifle (LR.) intermediate smallbore competition rifle. The Young Marines in Boise, and the juniors in the EE-DA-HOW Long Rifles, used them for a while with great success in training new shooters and then I got a chance to perform some tests.

The Anschutz Intermediate 1903 JR, and the 8002 Compressed Air air rifle are both great rifles for any young person to use. They have two stage triggers, 21.2" barrel, adjustable butt and accessory rail, and only weigh 7.8 pounds. Because they?re so light weight, and have shorter stocks than other full sized rifles, they?re extremely easy to adjust to fit the shooter perfectly every time. This makes them just about the perfect rifle for the beginning precision smallbore and air rifle shooter.

Since the rifles are German the sights are a little different than say a Remington or other American made rifle. The sights are basically the exact opposite of most rifles. Clockwise is down and left, where as on most rifles clockwise is up and right. Also, since Anschutz sights are so precise it generally takes seven to ten clicks (clicks is how we measure how much we change sights) per ring on an A-17 target. So if I wanted to move my sights up two rings, I would move my elevation knob counter-clockwise twenty clicks.

Anschutz triggers are generally very light. Most precision shooters want their trigger to be as light as is safe. The goal is to be as still as possible, and pulling a heavy trigger could cause some movement, at least enough to effect where the bullet goes.

Another great feature on Anschutz rifles is the adjustable stock. All of their newer precision models have adjustments for just about everything you would want to adjust. You can move the cheek piece to different heights, the butt plate to different lengths, angles, and heights

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I shot the1903 Jr. rifle with four different kinds of ammunition. They all worked well in the Anschutz, but some worked exceptionally well. We tested the Super X Long Rifle High Velocity ammo, Federal 40 grain, Lapua Pistol King, Winchester and Super X High Velocity ammo. The one that had the best group out of all of them was the Select Precision ammunition, which kept a five shot group within the 9 ring on an A-17 smallbore target at 50 feet. Almost equally consistent were the Winchester Super X High Velocity and Super X Long Rifle. The Lapua Pistol King wasn?t quite as consistent, keeping a 5 round group within the 7 ring on an A-17 target.

Some things we look for in a rifle as a precision shooter is easy adjustment, consistency, and most of all accuracy and these two rifles accomplish all of those things very well. They?re great guns for any shooter, whether they?re a beginner, a junior or an advanced shooter. Because of their simple structure they?re easy to use and adjust, which makes an Anschutz especially appropriate for beginners or junior shooters.

Contact Information:

• Anschutz precision rifles can be purchased through Champion Shooter’s Supply.
• Anschutz: http://jga.anschuetz-sport.com/index.php5?sprache=1
• Champion Shooter’s Supply
• CCI Federal Select: www.federalpremium.com
• Lapua: www.kaltron.com
• Winchester: www.winchester.com

Technical and Summary Data:

Smallbore Model 1903 – Match Rifle
The Anschutz small bore match rifle model 1903 is a match rifle for all small bore shooters.

It is often used in clubs due to its precision, extraordinary quality and long service life. There is hardly a shooter around the world who has not had their first experience and success with this rifle. It is available in right and left hand version.

Stock ? This is an anatomically perfect walnut stock with vertically adjustable cheek piece. The cheek piece is adjusted via unthreaded steel columns. The butt plate 4709 A is adjustable in height and length by 8 mm spacers 4709 P. The backend is prepared for the clamping element and the aluminum carrier 4759-2000 and can be extended. If demanded, this carrier can take the aluminum butt plate 4759, the hook butt plate 2213-8700 or the rubber butt plate 4709A.

Delivered with
Hand stop 6226, screw driver, allen key, manual with test target.

Technical Data:
Total length: 109.00 cm / 42.91 inch
Length of barreled action: 79.00 cm / 31.1 inch
Weight approximate: 4.40 kg 9.68 lbs ? Junior model is only 7.8 lbs
Version: Single-loader

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The Model 8001 Compressed Air is derived from the renowned barreled action of the compressed air rifle 8002.
This model is especially interesting for beginners and clubs who are looking for a high quality, attractive but low-cost air rifle version. The cocking lever is at the right side. It is possible, however, to attach it to the left as well.

The light aluminum barrel jacket is as long as the one of the model 8002, the JUNIOR model, however, is equipped with a shorter JUNIOR compressed air cylinder. As this beginner model is based on a modular principle it is possible for the advanced shooter to attach all of the other Anschutz accessory components.
The 8001 Compressed Air JUNIOR COLOR is equipped with a colored right/left stock. The cheek piece is variably adjustable in height via steel columns without thread; the backend is equipped with the butt plate carrier with tiltable column guide and the aluminum butt plate 4758.
Delivered with:
Accessory box with filling adapter, air release screw, sight raiser block, special grease 4425, Allan key (5 pieces), safety discs, o-rings, barrel weight, manual, and original test target.

Technical Data:
Total length: 95.00 cm / 37.4 inch
Length of barreled action: 67.00 cm / 26.38 inch
Weight approximate: 3.70 kg / 8.14 lbs
Version: Single-loader

Copyright & Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines Inc. August 2009

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Posted By admin on August 29, 2009

By: Andy Fink

Safety is the most important aspect of the shooting sports. We all want to have fun and we can do that by being safe. Safety is not only about safe gun handling. It starts before you ever shoot that first shot ? with the eyes and ears. It is essential that the eyes and ears are protected at all times while shooting. This means spectators as well as participants. Juniors need to have that ingrained in them so they can teach their own kids.

Junior Shooters is a major proponent of all companies and organizations promoting and supporting safety. Pro Ears (ear protection), and ESS (safety classes & goggles), have combined together to offer one of the best discounts on firearms safety products around! If you buy a product from one company you receive a one-time 25% discount if you purchase a product from the other company. This is a super savings! You could get $75.00 off a $300 set of ear protection like the Pro Gold or 25% off the most expensive set of safety glasses!

Parents, you need to check this out next time you are in the market for safety glasses or ear protection!

Press Release:

PRO EARS LAUNCHES
   EYES AND EARS

PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM WITH ESS

Industry Partner Relationship Connects Best-In-Class Eye and Hearing Protection

Pro Ears, a leading manufacturer of US-made electronic hearing protection/amplification products, and Eye Safety Systems, Inc. (ESS), a leading manufacturer in ballistic eye protection for military and public safety professionals, announced today a cooperative promotional program that offers each company’s products at extraordinary prices when customers shop at both companies’ respective web stores.

?The Eyes and Ears Co-op Promotional Program is designed to make premium eye and hearing protection products more affordable in today’s challenging economic environment, said Brian Ross, ESS Sr. VP Sales & Marketing. The goal for both companies is to help customers afford a package of best in class eye and hearing protection for public safety, military and shooting sports activities when they shop for their safety equipment. Pro Ears owner Charles Ricci said, This is our way of ensuring tight budgets won’t stand in the way of personal safety.

Taking advantage of the promotion is simple: When customers purchase hearing protection at www.pro-ears.com, or eye protection at www.esseyepro.com, they will be rewarded with one-time-use 25% off discount codes that can be redeemed at the other company’s web store. Email order confirmations for the initial purchases will include the discount codes and instructions about how they can be redeemed. These co-op promotional discounts are available beginning June 1, 2009, and will be valid until December 31, 2009.

Note: Purchase must be made at either www.pro-ears.com or www.esspro.com prior to receiving 25% off discount code redeemable at other company’s web store.  May not be combined with any other offer.  Discount code may be used only once.  Limit one (1) discount code per customer.  Void where prohibited.

About Pro Ears, Inc.

Since 1992 Pro Ears has built the most advanced electronic hearing protection and amplification ear muffs to ensure members of the Law Enforcement, First Responder, Military and Sporting Enthusiasts have the advantage of DLSC technology. The compression of impulse sounds and amplification of low decibel sounds provide an advantage so you can be the best you can be. Never lose the advantage of situational awareness. Use Pro Ears. Made now in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. For more information, please visit www.pro-ears.com.

About Eye Safety Systems, Inc.

Established in 1998, Eye Safety Systems, Inc. (ESS) creates advanced eye protection systems for military, law enforcement, and fire/rescue professionals. Designed for the planet’s most hostile and unforgiving environments, ESS products feature cutting-edge technologies and patented innovations to ensure peak performance and uncompromised eye safety. Headquartered in Sun Valley, Idaho, ESS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oakley, Inc. ESS eye pro is manufactured in Foothill Ranch, California, and sold in over 90 countries. For more information, please visit www.esseyepro.com.

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Posted By admin on August 27, 2009

By: Andy Fink

What comes to mind when you say Airsoft? If you are a youth, you might think about the last time you went out and played airsoft games in the backyard or shot at targets. On the other hand, if you are not familiar with modern airsoft guns you might think they are toys. I used to envision airsoft guns as those guns that spit out plastic BBs that didn’t go very far and were not accurate; far from it! Many of today’s airsoft guns are strong, reliable, weigh as much as their big brother counterparts, and except for the blaze orange marking on the front of the barrel, look almost identical to the original they are a replica of.

Palco Sports, one our sponsors, has provided us a variety of airsoft guns and products that we are in the process of testing and we will be covering over the coming months. They are a major distributor of airsoft products and we are especially thankful for their support.

Shooting airsoft guns can be fun, and it can be accomplished indoors or outside depending upon what guns and targets you are shooting.
 
One of the first things to remember when shooting airsoft guns is be safe. At a minimum, always, always wear proper safety glasses and I don’t mean regular eye wear or sun glasses.

My view is that airsoft guns should be treated as any other firearm, with respect and care. Always obey firearm safety rules such as never pointing the gun at anyone.

Today’s airsoft guns have high velocity, are extremely accurate, and powerful. Hmm, you don’t believe it? We recently tested an airsoft replica of a SIG 552 Commando. This gun has a velocity of up to 445 fps, can shoot through both sides of a soda can at 40 feet and can go through one side out the other and continue to 60 feet! At 15 feet, on a rest, you can set out a bb and hit it within five shots!

Airsoft guns have started to have a real impact on the shooting industry as a whole and that influence will probably grow. They can be used for training, practice, and just fun shooting, but you always want to make sure safety is the first priority.
Training at home using special targets is an excellent way to improve your skills. Using certain types of airsoft guns have some advantages over others. There are a variety of airsoft training events and even airsoft games that have both pros and cons attached to them.

We will be covering a variety of subjects about airsoft over the coming months as well as specific gun reviews. These subjects include such items as:

• Airsoft – what is it?
• Safety
• Training with airsoft guns
• Airsoft replicas versus the real thing
• Action Airgun international competition such as that discussed in our previous article Action Airgun – Fun, Firearms Education and Competitive available on our website at:
•  https://www.juniorshooters.net/2009/02/24/action-airgun-fun-firearms-education-and-competitive/
• Airsoft Games
• Airsoft competition
• International competition

                                        (Top S&W 1911 airsoft 6mm BBs ? Bottom S&W 1911 .45 acp.)

If you have any suggestions as to subjects you would like covered, comments, or want to send in any articles, photos or information, please contact Andy at editor@juniorshooters.net. Please note that we do not pay for articles or photos and that all materials sent in may or may not be published on our website, in our print magazine, or in our flickr photo album totally at our discretion. All material sent in by, or about juniors, must have their parent’s permission.

Check out the products at Palco Sports: www.palcosports.com.

Copyright and Published By: Junior Shooters and Junior Sports Magazines Inc. August 2009

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Posted By admin on August 22, 2009

By: Andy Fink

A positive attitude is extremely important in any shooting competition. Think, I am going to hit every target, or, Every shot a bullseye, or, I can do it! Keeping this type of attitude really works and it applies to all of the shooting sports from precision air rifle to action type shooting.

Now, combine this with going through each stage, string, or shot in your mind before you shoot. Think about each move, the position of your body, the angle to your target, your sigh picture, breathing, speed at which you intend to shoot the stage or take the shot. This takes not only concentration but the patience to make your self do it every time. Almost all of the top shooters use these techniques.

Try these techniques next time you are out shooting and let me know if they worked for you.

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Posted By admin on August 17, 2009

By Andy Fink

I think it is always great for consumers, and in this case I mean junior and their families, when companies team up to provide us additional benefit for our dollar. Junior Shooters plans on publishing those opportunities that it becomes aware of here, on our web page. One of these is the recent teaming of Ruger and Carhartt where everyone who purchases a Ruger M77 will receive a Ruger branded Carhartt jacket (see press release below). Now, that is a good bang for your buck!

Oh, by the way, we have a Ruger M77 in .22-250 that we are in the process of testing and will be publishing articles on it a little bit later in the year.

Press Release:

Southport, CT August 14, 2009 Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce a free jacket promotion that combines two great American companies with reputations for building rugged and reliable products. Between August 15, 2009 and December 31, 2009, customers who purchase any new Ruger bolt-action rifle will receive a free Ruger-branded Carhartt jacket.

Redemption of the free Ruger-branded Carhartt jacket is easy simply fill out the redemption coupon found at your local firearm retailer and mail it in along with a copy of the sales receipt. Redemption coupons can also be downloaded at www.ruger.com/Carhartt, where you will also find complete promotion details and a copy of the official Terms and Conditions. Offer is for purchases of new Ruger rifles only, and is not valid on rifles previously sold at retail.

Ruger offers a large selection of bolt-action rifles, including the vast M77? Hawkeye line, as well the M77 Mark II Target, 77/22 and 77/17 models. With 118 offerings in over 25 different calibers and an assortment of stock configurations, finishes and barrel lengths, there is a Ruger bolt-action rifle to meet every shooter’s needs. For complete information on the extensive line of American-made Ruger firearms, visit www.ruger.com. To learn more about the full line of Carhartt? clothing and merchandise, visit www.carhartt.com.

About Sturm, Ruger: Sturm, Ruger was founded in 1949 and is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of high-quality firearms for the commercial sporting market. Sturm, Ruger is headquartered in Southport, CT, with plants located in Newport, NH and Prescott, AZ.

For further information contact: Ken Jorgensen
Director of Media Relations and Shooting Sports Coordinator
603-863-3300

Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports magazines Inc. August 2009

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Posted By admin on August 14, 2009

Press Release From Winchester – Edited By: Andy Fink

Those of you are involved in long range shooting, whether it be target shooting or hunting, might want to check out the new ballistics calculator program available on Winchester’s website. This is a good program for juniors and adults and might improve your accuracy and reloading.

Winchester says, the new Winchester Ammunition Ballistics Calculator is the most innovative program on the market, using cutting-edge technology to offer ballistics information for shooters and hunters. It is available to anyone who visits their site. “The technology used in this program makes understanding ballistics and bullet performance easy; and it’s the ideal resource for shooters and hunters.”

The Winchester Ballistics Calculator allows users to choose their type of ammunition and compare up to five different Winchester products with easy-to-read, high-tech ballistic charts and graphs. You can customize shooting conditions by entering wind speed and outside temperature, adjust zero marks for sighting in – then print the ballistics for later reference on the range or in the field. The calculator is now live at www.winchester.com/ballistics.

Winchester teamed up with Quilogy, a St. Charles, Missouri-based IT and Marketing consulting company, to develop the state-of-the-art ballistics calculator. The ballistics calculator was built using Microsoft Silverlight, a cutting-edge technology that integrates seamlessly into a Web browser and allows the user to run highly advanced software applications over the Web.

For more information about Winchester Ammunition and its complete line of products visit www.winchester.com.

Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines Inc. August 2009

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Posted By admin on August 13, 2009

By: Mary Beth Vorwerk USA Shooting

                (Amber English photo courtesy of Mary Beth Vorwerk USA Shooting)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (August 11, 2009) Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won the silver medal in the Junior Women’s Skeet event at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia today and the Junior Women’s Skeet team of English, Ali Chiang (Redwood Shores, Calif.) and Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.) took home the gold and set a Junior World Record in the team competition.   The Junior Women’s Trap team also added to the U.S. medal tally, taking home the bronze. 

English won her first ever international medal after firing a total score of 71 out of 75 targets to finish in second place behind Swedish shooter Therese Lundqvist.   Lundqvist captured the gold with 74 hits, breaking the world record of 72 hits, which was set by U.S. shooter Haley Dunn in 2005. 

Natalia Panas of Russia earned the bronze medal with a total score of 69 targets.  Chiang finished in fourth place with 67 hits and after a three-way shoot-off for fifth place, Connor, the 2009 Minsk World Cup silver medalist, ended up in the sixth spot with 66 hits. 

English, Chiang and Connor finished on top of the Junior Women?s Skeet team podium with a record score of 204 targets. The three teammates broke the previous World Record of 198 targets shot by Russia at the 2007 World Championship in Nicosia, Cyprus. 
The Russian team won silver ranking 12 targets behind the U.S., with a total score of 192 targets, while Poland secured the bronze with 191 total hits.

The Junior Women’s Trap team of Molly Bender (Montoursville, Pa.), Brandi Hobbs (Edinboro, Pa.) and Kayle Browning (Wooster, Ark.) earned the bronze medal today, shooting a total of 185 targets.  China won the team competition, shooting a total score of 202 targets and setting a new Junior World Record.  The Spanish team, holder of the record shattered by team China, closed the match in second place, winning the silver with 186 hits.

Individually, Bender finished the highest for the Junior Trap Women with 64 targets to land in 11^th place, while Hobbs ended in 15^th place with 61 hits and Browning fired 60 targets to finish in 18^th place.
The Junior Trap Women?s individual competition was won by the 18-year old Chinese shooter Qi Quiwen with a total score of 69 targets. Xu Tian, also of China, closed the match in second place with a total of 68 +1 hits. Xu shot-off against Rachel Yardy of Great Britain who finished in third place with a total score of 68 +0 targets.
In the Women’s Skeet event, four-time Olympian and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) scored the highest finish for the U.S. team, barely missing a spot in the final after losing a shoot-off for sixth place.  Rhode ended in seventh place with 71 total hits.  Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) finished in 24^th place with 64 targets and Jaiden Grinnell (Port Angeles, Wash.) landed in 29^th place with 62 hits. 

The defending World Champion, Christine Brinker of Germany, who is also the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, won the Women’s Skeet event with a total of 95 targets.  The silver medal went to Thai shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit with a total of 94 hits and Katiuscia of Italy took home the bronze with a total of 93+3 hits after winning a shoot-off against Russia’s Olga Panarina.  

Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska), the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, finished the Women?s Trap event in 14^th place today with 69 targets, which was the highest U.S. finish in that event.  Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) finished in 34^th place with 65 targets and 1996 Olympian and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit member Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) ended in 36^th place with 64 targets. 

Seventeen-year-old Italian shooter Jessica Rossi became the new Women’s Trap World Champion after climbing from fifth place to the top spot in the final with a total score of 92 targets.  Russia’s Irina Laricheva won the silver with 90 hits.  The 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Satu Makela-Nummela of Finland, started the final round with the highest qualification score of 74 hits, equaling the World Record, but shot 15 targets in the final to finish in third place with 89 total hits. 

Approximately 600 shooters from 70 countries are competing at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia with competition running through August 16.   Thirty U.S. athletes, including 15 juniors, are in Maribor vying for a spot on the podium at the biggest shotgun event of the year. 

Competition at the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships continues on Thursday, August 13 with the Double Trap Final.  The Men?s Skeet final will close out the event on August 16. 

For a complete competition schedule as well as updated, results, news, photos and video highlights of the 2009 Shotgun World Championships, please visit www.issf-sports.org.

Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team:
Winchester Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads. Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines August 2009

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Posted By admin on August 9, 2009

By: Andy Fink with juniors Dallin Hixson (15) and Sarah Bowers (17)
Photos taken from in front are using a remote camera

Do you want the perfect .22 pistol to shoot competitively Whether you are just starting out or have been shooting for a long time, there is nothing like the Tactical Solutions PACLITE. This pistol is just fantastic, in fact, AWESOME, doesn’t do it justice. I have seen and shot a lot of .22s over the years. Many of them have cried out, buy me, buy me. The PACLITE screams SHOOT, SHOOT!

This gun is based on the Ruger Mark II or Mark III. To start our project, we first ordered two Ruger Mark IIIs which were covered in Volume 3 Summer 2008 issue of Junior Shooters magazine ? The Ruger Mark III Still # 1. The Ruger Mark III is an absolutely great pistol and many people use one for shooting .22 steel, .22 rimfire, competitions, plinking and hunting. It is an all around great gun and an excellent packing gun when hiking, fishing, or being in the outdoors.

Tactical Solutions gives the Ruger Mark III even more character and makes it even better with colored grips, colored receiver, fluted barrel, a cool looking compensator, weight reduction, and improved accuracy. These guns shoot! Since they are a little lighter than the original Mark III they are also easier for young juniors to shoot. The compensator helps reduce recoil and muzzle jump so it is easier to keep the sights on the target after each shot. These guns just cry out COOL!

The silver flutes on the colored barrel are integrated with the receiver so they are all one piece. The fiberoptic front sight makes picking up the front sight on quick shots fast and smooth. The compensator, which screws off the end of the barrel if you want to reduce over-all length, reduces recoil and adds to the appearance of the firearm.

Each gun comes with a colored fiber optics front sight, a picatinney rail for scope mounting, and a rear sight as part of the rail that is fully adjustable for windage and elevation. The magazine release, safety, grip frame, lower frame, and trigger are the original Ruger Mark III?s components.

Operation and function is the same as with any Ruger Mark III. I must admit we had a little trigger work done by our gun smith Robert Krone at RK Gunsmithing. He lightened the trigger pull and smoothed it out reducing creep. All of these items ended up making our two PACLITE’s really, really, sweet!

Sarah Bowers (17) says, The Tactical Solutions pistol was my favorite. It gave an amazing group and I was able to shoot it fairly fast without taking extra time in between shots. There was little recoil, so this pistol would be great for a speed match such as the Steel Challenge.

                                                          (Slide back with Aimpoint Micro H1 Red Dot)

Dallin Hixson (15) says, Amazing gun! The PACLITE from tactical Solutions felt perfect in my hands. The balance was better than I could have imagined and the grip was unbeatable! I loved holding this gun. The size was unique, but in a good way! I loved the sights! The sight picture was easy to see and the adjustment was easy to control. I loved the color! It was a very cool red. 
                                            (Dallin Hixson  Photo taken using remote camera)

There was not a lot of recoil though the gun is lighter than the Ruger Mark III. The lack of recoil was not only due to the caliber, .22 Long Rifle (LR), but also due to the compensator at the end of the barrel. Function and performance was very smooth and the slide movement was very slick. I have never had a jam with this gun and it was very easy to operate! The magazine release was placed right at my thumb and was easy to push and release the magazine. This gun is amazingly accurate! A lot of that has to do with the light trigger pull, custom barrel, and sight picture.?

Groups were as low as 0.5 inches at 15-yards.

Other juniors who helped test out the two guns we received, all of whom really liked the guns, were: Hayden Hixson (14), Cole Furtney (12), and Hanah Bowers (14).

                 (Lena Miculek)                                     (Ashley Bolda)

                                               (Kaci Cochran)

There are many top notch shooters that prefer the PACLITE from Tactical Solutions. Some of them include: Lena Miculek (Daughter of Kay and Jerry Miculek) and Ashley Bolda (14-years old) both who posted excellent scores in the .22 Rimfire US Steel Nationals this year at Titusville, Florida. Another is Kaci Cochran who shoots both USPSA and Steel and is an outstanding shooter. Both Ashley and Kaci also write for Junior Shooters.

With the 6-inch threaded end silver fluted barrel, receiver, & compensator, the PACLITE’s cost is $350 plus the original cost of the Ruger Mark II or Mark III An adult can actually purchase the set and convert the Ruger Mark III themselves (it requires an Federal Firearms License (FFL) transfer as the receiver has its own serial number.)

A similar type system using a Browning Buckmark as the baseline, converts into the Tactical Solutions TRAILITE. This is only a barrel and compensator. The cost for the 5-1/2-inch fluted barrel & compensator is $270. We will be covering the TRAILITE in a separate article a few months from now.

Tactical Solutions also carries many other products such as a .22 conversion for the AR-15, barrels, 2211 conversion kits (1911 with red grips is an STI & below is the conversion set shown with a Kimber 1911,) barrels and stocks, X ring receivers, compensators, grips, components with cool colors, and more!

Check them out at www.tacticalsol.com. Go buy a Ruger Mark III and call Tactical Solutions to get your own PACLITE. They also sponsor a number of top junior shooters and help out many matches by providing prizes specifically for juniors.

Ammunition used included:

CCI Minimag, CCI Select, Federal Value Pack, Lapua, Remington, Winchester Super X round nose and Winchester Super X Hollow Point. All shot equally well.

The best five-shot group we got with out a scope at 15-yards was 0.5-inch.

Contact Links:

• Tactical Solutions: www.tacticalsol.com
• Aimpoint: www.aimpoint.com
• Ruger Firearms: www.ruger.com
• CCI: www.federalpremium.com
• Federal: www.feredralpremium.com
• Lapua: www.lapua.com
• Remington: www.remington.com
• Winchester: www.winchester.com
• RK Gunsmithing: www.rkgunsmithing.com

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Posted By admin on August 8, 2009

By: Andy Fink

Junior shooters are important. Those companies that support you, the junior shooter, are also important. We, at Junior Shooters magazine, refer to a junior shooter as a youth between the ages of five and 21. Various shooting organizations have different age regulations for juniors. There are many organizations that actively support, you, the junior, in one way or another. This may be through donations, products provided, shooting camps, or other means. All of these efforts are deeply appreciated as you are the future of our shooting sports, our hunting heritage, and the protection for our 2^nd Amendment: the Right To Keep and Bear Arms.

                                                                                                     (Wyatt Gibson)

                                          (Travis & Wyatt Gibson)

One of those companies supporting you is MGM Targets owned and operated by Mike and Rhonda Gibson with their son Travis Gibson, daughter-in-law Tracy, and their grandson Wyatt waiting in the wings. All of them are shooters, and darn good ones at that. They shoot mostly United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA,) Steel Challenge, and modern three-gun competitions. MGM Targets manufactures firearms training equipment for military and law enforcement as well as for competitive shooters and shooting clubs. Most people know MGM Targets for their top quality steel rifle and pistol targets, but they also do much larger projects such as turning target systems, high angle shooting/rappelling towers, and live fire shoot houses. They enjoy an exceptional reputation in the industry for quality products, outstanding customer service, and unsurpassed personal and professional integrity.
                                                                                    (Rhonda & Mike Gibson)

They donate a percentage of the sales from their paper targets to put on a junior shooting camp each year in conjunction with the USPSA and the United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU). The first camp was in October 2008 and had 43 kids attend and was a resounding success. You can read about this in the article titled Who-Ra-ClangClang The Mgm/USAMU Junior Camp on our website at:
https://www.juniorshooters.net/2008/12/28/who-ra-clang-clang-the-mgmusamu-junior-camp/. This is a significant effort by the Gibsons helping many kids receive safe training from our Army experts and champions. The dates for 2009 are November 6-8. Check out www.juniorshooterscamp.org.
         (Travis, Tracy, and Wyatt Gibson)

                                     (Travis showing his expert shooting style)

Last year they decided to start local Steel Challenge matches out at the Nampa outdoor range. This year they are at the Gem County Rod & Gun Club in Emmett, Idaho, www.gcrc.org. These are essentially sponsored and put on by MGM Targets with Travis, and Wyatt setting them up each week and Tracy doing the scoring. MGM Targets built the steel targets and a steel box to keep them in. They also supply all of the two-by-fours. Though there are many people who help set up and take down, Travis, Tracy and Wyatt are the organizers and make sure the matches occur, everyone is safe, and everyone has fun. Start time is 5:00 pm but you can usually get in if you get there by 6:00 or 6:30.

The charge for this is $5 for adults, and juniors and first time shooters are always free. All of the money raised at these matches       (Mike Gibson shooting open class with a red dot on his Glock)
goes right back to the Emmett gun club. I asked Travis to tell me why they are doing this and his reply was: The ONLY reason MGM Targets is putting on the weekly Tuesday night steel matches is to try and grow the action shooting sports. Steel Challenge is an excellent avenue to get new shooters and kids involved. The stages are easy to figure out and there is very little movement. If the shooter is using a .22 they don’t have to draw from a holster, and it is easy for spectators to see how good a shooter did immediately. They don’t have to go down and look at paper to try and figure out how the shooter did. All of these things combined, make this      (Wyatt?s Tactical Solutions .22 PACLITE built on a Ruger Mark III)
sport a lot of fun for both the shooter and the spectator.

MGM Targets also puts on the MGM Ironman each year which I have heard people say, and personally experienced, is the toughest three-gun competition in the country.

Our thanks go out to the Gibsons and all of the people at MGM Targets for taking the time and the money to support juniors, new shooters, and the shooting sports. It is people like this that make the shooting sports so great.

If you are buying targets or target systems check out MGM Targets for they need our support as well. www.mgmtargets.com.

         
                                                             (Sarah Bowers, 16, at the MGM Ironman 2008)

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Posted By admin on July 30, 2009

By Mary Beth Vorwek – USA Shooting, Photos by Mary Beth

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 29, 2009)  The Double Trap event was held at the 2009 Shotgun National Junior Olympic Championships on Wednesday with Ian Rupert (Muncy, Pa.) taking home the title.

                                    (Ian Rupert – Gold Medal Winner)

Rupert, who finished third at the Junior Olympics (JOs) last year, won the top spot easily by 15 targets this year, finishing with a total of 179.  In a shoot-off for second place, Abel Spire (Cushing, Okla.) faced T.J. Bayer (College Station, Texas), who finished sixth in the skeet event on Monday, and hit two targets to Bayer’s one target to earn second place, while Bayer took third.  Both shooters ended the final with 164 total hits.  Josh Conro (El Cajon, Calif.) finished fourth with 160 hits, while Trey Jones (Moultrie, Ga.) and Shane Herman (Peyton, Colo.) took the fifth and sixth spots with 156 and 155 targets respectively. 

                        (L to R: Abel Spire, Ian Rupert T.J. Baylor)

Other top finishers in Double Trap include:

• J2 First Place – Trey Jones, 120
• J2 Second Place – Robert Perez, 118
• J2 Third Place – Chris Landfield, 109
• J3 First Place – Roy Chavalitlekha, 106
• J3 Second Place – Nathaniel Lundie, 95
• J3 Third Place – Braxton Jones, 86

Approximately 200 junior shooters are participating in the International Skeet, Double Trap and Trap events at the 2009 Shotgun JOs.  Juniors qualified for the event by winning their State Junior Olympic Championships, or by shooting a qualifying score. Competition will conclude at Ft. Carson’s International Shooting Park on Saturday, August 1 with the Men’s, Women?s and SCTP Trap finals. 

Complete results from the 2009 Shotgun National Junior Olympic Championships can be found at the end of the competition each day by visiting the Match Results page of www.usashooting.org.

Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team

Winchester Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999.   Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads.  Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.

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