Shootin’ Gallery From Caldwell Shooting Supplies

| March 7, 2009

By Ray Walters While few, if any, of our young readers are old enough, many of your grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles will remember one of the most popular attractions at the many State and County fairs across the country was the Shooting Gallery. As hard as it may be to believe today, just about […]

Silencio Orion Hearing Protection From Brownells

| March 7, 2009

By: Sarah Bowers (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) Ear and eye protection are items that everyone must be concerned with when participating in the shooting sports. This is especially true for kids. When you are out enjoying your favorite shooting sport, look around, if someone doesn’t have on ear and eye protection let an […]

SKB Shotguns – Kids Dig ‘Em

| March 4, 2009

By: Andy Fink The snow was falling in big flakes and the wind was blowing about 10 miles an hour as the young boy took his jacket off and tied it around his waist. Wearing jeans and a T-shirt, he came up to position one of the trap range. Everyone else had at least a […]

Ty’s Tidbits 2: A Junior on Safari With Limcroma Safaris

| March 2, 2009

By: Ty Weaver (13 years old) (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) I was twelve years old when I went on this Safari, my second. The day before Dad and I left for my 2006 safari, I came down with a 101 degree fever. Mom took me to the doctor and he gave me a […]

Action Airgun – Fun, Firearms Education, and Competitive

| February 24, 2009

By: Andy Fink Juniors and adults, get ready for the new shooting game in town! What a combination! Do you want to teach your kids firearms safety and have a ball of fun without even having to leave your house? You can. ActionAirgun has come up with a new sport of competitive shooting that is […]

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.

Companies & Organizations Supporting You – The Youth Shooter: Midway USA & the Scholastic Shooting Trust Fund

| February 15, 2009

By: Andy Fink   Did you know that there are many organizations and companies that actively support youth shooting activities? Most of the companies that make up the shooting industry sponsor youth shooting events by providing products for prizes and donations. Many of them support youth oriented shooting magazines like Junior Shooters or youth organizations […]

My Bird Dog and I

| February 13, 2009

By: Keagen Cothern (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) I had a great experience competing in the North American Gun Dog Association National Championships (NAGDA) this spring. Hunting is a tradition in my family and I have been bird hunting with my dad for the past four years. My dad started competing with NAGDA two […]

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 […]

Walther’s SP22 and Shooting Steel

| February 8, 2009

By: Hannah Bowers (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) Have you ever shot in a Steel Challenge Match? A Steel Challenge Match consists of shooting at five steel targets at each of five stages, with speed and accuracy as the goal. You can shoot rimfire or centerfire and limited or open categories. The open category […]

Gunsmithing: GLOCK Smithin’

| February 3, 2009

By: Robert “Doc” Krone Ah Glock’s, you either love em or well?hate is a strong word but it is all about fit in a shooters hand and yes, even appearance. The main attraction is the polymer or plastic frame which takes weight away from the gun and even takes up some recoil from the shooter. […]

My Journey to the Daisy 2008 IBBGCM (Daisy International BB Gun Championship)

| January 30, 2009

By: Caleb Paterson (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) The whole thing started about a year ago when our shooting sports club, the Wyandotte County 4-H shooters, started to practice and teach the new shooters how to shoot in competitions. The first match was a very nerve racking ordeal but after that match I started […]