Scenes From This Weekend’s NRA National Junior Three-Position Air Rifle Championships
This weekend the NRA's Junior Air Rifle 3-position Rifle Championships are being held in Bloomington, Illinois. Participants made it through regional qualification events to get to the shoulder-to-shoulder National Championships. Young people representing nearly...
Competition: You Have to Go Through Failure On The Path to Success
I need to preface this piece by stating that up until two months ago, I had only shot a handful of carbine competitions with my good old friend MC, whose interviews you’ve all seen...
CAV-15 Returns to Production, Now on Sale
The CAV-15 is a special snowflake in the AR-15 world. Not only is the lower receiver made from a high strength polymer instead of the standard aluminum, but it comes with a polymer stock...
Shooting Tip of the Day: READ THE DAMNED STAGE BRIEF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lJzIvG_aI
Some stages in a shooting competition are pretty straightforward. "On start signal, shoot every damned thing you see." Simple enough. But stage designers like to throw curveballs -- make you do something that's out...
Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational: The Stage is Set
In about 13 days I'll once again be hopping a plane, this time bound for Oregon. Crimson Trace is holding an invitational 3-gun competition out there, one with a rather big twist -- the...
Kim Rhode Sets Record, Wins Olympic Skeet Gold
Kim Rhode set a new Olympic record today by dusting 99 out of 100 on her way to winning women's skeet. This after setting a record earlier in the day by busting 74 out...
Gun Tweet of the Day: Smallbore Appreciation Edition
As we've noted before, Samuel L. likes his guns. Judging from his recent tweetage, he also loves him some Olympic pistol competition, too. And he really seems to revere rimfire's recoil. Or lack thereof....
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em: SGL12-67 With 8-Round Magazine
Despite that long, gently-curved magazine, this is not a bull-barreled AK-74: it's a Saiga-12 with extra competition gubbins and a 60% larger magazine. If you're looking to jump on one of Mikhail Timofeyovich's (not)...
Gear Review: Ares Armor Effin A Tuneable Compensator
Some things that come across my desk are just downright nifty and appeal to my inner nerd. Things like the NSN stockless thingy, but without the possible issues. This one definitely falls into that...
Red Dot Or DMR Scope? Bushnell’s SMRS Asks “Why Not Both?”
Badass military operators, 3-Gun competitors and Texas hog hunters have something in common: they don't know if their next target is going to angling in from ten yards or standing still at 250. Bushnell's...
Bob Munden, RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQo2Or1PuEI
Bob Munden, friend, sportsman, gunsmith, entertainer and world's fastest
shooter passed away Tuesday. Recognized as "The Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived" by the Guinness Book of World Records, Bob was 70. Just released from...