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Falcons Take Flight at National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships

April 11, 2013 ODU Admin Comments Off

Despite record low temperatures outside Wednesday, the Women’s Air Rifle Final of the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC) was hotly contested on the indoor range of the U.S. Olympic Shooting Center in Colorado Springs. […]

Bushmaster Firearms Presents the 2013 Tarheel 3-Gun Challenge

April 10, 2013 ODU Admin Comments Off

Bushmaster Firearms International (“BFI”) is pleased to announce its title sponsorship of the 2013 Tarheel 3-Gun Challenge taking place in New Hill, NC, on April 25-27, 2013. The 2013 Bushmaster Tarheel 3-Gun Challenge is expected […]

FNH USA Partners With Peacemaker National Training Center

April 3, 2013 ODU Admin Comments Off

FNH USA, LLC is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Peacemaker National Training Center (PNTC), one of the largest competitive shooting facilities in the U.S., to support enhancements to their main shooting complex, […]

Twenty Shotgun Athletes Including Olympians Hancock & Thompson Selected for 2013 World Cups

December 10, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Despite still feeling the after-effects of an Olympic journey that ended with two skeet gold medals in London, the USA Shooting Team is already busy preparing for the upcoming 2013 season. Based on shooting performances […]

ELEY Set to Open U.S. Testing Range to the Delight of USA Shooting Team

December 6, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

USA Shooting’s elite athletes will enjoy a few less overseas trips thanks to the new ELEY Testing Range that will be unveiled before team members later today. As the USA Shooting Team’s smallbore (.22 caliber) […]

Smith & Wesson Junior Captain Molly Smith Interviews 2012 USPSA Ladies Revolver National Champion

December 5, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Smith & Wesson’s newly appointed Junior Team Captain, Molly Smith, recently sat down with fellow teammate Annette Aysen to discuss her latest victory at the USPSA Women’s Revolver Nationals. In her role as Junior Team […]

Shooting USA’s Impossible Shots Features Christmas Special

December 5, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

We’re ringing in the holidays Impossible Shots style. Julie Golob is full of Christmas cheer and showing you how to make your own Christmas ornaments using three different guns and some very creative targets. Then […]

Otis Announces Otis Novice Group Goddess

December 4, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Otis Technology and Babes with Bullets is proud to announce the most recent Otis Novice Group Goddesses, Michelle McDaniel and Jennifer Dean. Winners were attendees from Babes with Bullets camps held in October and November, […]

Beaman’s Air Pistol Score Highlights Final Day of 2012 Winter Airgun Championships

December 3, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Brian Beaman (Selby, S.D.) ensured he saved the best for last in recording the second highest Men’s 10m Air Pistol score on record to highlight the third and final day of the 2012 Winter Airgun […]

Eight Olympians Set to Compete in USA Shooting’s 2012 Winter Airgun Championship

December 1, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

With high temperatures in Colorado Springs expected to be in the mid-60s throughout the week, it won’t feel anything like winter for participants of the 2012 Winter Airgun Championships, but more than 225 athletes are […]

The Steiner Shooting Team Dominates the 2012 Thunder Beast Team Challenge

November 15, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The Steiner Shooting Team’s R.J. Dussart and Sky Leighton beat out 26 other two-man teams to win the championship title at Thunder Beast Team Challenge, conducted at the Blue Steel Ranch near to Logan, N.M., […]

Tradition Meets Future with Sports South Donation to USA Shooting

November 7, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Tradition Meets Future with Sports South $100K Donation to USA Shooting Proud tradition will help provide for the future of America’s Olympic-shooting sports with the recent $100,000 donation provided by firearms and ammunition distributor Sports […]

USA Shooting Medalists Net Over $275K in Reward Money for London Performances

November 6, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

USA Shooting has awarded $198,000 in monetary bonuses to the organization’s four Olympic medalists as part of its Athlete Incentive Reward program the organization announced Thursday. Winning the most gold medals (3) of any team […]

Eric Uptagrafft and Jason Parker to Compete in World Cup Finals for Rifle/Pistol

October 24, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The end of a grueling Olympic year is in sight for USA Shooting’s Eric Uptagrafft (USAMU/Phenix City, Ala.) and Jason Parker (USAMU/Omaha, Neb.), but not before one final event in Bangkok, Thailand, as they are ready to compete in […]

Coast Guard Academy To Design Stages For 2013 Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor Nationals

October 19, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) and Smith & Wesson have announced that for the fifth year in a row members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Combat Arms Team will take part in the […]

Next Level Training Partners With Scholastic Steel Challenge

October 3, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

“We’re huge supporters of what Scholastic Steel Challenge is trying to do,” says Britt Lentz, operations manager for Next Level Training (NLT). To that end, NLT is helping underwrite the cost of getting NLT laser […]

Remington® Law Enforcement Proudly Supports 2012 National Police Shooting Championships

September 27, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Remington Arms Company, LLC. (“Remington”), is proud to support the National Rifle Association (NRA) 2012 National Police Shooting Championships held at the Shooting Range in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 16-20, 2012. “Remington Law Enforcement […]

Olson Leaves London on a High Note with a 12th Place Finish in Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1

September 6, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

SFC Josh Olson takes aim during the Mixed 50m Rifle Prone match from the Royal Artillery Barracks. Photo Andrew Fielding/U.S. Presswire The Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event at the Paralympic Games was laden with […]

Olson Finishes 28th in Paralympic Debut

September 2, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Sergeant First Class Josh Olson (Spokane, Wash.) knew the field would be tough in Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1. Competing in his first event in his first Paralympic Games, Olson finished 28th with 595 […]

3-Gun Nation Heads to Texas

August 29, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

This week on “3-Gun Nation,” the FNH USA 3GN Pro Series Tour, presented by Federal Premium, heads to Austin, Texas and the Best of the West Range for the Texas Multigun Championships. Watch as this […]

Hall of Fame Trapshooter Harlan Campbell, Jr. Wins ‘Championship Double’ at 2012 Grand American

August 28, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Remington Arms Company, LLC, (“Remington”) would like to congratulate long-time Pro- Staff shooter and friend, Harlan Campbell, Jr. on an achievement that hasn’t happened since 1936 – winning a singles and doubles championship at the […]

Beretta’s DT11 Rescues Trap Legend Leo Harrison III

August 27, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Team Beretta shooter Leo Harrison III found himself in need of a replacement shotgun just prior to one of his many events while competing at the 2012 Grand American. He needed one because his trusty […]

First US Paralympic Shooting Team Sets Course for London with Medals in Mind

August 22, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

For two Paralympic shooters competing in their first Paralympic Games, this day couldn’t have arrived soon enough. As Eric Hollen (Colorado Spirngs, Colo.) and Josh Olson (USAMU/Spokane, Wash.) set course for the London Paralympic Games […]

Congratulations to all the GenX10 Archery Athletes

August 21, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

In perhaps the biggest domination of any sport on the recent World stage, Generation X10 athletes, or “Gen X10” as they’ve now been dubbed, have swept the podiums once again at the Games using X10 […]

AR15.com, Brownells and Hornady Team Up as Title Sponsors for the 2nd Annual Rockcastle Pro Am 3 Gun Championships

August 17, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Rockcastle Shooting Center, America’s ultimate shooting destination resort will be the center of attention August 24-26, 2012 as Industry sponsors, film crews and spectators attend the match which is part of the NBC Sports 3-Gun […]

Complete Guide to Three-Gun Competition Examines Hot, New Sport

August 16, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Gun Digest Books has published the Complete Guide to Three-Gun Competition to satisfy the growing popularity of the hot, young sport. Authored by Chad Adams, the 256-page comprehensive look (ISBN 9781440228674) at the unique world […]

3-Gun Nation Pro Series Debuts on NBC Sports Network

August 15, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Tune in this week for the dawn of a new era in practical shooting-the 3-Gun Nation Pro Series Tour. The first professional tournament series in action shooting, the 3GN Pro Series Tour features an exclusive […]

Gray shoots her way to Olympic gold for US

August 9, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Almost a medalist in Beijing. Almost perfect in London. For Jamie Lynn Gray, four years of anguish was washed away on Saturday. Gray gave the United States its third shooting gold medal of the London […]

Animal Rights Thugs Spew Hate, Call for Death of Olympic Gold Medalist

August 8, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Olympic shooter Corey Cogdell – a trap shooter who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games – is also a hunter. After she published pictures of herself with game animals she killed, animal […]

Team Remington-Bushmaster Scores Big at 2012 CMP National Matches

August 8, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Team Remington/Bushmaster shooters were awarded several titles during the recent 2012 Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) National High Power Championships held at Camp Perry, Ohio. The event hosted over 3,320 competitors. “I am proud of our […]

Mowrer & Szarenski Compete in Shooting’s Oldest Olympic Event

August 6, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The last pistol event of the 2012 Olympic Games featured a glimpse of a promising young career and the likely end of another for Team USA as 38 competitors competed in the 50-meter Free Pistol […]

SCI Defends Olympic Shooter After Personal Threats by Anti-Hunting Radicals

August 3, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

“As President of Safari Club International (SCI) I would like to express SCI’s support for Olympic Trap Shooter and SCI Member, Corey Cogdell, who will represent the U.S. Shooting team tomorrow in London. While the […]

Hancock perfect in skeet final, US shooter becomes first to win two gold medals in event

July 31, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Vincent Hancock of the United States has won the gold medal in the men’s skeet competition at the London Olympics, his second straight. It gives the U.S. a skeet sweep, after Kim Rhode won the […]

Rhode Makes Olympic History with Shotgunning Gold Medal

July 31, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Step aside, Carl Lewis. You, too, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Al Oerter. Meet Kim Rhode, the first American with individual medals in five straight Olympics, after a golden, record-setting, nearly perfect performance. Rhode won the women’s skeet shooting […]

Army Spouse Competes in First Medal Event of London Olympics

July 30, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

By Michael Molinaro, U.S. Army. In front of an enthusiastic crowd keen to see the first medals of the London Olympics handed out, Jamie Gray, wife of a U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldier, competed in […]

Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) hosts Inaugural Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) Match

July 30, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Shelby Township, MI -that they registered 141 shooters / 26 teams for the new Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) at the 2012 SCTP Team Nationals held at The World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta, IL […]

U.S. men’s archery team takes silver, gold goes to Italy

July 30, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The men’s archery team clinched the U.S. its first medal after it won its semifinal match. They took silver when they could not overcome Italy in the final. The more fascinating match, however, may have […]

Archer and Avid Hunter, Brady Ellison, Aims for Olympic Gold

July 25, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Brady Ellison started competing in the Junior Olympic Archery Development Program while growing up in Payson and now this young archer is aiming for Olympic gold in London this summer. Brady Ellison, born in Globe, […]

Team Laupa’s Kirsten Weiss Shines in NRA 3-Position Nationals

July 23, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Taking advantage of some adverse conditions on day two (any sight competition) of the NRA Smallbore Rifle 3-Position Nationals Championships at Camp Perry, Team Lapua’s Kirsten Weiss rose from 8th place to finish as High […]

Kim Rhode Prepares To Chase History In London

July 18, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

As she stood on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, a gold medal around her neck, 17-year-old Kim Rhode never dreamed that 16 years later, she’d be chasing history across the Atlantic […]

USA Shooting Shotgun Team Loaded for Success

July 18, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

When the best shooters in the world hit the trap and skeet ranges in London, the USA Shooting Shotgun Team will be firing on all cylinders with legendary Winchester® AA® ammunition. Through the last four […]

Team Benelli Wins at Tactical Shotgun Championships

July 16, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

Team Benelli 3-Gun shooters racked up impressive wins in spite of brutal temperatures at the first annual Benelli/Rockcastle Tactical Shotgun Championships held June 29- July 1, at Rockcastle Shooting Complex near Park City, Kentucky. Top […]

NSSF Donates $100,000 to USA Shooting Team

July 16, 2012 ODU Admin Comments Off

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a longtime USA Shooting sponsor, recently provided the organization with $100,000 donation to help support the USA Shooting Team and shooter development programs. The financial donation along with their multi-year […]