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Is Accuracy The Same As Precision?

Is Accuracy The Same As Precision?

Dictionary definitions for accuracy include "precision;" definitions for precision include "accuracy." Colloquially expressed, a precision rifle can shoot with exceptional accuracy. An accurate rifle can shoot with exceptional precision. Ammunition can perform with precision, but claiming its accuracy is a different matter. Read More

Caldwell Flash Bang Target Hit Indicator Light Up The Range!

Caldwell Flash Bang Target Hit Indicator Light Up The Range!

The Caldwell Flash Bang brings even more fun to shooting steel targets. 10 ultra-bright green LED lights flash every time the target is hit and are visible over a mile. 3 AA batteries are included with each flash bang good for over 30,000 impacts. Light up your range with the Caldwell Flash Bang. Read More

Unlock the Power of Thermal Vision with Ultralight ThOR LTV!

Unlock the Power of Thermal Vision with Ultralight ThOR LTV!

Introducing the cutting-edge ThOR LTV thermal riflescope! Capture every moment in stunning video quality with its built-in recording feature. Test yourself an ultra-lightweight design combined with exceptional thermal imaging performance. Unleash your hunting potential with ThOR LTV! Read More

Long shots are possible with the 110 Timberline.

Long Shots Are Possible With The 110 Timberline.

Built to maximize accuracy with a fluted barrel, overmold surfaces, target crown, and omni-port muzzlebrake, the Model 110 lets hunters customize length-of-pull and comb height, plus, the user-adjustable AccuTrigger™ offers a crisp, clean pull critical for making precise shots at any distance. Read More

2024 NRA World Shooting Championship Registration Opens Dec. 6

2024 NRA World Shooting Championship Registration Opens Dec. 6

Registration for the 2024 NRA World Shooting Championship, presented by Walther, will open at 1:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The 2024 NRA World Shooting Championship will take place at Camp Atterbury, Ind., April 4-6. Only the first 288 competitors will be granted entry into the competition, so if you are interested in attending, act fast and be sure to register on Wednesday, December 6. Once the match is full, competitors may add themselves to the waitlist. Read More

Yamaha Wolverine SxS's built Real World Tough and Assembled in the USA

Yamaha Wolverine SxS's built Real World Tough and Assembled in the USA

During the Let's Ride Sales Event get great deals on the Yamaha Wolverine RMAX family of Side-by-Sides. Take your adventure to the extreme with the Wolverine RMAX2 1000 XT-R with a powerful 999cc engine, factory-installed WARN winch and integrated Yamaha Adventure Pro with GPS mapping and navigation. Read More

Results: 2023 USPSA Open, Pistol-Caliber Carbine National Championship

Results: 2023 USPSA Open, Pistol-Caliber Carbine National Championship

USPSA was back at the CMP Marksmanship Park in Talladega, Ala., for the 2023 Vortex Optics Open and Pistol-Caliber Carbine National Championship, presented by Federal, September 6-10. The CMP Marksmanship Park has been an excellent range and host for both USPSA and the World Speed Shooting Championship since 2018. Read More

Collegiate Rifle: Akron’s Record-Breaking Trip To Alaska

Collegiate Rifle: Akron’s Record-Breaking Trip To Alaska

"Why Alaska in November?" For this commonly asked question, the answer is, "It’s not really that cold." Even though during the Akron rifle team’s trip to Fairbanks, Alaska, on November 18-19, the high temperature was 7 degrees above and the low temperature was 15 degrees below, it’s a dry cold, which I’m told makes it much better. Read More

New: Walther Arms PDP Match Steel Frame

New: Walther Arms PDP Match Steel Frame

New from Walther Arms is the PDP Match Steel Frame 9 mm pistol. About the new pistol, Walther said, "The precision-machined steel frame guarantees the PDP Match’s ability to endure the harshest conditions, while shattering performance boundaries and securing superior results." Read More

What’s In Your Range Bag, Joe Hendricks?

What’s In Your Range Bag, Joe Hendricks?

High Power Rifle competitor and Distinguished Rifleman Joe Hendricks has made the President’s 100 list five times over the course of his shooting career. Find out what he keeps in his range bag. Read More

All About Competitive Shooting Handicaps

All About Competitive Shooting Handicaps

Shooting, like all other sports, is blessed with participants of varying skills so that over an extended series of meets, the same teams and individuals continually win. To equalize the distribution of awards and maintain a high degree of interest, various corrective systems have been developed. Read More

Review: The Saints From Springfield Armory

Review: The Saints From Springfield Armory

In October, we took a look at the new handgun from Springfield Armory, the Echelon. Personally, when you say Springfield Armory I think of their 1911 lineup of handguns. When researching information on the Echelon, I was reminded that they have been building AR rifles since 2016. Scrolling through the website, I was impressed by their offerings and picked up two of them for review. Read More

USA Shooting: Stetson Bardfield Defends Parapan American Games Championship Title

USA Shooting: Stetson Bardfield Defends Parapan American Games Championship Title

Stetson Bardfield earned a gold medal in the R5 Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2 event at the 2023 Parapan America Games in Santiago, Chile, on Monday, November 20, successfully defending his title from the 2019 Parapan American Games. Read More

New: Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P9 Metal M2.0 Spec Series

New: Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P9 Metal M2.0 Spec Series

Smith & Wesson recently announced the release of its latest Spec Series Kit with the new Performance Center M&P9 Metal M2.0 9 mm pistol. The 4.8-inch stainless steel barrel in this striker-fired 9 mm pistol is threaded, although the Faxon-designed compensator is attached to the barrel at the factory. Read More

NRA Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.) To Return July 2024

NRA Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.) To Return July 2024

NRA's Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S) is slated to return July 16-21, 2024. The NRA Youth Education Summit is a six-day, all-expenses paid leadership and scholarship experience for rising high school juniors and seniors in the Washington, D.C., area. Each summer, 30 to 40 high school students are selected from across the country to participate in a week-long educational fellowship around our nation’s capital. Read More

USPSA Membership, By The Numbers (Part 2)

USPSA Membership, By The Numbers (Part 2)

Back in September, we published a comparison of USPSA membership through the first half of the year. Here is Part 2, where we stand going into the fourth quarter of the year. At the end of September there had been 8,005 new members join USPSA, bringing our total membership to a high of 39,711. That puts our membership retention rate year to date at 88 percent. Compared to 2019’s same time frame (January 1 to September 30), retention was 83 percent. Read More

New: Extar USA EP9 Carbine

New: Extar USA EP9 Carbine

Extar USA has transformed the EP9 platform into a new, lightweight 9 mm pistol-caliber carbine, and not simply given it a longer barrel. Extar’s new EP9 carbine sports a 16.25-inch blacknitride-plus barrel, new handguard and top rail. Additionally, the weight while unloaded is five pounds, two ounces. Read More

Ohio Couple Finds Shared Hobby In Air Gun Competition

Ohio Couple Finds Shared Hobby In Air Gun Competition

You might say that Tom and Joan Kerbel met by "accident"—that is, a car accident. One fateful day, Tom got into a wreck so bad that it, unfortunately, destroyed his lunch—so, he was forced to walk into the local Subway to have another sandwich made. There, the employee, Joan, was happy to make him another. Read More

Classic SSUSA: Women Shooters Sweep 1998 NCAA Individual Rifle Championships

Classic SSUSA: Women Shooters Sweep 1998 NCAA Individual Rifle Championships

For only the third time in NCAA Rifle Championship history, two women won both the Smallbore and Air Rifle Individual Championships. Karyn E. Juzuik, a junior at Xavier University, edged out Jeff Odor of the University of Wyoming, with an aggregate score of 1169 for the 1998 Smallbore Championship. Read More

Winchester Debuts New Pet Products

Winchester Debuts New Pet Products

Winchester recently announced the launch of its new pet products lineups, the Winchester Signature series and premium brand, King Buck. The pet lines include a wide variety of dog collars, leashes, bowls, vests, training tools and dog beds. Read More