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Snow and chilly temperatures didn’t keep us from enjoying the fun of local monthly USPSA matches when I was growing up. Here’s a photo of me shooting one of the stages at Pathfinder Fish & Game in upstate New York, circa 1992. During the winter months our club matches featured speed shoots with little or [...]

While I was at SHOT Show last week, Jake Challand put up another fun episode of Gun Girl Radio. This show is all about the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), from basic information on the origins of the sport to a simple breakdown of divisions, categories and more! Co-host Randi Rogers and I answer listener [...]

It’s just another day at the range with your shooting buddies. You’re playing show and tell in the safety area, scoping out stages, and munching on jerky. At your first stage the range/safety officer reads through the course description. Someone makes a wisecrack and friendly ribbing ensues until the walk through time is up. The shooting order [...]

Smith & Wesson Junior Captain Molly Smith Interviews 2012 USPSA Ladies Revolver National Champion SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – 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 Captain, Smith will [...]

This week on Shooting USA watch all the excitement at the USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals along with one of my Pro Tips! This one is on shooting on the move – moving forward, backward, side-to-side, and entering shooting positions. Get the details on this shooting tip at ShootingUSA.com. Then stay tuned for an ALL NEW Impossible [...]

Another tip on zeroing your firearm! Last week’s SHOOT Quick Tip gave some insight on things you should consider when getting ready to zero. This week’s tip applies to competition shooters, hunters or those who just enjoy plinking as well… Getting Zeroed – Grouping at Distances Once you have dialed in your final zero save some time and [...]

Getting ready to shoot a complicated stage with targets you can see from several different positions? International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) courses of fire can be intricate. You may be able to see targets from multiple positions causing you to miscount them. This could lead to shooting a target more than [...]

I got an email from gun girl pal Natalie over at Girls Guide to Guns asking me to share a favorite memory for a post she was working up in honor of Father’s Day. Being a daddy’s girl I, of course, said yes! In her post Natalie has quotes, from both influential women within the firearms [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.3MB) It’s been a while since I have posted some link love. Between travel, shooting and work I have been swamped. My inbox is officially scarier than this. I am not complaining though! As I like to say, busy is always better than bored.  So without further delay, here’s [...]

The 2012 USPSA Area 1 Championships in St. George, UT featured 12 fun and exciting courses of fire. I was glad to have the chance to shoot this match and it served as a warm up for the USPSA Single Stack Nationals just one week later. I brought the Midland XTC out to the range [...]

Last week I competed at the USPSA Single Stack Nationals hosted by PASA Park in Barry, IL.  This match is a single division event and that means everyone shoots division approved model 1911′s and appropriate gear.  Over 300 competitors, including 38 grandmaster and master class level shooters, took aim on the 14 challenging courses of [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:51 — 26.4MB) | Embed April has come and gone. What a busy month it has been! In this podcast I talk about the NRA Annual Meeting, the new Smith & Wesson M&P Shield, the USPSA Single Stack Nationals and more. Continuing on with the series on [...]