Where Do We Go From Here?
This is the 12th issue of First Shots News. Time sure flies when you are having fun. This newsletter has been consistent with everything we try to do at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and...
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Skeet Shooting
In the 1920s, Charles Davis of Andover, Massachusetts, wanted to improve his shotgun skills. An avid grouse hunter, Davis recognized that the shot presentation in traditional competitive trap events (a...
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What’s ‘Dram Equivalent’ Mean?
Have you tried shooting a shotgun or shotgun sport yet? Many don’t try it because they think shotguns kick like a mule. That’s what rumor gets you, because not only does a shotgun not have to recoil...
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The Remington Model 1100 Auto-loading Shotgun
The shotgun is a tool less precise than a rifle or handgun, but excellent for hitting objects that are flying or running. The single-shot shotgun has been a staple among entry-level shotgunners, but as...
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First Shots Shooter Profile—Janessa Beaman, Elbert, Colorado
The tattoos, body piercings and claw-like nails might make you think Janessa Beaman found her way into the wrong sport. See her shoot, though, and all doubt is erased. She was born to do this, and...
View ArticleVideo: Beginner Target Shooting Tip #12: Shotgun Shell Loads Explained
World Champion Target Shooter and Babes with Bullets instructor Kay Miculek explains to beginner shooters the differences between various shotgun shell loads and demonstrates shot patterns on paper...
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One-Hole Accuracy—The Sport of Benchrest Rifle
The famous author Col. Townsend Whelen was once quoted in Sports Afield magazine as saying, “Only accurate rifles are interesting.” Perhaps that sentiment is a bit overstated, especially if you’re new...
View ArticleOvercoming the Fear Factor
We all have a fear factor, that one thing that makes us stop dead in our tracks or at least makes us think twice before we do something. I have several, but because I have friends who love me (in a...
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Smith & Wesson Revolvers—To The Letter
As much as I like a semi-automatic pistol such as the venerable Colt Model 1911 or the Walther PPK, at heart I am a “wheelgun” man. I thoroughly enjoy the way revolvers handle, the reliability of their...
View ArticleVideo: Gun cleaning 101
American Handgunner Magazine editor Roy Huntington shows the fast and easy way to clean an auto pistol. Video courtesy of FMG Publications.
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Cowboy Action Shooting—Home of the Single-Action Revolver
As Phil Massaro discussed in his piece on S&W revolvers, “wheelguns” can be divided by the their action types to be classified as either single- or double-action. When it comes to the shooting...
View ArticleYour Revolver Can Fire What?
One piece of information new handgun shooters often hear about is that they can fire .38 Special ammunition through their .357 Magnum revolver. This can be confusing, given the emphasis placed in...
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Shooter Profile—Meet Wyatt Brown, Twin Falls, Idaho
So intent on earning a spot at last year’s World Championships alongside his brother, National Team member Will Brown, 20-year old Wyatt Brown of Twin Falls, Idaho, shot left-handed to train for the...
View ArticleNew Winner, New Contest!
Thank you to all who entered the drawing for the $25 Bass Pro Shops gift card. Congratulations to Lyle A. of Monticello, Illinois, the winner of the March drawing! To enter the drawing for the $25...
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First Shots News – April 2015
advertisement Overcoming the Fear Factor By Tisma Juett, NSSF Manager, First Shots Certainly, fear is what keeps some people from learning how to shoot. The media and television have convinced them...
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First Shots News – May 2015
advertisement Sportsmen Make the Great Outdoors By Tisma Juett, NSSF Manager, First Shots Did you know that as active outdoors people and shooting sports participants we all help contribute to making...
View ArticleHard-Kicking Rifles: Tricks to Relieve Recoil
When Tommy Hearns, the great welterweight boxer, was just starting to learn the manly art, he was sparring with a much better fighter who promptly broke his nose. Hearns grabbed his nose with his...
View ArticleSportsmen Make the Great Outdoors
Did you know that as active outdoors people and shooting sports participants we all help contribute to making the outdoor world the great place that it is? We do this through a special excise tax...
View ArticleAn Introduction to International-Style Rifle Shooting
When I first started trying out for my high school sports teams, there was something I found out rather quickly: I was a below-average runner and didn’t have the athletic skills for most of the...
View ArticleVideo: Shooting Fundamentals and the AR-15: Modern Sporting Rifle Tip –...
Chris Fry, training director at Modern Defensive Training Systems, covers fundamental techniques that when applied will improve your accuracy on the range or in the field.
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