COMPETITION

The NRA Competitive Shooting Division announces the 2026 NRA America's Rifle Challenge Match Director Summit, a three-day training program held May 6-10, 2026, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The summit provides comprehensive instruction for current and aspiring Match Directors and Range Officers, with lodging and meals provided for 36 selected participants at a $50 registration fee.

Hornady will host the Zombies in the Heartland 3-Gun Match May 29-31, 2026, at Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, Nebraska. The match features reactive targets and requires competitors to use pistol, rifle, and shotgun, or pistol-caliber carbine and shotgun in the PCC Division. Registration is open via Practiscore.

Burris Optics Shooting Team Member Camdyn Powers achieved a dominant 2025 season with seven first-place finishes and won the IPRF PR22 Rimfire World Championship Ladies Division title, competing for Team USA against 256 elite shooters from 21 countries. Powers credits her success to discipline, faith, and her preferred Burris XTR Pro optic.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. recognizes the outstanding performance of Team Ruger member Steve Foster at the Mississippi State Steel Challenge Championship held in Florence, MS.

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) recognizes Team Ruger member, Lauryl Akenhead, for her performance at the 2025 PRS Pro Series Finale in Tremont, Pa. Akenhead received third place in the Ladies division and fifth place in the Production division with a final score of 91.

Gearfire congratulates Travis McCamish, Director of Manufacturer Relations, on winning the Cowtown Range Accurized AR Championship by securing first place in the Open Division. McCamish’s elite performance also earned him the top-spot for Overall Match and the title of Season Champion.

PROOF Research congratulates Greg Hamilton, Head of Special Projects at PROOF Research, and PROOF Sponsored Shooter Sean Murphy on their outstanding 1st place finish in the Heavy Division at the TTG Sniper Challenge 2025, held on Oct. 10 – 12, 2025, at the iconic Y.O. Ranch in Mountain Home, Texas.

Hornady congratulates sponsored shooters Brandon Hembree and Scott Peterson for their performance at the GAP Grind PRS Match, October 4-5, 2025, in Finger, Tennessee. 

Team Beretta athletes from the United States and Italy delivered standout performances at the 2025 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, held in South Africa from September 11–28, 2025. The event brought together more than 1,700 competitors from over 75 countries, including 130 participants representing the USA.

Hornady congratulates sponsored shooters Sean Murphy and Greg Hamilton for their performance at the 2025 Tactical Games Sniper Challenge, held at the YO Ranch near Mountain Home, Texas on October 11-12, 2025. Murphy and Hamilton had the highest score overall, and competed in the heavy division, meaning they completed the event wearing a 15 lb plate carrier.  

Hornady congratulates shooters Clay Blackketter, Austin Orgain, and Matt Hornback for their performance at the Cali Sharpshooter Showdown on October 11-12, 2025, near Cambria, California.

Team Lapua’s Jack Neary delivered an impressive performance at the NBRSA Eastern Region Fall Finale, held October 4–5 in Sidney, Ohio. Neary claimed first place in the 2-Gun Grand Aggregate, showcasing extreme consistency and with his benchrest rifle platform chambered in 6mm PPC.

Sons of Liberty Gun Works (SOLGW) congratulates the top teams at the 2025 TTPOA SWAT Competition. Competing across a demanding set of skill based and tactical scenario-based challenges, each of these units demonstrated exceptional marksmanship, tactics, teamwork, and professionalism — and the top four chose the SOLGW MK1 rifle as their rifle of choice.

SHIELD Sights congratulates World Champions Denny Rossetto, Olebile Sefolo, and Robin Grauffel. SHIELD Sights is honored to be the sight of choice for these elite competitors.

HIVIZ® Shooting Systems congratulates pro staff shooters Lanny Barnes and Teri (Tes) Salb on their outstanding performances at the 2025 NRA World Shooting Championship, held Sept. 30-Oct. 4. Their results underscore the dedication, skill and competitive spirit that define Team HIVIZ.

The NRA announces that Gunsite Academy will be hosting the upcoming Gunsite America’s Rifle Challenge (ARC) Summit at the Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Arizona. This revolutionary program will teach responsible AR owners how to safely operate, fire, maintain, and compete in ARC Level 1 Competitions.

Team Remington’s roster of talented sponsored shooters excelled at the recent World Championships earning medals in almost every category of the event. The participants at the event included Clay Baldwin, Stuart Brown, Houston DeShotels, Schaefer Stanfill, Connor Thigpen, and the newest member of the team Rocky Romo.

Shell Shock Technologies, LLC. announced that its sponsored shooter, John Vlieger, finished 6th Overall in the Open Division at the 2025 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, held September 11 – 28, 2025, in Matlosana, South Africa. Vlieger competed against 335 competitors from across the globe in the Open Division and also helped Team USA claim First Place in the Open Division Team Event, Overall Category.

The CZ Shooting Team delivered an outstanding performance at the 20th IPSC Handgun World Shoot, held September 11–28 at Frontier Shooting Range in Matlosana, South Africa. Competing against more than 1,800 shooters from 50 countries, the team secured a total of ten medals – four gold, four silver, and two bronze.

Federal Ammunition continues supporting the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP). Part of this support includes partnering with the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) to cover all NRA World Shooting Championship entry fees for the top six scorers from this year’s Top Gun Challenge.