Shooting USA

It's a special edition of Shooting USA, a full hour devoted to the inaugural Armageddon Gear AG Cup. Twenty of the best precision rifle marksmen have been invited to the Arena Training Facility for a two day event to find out who is the best. There’s a total of forty-one thousand dollars in prize money at stake, with the overall match winner guaranteed twenty thousand in cash!

The game is Single Action Fast Draw, as near as we come in the 21st century to the OK Corral. 300 Gunfighters mosey into Fallon, Nevada, dressed to reflect their cowboy alias, and ready to draw and shoot wax bullets from Old West holsters. The winning results are speeds down to a third of a second. Plus, John shoots and reports the new IDPA Pistol Caliber Carbine National match at Talladega.

It’s our biggest effort yet covering more than 65 new products introduced in Las Vegas at the Dealers Only SHOT Show – Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show. This time what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay there as 50,000 dealers pack the Sands Convention Center to see what’s new for 2020.

The International Defensive Pistol Association holds their World Championships and it’s truly an international gathering of competitors at the CMP Talladega Park ranges. They’ve come from around the world to shoot scenarios designed to simulate real world situations when drawing from concealment is the way to stop the threats.

It's the fastest organized form of plinking with .22 Rimfire, shooting steel plates for time. And once again the yougsters turn out to be the fast ones in the Rimfire Challenge World Champioships. Plus, we're presenting many of the new products to be annouced at the NRA Annual Meeting Show. John Scoutten won the coin toss so he's at our private range for shooting tests of new guns.

This time, Nothing exotic, just out of the box factory guns shooting for the titles in the USPSA Production Nationals. It’s win on Sunday, sell on Monday competition for the top Pros and their gun company Sponsors. Plus, Turkey Hunters hunt new gear in Nashville at the annual NWTF Convention.

This time, it’s Army Small Arms competition with rack issue carbines and pistols that’s open to active duty, guard, reserve and cadets, to keep battlefield skills sharp. The Army Marksmanship Unit hosts the challenges on the ranges at Fort Benning. Plus, the big guns, Dirty Harry's Model 29. And, then the .500 S&W Magnum and the Lever Carbine chambering the .500 for even more power in the woods.

The Trapdoor was the first cartridge firing service rifle that was much faster to use than the cap and ball rifles it replaced. But oddly rapid fire was not the original priority. But the Trapdoor was the beginning of the evolution to better and faster to cycle service rifles adopted over the next 100 years, that most often put superior firepower in the hands of US troops as they served in two World wars.

It’s the newest and most effective new cartridge for the AR-15 platform, the Hornady 6mm ARC – Auto Rifle Cartridge. Plus the Smith & Wesson pressed into service in World War Two – the .45 Victory is now one of History’s Guns. Then an update on our US Shooting Team Members who were training for peak performance at the Tokyo Olympics, who now have a year to wait.

The challenge is for precision rifle shooters at distances only possible in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, with steel targets sized to simulate the vitals of western game animals. Plus, new hunting choices in ammo and firearms. And the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association welcomes today’s modern in-line muzzleloaders to test their skill in long range hunting competition.

It is the fastest-growing division in action shooting. PCC is scored on speed and accuracy on the handgun targets used in practical shooting, but employing AR derivatives chambered for pistol cartridges, most often 9mm. Plus, searching and finding Civil War History buried in the ground in Tennessee and in the rivers that flowed through the battlefields dividing blue and gray.

It is the premier match for riflemen in the Civilian Marksmanship Program Competition. Rifles only limited by weight, shooting rapid and slow fire for the X ring at distances out to 600 yards. Plus, a profile of one of the original YouTube stars and his precision shooting. 22 Plinkster changed his entire life from a Burglar Alarm Installer to a highly paid pro shooter with his rimfire shooting skills.

It’s the second year of the Hornady Precision Rifle Challenge in the hills of Utah, an extraordinary venue for long range riflery, with competitors challenged by both distance and the Utah winds. Plus, first time training for some of the 5 million new gun owners at Royal Range in Nashville. The objective is to get them shooting safely when some have never before fired a personal defense handgun.

This time it’s 1911’s in competition at the Classic Single Stack Nationals. It’s a throw-back to the origins of action shooting as conceived and taught by the founder, Jeff Cooper. Plus, The British rifle that enforced the empire at the turn of the century. The Martini-Henry is now one of History’s guns.

The World Speed Shooting Championship is also known as the Steel Challenge. Draw and shoot five steel targets as fast of you can, with time in seconds as your score. We’ve called it drag racing with guns, and that is exactly what speed shooting is. We’re heading to Talladega Alabama for the action.

$90,000 is up for grabs at the Armageddon Gear AG Cup, it’s an invitation only Precision Rifle Tournament with the highest cash payout in the history of the sport. Then Mr. Flintlock is playing with firecrackers to launch targets for his Impossible Shot. And then a Pro-Tip from Colt Pro Shooter Mark Redl on smoothing out your double action trigger pull.