What a SHOT Show! The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported… “Overall attendance was 58,444, only several hundred shy of the show’s all-time record set at the 2008 Las Vegas Show and more than 11,000 above last year’s show in Orlando. The show attracted an all-time high of 31,280 buyers, and the 1,804 media professionals attending established a new record.” (More from NSSF)
From my perspective the show was packed and the Smith & Wesson booth was definitely busy. What struck me about this year’s show was the continuous traffic …

Check out the latest issue of Shooting Sports USA - Getting Back “In the Zone” (pages 16-19).  It’s an honor to be included among this incredible field of shooters.

Rob Leatham may be the DrillMaster (DrillMaster Shooting Club™) but his wife Kippi, is DrillMistress.  Multi-national champion Kippi Leatham and fellow top lady shooter Debbie Keehart host a ladies only practice at Rio Salado Desert Sportsman Club every month.  Rio is known as the “Mecca for Shooting” and holds just about every kind of action shooting competition.  Not only do you have the opportunity to shoot plenty of matches, the chances of you running into famous, talented shooters like the Leathams are pretty high.   For female competitors, adding the opportunity …

I just became a fan of First Shots on Facebook.  If you know of someone who would like to get started in safe shooting I highly recommend NSSF First Shots.  From their site…
First Shots® provides quality instruction that emphasizes firearm safety and gives newcomers an opportunity to give shooting a try. Developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (www.nssf.org) and hosted by independent shooting facilities, First Shots provides participants with a comprehensive introduction to shooting by qualified range operators and instructors that includes firearm safety, local ownership requirements, shooting fundamentals, …