How about NRA Double Distinguished in both Sporter and Precision Air Rifle?

Fairfax, Virginia - Hey air gun shooters! Do you dream of an overall win in the NRA Indoor National Championships? Or how about your air rifle skills earning you Olympic gold?

All that may be a few years off, but did you know that you can work on becoming an NRA Distinguished shooter in Sporter and Precision Air Rifle right now?

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American shooters face off against opponents 4,000 miles away in real-time

Griffin, Georgia - A week and a half ago junior air rifle shooters from Georgia faced off against counterparts in Germany during an "internet match" that allowed both teams to keep track of their opponents scores in real-time.

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Hill County Friends of NRA volunteer Hunter Behrends joins shooting team

Fairfax, Virginia - Friends of NRA volunteers are a diverse bunch. They come from all walks of life, from teenagers to seniors, from all across the country. And they're involvement in the shooting sports goes beyond supporting their local banquets and committees.

Take Hunter Behrends for example. Hunter is an eleventh grader from Fredericksburg, Texas. This volunteer for the Hill County Friends of NRA committee was recently selected to join the Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Air Rifle Team.

The Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Air Rifle team is part of a comprehensive introduction to shooting sports safety and the fundamentals. Disciplines include the standard offerings of archery, pistol, rifle, shotgun, muzzleloading, and hunting.

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Move over postal matches, it's time for the "internet match"

Griffin, Georgia - You've heard of a postal match, right? Well in 2012 it's the age of the "internet match." A week and a half ago junior air rifle athletes in Georgia shot a match against opponents over 4,000 miles away in Germany. Despite a six hour time difference, the two groups shot simultaneously at their respective ranges with monitors set up to keep track of each other's scores live.

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Think you're the best? See how you measure up against a few thousand people who feel the same way

Fairfax, Virginia - Did you know that the NRA's largest championship isn't Camp Perry, but the National Indoor Rifle & Pistol Championships?

Held each winter, the NRA National Indoor Championships give thousands of shooters the opportunity to compete with each other through sectional tournaments held during the winter and spring. Scores and targets of the top three competitors and top team from each sectional tournament are then mailed into NRA headquarters where everything is compiled and the national champions are announced.

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Fort Benning, the 'Home of Champions', once again hosting NRA Intercollegiate Championships

Fairfax, Virginia - The dates and location for the 2013 NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships and NRA Rifle Club Championships are now set.

Last year both events were held simultaneously at Fort Benning as a part of the Army Strong Collegiate Shooting Championships. The championships will once again be a part of the Army's event, now in its second year, but will be shot back-to-back.

NRA Pistol is first up, held March 10-15 and NRA Rifle Club starts immediately after from March 15-17.

Hosted by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, the Army Strong Collegiate Shooting Championships are a multiple-discipline, shoulder-to-shoulder gathering of collegiate and junior shooters.

Along with the two NRA matches, there are three additional shooting events. The Scholastic Pistol Program Collegiate Championship, Scholastic Clay Target Program Challenge and ACUI East Coast International Conference Championship will also be held as a part of the championships.

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National Junior Air Gun Championship brings 2012's air gun competition to an apex

Anniston, Alabama - This past June the National Junior Air Gun Championship was held in Anniston, Alabama at CMP South. Junior shooters from across the country came to stake their claim as the best with an air rifle.

The NJAGC rotates annually between Anniston and CMP North at Camp Perry, Ohio. In 2011 the championship introduced electronic target systems which utilized precise acoustic measurements to determine the exact locations of every shot. These systems were installed at both CMP locations and the championship finished its transition to electronic targets this year.

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2012 NCAA national champions begin the new season at No. 1

After unseating the University of Kentucky for their second National Championship in three years, Texas Christian University is starting the 2012-2013 season at the head of the coaches poll. This is not uncommon for a team returning the majority of their players from the previous year. The Horned Frogs are bringing back four of the five shooters - including Olympian Sarah Scherer - that made up last year's winning team.

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The 2012 Summer Olympics in London begin July 27 with shooting events starting the next day and wrapping up August 5th.

One of the original events featured at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, the shooting sports have been present in all but the 1904 and 1928 games.

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