Shooting Sports USA sits down with Olympic silver medalist and shooting sports legend Ruby Fox

Fairfax, Virginia - So you fancy yourself a competitive shooter. Have you heard of Ruby Fox? This month's Shooting Sports USA has an excellent interview with the former Olympic silver medalist about her life in the world of competitive shooting.

Born in Los Angeles, CA, Ruby Ellen Fox learned how to shoot from her competitive shooting husband, Art. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Canada’s Linda Thom and Ruby tied for first in the women’s 25-meter sport pistol with record-setting 585s. Thom won the shoot-off 198 to 197, earning Fox the silver. Ruby also competed in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Calling all F-Class shooters, Camp Perry is starting a championship with you in mind

Fairfax, Virginia - There's a new championship in the lineup at Camp Perry this year, the NRA National Mid-Range Championships.

Created due to rising popularity of F-Class shooting, the new 3000-point championships will be shot from ranges of 300, 500 and 600 yards and will add yet another fun sport to the annual Remington/NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships.

But . . . what is F-Class?

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Contribution to Shooting Endowment brings down prices and improves conditions

Fairfax, Virginia - NRA's Competitive Shooting & National Championships Endowment was established back in 2007 by then NRA President John Sigler. Once fully funded, the endowment will allow the National Rifle Association to do a number of things including lower entry fees, improving facilities and adding to the prize table.

How important is it? Important enough that NRA employees have been making contributions since day one.

"I believe in this program and write a check to the endowment every year," said NRA Competitive Shooting Director Dennis Willing. "And I started doing that before I started working here."

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Secure your spot at this year's National Matches from the comfort of home

Fairfax, Virginia - For 105 years the National Rifle & Pistol Championships have been held on the shores of Lake Erie at Camp Perry, Ohio.

From July 8 to August 14, the best pistol, smallbore and high power rifle shooters in the world test their mettle against other top marksmen for NRA's prestigious trophies.

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Get free waterproof phone bags from NRA Competitive Shooting

Fairfax, Virginia - This weekend's NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will feature over 440,000 square feet of exhibit space and more than 550 of the most spectacular product displays from every major firearm company in the country, as well as knives, wildlife art, shooting accessories, hunting gear, and much more.

Aside from being able to see so many cool things, conventions mean there will be a lot of SWAG. No, not the style your teenager is so concerned with. SWAG is Stuff We All Get - freebies, samples.

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Your one-stop resource for this year's matches at Camp Perry

Fairfax, Virginia - The program for this year's 106th Remington/NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships has been released and you can find it online right here.

“Once again, the NRA is thrilled to conduct the ‘World Series’ of the shooting sports. For over 100 years, shooters in the United States have made the pilgrimage to Camp Perry for the NRA National Matches, and the honor to shoot shoulder-to-shoulder with the best.”

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Looking for more ways to support the NRA? Volunteer to help at competitive shooting championships

Fairfax, Virginia - The NRA hosts a bunch of competitive shooting championships across the nation each year. There's collegiate, action pistol, black powder, high power rifle, pistol, smallbore. You name it and we have a championship for it.

But there are only so many NRA employees, which is why we need your help to get the job done. Volunteers are the heart of every NRA championship and it's because of the generous donation of their time that we can have so many. Every crucial detail that makes a match not only possible, but run smoothly, is handled by volunteers. From running the range to keeping statistical records, they do it all.

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Barb Baird sits down with NRA's winningest Conventional Pistol shooter

Fairfax, Virginia - Barb Baird's column in this month's Shooting Sports USA finds the Women's Outdoor News Editor face to face with pistol legend Brian Zins. Between 20 years in the Marines, 11 Camp Perry titles in 19 years, 30 NRA National Records and runner-up on Top Shot, it's been quite the career in the shooting world.

Some know him as "Gunny," a couple even call him Dad, but whatever you know Brian Zins by, it's hard to deny his impact on competitive shooting. So why wouldn't you want to take a peek inside his range bag? What tricks and habits does Zins have? If you're interested, stick around - you might learn something.

Recognized by television viewers across America from “Top Shot, Season 2,” Brian Zins is even better known for his eleven National NRA Pistol Championship wins at Camp Perry. Zins shares what’s in his competition gun box.

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Great Britain's Luckman in Long Range rifle and Arizona's Templey in Smallbore

Fairfax, Virginia - With a few thousands stories posted every year, the task of tapping just one for the top spot proved to be arduous at best. Basic Pistol classes, Youth Hunter Education, Women's Shooting Clinics and Law Enforcement Training ... where do you begin? In all, there are 178 programs in the NRA. That's why I went with our oldest program; the National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio.

But there were dozens of great stories at the National Championships too. We found a Youth Education Summit alum firing Smallbore, a touch of international flavor during the American Cup match, a sibling shooter juggling a publishing/aviation career as well as the Australian Rifle team and The Wagon too.

After sifting through six weeks of the ups and downs that Camp Perry always has to offer, I decided to push. Yes it's a tie. A tie between the Long Range High Power and 3-Position Smallbore rifle champions. First is the Long Range.

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