Las Vegas, Nevada - A number of international players took to the field in Las Vegas during the 2013 SHOT Show. E.M.G. from Italy, Armament Technology from Nova Scotia and Kruger Premium Targets from Germany.

After a successful first run at the 2012 NRA National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio, the call for Kruger targets has been picking up steam.

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A hallmark win for an NRA National Matches legend

My #1 moment from 2012 was watching Carl Bernosky win his tenth overall High Power Rifle Championship at Camp Perry this past summer.

With more than 30 years of shooting experience, Bernosky is something of a shooting legend. He has won three titles in my nearly five years of working at NRA.

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Taking to historic firing lines on Lake Erie's coast for a National Championship

The battle for this year's Critchfield Trophy at the NRA Smallbore Prone Championships was a hot one - they usually are. It was also extremely close as Captain Christopher Abalo, in his third and final time competing, bested Reya Kempley and finally walked away with the overall NRA title.

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Texas teenager finds time for South Texas Cancer Care Center

Fairfax, Virginia - I first met Katie Bridges three years ago.

Bubbling over with an anticipation that is purely Camp Perry, Bridges was there with her mom for the Smallbore 3-Position championships. After a few conversations on the firing line, followed by a few more in the staging area, I thanked both for their help and insight.

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Ohio Junior receives nine trophies, medals and honors at NRA Rifle Championship

Port Clinton, Ohio - Hundreds are called to the Hough Theater stage every summer during the NRA's National and Pistol Championships in Camp Perry. During the 2012 Smallbore 3-Position Rifle Championships, for example, more than a hundred made their way up the stairs to receive prize or recognition. Some were called more then once, but none were called more than Ohio State Junior Amanda Luoma.

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Military/Tactical artist produces third of four Camp Perry prints

Fairfax, Virginia - Dick Kramer has been churning out the hits for more than fifty years.

Drawing everything from SWAT to SEALs to Recon and Grunts, Kramer is known across the globe as one of the finest, if not the finest, military/tactical artist around. This week, he delivered the third piece to his four part "NRA National Rifle & Pistol Championships at Camp Perry" collection to NRA's Competitive Shooting Division.

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High Power Rifle shooter starts in Scotland, ends up in Singapore

Jacqui Rankin of the Great Britain Rifle Team relaxes at NRA Long Range High Power Championships in Ohio

Port Clinton, Ohio - Jacqui Rankin doesn't shoot much these days. Fact is she can't. Living in Singapore (permanently as of the last four years) means that only those who belong to a gun club are allowed to shoot with any regularity. So what was she doing at the NRA's Long Range High Power Rifle Championships this summer in Camp Perry? Shooting for the Great Britain Rifle Team (Great Britain Rifle Team) of course. And shooting better than ever.

"Parag (teammate Parag Patel) has a theory," explained Rankin. "There are a few of us expats who come back to Britain and for us, it's a tour. And you always shoot better on tour."

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First look at Long Range High Power rifle shooter Vikki Gaddie

Port Clinton, Ohio - Around this time last year, we took a look at 20-year old Long Range High Power Rifle shooter Vikki Gaddie out of Mason, Michigan.

Since then, she's gone off to college, competed for Team USA in Australia, and won a few titles.

Here's our first look at Michigan's own Vikki Gaddie.

Comes to NRA Headquarters for Youth Education Summit before shooting Smallbore at Camp Perry

Emporia, Kansas - Two events serve as highlights every summer for those of us here at the National Rifle Association: the Youth Education Summit and the National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio. Bookmarking the beginning of the season with YES and the end with Camp Perry, it's seldom that the two events come together. Unless you run into someone like Megan Hilbish.

Hailing from Emporia, Kansas, Megan has been around firearms for as long as she can remember. With an enthusiastic hunter as a father, it's no wonder she started in the shooting sports early.

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