NRA High Power Rifle sponsor talks with competitors and hands out bullets

Nosler's Mason Payer hands a lucky competitor a box of Custom Competition bullets at the NRA High Power Rifle Championships

Port Clinton, Ohio - Competitors were not alone as they traveled from the firing line to the pits and back again during the NRA High Power Rifle Championship's four-day 2400 aggregate. Nosler, who sponsors Camp Perry's High Power leg, was present in Ohio and had come bearing gifts to make everyone's day a little better.

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She wins NRA Rifle Championships, flies airplanes for fun and sells her eBooks on Amazon

Smallbore Rifle shooter Reya Kempley at the NRA National Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio

Port Clinton, Ohio - While on the fields of Camp Perry during the Smallbore 3-Position Rifle Championships, I sat down with Reya Kempley. A past Woman's Champion, Reya finished fourth overall in this year's 3-Position Championships.

"For standing and prone I was a little bit nervous because this is Camp Perry, but it was under control and I felt good. For kneeling I'm hoping to still be in the hunt."

Shooting along side her brother Tarl, Reya has enjoyed a high level of success at the National Smallbore Rifle Championships. Not only did she manage to capture the Woman's and Civilian's Smallbore Prone titles, she also finished 2nd overall in the Prone Championships. It was the 3-Position to proved to be more of a challenge.

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2012 NRA Long Range Rifle Champion David Luckman

Fairfax, Virginia - With all the excitement surrounding this year's America Match at the end of NRA's Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, there just wasn't enough time or space to tell all the stories. With so much still on the plate we'll probably be telling you about the people and competitions for another month or so. At least.

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A junior competitor takes aim during the NRA Smallbore Rifle Any Sight Prone Championship at Camp Perry, Ohio

Camp Perry, Ohio - July's Smallbore Prone Rifle Championship was not an individual event. Rather, it was an aggregate of two smaller championships, the Metallic Sight Championship and the Any Sight Championship. Once combined, the overall Smallbore Prone Champion is determined and can be crowned.

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Rifle team from Japan takes in NRA Long Range Championships

Flag of Japan flown during America Match at NRA Long Range Rifle Championships

Port Clinton, Ohio - One of the special events at this year's Long Range High Power Rifle Championships at Camp Perry was the America Match — a competition between eight-man rifle teams from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Of all the teams, it was the Japanese who faced one of the biggest obstacles ... language.

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Fans of the Canadian Rifle Team looking on the America Match at Camp Perry 2012

Ottawa, Ontario - Have you been keeping a watchful eye upon the Canadian Fullbore Championships up at the Connaught Ranges in Ottawa? If you're a fan of the long range rifle, then you should be. Though we've been concentrating on NRA's Creedmore Championships this past week, that doesn't mean we haven't been keeping one ear fixated on the Canadian tundra. How else are we going to keep tabs on how those who compete in NRA events are doing after leaving the fields of Camp Perry?

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David Luckman, England's long range rifle marksman, finds time

Great Britain's David Luckman keeping score at NRA Long Range High Power Rifle Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio
Great Britain's David Luckman keeping score at NRA Long Range High Power Rifle Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio
There wasn't much left for David Luckman to accomplish in the world of Long Range High Power Rifle. Representing the Great Britain Rifle team for almost two decades, Luckman has earned almost every honor in the sport. Seventeen consecutive Grand Aggregate crosses in the United Kingdom, a World Palma Rifle Individual Championships, and now — the 2012 NRA Long Range High Power Rifle title.

"To win the overall (NRA) Championship is just brilliant," said Luckman. "I'm very very pleased."

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Member of Japanese Rifle team at 2012 NRA Long Range Rifle Championships in Camp Perry

Just because NRA's 2012 National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio, have come to close, doesn't mean that we're done with the stories ... there's much more to come.

Stories about competitors, about teams, about those who traveled half way around the globe to take part in the World Series of Shooting sports. Some not as successful as others and some who are still riding high.

Along with the tales are hundreds of pictures and even a little video. We'll be sharing it all ... it's just going to take a little time.

Australia Rifle team to take on Canadian Rifle Championships

Ron Whalen, Captain of the Australian Rifle Team Port Clinton, Ohio - Yesterday marked the end of NRA's National Rifle & Pistol Championships in Camp Perry. Those still stirring round the base included staff, volunteers and much to my surprise — the Australian Rifle Team.

A surprise because it was only that morning I discovered a portion of the team was bunking a few doors down from me. Exchanging pleasantries while they packed the team rental van, I then discovered yet another surprising fact. They were not headed to the airport for the long flight home. No, instead, Captain Ron (pictured above) Aubrey and the rest of the team were about to embark for Ottawa.

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