From GLOCK, Inc. - GLOCK Sport Shooting Foundation Welcomes 100,000th Member, Gaston Glock, Sr.

GLOCK pistol certificate presented to randomly selected, additional new member in Kansas

Smyrna, Georgia - Today GLOCK, Inc. announced the presentation of its 100,000th membership of the GLOCK Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) to Gaston Glock, Sr. The organization began with one outdoor match in Cobb County, Ga., in 1991, and has expanded its member base dramatically in the past 22 years.

“GSSF was pleased to present Gaston Glock, Sr. with the 100,000th membership,” shared Alan Ramsey, director of GSSF. “To honor this membership milestone, we’ve also selected an additional new member at random to receive a GLOCK pistol certificate, Daniel Thompson of Wellington, Kan.”

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2013 Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships wrap up with smallbore position match

Columbus, Georgia - On a markedly foggy day on Fort Benning, the competitors of the 2013 NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championships gathered for the second half of their tournament.

Assembling at the US Army Marksmanship Unit's 50 meter range, they unpacked their guns and prepared for the Smallbore Championship. The match is fired from three positions - prone, standing and kneeling - divided evenly into strings of 20 shots per position.

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NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships' second, and deciding, women's title

Columbus, Georgia - The fourth of the NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championship's five titles is Women's Sport Pistol.

Shot Wednesday, it was the second and final Women's championship. Here the United States Naval Academy clenched their Women's National Team title while West Point's Heather Deppe earned this year's individual crown.

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Team Aggregate goes to the U.S. Military Academy and Cadet Stephen Bowden of The Citadel wins Individual

Members of the United States Military Academy's Pistol Team, the 2013 NRA Intercollegiate National Champions.

Columbus, Georgia - After three grueling days of battling back-and-forth with service academy rival Navy, the Black Knights of West Point pulled ahead to capture this year's aggregate to become the National NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Champions of 2013.

The aggregate is comprised of scores from three separate matches; the Free Pistol, Standard Pistol and Open Air Pistol championships. Scoring 2004, 2114 and 2208 respectively, the Army cadets tallied a final total of 6326 pointsout of a possible 7200.

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Army's Deppe captures second individual championship, locks overall women's individual title

West Point's Heather Deppe secures Overall Women's title at NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships

Columbus, Georgia - Competitors returned to the United States Army Marksmanship Unit's 25 meter range yesterday afternoon to take care of some unfinished business. With three of the five NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championship titles already decided, it was time address Women's Sport Pistol — the last of the two women's titles.

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Service academies bested in pistol as The Citadel and Ohio State reach the winners circle

Columbus, Georgia - Tired of seeing the Army and Navy's rivalry play out during the NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships at Ft. Benning, shooters from The Citadel decided it was time to take matters into their own hands.

The Military College of South Carolina, located just outside Charleston, arrived at the firing line this morning with one mission in mind for the Standard Pistol Championships: win. 2132 points later — mission accomplished.

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Final scores and photos from the NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championship's first match of the week

Columbus, Georgia - Scores from this morning's Standard Pistol Championship are being finalized while teams run off to grab lunch before the Women's Sport Pistol Championship, but not NRAblog!

While we're waiting to hear who won this morning's match, enjoy some photos from yesterday's Free Pistol Championship.

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West Point strikes back in the NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships

Columbus, Georgia - Army Cadets were starting from behind. Watching as their rivals from the Naval Academy laid claim to the first prize of the Intercollegiate Pistol Championship, Army stormed back in the second half to capture team and individual titles in NRA Women's Air Pistol Championships.

Four of the five championships remained unclaimed, but the wins would not come easy. The marksmanship, patience and swagger developed throughout the winter pistol season would be put to the test. Especially in the second overall championship — Women's Air Pistol.

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Navy off to early lead, grabs first title at 2013 NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships

Columbus, Georgia - The NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championship's started this morning with a victory by the United States Naval Academy in Free Pistol. Despite being left of the Naval team, it was Midshipman Czerda Frank who ended up the day as our individual championship with a score of 615.2.

The Free Pistol Championship, as the name implies, comes with a few restrictions on the type of pistol used.

The matches are shot with a .22 caliber rimfire pistol. The firearms must have open sights, cannot have grips that come into contact beyond the wrist and feature no limit on barrel length. There are no restriction, however, on sight radius or trigger weight.

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