Eight teams face off for 2013 NCAA Rifle Championships March 8-9 at Ohio State

Fairfax, Virginia - The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee has announced the eight teams who will compete for the 2013 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships early next month.

Held March 8-9 at Ohio State University, these eight teams were selected by combining the average of a team's three highest regular-season aggregate scores (no more than one match per site) with their aggregate from the designated NCAA qualifiers.

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NRA Women's National Champion Kirsten Weiss helps polish your shooting fundamentals

Fairfax, Virginia - The 2012 NRA Women's National Champion at this year's NRA Smallbore 3-P Championships was 26 year-old Kirsten Weiss. Hailing from Cornwall, Pennsylvania, this was Kirsten's second trip to Camp Perry. Her first came nine years ago.

Back then she was still learning what it takes to be a top notch competitive shooter. Her skills still raw, she placed second in the Sharpshooter Category. Not good enough. She resolved to get better - and did.

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The NRA's largest competition is your chance for fun this winter

Fairfax, Virginia - This year's NRA Metric Championship looks fun, right? The only problem is it's in the summer and we're in February. Camp Perry? The Bianchi Cup? Black Powder Championships? All in the summer too. Where can a competitive shooter find some action during the winter?

The answer is the NRA National Indoor Rifle & Pistol Championships. Shot between multiple sectional tournaments across the country, the Indoor Championships are the NRA's bigest competition with thousands of participants. Between smallbore, air rifle, BB gun light rifle, pistol and air pistol, competitors have a lot of options.

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Dates set for 4th Annual NRA Metric National Championship in Bristol, Indiana

Fairfax, Virginia - The National Matches at Camp Perry are a shooter's paradise, especially for smallbore competitors. But what about those who just can't get enough action or have scheduling conflicts?

Enter the NRA Metric National Championship.

Going on its fourth year, the NRA Metric National Championship is held just prior to the National Conventional Championships at Camp Perry on the Wa-Ke-‘Da Rifle Range in Bristol, Indiana. This year you'll be able to test your skill July 11-15.

And when we say just prior, we really mean it. The first of Camp Perry's two smallbore legs, 3-Position, starts July 17. Once the Metric Championship ends, competitors shooting at Camp Perry will have one day to get to the shore of Lake Erie for the practice day. Don't worry though, Bristol is just a short drive from Camp Perry - about three hours - and many shooters attend both.

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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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No. 2 TCU Horned Frogs hold steady behind No. 1 West Virginia

Fairfax, Virginia - After its first week back from the winter break, everything remains in place in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Poll. Most teams have one or two matches left before their conference championships and/or the NCAA qualifiers.

The top seated West Virginia Mountaineers hosted the then-No. 8 Nebraska Cornhuskers at their range January 19, winning the match 4689-4661. The next day, the No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats beat the then-No. 10 Memphis Tigers 4646-4598. Although both the Cornhuskers and Tigers lost, the two teams each moved up a spot in the CRCA Poll. Nebraska now sits at No. 7, trading places with Air Force despite losing to them the weekend prior and Memphis moved to No. 9 after Murray State's defeat at the hands of Jacksonville State.

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