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This Month In Clay Target Nation

September 26, 2026 By hdyer

The October issue of Clay Target Nation is full of event coverage as well as plenty of tips and advice to help improve your shooting.

In our Training Tips columns, John Shima advises you to finish a practice round with some shells in your pocket — in other words, to stop on a high note while you’re still having fun. And speaking of having fun, new CTN contributor Cory Kruse has advice for getting the fun back if shooting has started to feel more like work.

The recent U.S. Open Sporting Clays Championship is the lead story in this issue, with plenty of photos and results on Todd Hitch’s big win. We’ve also got coverage of the Pennsylvania State Skeet Championships and the NSSA Zone Shoots.

A pair of legendary skeet champions, Todd Bender and Paul Giambrone III, have articles in the October issue. Todd lists nine things your coach wishes he could tell you, while Paul emphasizes the importance of one move, one speed, one shot. The team at OSP Shooting School shares an article about how your rituals turn into your habits, while the GOAT himself, George Digweed, shares the most important part of your shooting: Your feet and body position.

Advertisers in the October issue are:

  • Atlas Traps
  • B&P
  • Briley
  • Caesar Guerini
  • Cole Fine Guns & Gunsmithing
  • Elite
  • Federal
  • Fiocchi
  • Krieghoff
  • Laporte
  • Lockton Affinity
  • MOJO 
  • Negrini Cases
  • NWTF
  • Orion Outdoors
  • Pacific Sporting Arms
  • Paxton Arms
  • Promatic
  • Remington
  • Robert Louis Company
  • Safari Club International (SCI)
  • Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
  • Shamrock Sporting Clays
  • Winchester/White Flyer
  • Zoli

Clay Target Nation is available monthly to all members in digital and/or print form. Not a member? You can receive the next issue when you join at http://nssa-nsca.org/join-nssa-nsca/.

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