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This Month In Clay Target Nation

June 26, 2025 By hdyer

This Month In <i>Clay Target Nation </i>

With skeet and sporting clays competitions heating up all over the country, the July issue of Clay Target Nation is packed with event coverage as well as tips and advice from our experts. In our Training Tips columns, we're publishing our last article from the late Barry Hartmann, in which he reminds skeet shooters of the importance of persistence and determination. On the sporting clays side, Gil Ash warns against cutting your eyes back to the target and urges shooters to track the target with their nose. This year, we're celebrating CTN's 10th anniversary by bringing you one article … [Read more...]

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Women’s Shooting Grant Recipients Chosen

June 24, 2025 By Sherry Kerr

Women’s Shooting Grant Recipients Chosen

NSCA has selected 18 clubs and entities as recipients of 2025 Women's Shooting Grants. The grants are being awarded for initiatives that fulfill the three goals of the Women's Shooting Grant Program: to enhance women’s awareness and enjoyment of our sport; to increase female membership within the NSCA; and increase female participation in NSCA registered competitions. The 2025 grant recipients are: Annie Oakley Shooters of Northern Illinois Bald Mountain Shooting Range Cardinal Shooting Center Defender Outdoors Clay Sports Ranch Eagle’s Nest Sporting Grounds Gallatin Sporting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NSCA News Tagged With: grants, women's shooting grants

Winchester Ammo Raffle to Benefit USA Sporting Clays Team

June 19, 2025 By Sherry Kerr

Winchester Ammo Raffle to Benefit USA Sporting Clays Team

What's the one thing an avid shooter can never have too much of? Ammunition! Here's your chance to win enough ammo to feed your favorite shotgun for a while -- a new raffle for a pallet of Winchester AA 12-gauge ammunition! Benefiting the USA Sporting Clays Team, the raffle is sponsored by NorthStar Foundation. Tickets are $100 each, and only 350 will be sold. Click here to purchase online, or call 210-688-3371 ext. 251. The pallet of ammunition comprises 104 cases. The winner may choose any 12-gauge Winchester AA target load except Diamond Grade. Delivery is included anywhere in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National Shooting Complex, NSCA News, Sporting Clays Tagged With: raffle, USA Sporting Clays Team, USASCT, Winchester

NSSA-NSCA Partners with NSSF to Launch New Educational Series

June 18, 2025 By Sherry Kerr

NSSA-NSCA Partners with NSSF to Launch New Educational Series

NSSA-NSCA has partnered with NSSF, the firearm industry trade association, to release a new educational content series designed to help new and non-traditional shooters confidently get started in shotgun sports. The series, available now on NSSF’s consumer-facing platform, LetsGoShooting.org, includes comprehensive hub pages and short instructional videos focused on the fundamentals of skeet and sporting clays, covering everything from safety and gear to etiquette and technique. “We’re working to reduce the barriers to entry that many new shooters face, whether that’s uncertainty over the … [Read more...]

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Moving Up in Class Rule Change Passes for 2026

June 10, 2025 By Sherry Kerr

Moving Up in Class Rule Change Passes for 2026

Earlier this year, the NSCA Executive Council proposed a rule change regarding the number of punches required to move up in class, and NSCA National Delegates have now voted to ratify the change. The following rule change will be effective January 1, 2026: V-A-3-b & c - MOVING UP IN CLASS b. It is the shooter’s responsibility to determine these punches and move up one class after reaching the following number of punches: 12-Gauge Classification AA Class to Master Class - 25 punches A Class to AA Class - 18 punches B Class to A Class - 10 punches C Class to B Class - 6 punches D … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NSCA News Tagged With: classification, punches, rule change

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