John Parker

1 week ago | ssusa.org | John Parker

West Virginia University earned a hard-fought victory at the 2025 NCAA rifle championship, held at the University of Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, from March 14-15. The win marks the 20th NCAA rifle title in program history for the Mountaineers—the most for any school since the championship’s inception in 1980.

1 week ago | ssusa.org | John Parker

The 2025 NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships will be held at clubs across the country this summer. For the first time in history, Ohio’s Cardinal Shooting Center will host the NRA Pistol and Smallbore Nationals, while the High Power Nationals will travel to three different venues: Across the Course at Winnequah Gun Club in Wisconsin, High Power Mid-Range at Oklahoma City Gun Club in Oklahoma and High Power Long-Range at the Alliance Rifle Club in Ohio.

3 weeks ago | ssusa.org | John Parker

On the cover is the West Virginia University rifle team after it was crowned the winner of the NCAA rifle championship for the 20th time in March. Walking away from the Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, with a team aggregate score of 4738-355X, the WVU Mountaineers clinched the title after a thrilling comeback that came down to the wire, finishing the competition only one point ahead of the runner-up team and host school, the Kentucky Wildcats.

1 month ago | ssusa.org | John Parker

Millions of Americans have one or more AR-platform rifles in their gun safes. But how many of them use them for anything besides plinking? The National Rifle Association is aiming to change that with NRA America’s Rifle Challenge, a new competitive shooting program designed to encourage responsible AR rifle owners to do more than just target practice at the range.

1 month ago | ssusa.org | John Parker

West Virginia University won the air rifle team title at the 2025 NCAA rifle championships at the University of Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday, March 15. The Mountaineers posted a team score of 2388-210X to secure the air rifle win, led by senior Natalie Perrin and freshman Ashlyn Blake. Across both relays, the top individual shooter for WVU in air rifle was Perrin, who posted a score of 598-53X.