founded in 1892

Interstate Trapshooting Association

• Made up of the gun and powder company manufacturers
• for the “encouragement of trapshooting”
• Headquarters was Pittsburgh, PA.
• Elmer Shaner was the manager of this association
• 1919 – became the American Trapshooting Association
• Headquarters was moved from Pittsburgh to New York
• Shaner did not want to relocate so he retired
• 1921 – Elmer Shaner become president of the American Trapshooting Association