Category Archives: National Groups

NSSF

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1961

National Shooting Sports Foundation

  • Founded in 1961
  • Sue King organized the first major “Women’s Only” Shooting Event
    1988 Ladies Charity Classic
    – American Shooting Center, Houston, TX
    – 300 women participate
  • Sue organized Ladies Charity Classic series of around the country
  • 1992 NSSF launched Womens Shooting Sports Foundation WSSF

NSSF = National Shooting Sports Foundation , national trade association for the firearms industry, based in Newtown, Connecticut. Formed in 1961, more than 8,000 members https://www.nssf.org/


“To create a better public understanding of and a more active participation in the shooting sports”
Harmon Williams (of Browning) motioned to establish the NSSF at the Second National Conference on the Shooting Sports


The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms
industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting
sports. 

NSSF has a membership of more than 8,000 manufacturers, distributors,

firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers

Warren Page

– 1960 Created the First National Conference on the Shooting Sports
– 1972 Director of National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)

 

 

 

KRA

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Kentucky Rifle Association

1920

  • 1920s created by George N. Hyatt and a number of early collectors and students of the Kentucky rifle and pistol
  •  1924 Captain John G. W. Dillin, wrote “The Kentucky Rifle”
  • 1961 Dilin invited a number of collectors to participate in an exhibit and discussion at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
  • April 14 – 15, 1962, a second meeting was held at the Mountain View Inn, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1975 KRA book, Kentucky Rifles and Pistols, 1750 – 1850
  • 1979 Annual Meeting marked the 5th anniversary of our KRA Newsletter
  • 1981 our KRA book, Kentucky Rifles and Pistols 1750 – 1850, was reprinted
  • 2004 Kentucky Rifle foundation formed
  • 2010, after thirty-eight years at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, annual show was relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 2012 Annual Meeting, celebrated 50 Year Anniversary

IAA

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International Ammunition Association

1955

  • 1955 – Cartridge Collector’s Club formed
  • 1955 – co-founder Bill Wooden
  • 1961 – Joined with the slightly younger National Cartridge Collectors Association
  • 1961 – became the International Cartridge Collectors Association (ICCA)
  • 1993 – became International Cartridge Collectors Association (IAA)
  • https://cartridgecollectors.org

International Ammunition Association, Inc.
6531 Carlsbad Dr
Lincoln, NE 68510

Bill Wooden

NASGW

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National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW)

since 1954

BRINGING SHOOTING SPORTS BUYERS AND SELLERS TOGETHER

The NASGW is the organizer and sponsor of the industry’s former Hunting Show, now known as the NASGW Annual Meeting/Expo Event. This annual event provides an unmatched educational, marketing and communications opportunity for the hunting and shooting sports wholesaler, manufacturer and sales professional.

  • 1953 organized as the Sporting Goods Jobbers Association
  • 1954 1st incorporated
  • 1962 name was officially changed

The NASGW serves as a liaison with other sporting goods associations, including

  • the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA)
  • The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
  • The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation(CSF)
  • The National Rifle Association (NRA)
  • The National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses
  • The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW).

National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers
One Parkview Plaza, Suite 800
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 USA
(630) 596-9006

http://www.nasgw.org

ASAC

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American Society of Arms Collectors

1953

  • 1953 – Founded
  • Membership is limited to a maximum of 250 active members, and membership is by invitation only

permanent national organization for persons interested in the collection, research, study, and preservation of arms, armor, and accessories and accouterments; to establish and promote standards and ethics in research and dissemination of information pertaining to the history of arms and armor; and to promote and further the preparation, publication and distribution of scholarly literature pertaining to the development and history of arms and armor.

HTTPS://AMERICANSOCIETYOFARMSCOLLECTORS.ORG/

American Society of Arms Collectors
P.O. Box 2172
Noblesville, IN 46061-2172

 

NSGA

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National Sporting Goods Association

founded in 1927
Downers Grove, Illinois

In 1927, the association’s founders fought an unfair taxation on sporting goods in the state of South Carolina. This fight led to the formation of the Sporting Goods Dealer’s Association of South Carolina.

Soon after, other regional sporting goods associations began to form in the East, Midwest and the South. Finally, these associations merged into one and in 1936, the name was officially changed to National Sporting Goods Association.
 https://www.nsga.org/about/

National Sporting Goods Association 
3041 Woodcreek Drive, Suite 210
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
(847) 296-NSGA (6742) 

 

Warren Page

– 1960 Created the First National Conference on the Shooting Sports
– 1972 Director of National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)

SAAMI

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Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute

founded in 1926

an association of the nation’s leading manufacturers of firearms, ammunition and components. Founded at the request of the federal government and tasked with:

  • Creating and publishing industry standards for safety, interchangeability, reliability and quality
  • Coordinating technical data
  • Promoting safe and responsible firearms use

NRA

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National Rifle Association

1871 

 

Col. William C. Church

1871 co-founder of the National Rifle Association
– 1872 Second president of the National Rifle Association
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conant_Church

Gen. George Wingate

 1871 co-founder of the National Rifle Association
– 1886 to 1900 president of the National Rifle Association

Gen. Ambrose Burnside

1871 NRA’s first President

Harlon Carter

1951 joined the National Board of the NRA
– 1965-1967 served as NRA president from
– 1975-1976 served as director of the NRA’s lobbying arm
– 1977-1985 served as NRA Executive Vice President
Carter replaced Maxwell Rich as Executive Vice President
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Carter

Neal Knox

– 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt
– 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox

Marion P. Hammer

  • 1970s – Present – NRA lobbyist from Florida
  • 1988 – creator of the NRA Eddie Eagle Program
  • 1995 to 1998 – 1st female president of the National Rifle Association NRA

Wayne LaPierre

– joined the NRA in 1977
– Since 1991, he has served as executive vice president and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association (NRA)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_LaPierre

Chris W. Cox

 April 2002 – 2019  executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_W._Cox