Tag Archives: Shooting Sports

CMSA

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Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association

founded mid 1990s

  • Fastest Growing Equestrian Sport
  •  two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition
  • It is required that you dress western
  • You can use any horse or mule

 Live rounds are strictly prohibited at competitions

Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association
PO Box 157
Roswell, NM 88202

888.960.0003

https://www.cmsaevents.com/

WSSF

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Womens Shooting Sports Foundation
1992

  • 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
  • NSSF launched WSSF in 1992
  • 1993 = 15 events, 800 shooters
  • 1998 = 75 events, 10,0000 competitors
  • 1992 – 1998 Sue King first President

Julie Golob

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American professional sport shooter

  • 2005 Silver IPSC Handgun World Shoot Lady Standard
  • 2011 Silver IPSC Handgun World Shoot Lady Production
  • 2014 IPSC Handgun World Shoot Lady Production Bronze
  • 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot Lady Classic Gold
  • 13 times USPSA Lady National Champion
  • U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Athlete of the Year
  • 1999 US Army Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2 times NRA Bianchi Cup Ladies Open Champion
  • 2 times ICORE Revolver Ladies Open Champion
  • 50+ World & National Titles
  • 150+ Major Championship Titles

Julie Golob

https://www.juliegolob.com
Get to know Julie Golob
https://www.smith-wesson.com/article/get-know-julie-golob

VSSA

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1938

Virginia Shooting Sports Association

  • 1938 – originally founded as the Virginia State Rifle and Revolver Association
  • is Virginia’s oldest gun rights organization
  • official state association of the National Rifle Association
  • closely affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and the Virginia Gun Collectors Association

Our mission is to provide shooting opportunities for, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of, all law abiding Virginians.

https://www.myvssa.org/

VSSA Office
PO Box 1258
Orange, VA 22960
(540) 672-5848

ATA

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Amateur Trapshooting Association

1900

is the National Governing Body for ATA-type trapshooting. The ATA hosts the Grand American Trapshooting tournament at Vandalia, Ohio in August each year. The “Grand” attracts the most shooters of any shooting event held in the USA.

– Founded 1900
– first president was John Philip Sousa
– Mission, To promote and govern the sport throughout the world
– changed to the Amateur Trapshooting Association in 1923
– http://www.shootata.com

Amateur Trapshooting Association
1105 East Broadway
P.O. Box 519
Sparta, IL 62286