Competition at the 2008 ISSF World Cup USA for Shotgun began Sunday with the United States sweeping the medals in the Women’s Skeet event. Haley Dunn claimed the gold, while Kim Rhode took home the silver and Connie Smotek captured the bronze.

Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa), who is coming off a bronze medal win at the “Good Luck Beijing” 2008 ISSF World Cup Beijing claimed the gold medal finishing with a total score of 97 targets. Three-time Olympic medalist (1996 and 2004 gold medalist, 2000 bronze medalist) and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team member Rhode (El Monte, California) finished right behind Dunn with 96 targets to claim the silver medal. Two-time Olympian Smotek (Bryan, Texas) and Italy’s Katiuscia Spada were tied at 92 targets at the conclusion of the final, with Smotek earning the bronze after an exciting shoot-off, hitting seven additional targets to Spada’s six.

After the first day of the Men’s Skeet event, Germany’s Tino Wenzel is leading the way with 50 targets. Ariel Mauricio Flores (Mexico), Mark Weeks (Phenix City, Ala.), Frank Thompson (Alliance, Neb.), Jason Caswell (Canada) and Tore Brovold from Norway are all tied for second place with 49 targets.

Approximately 180 shotgun shooters from 37 different nations are participating in the 2008 ISSF World Cup USA at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas. Twenty-three athletes from the U.S. are competing for a World Cup title, as well as 35 additional U.S. athletes participating out of competition. Competition continues tomorrow with the Men’s Skeet Final and the World Cup USA will conclude on May 10.

World Cup USA Competition Schedule:

Monday, May 5
Skeet Men Match – Day 2
Final Skeet Men

Tuesday, May 6
Double Trap Official Training

Wednesday, May 7
Double Trap Men Match
Final Double Trap Men

Thursday, May 8
Trap Official Training

Friday, May 9
Trap Women Match
Trap Men – Day 1
Final Trap Women

Saturday, May 10
Trap Men Match – Day 2
Final Trap Men
Closing Ceremony

Teams Qualify for Upcoming National Championships

NEWTON, CONNECTICUT - Young sporting clay shooters from across Arizona earned state titles – with many qualifying to represent Arizona at upcoming national championships – at last weekend’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Commissioner’s Cup Sporting Clays State Championship.

The competition was held March 29 at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility and featured some of Arizona’s top young shooters in five divisions: varsity, junior varsity, intermediate advanced, intermediate entry and rookie.

SCTP, for youths in grades 12 and under, is a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, managed in partnership with the national governing bodies for shooting sports: USA Shooting, Amateur Trapshooting Association, National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Association.

With remarkable growth over the past eight years, the program is considered “the Little League of shooting sports.” Some 8,000 to 9,000 students from over 45 states are expected to compete this year.

Arizona teams participating in the state title shoot qualified for the SCTP National Championships, July 31-Aug. 5 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Ill.

The best of these young shooters could be selected to attend an Olympic development camp in Colorado Springs, and some will go on to compete at the collegiate level.

For more information, visit www.nssf.org/sctp.

RESULTS

SCTP Arizona Sporting Clays State Championship
(held March 29 at Ben Avery Shooting Facility, Phoenix)

Varsity (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 227 out of 300 targets (Nicholas Warren of Cave Creek, Lucas Feringa of Glendale, Beau Bonner of Cave Creek).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 217 (Brett Hoeppner of Cave Creek, Kimberly Peters of Surprise, Lane Shank of Phoenix).
3rd Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 215 (Kyle Wandelear of Queen Creek, Correy Schultz of Gilbert, Kaitlyn Borie of Phoenix).

Junior Varsity (grades 9 to 12)
1st Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 248 out of 300 targets (Wesley Borie of Phoenix, Kyle Johnson of Phoenix, Luke McCabe-O’Donnell of Phoenix).
2nd Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 230 (Quinton Moore of Gilbert, Kyle Sutter of Apache Junction, Christopher Vansickle of Glendale).
3rd Place—Tucson SCTP Shooting Stars, 208 (Gregory Moffett of Oro Valley, Jacob Roussard of Tucson, Aaron White of Tucson).

Intermediate Advanced (grades 6 to
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 245 out of 300 targets (Tanner Bissell of Desert Hills, Holden Huff of Scottsdale, Perry Miller of Goodyear).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 229 (Austin Elbert of Waddell, John Heim of Glendale, Shelby Shank of Phoenix).
3rd Place—Tucson SCTP Shooting Stars, 205 (Louis “Taz” Gloria of Tucson, Perry Kurker-Mraz of Tucson, Daniel McCloskey of Tucson).

Intermediate Entry (grades 6 to
1st Place—Red Mountain Target Terminators, 209 out of 300 targets (Stephen Fuller of Phoenix, Kent Thomas of Mesa, Zachary McBee of Gilbert).
2nd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 171 (Van Brophy of Phoenix, Andre Guzman of Peoria, Lynnsee Starr of Glendale).
3rd Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 142 (Dylan Karvanek of Anthem, Taylor Saunders of New River, Paysen Unger of Phoenix).

Rookie (grades 5 and under)
1st Place—Ben Avery Clay Crushers, 167 out of 300 targets (Casey Coleman of Peoria, Mitchell Jones of Glendale, Tyler Sims of Dewey).
2nd Place—Tucson SCTP Shooting Stars, 135 (Ben Garrett of Tucson, Gunnar Johnson of Sahuarita, Ausin Keene of Tucson).
3rd Place—White Mountain Clay Crushers, 129 (Logan Barton of Pinetop, Austin Moore of Heber, Luke Hughes of Lakeside).

This week the Master of Handguns and the newest development in magnum rifle cartridges.

ShootingUSA - The Masters Championship

To win you must master three disciplines of pistol shooting: Olympic Pistol, Handgun Silhouette, and Action Pistol Shooting. For those who can compete in all three sports, the best will be the Masters Champion. Plus Todd Jarrett’s shooting up cars in his Tactical Pro Tip for Law Enforcement Officers. And Byron Ferguson is swinging into an Impossible Shot with his Longbow.

Sighting In with Shooting USA - The .338 Federal Cartridge

We’re starting with the inside story of the first rifle cartridge ever to carry the Federal name, the new .338 Federal round that produces belted magnum performance from the 308 case. Then the exclusive debut of the new AR-10 rifle from Armalite that chambers the hot new .338 Federal round. Plus Julie Goloski has suggestions for women on how a lady carries her concealed handgun.

See it in the Shooting USA Hour Block Wednesday on Outdoor Channel.

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Honors From Our Peers:

Shooting USA has received two Emmy Award Nominations for Sports Coverage and Photography from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. We work hard to provide you with quality programming, but it’s very nice to have our colleagues in the Television Industry single out the work for recognition.

Colorado Springs, Colorado - The 2007 USA Shooting Three Times Airgun Match came to a close with 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Emmons, Katy Emmons, Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Libby Callahan and Sgt. 1st Class Daryl L. Szarenski of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of Fort Benning, Ga., claiming titles on the final day of competition.

In Men’s Air Rifle, Emmons of Browns Mills, N.J., took the title for the third day in a row shooting a 599, then a 103.1 in the finals for a total score of 702.1. Matt Rawlings of Wharton, Texas, also shot a 103.1 in the finals, finishing in second place with a total score of 700.1.

Thomas Csenge of Keene, N.H., captured third place as well as first place for the junior men with a total score of 697.3. Bryant Wallizer of Little Orleans, Md., took second for the junior men with 693.1 and Michael Kulbacki of DuBois, Pa., took third with 689.2. Paralympic shooter Michael Dickey of Trafford, Ala., shot a perfect score of 600.

Szarenski, a two-time Olympian, took the top spot in Men’s Air Pistol today, finishing with a total score of 676.5. Cody Owsley of Tonganoxie, Kan., finished in second place with 675.1 and 2004 Olympian Jason Turner of Rochester, N.Y., finished right behind Owsley in third place with a score of 675.0.

Owsley took the top spot in Junior Men’s Air Pistol, while Anthony Lutz of Tonganoxie, Kan., took second again today with 663.7 and Nicholas Budnella of Colorado Springs, Colo., the day one and two champion, took third with 660.2.

In Women’s Air Rifle, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist for the Czech Republic, Katy Emmons, took the title for the third day in a row, shooting a match score of 399 and a final of 105.1 for a total score of 504.1. Marie Gigon of France finished second with 501.9 and Emmons’ Czech teammate Pavla Kalna took third place with a total score of 500.3.

Lisa Kunzelman of Constantia, N.Y., captured the title for the third day in a row for the Junior Air Rifle women with a total score of 499.8. Sarah Scherer of Billerica, Mass., finished close behind Kunzelman in second with 499.0, while Taylor Beard of Parker, Colo., took third with 493.7.

In Women’s Air Pistol, Callahan, a three-time Olympian from Columbia, S.C., captured the title with a score of 468.1. Heather Deppe of Monument, Colo., took second with 467.3 and Navy Reserve Petty Officer 2nd Class Sandra Uptagrafft of Firestone, Colo., finished in third place with 463.4.

Deppe claimed first place for the junior women, while Courtney Anthony of Lexington, Neb., took second with 458.3 and Kelsey Imig of Westminster, Mass., finished third with 450.7.

More than 200 rifle and pistol airgun shooters from across the United States as well as Canada, the Czech Republic, France and Puerto Rico competed at the U.S. Olympic Shooting Center Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in the 2007 USA Shooting Three Times Air Match. This three-day event served as a qualifier for the Bavarian Airgun Match, which will be conducted in Munich, Germany, in January.

Complete results from the competition can be found by visiting USA Shooting’s website at www.usashooting.org.

(Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of the U.S. Army Accessions Command. The Marksmanship Unit trains its Soldiers to win competitions and enhances combat readiness through train-the-trainer clinics, research and development. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, paula.j.randall@us.army.mil or www.usamu.com. USA Shooting is recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Shooting Sport Federation as the national governing body for the Olympic and international shooting sports in the United States. For more information on USA Shooting, contact Public Relations Manager Mary Beth Vorwerk at (719) 866-4896, marybeth.vorwerk@usashooting.org or http://www.usashooting.com.)

For the fifth consecutive year, Del-Tone/Luth Gun Club in St. Cloud, Minn., hosted one of the nation’s most prestigious three-gun competitions, the Tri-Gun Challenge, with Brownells® and DPMS® as the major sponsors.

The event drew many of the most recognizable names in shooting. Jerry Miculek bested Tony Holmes, last year’s open class winner, with a match total of 753.823. Carl Carbon topped the tactical optics division with a match total of 731.502, Kurt Miller’s 757.884 won the tactical iron category and Pat Kelley repeated as winner of the heavy metal title scoring a 774.419.

The 2007 competition featured a new event, Tactical Optics Heavy. Participants were required to use .308 caliber rifles, pump shotguns and 8-round capacity, .45 caliber handguns. Benny Hill was the inaugural winner of the category.

Both DPMS and Brownells had groups participating in the team competition, but Robert Right, Robert Johnson and Carl Carbon (a.k.a. R&R Racing) won the team competition with a time of 38.47 seconds.

“Brownells has been an avid supporter of the Tri-Gun Challenges, and will continue to support the event for years to come,” said Pete Brownell, vice president of Brownells. “The Tri-Gun Challenge has grown exponentially over the years, and we look forward to partnering with DPMS for the 2008 event.”

“The competition continues to grow since beginning the Tri-Gun Challenge in 2003,” said CEO/DPMS President Randy Luth. “We’ve already begun making preparations for next year’s competition. With each year being more successful than the one before, we’re excited to set more records with the 2008 match.”

A complete results list from the 2007 Tri-Gun Challenge and information about the 2008 competition is available on the Tri-Gun Challenge website at http://www.trigunchallenge.com.

DPMS is an industry leader in providing quality AR-style rifles, components and accessories. No other company offers more styles or configurations of AR rifles. DPMS also provides choices for high-power and small-bore shooters by offering several rifles chambered in .22LR, .204 Ruger, .223 Remington, 5.56×45 NATO, .243 Winchester, .260 Remington, 6.8×43 SPC, 7.62×39, .308 Winchester, .300 Remington SAUM and .338 Federal.

Brownells is the world’s largest supplier of firearm parts, tools, equipment and accessories. Stocking more than 30,000 items, the company services gunsmiths, armorers and shooters worldwide. For more information or to place an order, call (800) 741-0015, Dept. #PBE, or visit http://www.brownells.com.

Colorado Springs, Colorado - The first day of competition at the 2007 USA Shooting Three Times Airgun Match took place Saturday with Olympians Matt Emmons, Jason Turner, Katy Emmons and Becky Synder claiming first place in their respective categories.

In Men’s Air Rifle Emmons of Browns Mills, N.J., a 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, shot a perfect score of 600 and a final of 104.4 for a total of 704.4 to take first place. His score of 600 tied a national record held by Matt Rawlings. Valerian Sauveplane from France took second place with a total score of 697.3 and Ryan Tanoue of Honolulu, Hawaii, took third with 696.8.

For the Junior Air Rifle men, Ethan Settlemires of Walnut, Miss., shot a final score of 689.7 taking first place, while Bryant Wallizer of New Orleans, Md., finished in second place with a total score of 688.5 and Michael Kulbacki of DuBois, Pa., took third with 686.2.

Turner of Rochester, N.Y., a 2004 Olympian, took first place for Men’s Air Pistol with a score of 679.0. Two-time Olympian Sgt. 1st Class Daryl L. Szarenski of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of Fort Benning, Ga., took second with 675.3 and Martin Tenk of the Czech Republic captured the third spot with 674.6.

For the Junior Air Pistol men, Nicholas Budnella of Colorado Springs, Colo., won the title with a total score of 662.0, while Cody Owsley of Tonganoxie, Kan., took second with 657.6 and Anthony Lutz, also of Tonganoxie, finished in third place with 652.9.

Katy Emmons, a 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist for the Czech Republic captured first place with a score of 501.9 for Women’s Air Rifle. Emily Caruso of Fairfield, Conn., a 2004 Olympian, grabbed second with 498.9 and Marrie Gigon of France took third with 496.7.

Lisa Kunzelman of Constantia, N.Y., finished in first place for the Junior Air Rifle women with a total score 496.0, while Emily Holsopple of Wilcox, Pa., took second with 495.3 and Taylor Beard of Parker, Colo., grabbed the third spot with a total score of 495.1.

In Women’s Air Pistol, Becky Snyder of Colorado Springs, Colo., took first place with a total score of 473.5. Brenda Shinn of Riverside, Calif., captured second with 467.6 and Erdenetuya Baasandamba finished in third place with 465.3.

Courtney Anthony of Lexington, Neb., finished in fifth place for the senior women and took first for the Junior Air Pistol women with a total score of 462.0. Heather Deppe of Monument, Colo., took second with 458.3 and Kelsey Imig of Westminster, Mass., finished third with 452.7.

More than 200 rifle and pistol airgun shooters from across the United States as well as Canada, the Czech Republic, France and Puerto Rico are competing at the U.S. Olympic Shooting Center Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in the 2007 USA Shooting Three Times Air Match. This three-day event will serve as a qualifier for the Bavarian Airgun Match, which will be conducted in Munich, Germany, in January.

Overland Park, Kansas — Bushnell Outdoor Products has sued Non-Typical, Inc. for false and misleading advertising. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and alleges that Non-Typical, Inc.’s advertisements for its Cuddeback® trail cameras are false and misleading. The lawsuit seeks an injunction against further false and misleading statements and monetary damages.

Bushnell, Inc. manufactures and sells trail cameras under the Bushnell® trademark. Non-Typical, Inc., located in Wisconsin, manufactures and sells trail cameras under the Cuddeback® brand name.

“Bushnell repeatedly tried to convince Non-Typical to remove its false and misleading advertisements, but they refused,” said Phil Gyori, Vice President of Marketing at Bushnell. “While we much prefer to compete in the market—as we have been doing for years—true competition is difficult when faced with false and misleading advertising. Because Non-Typical refused to remove their false advertising, our management decided that this lawsuit was the only course of action left to us,” concluded Gyori.

Information about the Bushnell line of trail cameras can be found at:

http://www.bushnell.com/trailcameras/trailcameras.cfm?section=#cSection%23

A comparison between Bushnell and Cuddeback cameras can be seen by clicking on “Trigger Time Truth”.