TALLADEGA, Alabama – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is excited to announce new developments for 2021 at its Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama. Over the last year, Talladega’s staff members have taken the time to carefully consider dynamic improvements to the facility, with guest satisfaction in mind.

A major addition to look forward to at Talladega in 2021 is the Unknown Distance Range – now open and ready for marksmen and women to test their skills upon 12 metal targets in the shape of life-size animals, including elk, deer, bears and hogs.

“We want people to come and use the Unknown Distance Range because it’s something different,” said Greg Raines, CMP’s business development manager. “It’s turning into one of our more popular ranges.”

Guests to the Unknown Distance Range can fire at targets set at various yards, at random, for more of a challenge behind the trigger. Reaching distances as far as 620 yards, the range also features over 100 stationary targets. Read more

Irving, TX – Birchwood Casey, a leading name in professional gun care supplies and shooting equipment, introduces five new shooting rests: Alpha™, Bravo™, Echo™, Foxtrot, and Tango. Each rest is specifically designed for accuracy, comfort, and ease of use!

The Alpha™ Shooting Rest is a tubular steel frame design for maximum strength that features a non-slip rubber stock rest, an integrated weighted front (35 lbs. total), adjustable leveling feet with bullseye bubble level, and more! This new rest accommodates popular AR pistols with barrels as short as 7.5-inches as well as full-sized rifles. The low-profile design is ideal for prone shooting. The ambidextrous controls and oversized knobs make any adjustments quick and easy. The front of the Alpha™ Shooting rest maneuvers 2 inches for windage, 3.5 inches for elevation, and 4.25 inches to accommodate various rifle sizes.

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Colona, IL – Rock River Arms, Inc.®, one of the industry’s most respected names in Modern Sporting Rifles and pistols, announces their newest predator rifle, the Fred Eichler Series Light Predator2L featuring lightweight, carbon fiber handguards.

The new Fred Eichler Series (FES) Light Predator2L rifle features a carbon fiber handguard that reduce overall weight and incorporate the popular unique coyote paw prints that are found on all Fred Eichler Series handguards. This deadly accurate rifle incorporates a .223 Wylde Chamber for both 5.56mm & .223 Cal ammunition and the 16-inch lightweight fluted stainless-steel barrel offers impressive accuracy at long ranges, has a 1:8 twist and has been cryogenically treated and bead blasted for a no glare, professional finish. Read more

One of the most popular hunting and shooting round sizes of our day, the 6.5 Creedmoor is a wildly versatile caliber. Red Arrow Weapons is excited to include the 6.5 Creedmoor caliber in the lineup for their premium AR-15 style firearms. For those who’ve come to know and love the platform, the AR-style rifle system is a dream system on which to build high end, customizable rifles. What do you get when you mix that capable caliber with that popular of a shooting platform and throw in the high fun, high function of Red Arrow standards all together? The RAW-10 6.5 Creedmoor. Read more

New Camo and Single-Point Slings Add Featherlight Options for Shooters

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. –– Butler Creek®, maker of smart, field-proven hunting and shooting accessories, announced today that the company’s Featherlight Sling lineup has been expanded with two new models perfect for today’s hunters and shooters. Now, gun owners can select either a new camo option or a single-point sling option, which extend the Featherlight family of slings to six different models available for purchase.

Butler Creek’s Featherlight Slings have been lauded by sportsmen and women for their lightweight, breathable and comfortable design. Now, hunters and shooters alike can pick up the newly released Featherlight camo sling, as well as a Featherlight Single-Point Sling that’s perfect for AR platforms.

Butler Creek’s traditional Featherlight Sling is now available in Prym1 MP camouflage, Prym1’s most versatile hybrid camo pattern. This particular camo is designed for all-season use, from the whitetail woods to western big game hunts and everything in between. Read more

After going virtual in 2020, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Junior Rifle Summer Camps are returning to an in-person format in 2021.

Running from May to August, the 10-week schedule includes an assortment of camps and clinics for high-school age (9-12 grade) junior athletes and their adult leaders on intermediate and advanced marksmanship skills through various exercises and demonstrations.

New in 2021, the CMP Summer Camp lineup will also include the addition of instructional smallbore camps – set to be held in Florida, Ohio and Minnesota.

Registration for all of the 2021 Summer Camps and Clinics opens February 8 and closes April 30. Classes fill quickly, so be sure to sign up early!
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NSSF, Project ChildSafe and NAAGA Emphasize Gun Safety, Training And Responsible Storage

NEWTOWN, Conn. – The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), Project ChildSafe® and the National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) are responding to record high gun sales in 2020, particularly among African Americans and first-time gun buyers, by providing free educational resources and tips on firearm safety and responsible storage for all new gun owners.

According to data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), 21 million background checks related to the sale of a firearm were conducted in 2020—a 60 percent increase over the previous year.

“NSSF estimates that 40 percent of those gun sales were for first-time gun buyers, totaling 8.4 million new gun owners in the United States in 2020,” said Joe Bartozzi, NSSF President and CEO. “That kind of growth validates the relevance and importance of the Second Amendment, but also speaks to an increasing need for firearm safety education. As a community of firearm owners, we all have a responsibility to use, transport and store firearms safely, and NSSF is committed to getting this information in the hands of all our newest community members.” Read more