The NRA will debut a new long range training program this summer at the Peacemaker National Training Center in West Virginia. Registration is now open for the National Rifle Association’s Precision Long Range School. Three summer sessions will be offered: July 2-3, August 13-14, and September 3-4, 2016. Price is a painful $1900.00 per two-day session. That does include guns, ammo and instruction, but NOT lodging. (Think about that — for $1900.00 you can buy a pretty nice rifle and practice on your own. Likewise that $1900.00 will buy a very high-quality scope.)

The NRA Precision Long Range School is designed to teach students how to hit very small targets out to (and beyond) 1,100 yards, and how to make hits on the first shot. Sessions will be lead by some of the nation’s best long range instructors and students will be provided with top-of-the-line guns, ammo, optics, and all necessary gear.

This unique school covers a spectrum of long range shooting disciplines. Students will learn long-range competition “best practices”, tactical long-range methods, and long-range hunting techniques. This school will be taught in MILS. Specific techniques covered will include: Dialing, Holding Off, Target Transition, Advanced Long Range Marksmanship, Suppressor Usage, and Long Range Speed Shooting.

The school will also cover Advanced External Ballistics, Advanced Wind Reading, and Applied Ballistics Software Usage. For these subjects, seminar-style instruction will be combined with range practice to put learned skills into practice at long range.

The NRA Precision Long Range School will provide top-quality hardware to participants: Surgeon rifles built on Modular chassis systems, chambered for the .260 Remington cartridge. These rifles will be fitted with Nightforce ATACR MIL-R optics and AWC Silencers suppressors. The Top-of-the line Swarovski spotting scopes and range-finding binoculars will be employed, along with Kestrel wind meters with Applied Ballistics software. Nexus-brand .260 Rem ammo completes the package available to Long Range School attendees.

To register, or obtain more information about the NRA Precision Long Range School, visit the Long Range School Webpage or call (844) 672-6883.

For the past three days, the NRA World Shoooting Championship (WSC) has been underway at the Peacemaker Nat’l Training Center in West Virginia. If you’re curious about this event, which offers $250,000 worth of cash and prizes, check out this September 26th video showing SFC Dan Horner (last year’s WSC winner) in the 3-Gun Stage. Horner displays his ability to transition rapidly from one gun to the next while acquiring targets with Robocop-like efficiency. This year, Horner finished second overall, just three points behind newly-crowned 2015 WSC Winner Bruce Piatt (2631 points).

A quarter million bucks in cash and prizes — that’s what’s up for grabs at the NRA’s World Shooting Championship (WSC) next month. This unique, multi-discipline event is the world’s richest shooting match, with $50,000 worth of cash awards ($25K to the winner) plus a monster $200,000 prize table. Competitors don’t even have to bring their own firearms — sponsors provide ALL guns and ammo.

The WSC, slated for September 24-26, at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, WV, is a multi-stage match involving 12 shooting disciplines over three days. Nearly all the firearms shooting sports (except benchrest and air rifle) will be showcased, so competitors must be skilled with rifle, pistol and shotgun. Speed is paramount. Although there are some accuracy-oriented stages, this is predominantly a multi-gun action match “on the clock” with relatively large, close targets.

The top WSC pro shooters, such as last year’s WSC winner SFC Dan Horner of the USAMU, are all seasoned 3-Gun competitors with blazing shot-to-shot speed and the ability to make rapid transitions from one gun to the next.

Reigning WSC Champion SFC Dan Horner is wicked fast. (File Photo, not from WSC).

All firearms and ammunition will be provided. This alleviates the need for shooters to purchase expensive new equipment and competitor travel costs are greatly reduced (since shooters won’t have to haul an arsenal of arms plus ammo). Think you’ve got what it takes to win? Then you can still register by visiting the World Shooting Championship Registration Page.

Here are the stages at the NRA World Shooting Championship:

Stage 1: Cowboy Action
Firearms: .45 Colt Pistol, 1873 Carbine ,45 Colt, Hammer 12 GA shotgun

Stage 2: NRA Precision Pistol
Firearm: Sig Sauer .45 ACP 1911 MAX Pistol

Stage 3: NRA Bianchi Cup Mover
Firearm: Sig Sauer 9mm 1911 Traditional Match Elite Pistol

Stage 4: DMR Challenge
Firearm: JP Enterprises LRP-07 (.308 Win AR-10 type) rifle with Berger/ABM Ammo

Stage 5: Five Stand
Firearm: Beretta Silver Pigeon 12 GA Shotgun

Stage 6: Wobble Clays
Firearm: Beretta Silver Pigeon 12 GA Shotgun

Stage 7: .22 LR Smallbore Rifle
Firearm: Magnum Research MLR22AT with Eley Match Ammunition

Stage 8: 3-Gun (Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol)
Firearms: FNH USA FN15 (AR-type rifle), FN SLP 12 GA, and FNS9 Competition 9mm Pistol

Stage 9: USPSA
Firearm: STI DVC Limited 9mm Pistol

Stage 10: USCA Two-Gun
Firearm: Armalite M153G with NightForce 2.5-10

Stage 11: PRS Long Range Challenge
Firearm: Surgeon Scalpel .308 Rifle with McMillan A5 stock, NightForce ATAC F1 Scope and Berger/ABM Ammo.

Stage 12: America’s Rifle Match
Firearm: Daniel Defense V11 Pro with Leupold VR-6 Multigun