You could say that Mike Tagliapietra had a great year last year. Named the 2014 Paralympic Athlete of the Year, this Wisconsinite’s performances in prestigious world competitions qualified him to be the lead and the face of the Paralympic Program for USA Shooting.
A trip to the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum, located inside
the flagship store of Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri,
offers an opportunity to see several unique gun collections—
such as “Hollywood Guns, “Lawmen and Outlaws of the Old West”
and “Guns of the Texas Rangers.”
A priceless collection of prestigious firearms lies within the
cases of this beautiful museum. Stoney Roberts, manager of the
museum, brought to life the various firearms of the “Competition
Shooters Collection.”
Chris Cheng won the season 4 title of “Top Shot,” in the History Channel’s Top Shot television series. To win the title, which includes a $100,000 cash prize and a professional marksman contract with Bass Pro Shops, contestants must beat military veterans, law enforcement officers and pro shooters.
As a little girl, Amy Sowash dreamed of shooting in the Olympics, especially when she plinked pop cans with her dad. She didn’t start taking the journey seriously, though, until she began preparing to attend college. At that point, Sowash started shooting competitively with rifles, and the next year, she walked on to the University of Kentucky rifle team.
The first competitive shooting target in the United States was little more than a black circle drawn on a blazed tree trunk with a piece of charcoal pulled from a campfire.