Year: 2022
Electronic Sight Systems: What Are They and How Do They Work? – NRA Women.com An optic is just as important and individual of a choice to a shooter as the firearm he or she chooses. Electronic sight systems produce an illuminated sight picture that helps the shooter achieve the intended point of impact. This type…
Read MoreSight Alignment and Sight Picture Means Hitting Your Target – NRA Women.com By correcting your sight alignment and sight picture, you can place your bullet where you intend! You head to the gun range for a day of shooting. You have your handgun. You have your targets. What else could you want? How about putting…
Read MoreIron Lady: Learn Iron Sights to Master Marksmanship – NRA Women.com Riflescopes and electro-optics are great, but iron sights are fundamental. I remember growing up reading the adventures of Elmer Keith, Jack O’Conner and Earnest Hemingway. I remember reading about the exotic African hunts of W.D. Bell, Fredrick Selous and Robert Ruark hunting alongside Harry…
Read MoreThe 5 Fundamentals of Rifle and Pistol Shooting – NRA Women.com When you can recognize why your bullet did not hit where you intended, and then identify what you did wrong, you are on your way to becoming a proficient shooter. I conduct a lot of NRA Firearms Training courses. Many of my students are not avid…
Read MoreAmmo Basics: Common Bullet Types – NRA Women.com Different bullet types accomplish different goals. Make sure you’re using the right ammo! Firearms have their own language. To a non-shooter, it can be as foreign as trying to learn a new language. This terminology also includes ammunition. Ammunition terms are often not fully understood by shooters.…
Read MorePower Grab: Understanding Riflescope Basics – NRA Women.com You can’t shoot what you can’t see! Knowing the terminology is the first step in selecting the proper riflescope for your situation. Many of today’s shooters put as much thought in their sighting systems or optics as they do their firearm. When it comes to rifles, telegraphic…
Read MoreBy Heidi Lyn Rao KNOW YOUR CARTRIDGE CASINGTERMINOLOGY Every NRA firearms training course has some lesson that covers the basic ammunition components. As an NRA Training Counselor, it is my job to present this topic in a thorough, concise, and understandable way. I also want my classes to be fun as well as informative. A…
Read MoreResults: NRA Women Ladies Pistol Project 4–Houston Edition – NRA Women.com Our latest handgun survey proved that “right for you” is not a motto but a maxim, one that every woman should carry with her into her next firearm purchase. We have to keep meeting like this! The NRA Ladies Pistol Project (LPP) began in…
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