USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals

Shooting USA – USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals

The fastest practical shooters race for the USPSA Multi-Gun National titles using pistol, rifle and shotgun. We’ve got the action from Las Vegas. Plus, the rare breechloader prized by the Confederacy, the Terry Carbine. And, juniors compete with dreams of Olympic Gold as the Army hosts the Junior National Air Rifle Championship.

USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals

When Colonel Jeff Cooper first organized the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), competition was based on run-and-gun handgun competition. Now, it has expanded to pistol, rifle and shotgun. At the USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals in Las Vegas, top competitors from across the country race through a dozen stages with all three firearms.

“It's something new to me. I am trying to understand and learn the game. It's really challenging,” says KC Eusebio. “You’ve got three guns instead of one, but it's really, really fun and I’m out of breath.”

Eusebio is participating in the Open Division for the first time, where he’s allowed an extra optic on his rifle for close-range targets. Meanwhile, the USAMU’s Daniel Horner is vying for his seventh consecutive Multi-Gun National Title in the Tactical Division, but with the unpredictable weather in the Nevada desert, anything can happen.

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History’s Guns: Terry Carbine

The Terry Carbine is one of the earliest bolt guns ever designed. Officially, it is the Calisher and Terry, named for the British who built the firearm at the Breech Loading Armory Company in England; however, it is William Terry’s breechloading design that gave this firearm such high regard. 

“He was no Samuel Colt or John Browning,” says Firearms Historian Garry James. “He was kind of a one-shot wonder with this gun.”

Junior Air Rifle Competition

 At the Army National Junior Air Rifle Championship, the nation’s top junior shooters have a couple things on their minds: the Olympics and bringing home the gold. The competition is what brought dozens of shooters from all across the country to Fort Benning, Georgia. While juniors compete in either the Sporter or Precision class, they’re also learning from four-time Olympian SGT Jason Parker, who teaches a clinic during competition.

“It’s always nice to share information with them, give them some tips and techniques to improve their position and their overall shooting abilities, but really, when it comes down to it, hopefully you inspire them to make themselves better, and continue on in the sport or just make themselves better in life,” says Parker.

The Army Marksmanship Unit hosts the National Championship at the Pool International Range Complex, where 20 teams compete.

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Sig Sauer M400 Rifle

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