Category Archives: Other Smallbore Information

We will be making some pronematch.com site updates over the next few days. We’re making some changes that we think you’ll like so please be patient as we make the updates.

from the NRA: NRA Offers Adult 3-Position Air Rifle Shooting NRA wants tournament sponsors to know that adults can participate in an NRA Open or NRA Invitational position air rifle tournament. The air rifle is an excellent training tool for … Continue reading →

from the CMP Gary Anderson, who served the CMP as the Director of Civilian Marksman­ship for the past ten years, officially retired from that position on the 31st of December, 2009. Anderson, who celebrated his 70th birthday in October, announced … Continue reading →

Pronematch.com is happy to announce that German Salazar has accepted an offer he couldn’t refuse. After a meeting with our staff recruiter he demurred, in his humble way, stating that he was not made of the stern stuff the site … Continue reading →

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has awarded $109,500 in grants to colleges across the country in order to promote shooting at competitive and club levels. To read more and see the list of colleges, you can read the press release … Continue reading →

The December Timothy Pickering postal scores are due tomorrow http://pronematch.com/pickering-postal/. Don’t forget to submit your scores to Hap Rocketto at hapATpronematch.com

Merry Christmas from all of us at pronematch.com! We hope you and yours have a great holiday and that the new year brings you GOOD LOTS, and CENTER SHOTS.

The ISSF has posted some information about the 2012 Olympic shooting facilities. Of particular note, the shooting venues will be temporary and disassembled or re-allocated for other uses after the olympics. You can read the whole story here.

To all of my loyal Joblillies, and Garyulies who shall see these presents greeting, Know Ye, that We, the Grand Panjandrum of the Pickering Match himself, has observed the steadily growing height of the snow piling outside of our castle.  It … Continue reading →

There was an excellent article in The Washington Post on Tuesday about the return of West Virginia’s rifle team after being dropped as a sport by the school. You can read the article here.

Here are a few interesting snippets from the NRA’s latest newsletter: NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship We are extremely excited to announce that our brand new championship has been locked in for 2010! The NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club Championship will be … Continue reading →

I stumbled accross this article by Bob Rotella (a sports psychologist) on how to win at golf. The similarities between golf and shooting are so similar that I thought I’d share the article with our pronematch.com readers here. The orginal … Continue reading →

The latest issue of Shooting Sports USA is available here.

Today is the last day to shoot the November pronematch.com postal! Make sure you get your scores in ny December 5th. Email your scores to hap@pronematch.com http://pronematch.com/new-indoor-prone-league/

We at pronematch.com are very thankful for all of our loyal readers and contributors that help to make pronematch.com an interesting and useful destination for competitive rifle shooters. Happy Thanksgiving!

Some interesting statistics about pronematch.com: 18,498 actual visits from 66 countries to pronematch.com since August of 2008. 237 people visited pronematch.com on October 5th, 2009 (the day after this year’s Foliage Match) 48,952 pronematch.com pages have been viewed since August … Continue reading →

There’s a new issue of USA Shooting News available for download here. There’s an especially interesting article by By SFC Eric Uptagraf called “Part-Time Shooter” on page 18.