Category Archives: Yearly Shooting Events

International Tactical Rifleman’s Championship ITRC

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  • 2009 Gillette, Wyoming
    – at the Surefire Training Facility

  • 3-Gun match
  • three-day event
  • teams of two marksmen
    – spotter and shooter
    – One ranges and calls shots while the other shoots
    – roles interchange during the stages
  • pistol targets to 50 yards
  • carbine targets to 500 yards
  • precision rifle targets to 1,000 yards
    – long-range rifle targets are at “unknown” distances
    – requires ranging skills & communication
  • courses from 1 to 2.5 miles long
  • courses of fire require movement from the team
  • shoot while moving” stages
    – shooting from a raft on a lake
    – shooting from a flying helicopter
    – shooting from a moving vehicle

Bullpup Convention

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started in 2009 – 2014

  • Two Day Event
    Rockcastle Shooting Center in Park City, Kentucky
  • shooting was free
  •  raising money for Wounded Warriors
  • 2014
    Sept 27-28, 2014
  • 2013
    Saturday, Sept 21-22nd, 2013
  • 2012 = 250 people
  • 2011 = 250 people

Bullpup Forum Annual Shoot
Rock Castle Shooting Center

Sportsman’s Team Challenge (STC)

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since 1987

a two or three person team event
combines a multi-discipline shooting competition with a family friendly atmosphere
Professional shooters & shooters of all levels compete and enjoy

  • 2017 Heartland Public Shooting Park in Grand Island, NE
    July 20-22
http://stcnationals.com/

Knob Creek Gun Show

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Machine Gun Shoot & Military Gun Show

Shoot since 1965
Gun Show since 1985

 900 tables

West Point, Kentucky

The World’s Largest Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show

  • bi-annual event
  • second weekend of April and October
http://www.knobcreekrange.com/
  • Started by Biff Sumner
  • 1970 started shooting dynamite
  • 1981 Kenny Sumner took over the shoot
  • 1985 Started a Gun Show at the shoot
  • 350 yard outdoor range
  • 20 miles south of Louisville
  • former military-munitions test range
  • biannual event in April and October
  • Gun show
  • Dec 22, 2005 featured on R. Lee Ermey’s television show Mail Call 

“World’s Largest Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show”

Knob Creek Gun Range 
690 Ritchey Lane 
West Point, KY 40177
502-922-4457

Big Sandy Shoot

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started in mid 1980s

640 acres
1 square mile of desert

Wikieup, Arizona

 the largest machine-gun shoot in the United States.

  • twice a year – March & October
  • three day weekend
  • machine-gun woodstock.
  • 2004 started a LLC and purchased property
  • Quarter mile long firing range
  • 2.3 million rounds shot each shoot

A twice a year, three day weekend of friends, weapons, targets and gear in Arizona’s high, western desert. With a quarter mile long firing range, populated by hundreds of shooters, The Big Sandy is the largest machine-gun shoot in the United States. This NFA shooting range will test yourself, your weapon and your sights. Held in Northwestern Arizona, approximatley 10 miles northeast of the town Wikieup, where you can get some distance on your targets. Some targets fly the length of the range at high speeds, some explode. If you’re up to it, please come visit this uniquely American event.

(602)327-7933

http://mgshooters.com/

Soldier of Fortune match

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1979-2001
Columbia, Missouri

  • started in 1979
  • based on realistic fighting conditions
  • the beginning of 3-Gun shooting
  • ran for 29 consecutive years
  • one-third military, one-third law enforcement, one-third civilian competitor
  • no ‘gaming’ allowed
  • 2001 last Soldier of Fortune 3 gun match

Bianchi Cup

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started in 1979
Hallsville, Missouri

  • brainchild of Ray Chapman & John Bianchi
  • mix of IPSC, Police Pistol Combat and NRA Conventional Bullseye
    – a revolutionary competition that changed the scope of competition shooting
  • Chapman Training Academy
  • 1984 National Action Pistol Championship