Shooting USA - Episode Guide

This time, the fastest practical shooters race for the USPSA Multi-gun National titles using pistol, rifle and shotgun. Plus, the rare breechloader prized by the Confederacy, the Terry Carbine. And juniors compete with dreams of Olympic Gold.

This week, it's the NRA Action Pistol Championship. The world's best compete for the Bianchi Cup. Plus, the rifle for the early frontier, the Hawken is one of History's Guns. And we're Talking Tech on .38 caliber bullets.

SHOOTHING USA goes West for the World Championship at End of Trail. It's the cowboy shooting best competing for titles in New Mexico. Plus, the rifle that won the West. The Winchester 73 is one of History's Guns.

This time, it's the Bushnell Brawl, the most challenging of the Presidion Rifle Match series. Plus the Remington Rolling Block, selected by armies around the world, but never by the US Army. And HAVA honors our bravest at Rock Castle Shooting Center.

It's a multi-gun match for the juniors that is also a fund-raiser to help pave the way for new shooters to enter the sport. Generation Three Gun is the organization working to expand participation for the next generation.

We're at the Smith & Wesson Pan American IDPA Championships in Puerto Rico. John covers the action on the range and on the beach. Plus the French Revolver that's now one of History's Guns, after 75 years on the beat.

The Cowboy Fast Draw Association hosts the annual shoot out to find the Fastest Gun Alive. Plus, Youngsters shooting steel. It's organized plinking for speed as the Scholastic Pistol Program expands to more and more teams participating.

It's the match for real carry guns. The pros, new shooters, and Smith and Wesson executives, take on real life, self-defense scenarios at the IDPA Back Up Gun Nationals. Plus, the 1874 Sharps is one of History's Guns.

Julie Golob is your host as our Master of the Longbow, Byron Ferguson, challenges himself with smaller and smaller targets that also get farther and farther away. Plus, from California, fast draw for record in stylish shoes. A Bob Munden classic.

It's the fastest of the run-and-gun handgun sports when the top shooters in the country compete with race guns that bring every possible enhancement to help win. Plus, wounded veterans honoring wounded veterans at HAVA Family Range Day.

The GAP Grind Pro-Am opens one of the most intimidating competitions to new shooters. Plus, Japan's historic, yet unreliable revolver is one of History's Guns. And juniors are breaking a lot of clays at the SCTP Nationals.

Jim, John, and Tony are running the 12 miles of aisles in the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, with 60,000 Gun Dealers and Buyers. It's your first look at the new guns and gear that will be making news this year. Set your DVR. The guys have a lot to show you in non-stop new product presentations.

It's the match limited to the guns people actually carry, 5-shot revolvers and small autoloaders. The defensive scenarios are creative and challenging on the S&W Indoor Ranges in Massachusetts. And it's the best possible practice for a real-life emergency. Plus, the 1873 Single Action Army is one of History's Guns. And Colt relaunches the company and the new guns now focused on serving civilian customers.

It's drag-racing on steel! The top action shooters in the world compete at the Steel Challenge. Draw and shoot five steel plates for time measured in hundredths of a second. And a world record may be broken. Plus, the historic Luger that introduced the nine-millimeter round is one of History's Guns. And, another edition of Gun Matchmaker – testing and choosing a first home-defense gun for a young couple.

It's the only pistol, rifle, and shotgun challenge held on an active duty Army Base. If running and gunning stage challenges is simulated combat, it doesn't get any more real than when the Army Marksmanship Unit sets up the challenges and adds in full-auto fire and Abrams Tanks! Plus the enhanced Garand, the M-14 is now one of History's Guns. And Blackhawk! Pro, Todd Jarrett shows you real world rifle training, while shooting with his rental car.

80,000 NRA Members gather in Louisville for the 145th Annual Meeting. It's a huge celebration of the Second Amendment and this time there's major political news. And, a surprising number of new guns being announced. Plus, the story of the "Dick Special", the Colt Detective Special, that's now one of History's Guns. And hundreds of college students spend their Spring Break in Alabama competing in the College Pistol Nationals.

It's a classic pistol competition as Col. Jeff Cooper first created the combat sport. 400 USPSA members compete in Barry, Illinois with single-stack 1911's, in the biggest championship competition of the year. Plus the history of John Browning's 1911 that is clearly of History's most famous Guns. And the little known museum in Alabama with the 8,000 weapons collected by one man who had been an American spy in World War Two.

The GAP Grind Pro-Am opens one of the most intimidating competitions to new shooters. It's long range Precision Rifle competition in Tennessee, with John now considered an experienced Pro, helping a new shooter compete. Plus, Japan's historic, yet unreliable revolver is one of History's Guns. And juniors are breaking a lot of clays at the SCTP Nationals.

This is the year the world's most prestigious handgun championship becomes twice as difficult. To take the cup the top competitors have to shoot the four stages of fire twice, combining their qualifying score with their second round of shooting the plates, the barricades, the practical, and the mover. Julie Golob joins John Scoutten to present the action from Columbia, Missouri. Plus, the High Standard from World War Two, and the movie guns Clint Eastwood ordered for his film, American Sniper.

It's drag racing with guns! Draw and shoot five steel targets for time... and it gets very fast when the top Pro Shooters step into the shooting box. John and Tony have the highlights, with shot-string timing, to the championship.

It's the match limited to the guns people actually carry, 5-shot revolvers and small autoloaders. The defensive scenarios are creative and challenging on the S&W Indoor Ranges in Massachusetts. And it's the best possible practice for a real-life emergency. Plus, the 1873 Single Action Army is one of History's Guns. And Colt relaunches the company and the new guns now focused on serving civilian customers.

Zombies are invading Nebraska! It's Hornady's Pandemic in the Heartland that's become a tradition in five years of competition and weekend fun. Plus, the Model One, the first successful firearm from Smith and Wesson, is now one of History's Guns.

Law enforcement officers compete in a multi-gun match that's really street-smart training.

The Factory Sponsored Professionals compete with the handguns anyone can buy; for the pros, the Production Nationals is the most important competition of the year.

The remarkable history of Remington at 200 years of continuous production for America.

High capacity guns with iron sights in the STI Limited National Championship; John Scoutten covers high action at the Universal Shooting Academy in Florida; the best in the sport compete in Tennessee Bullseye.

Shooting small varmints shot at long ranges; precision shooting with benchrest rifles in the latest version of two traditional sports becoming a new challenge; John tries knocking down 1-MOA coyotes.

It's shotgun play day with Smith & Wesson Pro Shooter Jerry Miculek. Even in Jerry's downtime, he still wants to send a few loads from his signature Mossberg down range. Then, it's two-gun fast draw with the Master Gunfighter.

Julie Golob puts a modern twist on a famous Annie Oakley shot. Julie takes aim at a cigarette, but with an M&P 15-22. Then, Master Gunfighter, Cisko tries to pop two balloons with one shot from his Ruger Blackhawk.

It's the 20th year of defensive pistol competition at Smith & Wesson and the 20th year anniversary of the founding of IDPA competition. In 20 years the self-defense sport has grown to be world-wide. The Ft. Benning 3-Gun.

Smith & Wesson Pro Shooter, Jerry Miculek turns a compact carry gun into a race gun. The shot is an attempt to prove the M&P Shield is small yet powerful, but also fast and accurate. Randy Oitker recreates a classic Bob Munden shot.

This time, it's gun racing on historic targets at the World Speed Shooting Championships. It's been 35 years since Mike and Mike drew up the first Steel Challenge on a napkin. Since then it's become a tradition and a challenge to the best.

New divisions in the USPSA Optics Nationals; Royal Range, the first five-star range in the country built from an abandoned movie theater; Todd Jarrett explores how to defend a home by using a rifle.

It's a long-range shot in 25 mile-per-hour winds. A 400-yard shot with an AR-15 is hard enough, but it's even harder with changing wind gusts. Jerry Miculek attempts the shot off-hand with his M&P15; A 200-yard shot with a revolver.

Julie Golob hosts as Byron Ferguson attempts to cut cards with a broadhead. It's all in the timing with a spinning arrow flying to make the cut on not just one card, but three with a single arrow. Plus, a classic shot from the late Bob Munden.