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Trap Shooting Sports

MSCPVA Sports & Recreation
Chapter Office
12200 East Iliff Avenue, Suite 107
Aurora, CO 80014
303-597-0038
Email: info@mscpva.org

Target shooting is a highly competitive sport, fully sanctioned by Wheelchair Sports, USA. Shooting is done from one of three seated positions, defined by the position of the shooter's elbows. In the "standing" position, the arms do not rest on any support. In the "kneeling" position, one elbow may rest; "prone" means both elbows may be supported. (Quads are allowed to use a shooting rest for all three positions.)

Shooting is an expensive sport, with match-quality guns running from about $900 t $1,700. At regional events, WSUSA will often lend guns to beginners and the curious; call ahead to arrange a loaner.

If you're interested in learning to sharpshoot with an airgun or you want to learn to adapt your skills for use in a chair, contact long-time wheelchair shooting coach Dave Baskin, president of the National Wheelchair Shooting Federation. He has the scoop on gunmakers, clubs, training, and competitions.

Baskin also heads the National Rifle Association's Disabled Shooting Services, which hosts the NRA-Beeman Grand Prix Championship. The series of air gun competitions in 12 North American cities was developed "to display and reward the achievements of disabled marksmen," according to the NRA.

In Canada, all shooting clubs and regional and national competitions are fully integrated for nondisabled and disabled shooters.

UPCOMING EVENTS FROM THE
2008 TRAPSHOOT CIRCUIT:

12th Annual
PVA National Trapshoot Circuit
(FY 2008)

Event Information Registration
Mid-America
May 16-18, 2008
Sedgwick, KS
 
Colonial
May 30-June 1, 2008
Baltimore, MD
 
Vaughan
June 20-22, 2008
Whittington, IL
 
Wisconsin
July 11-13, 2008
Green Bay, WI
 
North Central
September 5-7, 2008
Sioux Falls, SD
 
Northwest
September 26-28, 2008
Boise, ID
 

For information, call PVA National Sports and Recreation Program
at (800) 424-8200 x687 or visit www.pva.org


MSCPVA Air Rifle Shooting
May 16, 2008
7-9 p.m.
Get details >>

NATIONAL TRAPSHOOTING RESOURCES:

National Wheelchair Shooting Federation
David Baskin
NRA Disabled Shooting Services
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-267-1495
FAX: 703-267-3941

National Rifle Association Headquarters
NRA Development Office
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
Website: www.nrahq.org/compete/disabled.asp

For information about international shooting sports, visit paralympic.org



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