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Remington Bushmaster Rifle Team Offers Free Highpower Rifle Shooting Clinic

Remington Arms Company

Madison, NC --(Ammoland.com)- Team Remington/Bushmaster shooters will be conducting a free shooting clinic in conjunction with Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches held at Ben Avery Shooting Facility.

The clinic will be held at the Activity Center on October 19, 2011.

The free shooting clinic will be conducted by team coach, Ken Roxburgh and Team Remington/Bushmaster members.

The clinic will offer formal classroom instruction, practical application, dry and live fire training, and demonstrations by some of the world’s leading highpower service rifle and match rifle competitors.

Clinic Topics:

• Fundamentals of highpower shooting
• Positions – standing, sitting, prone
• Trigger control/aiming
• Effects of weather
• Wind reading
• Competition Data book
• Range etiquette
• Weapon handling and safety
• Courses of fire
• Care/cleaning
• Assembly/disassembly of match weapons

Interested shooters can register for the Team Remington/Bushmaster Highpower Rifle Shooting Clinic at www.odcmp.com/Competitions/West_Entry.pdf . Participants are encouraged to bring their shooting equipment and rifles; ammunition is not required for the course.

In addition to hosting the free shooting clinic, Team Remington/Bushmaster will be donating two Bushmaster DCM (Department of Civilian Marksmanship) rifles and one Remington 597 autoloading, rimfire rifle to be used as match prizes for the event. For more information on Bushmaster® and Remington rifles, please visit Bushmaster.com and Remington.com.

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‘Shoot For A Cure’ Sporting Clays Event Is This Saturday
Fun shoot starts at 10 a.m., registered tournament check-in begins at 11 a.m.

'Shoot For A Cure' Sporting Clays Event Is This Saturday

Arizona Game and Fish Department

PHOENIX, AZ – -(Ammoland.com)- The Ben Avery Clay Busters, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, is holding a “Shoot for a Cure” event to help in the fight against cancer.

The event will be held at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Ben Avery Clay Target Center this Saturday, Oct. 8.

A 25-target sporting clays “fun shoot” will be held starting at 10 a.m. It is open to shooters of all abilities. No experience is necessary – experienced shooters will coach you. Cost is $25 and includes shotgun rental and shells.

The fun shoot will be followed by a 100-target NSCA registered tournament, with registration starting at 11 a.m. Cost is $100 and includes NSCA/ASCA fees for registered shooters.

Registration fees will be payable by cash or check only. Net proceeds from participant registrations will go to the Phoenix affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

The Ben Avery Clay Target Center is located at 5060 W. Skeet St. in Phoenix. Take I-17 to the Carefree Highway exit and go west 1.5 miles on Carefree Highway. Turn right at the stoplight (Game and Fish headquarters is on the corner) and follow the signs to the Clay Target Center.

For more information, including an event flyer and a registration form for the registered shoot, visit www.azgfd.gov/ctc and click on “upcoming events.” Or, contact (602) 571-4055 or baclaybusters@gmail.com.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes that they have been discriminated against in any of the AGFD’s programs or activities, including employment practices, they may file a complaint with the Director’s Office, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086-5000, (602) 942-3000, or with the Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr. Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation or this document in an alternative format by contacting the Director’s Office as listed above.

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