NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is proud to announce that the NSSF Rimfire Challenge will be transitioned to a new organization: the Rimfire Challenge Shooting Association. The transition takes place Jan. 1, 2018.
Originally developed by Sturm, Ruger & Co.'s Ken Jorgenson, along with author and TV personality Michael Bane and the late Nelson Dymond, a long-time and well-known shooting match director who held a strong passion for rimfire firearms, the program was first known as the Ruger Rimfire Challenge. NSSF took over the administration of the program in 2014, changing its name to the NSSF Rimfire Challenge. The new organization will be led once again by Ken Jorgensen and Michael Bane.
Designed to introduce new shooters to the shooting sports in an exciting, family-friendly format, Rimfire Challenge matches focus on competition with .22-caliber rifles and pistols. Matches are open to shooters of all ages and shooting experience levels, with events conducted at ranges nationwide and an annual World Championship taking place each October.
"It's truly a great thing to see this program return home to the people who had this wonderful idea to begin with," said Tisma Juett, NSSF Manager, Recruitment and Retention. "The NSSF is proud to have been a part of growing a shooting sport that has proven to be such a wonderful activity for mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, neighbors and friends in which to participate. We wish Ken and Michael much success and look forward to many more firearms owners joining the shooting sports with them."
"I am excited to once again be involved in the day to day operation of the Rimfire Challenge events," said Jorgenson. "The concept originally created by Nelson and implemented as part of the Ruger Rimfire Challenge is as valid today as it was in the beginning. We will work to continue that vision and grow the rimfire competition opportunities for shooters of all skill levels."
"I could not be happier to once again be a part of the Rimfire Challenge!" Bane added. "It is a wonderful sport, a way to bring whole families into the competition. Ken and I are committed to bringing the Rimfire Challenge to the next level. It's going to be fun!"
Details on the new Rimfire Challenge Shooting Association will be forthcoming in the months ahead. For more information on NSSF and its shooting programs, visit www.nssf.org.
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 12,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers. For more information, visit nssf.org.
About Corinne Mosher
As the oldest of four children born to two Marines at Camp Pendleton, California, military life took Corinne all over the United States and world before settling down in Kansas City where Corinne lives with her husband and daughter. Corinne attended the University of Missouri Kansas City where she studied at the prestigious Conservatory of Music. Corinne is married to an Overland Park, KS Police Officer and has a daughter that recently became one of the youngest black belts in Korean American Tae-kwon-do at the age of 8. It was after the birth of her daughter that Corinne became interested in personal security and self-defense. Corinne entered the sport of competitive shooting in early 2014 and has quickly gained a national and international following on social media sites. She is a fierce competitor and a proud ambassador to the shooting sports.
Learn more about Corinne at www.facebook.com/corinnemoshershooting.
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