Sharpshooter – Fall 2024
Volume 2, Issue 3
Articles Featured in this Issue:
A Brief History of Firearms – Repeaters & Breechloaders
Jim Supica is well known for his expertise of firearms as the editor of the Standard Catalogue of Firearms and having served as the Director of Museums for the NRA until he retired in 2020. Jim has graciously provided the ORA access to his archives. The following is...
Where the Conversation Falls Short
An Op Ed by ORA Director of Outreach, Amber Parrow It’s now on record, Vice President Kamala Harris stated in the Presidential debate that, “Let me be clear: the government should not be telling women what to do with their body.” What did you think when you...
Club Feature: Garfield County Rifle Assn.
The Sharpshooter team discovered a club in the ag-rich area in NW Oklahoma; the Garfield County Rifle & Pistol Club. They serve the Hennessy and Enid areas. In September, they held their annual Women on Target event. This is NRA’s program to introduce women to...
Women for Gun Rights
By Tricia Wisehart, Oklahoma State Director Women for Gun Rights My name is Tricia Wisehart, the Oklahoma State Director for Women for Gun Rights. I am a Range Safety Officer, active in women’s shooting leagues, and I am passionate about volunteering in my community,...
Golden Age Games: Congratulations Nadine!
Nadine is the assistant coach for the Oklahoma Sharpshooters, a team that recently made podium and brought home wins for Oklahoma in the CMP games. It’s no surpise the coaching the team receives with their coaches also actively competing. Nadine has been a regular...
The Gun Community’s Sisterhood
by ORA Outreach Director, Amber Parrow If you look at any type of community, you will always find women. It doesn’t matter if it is the PTA, church, or any other group, women are present in the foreground and background. With groups that are traditionally more...
Oklahoma Service Rifle Championship Fall Classic
By Rachael Miller-Lansdown Red Castle Gun Club, Tulsa - Rachael organizes the Oklahoma Service Rifle Championship at Red Castle Gun Club in Tulsa. This is the second year the ORA has collaborated on this championship. The three matches consisted of a 500 PT XTC...
Competition Corner
For each issue, ORA Director of Competitions, Curtis Bohlman, shares about the various competitions available to participate in along with updates on ORA sponsored events. In an effort to get some of you ammunition laden gun owners off of the couch (you know...
3 Generations of NRA’s Women on Target
My name is Traci Rasmussen and I’m from Houston, Texas. You might wonder why I would drive 470 miles, one way, just to spend a single day in the one square mile town of Arcadia, Oklahoma. The population there is only about 175 people and it’s tucked along the path of...
The Women’s Fun Shoot at the Oklahoma City Gun Club Celebrated its 25th Year
It is no surprise that for months the annual Women’s Fun Shoot at the Oklahoma City Gun Club (OKCGC) has been sold out. However, this year marks it’s 25th year. This annual event began in 1999 when Suzi Rouse approached the board at the Oklahoma City Gun Club to start...
America’s Women are the Key to Saving American Freedom
John Sigler is one of the first past presidents of the National Rifle Association (2007-2009) to join the ORA as a Life Member. Pease welcome John as he shares his thoughts and experience at the national, state, and local level in our firearm communities. There...
President’s Letter – Fall 2024
Greetings! You may have noticed a difference in this issue of the Sharpshooter. We have changed the color to something we’ve been seeing more of in recent years at our clubs and ranges. Those flashes of pink are from the women who are bringing brightness and vitality...