JULY 15, 2026

The Competitive Shooting division of the National Rifle Association hosts the first Match Director Summit, three days of classroom and range time to get future match directors ready to host America’s Rifle Challenge events at their home ranges. Then nearly two hundred kids from around the state are at the Tennessee 4H shotgun jamboree. And, a new Colt ProTip with Wyatt Gibson.

JULY 22, 2026

It’s the tenth anniversary of the grand opening of the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s Talladega Marksmanship Park, and the world class facility continues to set the bar as a state of the art shooting destination. Plus, the tenth year of the Talladega 600 series of matches, including the Congressional 30, a service rifle match shot only once a year on the famous Range One. 

AUGUST 3, 2026

CMP Police And Fire Games 2025 - Law enforcement, firefighters and first responders from around the world have gathered in Birmingham, AL for contests of all descriptions. Nearly all of the shooting sports events are hosted by the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park. Then, it’s a new Colt ProTip with Mark Redl on establishing the Red Dot Offset.

AUGUST 10th, 2026

Safari Club International - It’s a shooting and hunting convention unlike any other. More than 80,000 gather in the Music City Center in Nashville for the Safari Club International convention. Then, exhibition shooter .22 Plinkster takes card splitting to a new level of impossible. And the latest innovation in case priming from Hornady, the Versa-Prime.

AUGUST 17th, 2026

World Speed Shooting Championship 2026 - The fastest steel shooters in the world are on Range 5 at the Talladega Marksmanship Park for the World Speed Shooting Championship, aka the Steel Challenge. And there is a full-on youth movement in this shooting sport. Then, the first shots and walk around with the New Canik Prime Radian, a state of the art compact carry pistol. 

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