NSSA - National Skeet Shooting Association

The National Skeet Shooting Association is the world's largest organization dedicated to the sport of Skeet Shooting.

Donate to NSSA-NSCA

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Thank you for your interest in making a donation to the National Skeet Shooting Association – National Sporting Clays Association.
Welcome to our temporary DONATIONS page. We will soon have a new portal for learning about and making donations.
You may currently make donations in these ways:

  • Mail a check to:
    Attn: Misty Thomaston
    NSSA-NSCA
    5931 Roft Rd.
    San Antonio, TX 78253

    Indicate to which fund you would like your donation allocated. See below for options.
  • Contact us by phone to make a donation by credit card:
    Misty Thomaston
    210-688-3371 ext. 213

We have established funds for several donation designations. For some of them, a donation may be either Endowed (a permanent fund from which only the investment proceeds are used) or Spendable (funds that can be used at any time needed, as determined by the Endowment Fund Committee). You may choose how you prefer to have your donation designated.

    Academic Scholarships – Endowed or Spendable
    NSSA Youth Camps – Endowed or Spendable
    NSCA Youth Camps – Endowed or Spendable
    Club Disaster Relief – Endowed or Spendable
    NSSA-NSCA Hal duPont Museum & Hall of Fame – Endowed or Spendable
    USA Sporting Clays Team – Endowed or Spendable
    NSSA-NSCA Endowment Fund – Unrestricted
    Referee Training Fund
    General Fund

If you would like to donate to a purpose that is not listed or need assistance in setting up a trust, estate bequest, or other gift that requires the assistance of an attorney, accountant, broker or other professional, you or your representative may contact us so we can assist you.

    Misty Thomaston
    210-688-3371 ext. 213
    mthomaston@nssa-nsca.com

The National Skeet Shooting Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Clubs: Renew Membership, Register Shoots for 2022

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It’s time for NSSA clubs to renew your membership and register shoots for 2022.

You must renew your membership before you can register shoots for 2022. By renewing your membership and registering your 2022 shoots soon, you can take advantage of two opportunities:

  • Shoots registered by December 10 will be listed in the February issue of Clay Target Nation magazine.
  • Clubs renewing by December 17 will be entered into our Club Membership Renewal Drawing.

To have your registered shoots listed in the February 2022 issue of Clay Target Nation, two steps are required by December 10:

Renew by December 17 for a chance to win:

    • Grand Prize – Five-year NSSA Club Membership
    • 2nd – Entry to the 2022 World Skeet Championships Main Event
    • 3rd – Entry to the 2022 Triple J Main Event
    • 4th – Three-year NSSA Membership
    • 5th – NSSA Shooter’s Package

BACK THIS YEAR: Join the National Shooting Sports Foundation for only $25.
NSSF is our shooting industry trade association and represents all shooting sports through an active government relations team. NSSF members can also access many tools and resources, like shooter recruitment initiatives, research, events and much more.
New from NSSF for member clubs: First Shots Clay Target Program that brings new shooters to your club and gives them a positive, safe first experience shooting clay targets.
NSSF Membership is regularly $100, but if you join through NSSA, you can enjoy all NSSF member benefits for only $25. Your NSSF membership runs the same term as your NSSA membership, and you can take advantage of this special pricing even if you are already an NSSF member.

TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

ONLINE: Go to NSSA Club Renewal Form and enter your member club number.  You can do the entire renewal process, including payment, by following the instructions there. Update all club contact and other information, make needed corrections, and spell out the club name completely.

BY MAIL: If you prefer to renew by mail, go to the NSSA Club Renewal Form, enter your member club number , update your club information page, then print it rather than submitting online. (Right-click, then select print.) This is a fillable form, so you can complete it online before printing. Mail it with your $50 dues to Stephanie Haga, NSSA, 5931 Roft Rd., San Antonio, TX 78253.

BY PHONE: Call 1-800-877-5338 ext. 962. Please have your member club number and credit card handy. Also, review your club’s information on the NSSA Club Renewal Form and be prepared to provide any needed updates.

ADDRESS CHANGES: Regardless of how you renew, please be sure to update all your contact information to ensure prompt and accurate delivery of your important club benefits. When you click the NSSA Club Renewal Form and enter your club member number, the information on file for your club will populate the form for updating. You may also provide it by phone at 1-800-877-5338 ext. 962.

REGISTERING 2022 SHOOTS

Download and complete the Registered Shoot Application Form and send it to your State/Provincial Association for shoot date approval. Your State/Provincial Association will forward the shoot application form to headquarters when approved. It is important for you to specify if the shoot is Notable, Zone, State (Provincial), or International.

Approved shoot applications must be received at headquarters by December 10, 2021, for your shoots to be included in the February 2022 issue of Clay Target Nation.

Thank you for renewing your club membership. We look forward to supporting your club goals and promoting your shoots in 2022! If you have questions or need assistance, contact Stephanie Haga, Club Administrator, at 210-688-3371 ext. 962 or shaga@nssa-nsca.com, Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm CST.

Updated Ammunition Policy for World Shoot

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The National Shooting Complex has updated its ammunition policy for the upcoming World Skeet Championships to address availability issues:

We have been working diligently with all of our ammunition sponsors to secure as much ammunition as possible for the World Skeet Championships. Despite our efforts to ensure that we have enough ammunition on hand, we unfortunately WILL NOT have enough on site for everyone to purchase for everything they are planning to participate in. We have a great deal of ammunition on hand, but knowing the demand will be higher this year, we want to ensure there isn’t a shortage.

Based on this information, we strongly advise bringing your own ammunition, especially sub-gauge loads, to the event. Bringing your own is the only way to guarantee you will have ammunition to shoot.

This does not mean you cannot attend if you cannot bring your own ammo. Our request for participants to bring ammunition is to ensure that EVERY shooter is able to shoot EVERY event they want.

Many shooters already possess or have local access to all the ammunition they need for the World Shoot and the rest of their shooting year, and many shooters drive to the National Shooting Complex, making it easy for them to bring ammunition with them. If that applies to you, we encourage you to consider bringing yours to allow those who do not have and cannot acquire it locally, international shooters who cannot bring or ship theirs, and those for whom shipping is cost-prohibitive to purchase what they need at the event.

Sub-gauge loads are our primary concern, especially 20-gauge. As a reminder, reloads are allowed for all events.

If you must purchase ammunition at the event, please be aware that you will only be allowed to purchase enough to cover your competition events. Verification of event entry will be required to purchase ammunition. No practice ammunition will be sold at the event.

For participants flying to the World Skeet Championships, we advise shipping your ammunition. UPS guidelines for shipping can be viewed at UPS Guidelines (Scroll down for Shipping Ammunition). Ammunition should be sent to the participant’s name and reference the event. The mailing address is 5931 Roft Road, San Antonio, TX 78253.

Again, we are not requiring every shooter to bring ammunition to the National Championship. If you are one of the fortunate shooters to have adequate supplies and a means of transporting it to the NSC, we are asking you to help us ensure that EVERY shooter has access to what they need.

We understand this is an inconvenience and apologize in advance.
 

2021 Temporary Change to Defective Ammunition Rule

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As many of you know, there is a temporary lack of availability of factory ammunition which is impacting the 2021 shooting year. It is often difficult for shooters and clubs to obtain reasonable factory ammunition. With that said, the Executive Committee has approved a TEMPORARY rule modification for the 2021 SHOOTING YEAR ONLY as it pertains to defective ammunition.

While the overall rule does not change, this special note has been added to III-A-12-d:
NOTE for 2021 ONLY: If factory ammunition is not readily available at the shoot location, and a shooter has had two instances of defective ammunition, the shooter may obtain a different box of reloads and then is allowed two additional instances of defective ammunition. But the shooter is capped at 4 malfunctions a round with reloads. See full rule below.

III-A-12. Defective Ammunition

    a. Defective Ammunition will be defined as:

      1) Failure to fire, provided firing pin indentation is clearly noticeable.
      2) When a target is missed in the case of an odd-sounding shell, which in the sole judgment of the field referee does not deliver the shot the distance to the target, and therefore does not give the shooter a fair opportunity to break the target. NOTE: If a target is broken with an odd-sounding shell, it shall be scored dead regardless and will not be considered defective ammo. Odd-sounding shells where the shot does travel the distance to the bird and provide the shooter a fair chance to break the target will not be considered defective ammo and the results of those shots will be scored.
      3) Brass pulling off hull between shots on doubles.
      4) Separation of brass from casing when gun is fired (usually accompanied by a whistling sound as the plastic sleeve leaves the barrel).

     
    b. Wrong sized shells or empty shells shall not be considered defective ammunition.

    c. Repeated Targets – A target shall be repeated for each allowable instance of defective ammunition.

    d. Number allowed – A shooter will be allowed only two instances of defective ammunition from the first box of shells used in that round. After two instances of defective ammunition in a round or a shoot-off round, a shooter may obtain a FACTORY box of ammunition and is then allowed two additional instances per box of FACTORY shells in that round. If shells are not changed in a round after two ammo malfunctions have been ruled, the third and all subsequent occurrences in that round will be excessive. EXCEPTION: If a shooter is provided a proof shell by the referee and defective ammunition is ruled on that proof shot, that instance will not count against the shooter as defective ammunition.

    NOTE for 2021 ONLY: If factory ammunition is not readily available at the shoot location, and a shooter has had two instances of defective ammunition, the shooter may obtain a different box of reloads and then is allowed two additional instances of defective ammunition. But the shooter is capped at 4 malfunctions a round with reloads.

Do You Know the Rule on Colliding Doubles?

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It has been over a year since the updated rule on Doubles or Proof Doubles was proposed and approved by the Board of Directors. You can see the entire Rule III-E Doubles or Proof Doubles at right or see the Rule Book.

This change was made to reduce the inconsistency in how the rule is applied. Let’s start with the definition of a III-A-13 – Dead Target. “A Dead Target is a target from which, in the sole judgement of the referee, a visible piece is observed before the target hits the ground as a result of legally being fired upon.” With that said, on a double or proof double, if two whole targets collide before or after being legally fired at, the referee is prevented from observing the (first) target to the ground, and, therefore, it cannot be ruled as either dead or lost.

Rule III-E-2 now gives the shooter the benefit of the doubt when two whole targets collide on a pair before or after being legally fired at; the correct call is “No Bird, Proof Doubles to establish both birds of the pair.” The rule remains the same in the situations when both targets are broken with one shot (III-E-5-e), or a piece off the first target which was properly broken breaks the second target of a double (III-E-5-h). Both these instances will not be affected and will still be: “First target dead; proof double to determine the results of the second target.” The only change is when two whole targets collide on a pair before or after being legally fired at; and since the first bird could not be observed to the ground, the correct call would be “Nothing established, proof doubles to establish both targets.”

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