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Welcome to the website for Front Sight magazine, the official newsletter of the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) and the foremost practical shooting publication in the world. Front Sight tracks the events, people, and equipment that dominate the highly competitive world of practical shooting competition (IPSC type). Front Sight serves USPSA members in all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 nations.

Our readership of local and national athletes includes the decision-makers for police departments, local shooting clubs, and various military organizations. USPSA shooters each consume thousands of rounds of centerfire ammunition annually, and are regularly tapped by the top military and police organizations to provide practical firearm training. Our sport has redefined the guns, techniques, and targets used by those organizations, greatly enhancing their effectiveness.

Historically, and today, our membership rolls read like a "who’s who" of tactical shooting. The organization can point to Jeff Cooper, Ray Chapman, Brian Enos, and Rob Leatham as distinguished members.

Front Sight focuses on the U.S. market, but recent international coverage includes features on World Shoot XIV (in Guayaquil, Ecuador), the Pan-American Championship, and a shotgun championship in Bali.

We’re not a general-interest publication, but if you’re looking for practical shooting coverage with more depth than the “9mm versus .45 ACP” arguments found in general-interest gun magazines, you’ll be thrilled with Front Sight.



In The News...
The Girl That Won It All: Jessie Abbate


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Jessie Abbate has set the practical shooting world on its ear in the space of four years. She's still a junior in college (business major) but is out-shooting the entire ladies' field. Learn more about this record-setting shooting phenom in this issue. Download cover story.

EXCERPT: "A young Anika Sorenstam forced the PGA to debate whether women could play pro golf in men's tournaments. Until she came along, that wasn't really an issue, but when Sorenstam posted a pro average below 70, things changed. There's still quite a gulf between multi-millionaire Sorenstam's accomplishments and World Champion Jessie, but there are parallels.
Jessie won two USPSA national titles and swept the Steel Challenge nationals in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 she took two more USPSA National titles (Production and Limited), swept the Steel Challenge Nationals, and shot a perfect hat trick at the Worlds. That made her unbeaten in 18 starts over three years. Sorenstam never did that.
Abbate set six world records in 2009, handily out-pacing all other women, past or present. Of the eight stages shot at the Steel Challenge, Abbate holds records on five, and holds the fastest time ever shot by a woman (94.94)."

April 13, 2010