At the beginning of the 20th century, a rapidly growing National Rifle Association played a significant role in giving U.S. shooters the guns, gear, training and facilities needed to best the world’s most talented marksmen. Decades of work set the stage for a Golden Age of Olympic shooting that reached its zenith in the 1920s.
A century later, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in the summer of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Team USA competitors displayed shooting skills that earned three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze. The tally marks the best U.S. Olympic showing in shooting since the 1964 games also hosted by Tokyo. Supported by America’s robust shooting community and backed by some of the premier firearm and ammunition manufacturers in the world, an array of Americans showed that, when it comes to shooting, the United States is hard to beat.
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