To assign hospital points or not to assign hospital points, that is the question.When you run a competition you want everything to go perfectly. You familiarize yourself with the rulebook, you instruct your volunteers, and you even run a few practice matches just to be sure you and your range...

As Americans we have a saying: “trust but verify.” When it comes to Electronic Scoring Targets (ESTs) I will openly admit that many of Athena’s competitors can be trusted; they are accurate systems. However, despite their exceedingly high price point, shots scored on their ESTs can not be verified in...

We here at Scopos believe it is important that parents and legal guardians help their children explore technology safely. As such, we will only grant children under the age of 13 access to a Scopos Account (formerly Orion Mobile App) after parental or legal guardian approval.For children, a Scopos Account...

After three months of competition, the National Air Rifle League Champions have been crowned. In the Sporter League, Jack C. Hays MCJROTC wins after defeating Webb City AJROTC in the championship game. In the Precision League, Sutter Union High School wins after defeating Granbury MCJROTC in their championship game.This was...

At Scopos we have a singular mission: “to use leading-edge technologies to improve marksmanship in athletes, and turn shooting into a spectator sport.” When I began studying this problem over a decade ago, I realized an initial and necessary step would be to solve the scoring problem.The scoring problem is...

Rulebooks are great about telling you the explicit requirements for running your match. Time limits, range commands, and tie breaking are all subjects rulebooks teach you. But they fail to teach you all the implicit requirements to run a successful match. For example, rulebooks will tell you how to rank competitors, but...

Scopos is pleased to announce Athlete Profiles, a brand new feature in Rezults. Athlete Profiles allow athletes to share who they are, and all of the public competition scores they shot, in one page on the Internet. Athlete Profiles came about from our commitment to turn shooting into a spectator sport. Simply...

One of the most common questions we get is, "what is the difference between the Athena NC100 and NC200?" Let's take a moment to explore their differences.The SimilaritiesBoth the NC100 and NC200 are part of Athena's family of Electronic Scoring Targets (ESTs). Both scores shots to within .1mm, both use...

For most of the people reading this newsletter, the safety record of the shooting sports is well-known. Shooting may be the safest youth sport in the United States. The Civilian Marksmanship Program reports that not a single injury-causing incident involving gun handling safety in youth air rifle programs has occurred...