Tips & Tactics | Vera Koo: The Value of Competitive Shooting

posted on March 5, 2020
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If you've been wanting to get involved in competitive shooting—now is the time! Decorated competitive shooters Vera Koo and Gabby Franco are living proof that no matter your size or experience level, there's a shooting sport waiting for you. So go out and find it!

Participating in shooting competitions is not only exciting, rewarding and fun, Vera shares that it also taught her two important life lessons:

1. As long as you're wiling to work hard for it, you can achieve anything you want.

2. You can overcome any obstacles with pure determination.

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