Host:
Jim Scoutten

Official Site
http://ShootingUSA.com

Contact the Show
Jim@ShootingUSA.com

Jim Scoutten, America’s Most Watched Firearms Reporter has been on the beat for 14 years, reporting the stories of the Shooting Sports and the Firearms Industry. No other media reaches more firearms fans and consumers. The totals – 500 Million Viewer Impressions from 1,000 Shows on Three National Networks. Shooting USA delivers what the gun sports audience wants:

Exclusive TV coverage of National Championships

Shooting USA Profiles - The personalities in Shooting Sports and the Firearms Industry

Insider Reports - The companies advancing Firearms Development with field testing of new performance claims.

LE and Military Reports- The arms and the training for our Men and Women in uniform.

History’s Guns – The shooters and the collectors preserving the great guns of our past.

Sighting In – The newest products demonstrated and explained in the segment that reaches more shooters than all the gun magazines.

Pro Tips – Lessons from the Pros to improve your shooting scores.

Impossible Shots – By the world’s top exhibition shooters

About Jim Scoutten

When it comes to covering the shooting sports industry, Jim Scoutten is known as one of the leading experts due to his journalistic integrity and his passion for quality outdoor programming.  Although Jim’s been a longtime advocate for the firearms industry and defending the Second Amendment, he began his professional career as a mainstream journalist.

Long before focusing on the shooting sports industry, Jim was interested in reporting the news.  In fact, while he was still in broadcasting school he first got a job with All News Radio.  After graduation, he segued into a career in television news working in several cities across the United States and holding many different positions.  Working as a reporter, anchor, producer and news director, Jim gained an extensive knowledge of the television industry and understood what makes for quality televised journalism.

In the early 1990s, Jim took his career in a new direction, becoming a Special Interest Reporter.  His early assignments were covering the burgeoning motorsports industry, but he switched to shooting sports at his earliest chance. 

In 1993, Jim signed on as producer to the long running American Shooter.  Working as a producer and host of that program for nearly a decade, Jim saw how lucrative Special Interest Reporting could be.  Since he was able to cover a topic that he was truly passionate about, his reporting was enthusiastic and his shows were as fun to watch as they were informative.  Over time, American Shooter became the highest rated outdoor program in history; garner more than one million fans nationwide. 

Jim currently serves as host of Shooting USA and Sighting In with Shooting USA on Outdoor Channel. He remains one of the most important figures in the shooting sports industry.