We are very pleased to announce the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup is going to be at the Bayou Rifles Addicks Facility in Houston, Texas on June 6th-7th, 2025!
Once again, a big shout-out to SK Ammunition, our “Title Sponsor”, for making this “International Super Regional” possible in 2026!
We should have the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup Match Program and On-Line Registration out soon, so look out for it on NASSA Facebook or SKLoneStarCup.com.
The 2026 SK Lone Star Cup (SKLSC) will once again consist of two days of Smallbore Standard Rifle Matches (two 40-shot matches per day) for a total aggregate of 160 shots. We are also including Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette fired on the same relays for a total 160 shot aggregate as well!
2025 SKLSC Mission Accomplished!
All our work for the Inaugural 2025 SK Lone Star Cup payed off by achieving our objectives summarized below. This would not have been possible without SK Ammunition’s support and those competitors who attended our 2025 SKLSC.
A special thanks goes out to all the Louisiana 4-H Coaches & Juniors who made the trip to Houston! Shows what we can accomplish with the right focus and effort….
- 135 shooters attended this Inaugural 2025 SKLC (original target – 100+ shooters).
- The largest USA Smallbore Silhouette match conducted in 2025 (original target – NRA Nationals Attendance)
- 30 Mexico shooters came to shoot the SKLSC (original target – 25+).
- 45 Juniors, Intermediate Juniors & Sub-juniors registered (original target – 30+).
- 25 of the Juniors registered (mostly 4-H) had never shot an NRA club or registered match (not on our radar)
- The NASSA Match Directors Software Program was beta-tested this weekend at the SKLSC.
2026 SKLSC Vision, Mission & Objectives
Work has already started for the 2026 SKLSC on leveraging our first year’s success to meet or exceeded our objectives from 2025. Our 2026 SKLSC Vision, Mission & Objectives have been updated accordingly:
2026 SKLSC Vision Statement:
Build on our achievements, notoriety & partnership with SK Ammunition (Title Sponsor) for the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup, to continuously strengthen our silhouette sport in the NASSA USA South Central Region.
2026 SKLSC Mission Statement:
Execute our 2026 SKLSC Vision through the following synergistic 2026 SKLSC Objectives:
- Sustain our 135+ silhouette competitor attendance numbers (maximum capacity) to challenge for “the crown” as the largest SB Rifle Silhouette match in the USA (Metric – # of total attendees).
- Fully utilize the Bayou Rifles Inc On-Line Events Registration to sustain registration numbers and facilitate payment (Metric – % of on-line registrations).
- NASSA to again commit $500.00 in Benchrest Silhouette Aggregate Cash Prizes to complement the $2500.00 SK Ammunition cash donation (Metric – 2026 $ donation).
- 2026 SKLSC Prize Table donations targeted to meet or exceed 2025 SKLSC donations (Metric – MSRP $)
- Unique contemporary trophy & medal investments at > $2500 (Metric – $ value)
- Increase our target junior shooter participation to 50+ through the SKLSC Junior Sponsorship Program (Metric – % of junior shooters/total attendees).
- Increase Mexican competitor attendance to 30+ attending the 2026 SKLSC (Metric- # of Mexican attendees).
- Set new benchmarks for the development & publication of digital media promoting the 2026 SKLSC, SK Ammunition (Title Sponsor) & industry prize table donors (Metric – growth in NASSA website & Facebook traffic).
- Further develop the NASSA Digital Match Directors Program & Performance Database to “modernize” silhouette match logistics & stat office requirements (Metric – # of successful software modules implemented).
- Develop a complementary & comprehensive 2026 NASSA USA South Central Regional Strategic Plan to grow this region as the epicenter of USA Rifle Silhouette (Metric – 2026 Strategic Plan Issued).
Match Information
The 2026 SK Lone Star Cup course of fire will consist of:
- The SKLSC will be an “All Standard Rifle Championship”. This will support Mexican shooters who wish to bring their Standard Rifles to Houston as there is no Hunting Rifle class in Mexico. Since many Mexican shooters also need to borrow rifles, there will be more silhouette rifles available since many US shooters have Standard Rifles to loan in addition to Hunter Rifles to their Mexican friends.
- Course of fire will be (2) 40-shot Standard Rifle matches on Saturday and (2) 40-shot Standard Rifle matches on Sunday for an aggregate of 160 shots. The 160-shot aggregate will incentivize more US out-of-state and Mexican shooters to show up as Sunday will be a full day of shooting.
- Three-man team matches will also be conducted using only Saturday’s 80 shot aggregate to determine the championship teams in Open, Master, AAA, AA and A classes.
- Smallbore Benchrest Silhouette will follow a similar course of fire as the Silhouette Standard Rifle in that these competitors will shoot on the same relays as the Silhouette Standard Rifle competitors using the same range commands, 15 second ready and 2 1/2 minutes of firing for record.
2026 SK Ammunition Junior Donation Program
No singular element in the 2026 SKLSC Vision & Mission is more important than increasing the % of juniors traveling to and participating in our championship matches.
Therefore, we are continuing our SK Ammunition Junior Donation Program. …….
EVERY JUNIOR ATTENDING THE 2026 SKLSC WILL GET A BRICK OF SK RIFLE MATCH TO SHOOT OUR MATCH!
2026 Aggregate Cash Awards Program
We have $3000.00 US in cash prizes available for the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup!
Standard Rifle – $2500 in Cash donated by SK Ammunition and distributed to the individual 160-shot aggregate SKLSC Open Champion, 2nd Open, 3rd Open and a certain number of places into Master, AAA, AA and A Classes.
Benchrest Rifle Silhouette –$500 in Cash donated by NASSA and distributed to the individual 160-shot Open Champion and 1st in Master, AAA, AA and A Classes.
B Classes in both Standard Rifle and Benchrest Silhouette will not be awarded any cash, but limited to trophy-type awards.
ALL PROCEEDS & DONATIONS WILL BE PUMPED BACK IN TO THE SKLSC CASH & AWARDS PROGRAM, THE PRIZE TABLE, FOOD, TARGET SETTERS AND OTHER CURRENT & FUTURE MATCH EXPENSES.
Your 2026 SK Lone Star Cup Hosts
Once again, your Hosts for the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup are the North American Silhouette Shooting Association (NASSA), Silueteros.com and Bayou Rifles Inc.
North American Silhouette Shooting Association (NASSA) – NASSA has multiple initiatives underway to help grow our Rifle Silhouette Sport throughout North America, one of which is to repeat our success with the 2026 SKLSC.
Bayou Rifles Inc. (BRI) – Bayou Rifles is one of the oldest and largest gun clubs in the Southern US. Bayou Rifles holds many large championship matches in other disciplines and has a well established Rifle Silhouette program.
Silueteros.com – Silueteros.com, based in Mexico and created by Ricardo Arellano, has over 8500+ Facebook followers throughout North and South America to help promote the SKLSC through social media.
So don’t miss out on the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup as it is represents a chance to mix it up and compete with some of the best Smallbore Silhouette competitors in the USA & Mexico for great awards and cash prizes!
For more information about the 2026 SK Lone Star Cup, please click on the SKLSC website link below:
