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When asked if she ever “plinked” or shot just for fun, Ruby reflected for a moment and answered: “Shooting was always serious. It was a job that I loved. It was reverent. It was always a dress-up performance.”
Fox traveled the world during her shooting career and was the only woman on the elite U.S. Army Reserve Pistol Team, serving nearly 29 years.
Is it true you spent your honeymoon at a shooting match?
Well, I didn’t shoot. My husband shot. He was the shooter back then and I was just a young bride.
During a precision match, I have found that if you hold for more than 15 seconds while looking for your sights and squeezing the trigger, you should either put the gun down and start over, or suffer the consequences.
EQUIPMENT
From her husband, Art: “Ruby used a Hämmerli Model 208 her entire shooting life, both in NRA and international matches. I remember at one time she, Kathy Chatterton and Kim Dyer were about the only ones on the line with a Hämmerli, and the men’s remark was: “The gun will not shoot at 50 yards.” When Ruby won the .22 slow fire (from 50 yards) at the 1996 National Championships with a 199-7X, it changed a lot of minds.
The USAR, the Army and the Marines all went to the 208 the next year.
SHOOTING HISTORY
Fox’s NRA shooting career was from 1967 to 2002 where Ruby won the Outdoor Women’s Championship 17 times. She won several fired matches at Camp Perry, made the Mayleigh Cup team as a firing member and, in 1995, won the Plowboy Trophy, which is awarded to the high USAR service pistol shooter at a Championship. She holds 10 of the 16 records for women at 50 and 25 yards, outdoors.
Her international shooting career spanned from 1974 to 1992, during which she earned nine gold, four silver and four bronze medals. In 1987 she won the Ladies Air World Championship in Korea and a gold medal in the Pan Am Games, setting a new Pan Am record. She became an Olympic medalist in 1984 and, in 2009, was inducted into the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame.
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Fox traveled the world during her shooting career and was the only woman on the elite U.S. Army Reserve Pistol Team, serving nearly 29 years.
Is it true you spent your honeymoon at a shooting match?
Well, I didn’t shoot. My husband shot. He was the shooter back then and I was just a young bride.
During a precision match, I have found that if you hold for more than 15 seconds while looking for your sights and squeezing the trigger, you should either put the gun down and start over, or suffer the consequences.
EQUIPMENT
From her husband, Art: “Ruby used a Hämmerli Model 208 her entire shooting life, both in NRA and international matches. I remember at one time she, Kathy Chatterton and Kim Dyer were about the only ones on the line with a Hämmerli, and the men’s remark was: “The gun will not shoot at 50 yards.” When Ruby won the .22 slow fire (from 50 yards) at the 1996 National Championships with a 199-7X, it changed a lot of minds.
The USAR, the Army and the Marines all went to the 208 the next year.
SHOOTING HISTORY
Fox’s NRA shooting career was from 1967 to 2002 where Ruby won the Outdoor Women’s Championship 17 times. She won several fired matches at Camp Perry, made the Mayleigh Cup team as a firing member and, in 1995, won the Plowboy Trophy, which is awarded to the high USAR service pistol shooter at a Championship. She holds 10 of the 16 records for women at 50 and 25 yards, outdoors.
Her international shooting career spanned from 1974 to 1992, during which she earned nine gold, four silver and four bronze medals. In 1987 she won the Ladies Air World Championship in Korea and a gold medal in the Pan Am Games, setting a new Pan Am record. She became an Olympic medalist in 1984 and, in 2009, was inducted into the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame.
An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | Legends: Ruby Fox
When asked if she ever “plinked” or shot just for fun, Ruby reflected for a moment and answered: “Shooting was always serious. It was a job that I loved. It was reverent. It was always a dress-up performance.”