Kayla Wirth Brings Girl Power to Competition

By Jacki Billings

Competition shooter Kayla Wirth serves up girl boss vibes, wielding her Grand Power X-Calibur handgun at matches. (Photo: Jacki Billings/Guns.com)
Hailing from the Great White North, Kayla Wirth balances a good-natured Canadian vibe with a fierce competitiveness that fuels each competitive stage. Wirth’s charm is all in her girl power mantra — a battle cry for more women to take up arms and get involved in the shooting sports.
Guns.com caught up with Wirth to learn more about her backstory and why she thinks women are coming out on top.
GDC: Give our readers a little background about you. What got you into the shooting sports?
Wirth: I’m from Vancouver, Canada and I work at a local indoor gun range/rental range. I’ve been there for over eight years and that definitely opened the door for everything I do now. I hunt, started that about four years ago, and I shoot competitively, which I started about three years ago.
GDC: From a competitive side, what’s the best part of heading to matches?
Wirth: I’m very competitive and the best part is beating the boys. I’m beating my shooting partner, Winston, half the time. It’s, like, really cool. That and seeing the women. When we went back to

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