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admin | January 4, 2021
Chiappa’s M9 is awesome! Built in .22 LR, it is a great gun for a mid- to large-size junior. The Beretta 92 was designed in 1972, but its popularity didn’t come to be until after 1985 when the United States military replaced the M1911A1 .45 ACP pistol with the Beretta M9, the Model 92, which […]
admin | December 9, 2020
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Staff Writer The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is set to reward deserving student-athletes for the 2021-2022 school year in their future endeavors through the annual CMP Carolyn Hines Memorial Scholarship – with an increased monetary amount now offered to recipients. Since the program’s beginning in 2005, the CMP has annually offered $1,000 […]
admin | November 23, 2020
By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus CMP Competition Rules for the 2021 competition season have now been approved by the CMP Rules Committee and are posted on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/competitions/cmp-competitions-rulebooks/. The 2020 competition season was severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and many 2020 events were cancelled, so the CMP still has a substantial inventory of […]
admin | November 15, 2020
The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) is excited to announce the expansion of International Air Rifle, Air Pistol, and Sport Pistol disciplines to its youth shooting sports program. With these new additions, the SASP continues to pursue its mission of facilitating youth development through shooting sports. As the official youth feeder program for USA Shooting […]
admin | November 4, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 The West Virginia University (WVU) rifle team is in its 71st year of existence – beginning in 1951. During that time, the team has won 19 of its 33 NCAA Championship appearances (the most recent in 2017) and has cultivated 32 Olympic athletes, including 2016 gold medal winner, Ginny Thrasher. Last year, […]
admin | October 7, 2020
CMP Presents Home Range Appreciation Series Rifle, Pistol and Air Rifle Results and Recognitions By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Staff Writer The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has wrapped up its Home Range Appreciation Series – a set of postal-style rifle, pistol, smallbore and air rifle events that began in June and ran throughout the summer months. […]
admin | September 13, 2020
By: Ashley Brugnone, CMP Staff Writer, and Catherine Green, CMP Programs Staff CMP plans to feature each of our countries great Rifle Teams and learn a little bit more about collegiate rifle marksmanship. This month, we are featuring the University of Kentucky Rifle Team! Read along and let’s explore what makes the UK program special. […]
admin | July 27, 2020
By Tom Wondrash Hello folks, While we were slightly down (about 13%) from last year’s in person tournament, we feel it was an overwhelming success! Here are the raw numbers from both of the Nationals we ran. We ran a national Virtual event along with the in-person event for those that did not feel comfortable […]
admin | July 14, 2020
From Junior Shooters Volume 31 Summer 2018 By Samantha Engle (20) As a young child, I had grown up around firearms. Before I was introduced to the Scholastic Pistol Program, as it was called at the time, the most experience I’d had with any kind of firearm was a BB gun that my dad gave […]
admin | June 17, 2020
The Best Off-Hand Semi-Auto For Small Youth By: Kaitlin Hunt (10) I am so glad that my family and I have gotten into shooting. Shooting is so much fun! I never thought in a million years that I would have a gun that was built just right for me. The rifle I shoot is a […]
admin | May 16, 2020
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is encouraged to announce that affiliated clubs which would like to conduct sanctioned rifle and pistol matches may resume those events, provided state and local guidelines and safe range practices are being followed.
admin | May 14, 2020
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer The final results of the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Aces Postal Matches are now posted. The Aces Postal is a satellite air gun match for adult and junior competitors – posing several competition opportunities over the course of four quarters (Q1: January-March; Q2: April-June; Q3: July-September; Q4: October-December). Competitors fire […]
Youth Models: Henry Repeating Arms
