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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 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
In the modern world of high school athletics, a few points on the calendar known as college signing days are especially notable for young men and women who plan to continue their pursuits after graduation. This year one of those dates was Feb. 5, when many football players committed to collegiate programs. But two top-performers on a different field also signed their […]
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 | 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 22, 2020
Andy Fink (publisher “Junior Shooters” magazine) We are continuing to practice during this season (started again in July) with masks being mandatory for all, including parents and spectators. The Junior Shooters local team members (8-20) practice using .22s for precision and such sports as Steel Challenge and Rimfire Challenge, all the way up in calibers […]
admin | July 18, 2020
By Caleb Hamilton (15) From Fall 2018 issue of Junior Shooters The Seekins High Desert 3-Gun match is at the top of my list for fun and complicated 3-Gun matches that I’ve been to. They made it difficult for right-handed shooters as there was a ton of turns and a lot of places you had […]
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 | 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 […]
admin | March 30, 2020
Safety: Training with Laser Ammo # 1: Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger Until Ready to Shoot Reprinted from Vol 38 Spring 2020 issue Author: Andy Fink We have found that training with lasers is fun, practical, and you can teach different types of gun handling in an indoor environment. It is completely applicable whether […]
Youth Models: Henry Repeating Arms
