Bremen Claims Wins in Air Rifle and New Smallbore Event at 2021 Camp Perry Open

| June 4, 2021

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Staff Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Bremen Butler, 16, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, made herself known at the Camp Perry Open marksmanship event (held Friday, May 21, to Sunday, May 23) by earning wins in both the Three-Position Air Rifle portion and the newly added 3×40 Smallbore match. The 2021 Camp […]

CMP’s Inaugural Smallbore Postal Competition

| May 22, 2021

— By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Staff Writer In its inaugural year, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Smallbore Postal .22 rifle postal match saw over 230 entries. The postal match was held at participant’s home ranges from January to April. Participants were able to choose between 3-Position Smallbore (3×20, Kneeling, Prone, Standing) with metallic sights or […]

Junior Shooters Print Magazine now available FREE in on-line 2 page format

| April 3, 2021

YES! Junior Shooters print magazine is now available free in a on-line 2-page format and as a download. All you need to do is go to » ARTICLES (juniorshooters.net)  Volume 42 Spring 2021 issue           //////////////// CHECK OUT JUNIOR SHOOTERS magazine’s INSTAGRAM PAGE! QR CODE BELOW Lots of great posts by junior shooters! […]

CMP Club News Texas Hill Country Juniors Place First at American Legion Postal

| March 30, 2021

Submitted by Vickie Stuart, Texas Hill Country Shooting Team The Texas Hill Country Shooting team earned first place overall in the precision team competition for the Round 1 Qualifier during the 2020-2021 American Legion Postal Competition. Results were announced on Feb. 1, 2021, with all individuals firing a 3×20 course of fire. Their combined score […]

CMP Wraps Up Home Range

| 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. […]

Getting to know the University of Kentucky Rifle Team

| 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. […]

2020 SCTP National Championships Are In The Books!

| 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 […]

Corona Virus and Youth Shooting Sports Part 1

| May 2, 2020

By Andy Fink This subject is very high on my priority window. What many of you might not know, is that Junior Shooters magazine has its own shooting team, the Junior Shooters Shooting Club. This team tests firearms, writes articles, learns how to shoot all types of firearms, and participates in a wide variety of […]

SSSF Renews 2020 Scholarship Program

| March 23, 2020

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF), is once again offering our scholarship program to reward deserving, graduating seniors in the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) with needed college assistance. The main objective is to award as many scholarships as possible to qualifying SCTP / SASP graduating seniors. Since 2013, the SSSF has awarded over $450,000 in scholarship funds […]

North Carolina Junior Feature: Katie Ezell

| November 25, 2019

By Serena Juchnowski, CMP Feature Writer Hard work and tenacity pay off. Hailing from Denver, N.C., Katie Ezell, 18, has been one to watch. At the age of 10, Katie’s parents introduced her to marksmanship, wanting their daughter to have hands-on instruction in firearm safety. Thus began a love affair that has only evolved since […]

Banner Day foor U.S. Skeet at Junior World Cup 2019

| July 22, 2019

  Six medals, three titles and a U.S. sweep was quite the haul for America’s Shooting Team as they enjoyed an absolutely banner day in Skeet at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup from Suhl, Germany.  (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – July 18, 2019) USA Shooting’s campaign rallying cry through 2020 is #RaiseTheFlag […]

National Air Rifle Athletes Travel to Camp Perry to Compete in June

| June 25, 2019

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer  CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The 2019 CMP National Three-Position Air Rifle Championships will be held June 27-29 and July 13-15 at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center in Ohio. After months of intense competition, over 350 hopeful junior marksmen, families and friends will gather to witness […]