Scholastic Action Shooting Program Expands To Include Air Disciplines

| 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 […]

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. […]

Junior Shooters Summer Training Continues: .22 Precision through 3-Gun and Long-Range

| 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 […]

2018 Seekins High Desert 3-Gun Match

| 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 […]

Rock Island Armory’s .22 TCM Rifle

| June 24, 2020

By: Andy Fink and Kaden Barney (15) The M22 TCM BA rifle from Rock Island Armory, RIA/Armscor is just plain awesome. We got one to augment the variety of .22 TCM pistols we got from RIA. This is a light rifle and is well balanced. We put on a Burris .22LR 2-7X rifle scope and […]

CMP-Affiliated Clubs May Continue Sanctioned Matches with Restrictions

| 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.

CMP Announces Top Scorers of 2019 Aces Postal Quarterly Air Gun Events

| 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 […]

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 […]

Western CMP Games Outdoor Rifle Events Return to Arizona in March

| March 18, 2020

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer PHOENIX, Ariz. – After a small break in 2019, the annual Western Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Travel Games is back for another set of marksmanship events at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility. The week-long series of recreational vintage and modern rifle competitions is set to be held March 13-22 and […]

2020 CMP Competition Rulebooks Are Now Official

| January 11, 2020

By Gary Anderson, DCM Emeritus The CMP Competition Rulebooks that will govern CMP sponsored and sanctioned Highpower Rifle, Pistol, CMP Games and Smallbore Rifle competitions in 2020 have been approved by the CMP Board’s Rules Committee and are now posted on the CMP website.  The 2020 rulebooks went into effect on the 1st of January.  All […]

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 […]