Junior Shooters

Posted By admin on July 1, 2018

By: Hunter Horvath (11)

Saturday, April 15 2017 was a day that I would never forget. I was hunting with my dad and his friend, Brandon, in Garden Valley, Idaho. I had just gotten my hunting license and it was turkey season. We were just getting back to the truck from hiking when they started talking about turkey hunting. Brandon offered to go on a turkey hunt at his in-laws cabin. Brandon called his in-laws to see if we could stay a night at their cabin so we wouldn’t have to get up as early and scare the turkeys with the truck.

          There was fresh snow on the ground and I could see my breath in the porch light of the cabin. There were turkeys gobbling on the hill in front of the cabin, and that’s when I knew that it was going to be a successful hunt. I had a tag in my pocket for any turkey that had a beard.

          We set up with a tom turkey decoy and me in the best position for a shot. We hadn’t even been calling for five minutes when we saw a tom coming. Then we saw a second tom. They started pacing by the decoy watching it from a distance. They were super close to each other so there wasn’t a safe shot. Then a hen came out of no where and started pecking the decoy. Then it came around like four feet from my face and stared me down. I had to sit perfectly still so I wouldn’t spook it.

          After about 30 minutes of the turkeys pacing by several times I got a clear shot, so I took it. I aimed for his head so I could have a cleaner (more Humane) kill. We could tell it was a good shot because it started doing backflips. I couldn’t get up right away because my dad’s friend still needed to shoot one. So, we tried calling that one back in. After the turkey was well out of sight, I was able to get up and see my turkey. When I walked up on it was pinned up against a branch and a log and the feet were touching the ground. We figured out that it was still alive because it kept on following us with its eye. So, I took another shot to quickly end its pain.

          I filled out my tag and we zip tied it to the turkey’s foot after we confirmed it was dead. We had to tie the turkey in a tree so the coyotes wouldn’t get to it while we were gone. The rest of the hunt was miserable for me because we spent a hour trying to get another turkey for my dad’s friend. My whole body was numb from sitting in one place for so long. So, on the way back a group of turkeys crossed over the trail and a nice tom was in the group. It didn’t take long before there was a clear shot so he took it. The turkey dropped dead. And just like that the hunt was over.

 

 

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Posted By admin on June 19, 2018

 

June 18, 2018:  Are you that young lady who looks forward to telling people what happened at the range?  Do you like to shoot video or snap photos to chronicle those things in the outdoors that interest you?  You might be the junior shooter we’re looking for.  If you’re at least 16 years of age, have your parent’s consent, and are looking for a scholarship opportunity, check out the Women’s Outdoor Media Association (WOMA)!   No entrance fee, just a chance to further your interest in shooting and the outdoors with extra cash – $500 to be exact.

First, what is WOMA?  Established in 2008, we are a 501c3 not-for-profit with a volunteer board.  Our primary focus is to highlight storylines about women, girls, and young ladies active in the outdoors. The WOMA is mostly made up of established outdoor media professionals (men and women), but also welcomes novice bloggers interested in writing and photographing women in shooting sports, hunting, fishing, and/or archery.

The WOMA not only highlights ladies and offers a scholarship, we also host an annual event called She Never Quit, which is in its fourth year.  This event is held at the Lazy J Ranch in Texas, the property of Melanie and Marcus Luttrell (Lone Survivor.)  She Never Quit raises funds for amazing charities, personally selected by the Board, which have included Navy Seal widows, Foundation for Women Warriors, 100 Club Houston, etc.  To find out more about this event, please go to sheneverquit.com.  

So what are the details on the $500 scholarship?  It’s super easy to apply!  Simply fill out the application found on our Web site, thewoma.org, under the “scholarships” heading; be involved in hunting, fishing, shooting sports, or archery; write a short essay that includes the four requirements listed in the application; and be able to submit four articles with photos within the calendar year.   Don’t wait to submit your application!  Deadline is December 1, 2018.

Thank you, Juniors, for your participation and passion for the outdoor sports.  YOU are the future and are greatly appreciated.  

We’ll see you in the outdoors!  

Any questions?  Please contact Sheila@thewoma.org

Scholarship:  http://thewoma.org/scholarships-from-woma/

She Never Quit:  http://sheneverquit.com

The WOMA:  http://thewoma.org

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Posted By admin on June 12, 2018

By: Andy Fink and Jayse Cathcart (13)

Today, rifle scopes are a huge part of both hunting, and rifle competitions. A good scope can make the difference between having a good day or a bad day. It is also important to know the adjustments on your scope, your reticle, the difference between second focal plane and first focal plane (not a short subject so will be discussed again in a later article) as well as the difference between MOA and MILs (again, not a short subject). Knowing all of this, along with how to read the wind and the distance, and the ballistics of your cartridge will mean you should be able to make your first shot time and time again.

Bushnell’s line of optics is outstanding, and their Elite Long-Range Hunter Scope (LRHS) is awesome. We had the chance to review it and here is how one of our juniors tested and what he thought.

Jayse (13):

The scope I used was a first focal plane that had a G2H reticle. This allows for ranging at any magnification. The turrets adjusted in milliradians. Each click of the turret is adjusted to .1 mils or .36″ at 100 yards. The elevation turret has a RevLimiter zero-stop turret.

I aimed at a certain box then shot. Then I used my reticle as a ruler and measured how far I was from the target. I then made my adjustment shot again to test my adjustment. Once the rifle was zeroed, I conducted two tests. One was called the tall target test, and the other was called the box adjustment drill.

 I first did the box adjustment test. I aimed at a box, and I shot twice at that box. Then I aimed at the same box but went 2.5 mils right. I then fired two shots after every adjustment and went 2.5 mils up. Then you go 2.5 mils left then back down 2.5 mils. Each adjustment should have moved 9″. Each adjustment did move between 8-3/4″ and 9-1/4”.

The 2^nd test I performed was the tall target test. I had to aim at a little gray diamond. I had to shoot at one point of the diamond then I dialed 9 mils upwards. I fired two shots at the same diamond.  This should have moved my impacts 32.4″ but impact adjusted 33.75″.

In conclusion, the scope is a good hunting scope, and I really liked the first focal plane. I the reticle was clear and easy to see, and it was accurate. The weight of the scope was good, and it didn’t feel like it was weighing the gun down. I certainly recommend this scope for the long-range hunter.”

The heart of the LRHS scope is the purpose-built first focal plane G2 reticle that allows hunters to range targets at any magnification and make critical hold adjustments. Hunters can now choose the original, milliradian-based G2H reticle with .1 mil clicks and 10 mils per revolution of adjustment. Or, they can select the new G2M MOA-based version with .25 MOA clicks and 24 MOA of travel per revolution. The low-profile elevation turrets with RevLimiter™ zero stop allow shooters to quickly return to zero without dialing past. The scopes feature fast-focus eyepieces and side parallax adjustment to retain a crisp, clear sight picture at any range. The patented RainGuard® HD coating offers a permanent barrier that beads water to scatter less light and give a clear view in conditions that would render untreated optics unusable. 

Features & Benefits:

First focal plane G2H or G2M reticles allow ranging at any magnification ?
RevLimiter™ zero stop on elevation turret allows instant return to zero ?
30mm tube for increased adjustment travel ?
Target-style elevation turret and resettable, capped, windage turret ?
RainGuard HD lens coatings ?
Fully multi-coated optics
Ultra Wide band lens coatings ?
Side parallax adjustment

 

Part No. Description  UPC MSRP E45184H LRHS 4.5-18x 44mm G2H reticle 0 29757 45185 9 $2,100.45  E45184M LRHS 4.5-18x 44mm G2M reticle 0 29757 45184 2 $2,100.45  

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Posted By admin on May 30, 2018

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer

All eyes will be on Taylor Gibson at the upcoming National Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Three-Position Air Rifle Championship as she attempts to do something she’s never done –
claim the overall title. This year’s event, set to be fired June 21-26 at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center in Ohio, will be the 17-year-old’s third go-round at Nationals and would cap off an already incredible year for the junior precision air rifle competitor.  

( Taylor on the line at the 2017 JROTC Nationals in Anniston, when she won her first National Championship.)

Taylor has accomplished a lot for only being involved in competition shooting for a little over four years. Though she has never won the CMP 3P Nationals, she’s proven to be a tough competitor in many realms.

Outside of National competition, the North Salem High School (Salem, Oregon) student-athlete won the 2018 Cascade Mountains League March Cup Match Championship after overtaking the event leading up to the championship in November and December of 2017, as well as in January and February of 2018. Additionally, she earned second place in the 2017-2018 American Legion Postals after trailing by only one point.

In 2018 alone (so far), Taylor was the highest scorer overall in the JROTC Postal Competition, she won the Army JROTC Regional Service Championship (where she not only fired the highest Army score, but the highest score of all of the Services), earned the championship title at JROTC Nationals and she was also the overall competitor at CMP 3P Regionals in Sandy, Utah – naturally giving herself the reputation as an intimidating force to other competitors hoping to grab the championship title.

As if that weren’t impressive enough, Taylor also currently holds the Army JROTC Individual 3×20 National Record, the Army JROTC Individual 3×20 Plus Final record, the Army JROTC 20 Shots Kneeling record (set during the 2015 JROTC National Championship and tied again at the 2017 National Championship), the Junior Club Precision Final Score record and the American Legion Precision Final Score record.

(Taylor is congratulated by CMP Chairman, Judy Legerski, after her second JROTC National win in 2018.)

Behind the firing line through all of Taylor’s wins and insatiable talent is her support – her North Salem teammates, her coach and her family. And they will be there to cheer her on as she goes for the win in June.

“All I can say is, it’s been unimaginable – what has happened in the last four years,” gushed her proud dad, Rob, following her second JROTC Nationals win in March.

According to Rob, Taylor has worked hard for what she has earned, practicing six days a week between her high school JROTC team and her club team. From the beginning, her family has been all-in, completely involved in Taylor’s interest. Rob and Taylor’s mom, Sarah, have been fully supportive of their daughter (their oldest of three), with one or the other traveling to each event – some held across the country.

“I’m really happy for everything it’s done for her, confidence-wise, and what it’s done for her as a person,” he said. “And she’s gotten exposure to some really great things that I never got while I was in high school. Number one, I’ve never traveled in my life as much as when she got involved in this.”

Through Taylor’s competitions, the family has been able to trek the country and stumble across so many interesting things, like Thomas Edison’s birthplace in Milan, Ohio, that they found accidentally while driving around.

(Taylor also won the 2018 CMP 3P Regional competition for the precision class.)

“I think it’s really good for a kid to get that sort of exposure – getting to see different parts of the country and just being involved in something like this. It’s pretty awesome,” he added.

The Gibson family knew nothing about the air rifle world until Taylor became involved. She started on a club team at a local gun club before she unexpectedly got involved scholastically.

Her cousin, who is the head cheerleading coach at Taylor’s high school, mentioned Taylor’s noticeable talents to the head rifle coach, 1SG Jim Wagner, during casual conversation one day. It didn’t take long for Wagner to say, “I’ve got to meet her.”

He soon did, and shortly after, she began shooting with the high school team, as an eighth grader. Wagner was quickly captivated by Taylor’s skills as well as her sensible personality.

“She’s just a phenomenal kid,” said Wagner. “Three words to describe her: cool, calm and collected. Pressure doesn’t get to her. She doesn’t get too excited – she doesn’t get too upset. She’s able to go with the flow, and I like watching her interaction with other people.”

After seeing her operate in practice, he knew he needed to get her out into some real-life competition. When it came time for his team to travel to the JROTC Regional Service Championship in Phoenix, he was eager to take Taylor with him. He took a glance at the rulebooks and didn’t see anything about an eighth grader not being able to compete, so he brought her along.

(Taylor Gibson claimed the overall precision title at the 2018 JROTC National Championship in March and is hoping to repeat her performance at the 2018 CMP 3P Nationals in June.)

When Rob and his wife learned about their daughter traveling more than a few states away, they looked at each other and jokingly said, “I don’t know if I want my eighth grader going to Phoenix with this guy I just met a month ago…”

But, they let her go anyway, and Taylor finished high enough to qualify her for the JROTC National event at CMP’s South Range in Anniston, Ala. Her scores climbed and climbed during the time between Regionals and Anniston, and when it came to perform on the National stage, Taylor excelled under the pressure – earning second place by only 0.12 of a point to the winner.

Rob recalled the moment, saying, “That’s unbelievable. She’s been shooting less than a year and she almost won a National Championship? That’s insane!”

He went on, “I never in a million years dreamed that any of my kids could go to a National Championship in anything one time and even place, much less go as an eighth grader to a high school competition and take silver. Then take silver as a freshman, take gold as a sophomore and take gold as a junior.”

Rob is enamored with his daughter’s abilities, saying to her following her JROTC Nationals win this year, “As far as I can tell, I think you’re the JROTC GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). And that just blows my mind.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Her coach, 1SG Jim Wagner, says Taylor makes his job easy.)
According to Wagner, Taylor has become a sort of celebrity on the range from her incredible successes in a short period of time. At the JROTC National event, a sporter competitor stood behind Taylor as she competed in the finals – taking notes and even snapping a few quick photos.

“Everybody comes on to the range, points and says, ‘That’s Taylor Gibson,’” said Wagner as a grin grew on his face. “She doesn’t see it, but we see it.”

He added, “If she was a pre-Madonna and didn’t take the time to talk to the kids who look up to her and shake her hand, I’d have an issue with that. She’s such a good person with everybody – she’s just got a perfect personality for this.”

Rob agrees, saying, “There are a lot of things about her personality that suit her to this sport. She’s so calm and collected, not just shooting – that’s just her, all day, every day. She doesn’t get rattled. Most of the time, she’s very stoic. She doesn’t get excited very easily, she doesn’t get upset very easily. She’s just such an even-keel kid all the time. That’s just a trait she was born with that has really helped her out a lot.”

From the time he took on Taylor as a competitor, Wagner says that he doesn’t actually coach her, but more steers her in the right direction. He said she knows the technical aspects of the sport and is equipped with the mental preparation for the game – all he has to do is sit back and watch.

 

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Posted By admin on April 17, 2018

Youth Shooting Program Startup Resources
By Michael Theimer
I frequently receive emails or phone calls from parents, coaches, athletes and/or school advisors about wanting to startup a shooting program and they do not know where or how to start.
USA Shooting does not have a ‘how-to’ book. However, all of the allied organizations (NRA, CMP, SSSF, ACUI, 4H, BSA, etc.) have various strengths and useful information for starting up youth programs (high school, collegiate and/or clubs), but the information is scattered over many different web sites and web pages.
For some this can be an overwhelming effort to piece information together from so many places. I think some have been so overwhelmed that they just quit trying.

This drove my effort to get information from all the different allied organizations and post their ‘startup’ information on one web page that could be referenced by all.
Here is the link to the High School/Collegiate Startup Resource web page:
http://www.usashooting.org/membership/coaches/starting-up-high-school-or-college-shooting-program

 

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Posted By admin on March 22, 2018

By Rick Leach
From Volume 30 Spring 2018 Junior Shooters magazine

Although it was cold and the rain changed to snow for the 2017 Ohio Halloween Regional, it was a huge success.  94 athletes battled the elements and competed with almost a third being young ladies.  With 94 athletes, participation was a 370% increase from the 2016 match.  This year also saw 5 colleges teams come to compete including brand new teams from Concordia University Wisconsin and Hillsdale College, and both new teams went home with medals.  Concordia with 3 second place finishes and Hillsdale with 1 second place finish.  University of Wisconsin, Platteville took the college division winning 4 first place medals, with Michigan State University close behind with 3 first place medals.  In the high school divisions past National Champions Lake Country Action Shooters and Ozaukee Scholastic Shooting Sports both of Wisconsin each also took home 4 first place medals. 

But you couldn’t count out the local Ohio teams.  Ohio Steel Stingers brought 19 athletes and left with the most medals of any team accumulating 6 first and 2 second place finishes, and the Buckeye Bullet Busters left with a first, 2 seconds and a thirds place finish. The match was attended by 17 teams representing 6 states Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin.  Total number of entries went up 473%, making the Ohio Halloween Regional the largest regional of the year.

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Posted By admin on March 22, 2018

By Ben Berka
From Volume  29 Winter 2017 Junior Shooters magazine
Official Magazine Publication for SSSF/SCTP/SASP

(SAN ANTONIO, TX) – The Scholastic Clay Target Programs (SCTP) yearly Junior Olympic Development Camp (JODC) was another huge success! The camp, held this past August 7th – 13th at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado featured 24 athletes and 4 coaches from 16 states around the country who were selected to attend!

These athletes and coaches were able to take part in a camp designed to introduce them to the International Disciplines of Bunker Trap and International Skeet. Athletes were immersed in the day to day work of an Olympic athlete including training at a high altitude, nutrition, hydration and some really good training tips and techniques from Olympic caliber coaches like Terri DeWitt, Joe Buffa and Lance Bade

“What an awesome opportunity for SCTP athletes to gain first-hand knowledge from the likes of these coaches!” Said Tom Wondrash, SCTP National Director. “I have been part of these camps for 8 years now and they just keep getting better and better. Thank you to USA Shooting and the summer resident athletes for also sharing their knowledge of the International Shooting sports and to the great athletes and coaches for attending!

The JODC is another example of the doors that SCTP opens for athletes wanting to excel in the clay target shooting sports. SCTP, the official youth program and pipeline to USA Shooting has also started the SCTP / USA Shooting National Team, with Terri DeWitt at the helm as the official Head Coach! Athletes earn their way on to the team by attending and placing in the top 3 spots at SCTP’s International National Championships held each year in Colorado Springs, CO around the end of July. Only members in good standing of the SCTP are eligible for this great opportunity, so why not join now?

Applications to attend this camp are available on our website around the middle of March each year. Coaches and athletes must be members of the Scholastic Clay Target Program to apply. Dedication to SCTP, attendance at state and national tournaments as well as scores shot in the American disciplines are all key factors in deciding who is picked to attend the camps.

About Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is 501(c)(3) public charity responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) across the United States. SCTP and SASP are youth development programs in which adult coaches and other volunteers use shooting sports to teach and to demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, teamwork, and other positive life skills. SCTP was developed as a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) until the SSSF was created in 2007 to operate the SCTP. In 2012, SSSF created the SASP and became the managing foundation of both programs

For more information about SSSF, visit www.sssfonline.org
MEDIA CONTACT:
Ben Berka
SSSF Executive Director
bberka@sssfonline.com
515-201-8395 (cell)

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Posted By admin on March 12, 2018

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer

Isabelle Ploechinger, 15, fired a new precision Army JROTC 20 Shots Standing National Record score of 198-14x while competing at Camp Perry for the JROTC Air Rifle Service Championships – a regional event.

Ploechinger is a student at Stuttgart High School, located on an Army base in Germany. The Camp Perry event was her first trip to JROTC Regionals, after having only competed in CMP postal competitions in 2016 and 2017. Her outstanding performance there placed her within the Top 20 overall precision competitors, securing her a place at the National event in March. Ploechinger also earned her first eight points towards the 30 needed to receive a Junior Distinguished badge.

The JROTC Air Rifle Service Championships were held in three locations: Phoenix, AZ; Anniston, AL; and Camp Perry, Ohio, over the weekends of Feb. 8-10 and Feb. 16-18. Rifle athletes in JROTC programs reached the Regional events after competing in the Postal match in the fall.

The final step in the JROTC Championship competition series is the National Championship, scheduled to be held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at Camp Perry, Ohio, March 22-24.

Like the Postal and Regional events, the National match is a 3×20 air rifle competition, where competitors fire 20 record shots from three positions: prone, standing and kneeling. A total of 28 teams and 32 individuals qualified for the National sporter competition, while 17 teams and 17 individuals qualified for the precision event.

Visitors are welcome into the range to observe the National Championships at any time during the match, with free admission. For more information on the JROTC Championships, visit http://thecmp.org/air/jrotc-air-rifle-national-championship/.

Below is a list of the overall Top 3 Individual and Team competitors of the JROTC Regional Championships. For a complete list of results, visit https://ct.thecmp.org/app/v1/index.php?do=match&task=edit&match=16229&tab=results. Photos may be viewed and downloaded at http://cmp1.zenfolio.com/f640958375.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
Navy JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Emma Thompson, Freeport High School, IL – 1214.2
2. Jesseca Montcrieff, Oviedo High School, FL – 1192.9
3. Dominick Cordova, Santa Fe High School, NM – 1191.9

Precision:

1. Athena Baty, Robert Service High School, AK – 1263.7
2. Holly Day, New Albany High School, IN – 1260
3. Mark Cooper, New Albany High School, IN – 1254.5

Air Force JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Nicholas Rudd, South Panola High School, MS – 1177.2
2. Jaxon Cavallier, Cheyenne East High School, WY – 1163.4
3. Carolyn Bienvenue, The Woodlands High School, TX – 1161

Precision:

1. Ashley Stacy, Monroe Area High School, GA – 1266.2
2. Rayven Fincher, Monroe Area High School, GA – 1261.6
3. Michael Stoddard, South Anchorage High School, AK – 1249.8

Army JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Robert Knick, Chatham High School, VA – 1200.4
2. Kylie Henninger, Canon City High School, CO – 1189.8
3. Jenna Maglaughlin, West Creek High School, TN – 1189.7

Precision:

1. Taylor Gibson, North Salem High School, OR – 1287
2. Kaila Jones, Fountain Fort Carson High School, CO – 1278.8
3. Kinga Aletto, Sarasota Military Academy, FL – 1274

Marine Corps JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Simon Krauthamer, Adrey Kell High School, NC – 1199.3
2. Elijah Kalinski, Cibola High School, NM – 1188.9
3. Joseph La Vigne, Eldorado High School, NM – 1188.8

Precision:

1. Kaylene Castillo, Eldorado High School, NM – 1283
2. Kelcy McGrath, Granbury High School, TX – 1277
3. Brielle Smith, Eldorado High School, NM – 1276.7

TEAM RESULTS

Navy JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Santa Fe High School, NM B – 4356-152x
2. Freeport High School, IL – 4340-121x
3. Santa Fe High School, NM A – 4333-137x

Precision:

1. New Albany High School, IN – 771-47x
2. John Marshall High School, TX – 769-38x
3. Joshua High School, TX – 763-31x

Air Force JROTC:

Sporter:

1. South Panola High School, MS – 4246-113x
2. Clover High School, SC – 4177-105x
3. McMichael High School, NC – 4135-90x

Precision:

1. Monroe Area High School, GA – 4545-234x
2. South Anchorage High School, AK – 4540-211x
3. Cherokee High School, GA – 4464-178x

Army JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Pueblo County High School, CO – 4285-121x
2. Lebanon High School, OR – 4259-102x
3. Boca Ciega High School, FL – 4255-102x

Precision:

1. Stuttgart High School, AE – 4626-259x
2. Fountain Fort Carson High School, CO – 4608-256x
3. Sarasota Military Academy, FL – 4592-226x

Marine Corps JROTC:

Sporter:

1. Nation Ford High School, SC – 4339-137x
2. Des Moines North High School, IA – 4314-118x
3. Cibola High School, NM – 4302-121x

Precision:

1. Granbury High School, TX – 4673-286x
2. Eldorado High School, NM – 4672-300x
3. Rio Rancho High School, NM – 4640-256x

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.

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Posted By admin on February 21, 2018

By: Kevin Neuendorf (kevin.neuendorf@usashooting.org)

With that invite comes the possibility for an athlete to try and earn a spot to compete for their country at the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships, set for August 31-September 14 in Changwon, South Korea.  That distinction will go to the top three finishers in each of the eight events.  There’s few things that mean more to youth across America participating in the shooting sports than the opportunity to compete in the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC).  Well, those 2018 presents got unveiled Tuesday with first round invites being sent out by USA Shooting to attend the annual April event in Colorado Springs. 

Junior Olympic Invitations were sent to 763 athletes representing 49 states. They were selected following championship competition at the state level which totaled 2,408 competitors. The NJOSC will feature the top 32 percent of all competitors in 2018 and will feature invitees that either won their state championship or were selected based on a score they attained.  The competitors range in age from 10 to 20 years old, and are classified according to age as J1 (ages 18-20), J2 (ages 15-17) or J3 (ages 14 and younger).

Top scoring qualifiers include five current National Junior Team members. Top qualifiers included: National Junior Team member Emily Stith (Jacksonville, Florida) along with Kestrel Kuhne (Everett, Pennsylvania) in Women’s Air Rifle with a score of 397 while Kuhne was also top scorer in Women’s Smallbore (.22 caliber) Rifle with a score of 586; National Junior Team members Katelyn Abeln (Douglasville, Georgia) in Women’s Air Pistol with a score of 377 and for the second consecutive year Sarah Choe (Los Angeles, California) in Women’s Sport Pistol with a score of 573; National Junior Team member Jacob Buchanan (Spring, Texas) in Men’s Air Rifle with a score of 597; Navy athlete Daniel Enger (Walla Walla, Washington) in Men’s Smallbore Rifle with a score of 590; National Junior Team member Jackson Leverett (Bainbridge, Georgia) in Men’s Air and Sport Pistol with scores of 570 and 574.

Keystone state representative Kuhne is one of 40 athletes that call Pennsylvania home, the most of any state. The top club showing is the National Training Center (NTC) Junior Club with 28 athletes. Ten-year-old Men’s Rifle competitor Cash Willhite (Midland, Texas) earns the distinction as the youngest participant in the field while the 11-year-old pistol competitor Annabell Yi (Diamond Bar, California) is the youngest female competitor. They are among a group of 40 invites awarded to J3 athletes (14 years and younger).

In addition, three Paralympic competitors have earned the opportunity to compete during NJOSC and they include Gracie Hoyt (Mullen, Nebraska), Moira Antal (Bealeton, Virginia) and National Junior Team member Stetson Bardfield (Colorado Springs, Colorado), who will compete for the second consecutive year. 

This year’s competition will feature the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) shooting format which means that the women’s rifle and air pistol events will now feature the same number of shots (60) as the men.

Check the complete list of 2018 NJOSC Invites here: 

Men’s Rifle Invites | Women’s Rifle Invites | Pistol Invites 

Hear Olympic medalists and former NJOSC competitors Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, New Jersey) and Ginny Thrasher (Springfield, Virginia) welcome this year’s Junior Olympic attendees.  

EMMONS | THRASHER

The 20-day spectacle of youth competition begins Saturday, April 7 with Men’s Rifle, which leads into Women’s Rifle beginning April 14 and concludes with the Junior Pistol program and Paralympic Air Rifle starting April 20. All competitions give athletes the opportunity to train and compete at the USA Shooting indoor ranges on location at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  

2018 NJOSC Schedules 

•  Men’s Rifle: April 7-12
• Women’s Rifle: April 14-19

Men’s & Women’s Pistol/Paralympic Air Rifle: April 21-27

 

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Posted By admin on November 29, 2017

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SAFETY should always be your NUMBER 1 priority!

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SAFETY should always be your NUMBER 1 priority!

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Posted By admin on November 27, 2017

By: Jamie Corkish
2012 Olympic Gold Medalist

Growing up as a competition shooter in Eastern Pennsylvania I was extremely lucky to be able to compete almost every weekend. It wasn’t until I moved away from PA that I realized the lack of opportunity in sport shooting in other states. When I retired from competitive shooting I was fortunate enough to be hired by ELEY® ammunition as their PR and Marketing Manager for North America. This gave me a fantastic opportunity to grow competition shooting throughout the United States, making it more accessible to all, but especially to our younger shooters

I soon realized that shooting was not as recognized as other high school sports such as football, basketball, swimming and cross country, where student-athletes are awarded a high school All-American. We decided shooting athletes deserved that recognition as well and in 2015 launched the ELEY® high school All-American award.

The ELEY® high school All-American award recognizes the top high school sport shooting athletes for their athletic and their academic abilities. In rifle and air rifle disciplines, the top ten shooters are appointed to the ELEY® high school All-American team. These individuals will receive an ELEY high school All-American coin and certificate

The top calculated average in smallbore will be awarded 2500 rounds of selected ELEY® tenex and the opportunity to either visit our test facility in Winters, TX to test the ammunition or ship their gun to the facility. In 2018, with the launch of ELEY® ventus pellets, the top air rifle average will receive a selected ELEY® ventus pellet test along with 2500 rounds of pellets. As an Olympic medalist, testing was integral to my success and I am delighted to be able to offer this service to our up and coming athletes.

The 2017-2018 season is underway and ELEY® has published the current matches that will be used in calculating the ELEY® High School All-American award. Please note that this list may change as matches are added to the schedule. For eligibility please visit https://www.eleyammunition.com/hs-all-american . This program has been cleared with the NCAA Clearing House for eligibility. To apply for the ELEY® high school All-American a student-athlete must complete the required forms and submit them by May 31, 2018. We encourage all high school aged shooters to apply regardless of their results. We hope to be awarding you as part of the next ELEY® high school All-American team

2017-2018 ELEY® High School All-American match list

• Dixie Double (Nov 3-5, 2017), Air Only (2 matches)
• Winter Airgun (Dec 1-3, 2017), Air Only (3 matches)
• Junior Olympic State Qualifier (Dec 2017/Jan 2018), Air and SB (1 match each)
• Camp Perry Open (Jan 12-14, 2018), Air Only (2 matches)
• IWK Hochbrueck 2018 in Munich (Jan 2018), Air Only (2 matches)
• Robert Mitchell Rifle Championship (Feb 4-11, 2018), Air and SB (2 matches each)
• Spring Selection (March 27-April 4, 2018), Air and SB (2 matches each)
• National Junior Olympics (April 5-27, 2018), Air and SB (2 matches each)
• USA Shooting Nationals (June 10-17, 2018), Air and SB (2 matches each)
• CMP Monthly Matches (Sept, Oct, March, April, May), Air only (1 match each)
• All ISSF World Cup competition only that lie before May 31, 2018 (MQS and Elimination rounds will not count)

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Posted By admin on October 26, 2017

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer

LTC Jerry Lewis, 48, and his son, Josh Lewis, 16, of Fayetteville, GA, both attended and competed in the Talladega D-Day event together.

TALLADEGA, Ala. – With late fall soon approaching, there are only a few more chances to enjoy outdoor marksmanship fun in 2017. The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), an organization passionately dedicated to marksmanship safety and competition, has delivered several events all year long to both teach and provide exciting outlets for friends and families to come together and enjoy.

The CMP’s last outdoor marksmanship event of the year will be the Talladega 600 – set to fire Dec. 5-10 at the organization’s own Talladega Marksmanship Park. Talladega is a 500-acre facility that houses rifle, pistol and shotgun opportunities, along with CMP’s special electronic targets – designed specifically for the organization. The park is a place suited even for those who prefer to stay off of the firing line, with the 13,000 square feet of the CMP Club House holding a retail store, lounge chairs and large television monitors that keep guests entertained through cable channels or with a live view of current scores on the 600-yard range below.

A mecca for firearm enthusiasts, the Talladega Marksmanship Park is an ideal setting for enhancing abilities, reiterating safety practices and creating unforgettable memories. Just ask father/son duo Dusty and Terry Mathy who used the facility both as a small getaway and as yet another way to participate in one of their favorite pastimes – shooting.

Back in June, SSG Dusty Mathy, 44, of the U.S. Army, set his eyes on Talladega’s grounds for the first time. Along with an eagerness to get onto the range, Dusty also brought along all four members of his family: his wife, Rachel, son Terry (9) and daughter Olivia (8). The Mathy family traveled all the way from their home in Kansas to the Alabama facility to attend the Talladega D-Day matches – a multi-day marksmanship event that commemorates World War II through competitive matches, with some individuals even garbed in period costume.

Since it was such a long journey and the family’s first to the CMP facility, they treated the excursion like a summer vacation, staying in nearby Lincoln and even making a run to the South CMP Store in Anniston to purchase a few rifles. They also took a tour of the CMP’s armory, where the company stocks all of the vintage rifles, M1 Garands, and equipment the company is famous for selling. The family even attended the large barbecue the CMP hosts as a “thank you” to its competitors and guests.

Talladega Marksmanship Park is a 500-acre facility located in Talladega, AL, that features cutting edge technology for rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting.

“It was outstanding,” said Dusty of his family’s experience. “We met some really great people at the matches. The staff there was really great, very friendly and helpful.”

Dusty expressed how the group looks forward to spending time together as a family, and how the Talladega Marksmanship Park’s accommodations made it all the more enjoyable for everyone, particularly the ladies in the family.

“We’ve spent enough extended time apart to understand how important it is to take full advantage of every opportunity to spend time together,” he said. “Rachel and Olivia really appreciated the relaxing environment in the Club House and also being able to sit at the little covered bleachers during the matches.”

Besides being his first trip to Talladega, Dusty also took his first shots on outdoor electronic highpower targets, which are exclusive to CMP’s facility – and it’s an experience he won’t soon forget.

“That alone was worth the trip, for me anyway,” he said. “Shooting an entire EIC match, start to finish in about 90 minutes, with no pit duty – priceless.”

Terry Mathy (right) watched as his dad Dusty (left) fired on electronic targets for the first time at Talladega Marksmanship Park.

Mathy is a seasoned marksman who has enjoyed shooting most of his life, beginning as a young hunter at 7 years old with a classic BB gun. Over the years, he has belonged to the Hawkeye Rifle and Pistol Club near Sioux City, Iowa, and the Mill Creek Rifle Club near De Soto, Kansas.

“I’ve enjoyed participating in various matches and leagues at both clubs to include both rifle and pistol shooting,” he said. “I particularly enjoy shooting and collecting vintage military firearms.”

“It seems my son has caught this bug as well,” he added.

His son, Terry, helped his dad at Talladega by recording his scores – carefully keeping a watchful eye on every shot his dad sent downrange. Though thrilled to be spending time with his dad on the firing line, Terry also took the time to admire the aspects of the CMP range.

“I thought it was very fun. I marked my Dad’s shots in the data book, and looking at the electronic targets saved time from looking through the spotting scope,” Terry said. “It was very nice, the match was much faster, and it was easy to see how my dad was doing. And easy to mark his shots.”

The electronic targets at Talladega were designed specifically for use at Talladega Marksmanship Park – making them unlike any other in the country.

He went on to say, “The lobby (of the Club House) was very nice. The shop and South Store were very fun to look through. I loved the BBQ, the M1 Garands were cool, and the best thing was hanging out with my dad – watching him shoot and seeing all the cool costumes and rifles.”

For Dusty and Terry, marksmanship is more than putting shots through a target – it’s a way of building character and reflecting on the liberties that make life so meaningful. And, it’s a way of, simply, enjoying life together.

“We enjoy spending time at the range as often as we’re able. We also enjoy hunting,” Dusty said as he described Terry’s habit of cutting pictures of elk, deer and other animals out of magazines and gluing them to cardboard. “He put several squirrels on the table this year with his little 410 Mossberg Bantam, and he has shown an interest in clay targets shooting.”

Terry also likes to compete at a variety of matches at Mill Creek. He caught the marksmanship bug at a young age, starting, like his dad, with a BB gun at age 5, as Dusty supervised. That same year, Terry got his first bow for Christmas.

At age 6, he moved up to a .22 rifle, with Dusty holding each round for young Terry until he was ready with his gun secured in a shooting sled on the bench, repeating the phrase his dad taught him – “Bolt to the rear, safety to the rear.”

Jerry and Josh Lewis are just two of many family members who often travel to Talladega for recreational fun and new experiences.

“There, he learned to always put the safety back on after a shot, and also to keep his finger off the trigger until he had a proper sight picture. Both are habits he maintains to this day,” Dusty said.

When Terry was 7, the two shot at their first Project Appleseed event, where they learned about American history as well as marksmanship. Now the father and son pair regularly shoots at their local 300-yard Vintage Sniper Match using Terry’s .223 Savage Axis in the Open class. Terry’s skills continue to improve each time he fires, scoring his personal best in a Vintage Sniper match with 97-3x.

“In my opinion, there is no better way to teach responsibility, self-discipline, integrity and to build trust,” Dusty said. “There are so many lessons in shooting sports, and in hunting, which apply to other areas of life. It’s also an opportunity to build an understanding of the freedoms we enjoy, why we have those freedoms and why we must act responsibly to preserve them.”

During the D-Day event, Dusty Mathy earned a medal for his Carbine Match performance and posed with his son, Terry (left).

He added, “It makes me proud when others approach us at the range and compliment Terry on his safety and etiquette. There are no stronger bonds between father and son than those formed in the woods, on the water and at the range.”

To view upcoming events at the CMP Talladega Marksmanship, visit http://thecmp.org/talladega/ and click on “Calendar of Events”.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.

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