Mossberg Blaze Bantam .22 LR

| 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 […]

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 […]

California Twin Sisters Team Up for Quality Time On the Firing Line

| April 21, 2020

By Ashley Brugnone, Cynthia and Cindy Hernandez, both 17 of Reseda, Calif., have always been close – so close, they were even born on the same day. “We pretty much do everything together,” Cindy said of her twin, Cynthia. “It’s natural for twins to be the closest to each other.” The two are constantly at […]

Safety Laser Training

| 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Building a 10-22 Rifle at 11 Years Old

| February 13, 2020

By Brody Loftin (11) I have wanted to build my own 10-22 semiautomatic rifle for the past couple of years.  With participation in the Rimfire Challenge Western Championship in Parma, Idaho, I was able to complete this task with the help of my dad, Billy Loftin.   The first year, 2016, was the first year […]

Bulls, ropes, cattle, barrel racers, dust and… guns?

| February 3, 2020

Leo Veatch(13) Though rodeo kids rope and ride, youth rodeo kids now have a chance to shoot competitively as well. Beginning in 2005, the National High School Rodeo Association and the Junior High Division began a shooting program in partnership with the NRA, consisting of small-bore and trap. Now, hundreds of qualifiers from around the […]

2020 Nationals and Other Events

| January 23, 2020

Mark your calendars for all of the upcoming events in for the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP)! Scholastic Action Shooting Program SASP STATE MATCHES February 29; Georgia: Griffin, GA March 7; Arizona: Phoenix, AZ March 14-15; South Texas: Edinburg, TX April 11; Missouri: Rolla, MO April 18-19; North Texas: Carrollton, TX May 2-3; Tennessee: Huntingdon, TN May […]

Sign Up for the 2020 CMP Summer Junior Air Rifle Camps

| January 20, 2020

 By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer Registration for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2020 Air Rifle Summer Camp lineup officially opens on January 21st. Running from June to August, the vigorous 10-week schedule includes a mix of camps and clinics formatted to train high-school age (9-12 grade) junior athletes on intermediate and advanced marksmanship skills through […]