University of Akron Wins Ohio U.S. Army ROTC Postal Match

Four Army ROTC units from Ohio universities competed in the 2014 U.S. Army ROTC Postal Match, Dec. 1, 2013 through March 14, 2014. Competitors fired sporter rifles on CMP supplied targets and mailed in their results to Headquarters for scoring.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Learn how to fire a real M16 rifle in a safe and relaxed environment at the Civilan Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Rifle Small Arms Firing School (SAFS), held Wednesday, July 16-17, during the National Rifle and Pistol Matches at historic Camp Perry.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Spectators and competitors are invited to witness the excitement and fierce competition at the National Trophy Pistol Matches, being fired on July 13, 2014 at Camp Perry. A total of 24 National Trophies are earned by talented teams and individuals each year in such highly regarded events as the President’s Pistol Match, National Trophy Individual Match and the National Trophy Team Match.

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Once again this year, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) will offer a Garand – Springfield - Military Rifle (G-S-M) Master Instructor Clinic at Camp Perry, July 15, 2014, during the National Matches. The course is designed to prepare experienced rifle enthusiasts and instructors to conduct CMP-sanctioned clinics and matches at their own home shooting clubs or ranges.

CMP Excited to be a Visible Participant at the 2014 Walleye Festival

CAMP PERRY, OHIO – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) will once again offer free BB-Gun demonstrations at the 34th Annual Walleye Festival at Port Clinton’s Waterworks Park. Kids of all ages, including supervised kids under 18, are welcome to visit the CMP’s portable BB Gun range on the festival grounds and try their hand at some old-time marksmanship fun.

CMP Awards $160,000 in Scholarships for the 2014-2015 Term with Record Number of Applicants

CAMP PERRY, OH – In mid-April, Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) board members and staff sifted through a slew of CMP scholarship applications to determine which young scholar marksmen would receive CMP support for the coming academic year. After careful and considerate review, the CMP awarded monetary donations to over half of its scholarship applicants.

Harold Pate Leads All Rifle Competitors at CMP Games – Oklahoma

ARCADIA, OK – Harold Pate, 52, of Ft. Worth, TX, put on quite a rifle marksmanship display in the military rifle portion of the 2014 CMP Games – Oklahoma, winning both the Three-Gun and Four-Gun Aggregate rifle championships and racking up a total of 10 Excellence-in-Competition points.

CMP Offers Pistol Small Arms Firing School and
Warm-Up Match in July at National Matches

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Those who have always wanted to try their hands at firing a real M9 Pistol in a safe and relaxed environment are encouraged to attend our Pistol Small Arms Firing School (SAFS), held Monday, July 7, during the Opening Day of the 2014 National Rifle and Pistol Matches at historic Camp Perry.

The Woodstock Rifle and Pistol Club (#018011) held a CMP Rimfire Sporter Match on April 12, 2014.  A team from the Proctor Fish and Game Club of Proctor, VT, took the high honors for the day.

The Junior Air Rifle Camps have been a staple in the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) summer program lineup for over a decade. The highly popular camps and clinics train high-school age (9-12 grade) junior shooters on intermediate and advanced air rifle marksmanship skills through various exercises and demonstrations.

LAYTON, UT; ANNISTON, AL; CAMP PERRY, OH – Setting even one National Record is an accomplishment that many shooters strive to achieve, but few are able to grasp. Though many are satisfied when they finally have their names added to the record books, for a certain young shooter at the second annual CMP Regional Championship, setting one record just wasn’t enough. Or two. Or three.

CAMP BUTNER, N.C. – The Eastern CMP Games held at Camp Butner will again host a Small Arms Firing School (SAFS) and M16 Match for new and experienced shooters. A staple event at the National Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio, since 1918, over 80 students received classroom and hands-on involvement in a safe, fun and engaging environment for the first time at the 2013 Eastern Games, with even more expected at this year’s Games.

Nick Mowrer, who is originally from Ramsay, Montana, has been one of our successful highpower service rifle shooters during the National Matches. Nick won the CMP’s National Junior Highpower Rifle Championship (Col. Bill Deneke aggregate; President’s, NTI, National Trophy Junior Team) in 2008 (1270-36X). After his junior highpower career concluded, he took up international pistol shooting and has trained as a Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

As a director and coach of a rapidly growing junior rifle team, I have been struggling to get equipment to suit all of my new shooters.  During my indoor season, its easy enough to make ends meet with two different nights to split the team up.  But with outdoor season upon us and 15 shooters moving to our outdoor 17 position range, we will have to find a way to get all of them shooting prone and I had only 6 mats on hand (5 shooters already had their own mats). Prone mats range in price from $70 to $120 + shipping.  I had to quickly and economically get prone mats for all.

DCC’s first-ever Air Rifle Club had a memorable initial year of competition. Team  members competed in the American Legion 2013-14 National Postal Tournament, where one of DCC’s 4-member teams placed 16th out of the 44 schools entered in this national event. In the same competition but for individual scoring, another DCC team member placed 56 out of the 155 competitors, again quite an accomplishment for a first year Air Rifle Team, according to Head Coach Bernie Snyder.