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Regarding the latest update, outstanding work again by the whole CMP crew! New or improved programs, expanded scholarships, new or improved facilities, new rifle and accessory offerings and the super relationships CMP has developed with the ONG and NRA leadership are shining examples of what can be done when one's heart is in the program. You all should be justifiably proud of how the program has progressed into its second century. Somewhere President Teddy Roosevelt has a big grin and is saying a hearty Bully for the CMP! Regards, LTC John F., USAR ret'd
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Wow! Please forward my thanks to everyone responsible for all the improvements I just read about at Camp Perry. Recent years have included quite a few impressive improvements and it looks like there are more this year. The Air Gun range, bath house at RV Park, Bataan Armory remodel, etc are all great. Just letting you know how much we (competitors) appreciate all the work.
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Great article written on physical conditioning in the latest TFS. I was one of likely many who had asked about the type of conditioning recommended for serious shooters. Sgt. Craig did a great job on describing the routines. Now it’s my turn to put it to work.
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The September-07 on line shooting tips by SSG Tobie Tomlinson, USAMU Service Rifle Team Member, is a great article. I have reproduced 15 copies of it to hand out and discuss to our “newbie” first year air rifle shooters on our high school JROTC Air Rifle Team. Come to think about it believe I’ll hand out a copy to my advance shooters as well. His explanations are simple to understand but rich in detail. Coupled with the sight pictures this article will go a long way towards helping all our JROTC shooters obtain better sight patterns. Keep up the great work. AND…..keep the articles like this coming.
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30 Shooters earn 4-point legs in M9 EIC Match
By Steve Cooper, CMP Writer
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365 pistol competitors
competed the M9 EIC Match on Tuesday morning. The M9
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CAMP PERRY, OHIO - This year’s winner of the third annual M9 Excellence-in-Competition (EIC) Pistol Match was Ronald Maksout, 51, of Southfield, Michigan who fired an aggregate 268-4X to earn four introductory leg points that count towards the 30 points needed to earn the Distinguished Pistol Badge.
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The top 10% of all non-Distinguished competitors who have not earned any EIC points are eligible for 4-point EIC points "legs" in the M9 EIC Match. Competitors must earn 30 points to be awarded the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge.
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The M9 EIC Match was part of the Pistol Small Arms Firing School that started the previous day with classroom instruction and range practice. The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit in cooperation with other U.S. military services conducts the school. The match is fired with rack grade M9 pistols that are used in the Pistol SAFS. It is designed to introduce competitors to service pistol shooting with the current military sidearm and to encourage them to work toward achieving Distinguished status.
The top 10 percent of shooters in the match, who did not already have EIC credit points, earned points, 30 competitors in all. The match was shot by 365 shooters, 24 more than last year’s match.
“I was kind of shocked to get the message that I won it,” Maksout said afterward. “My son and I came here to participate in the Small Arms Firing School and have an opportunity to bond with each other for a couple of days,” he said.
“I ended up with the best of both,” Maksout added enthusiastically.
Maksout shot a 96-3X in slow fire, a 91-3X in timed fire and an 81-0X in rapid fire to win the match. He is a criminal research specialist with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and a firearms instructor with the agency.
Formerly a member of the U.S. Customs National Pistol Team, Maksout shot in practical police combat matches for several years, but has never shot bull’s-eye pistol with regularity. He last fired with his team in 2003.
Maksout said, like others in his field, he cut his teeth on a .38 revolver, but transitioned to a 9mm semiautomatic as law enforcement migrated to it.
“My 15-year-old son and I came down to learn some new things and have fun,” Maksout said. “I was hoping to get points, but winning it was the furthest thing from my mind.”
“We had a blast. We learned new things from some of the best people teaching the small arms school – they are world class.”
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Kate Schaumann fires in the M9 EIC Match. Kate finished 40th in the Non-Distinguished listing firing a 234-1X.
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Kate Schaumann, 52, of Cheyenne, Wyoming is a former U.S. Army shooter, having shot matches in the 1980s at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She came to Camp Perry for the first time this year.
“It was a good time and I can see how valuable the school is for inexperienced shooters. The instruction is first class,” she said.
Her husband, U.S. Army Major Kirk Schaumann is currently serving in Iraq with the Corps of Engineers in Baghdad. Kate is a member of the Columbine Pistol & Rifle Club of Greeley, Colorado.
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Steve Gibbons earned his Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge in 2002. He placed 50th overall in the M9 Match rankings with a 247-4X.
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In his 12th year at Camp Perry, Steve Gibbons, 52, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania said the class reinforces past lessons. “I like to come back year after year because I always pick up something new,” he said.
“In this sport, repetition is good because hearing it a second and third time refreshes lessons from the past and keeps them in your mind,” Gibbons added.
Results from the M9 EIC Match can be downloaded at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=3417.
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